Reminders...
- Periods 6 & 9: You will be working to complete Assignments 5 & 6 by the end of the period.
To take the Vocabulary List I Quiz click here! - Begin today's' Do Now before the bell rings!
- Quiz Thursday on Pages 1-122 of inside Out and Back Again!
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Do Now - COPY
Entry Title: Vocabulary List II
3. ardent adj. (ardently) - enthusiastic support
Being an ardent Bills fan, Mark painted his face half red and half blue to show his love for the team.
4.exacerbate v. (exacerbates, exacerbating, exacerbated) - to make something bad even worse
The singer's terrible voice was exacerbated by the awful pianist who didn't know how to accompany her.
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Entry Title: Vocabulary List II
3. ardent adj. (ardently) - enthusiastic support
Being an ardent Bills fan, Mark painted his face half red and half blue to show his love for the team.
4.exacerbate v. (exacerbates, exacerbating, exacerbated) - to make something bad even worse
The singer's terrible voice was exacerbated by the awful pianist who didn't know how to accompany her.
I can explain how an author's choice of words engenders a specific tone (feeling) in me when I read it.
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Mini-Lesson: Word Choice
- Author's tone: the feeling the author is trying to engender in the reader!
- There are over 1,000,000 words in the English language.
- Often, we only use a fraction of those words to convey what we mean.
- Authors are very careful to select words that will communicate the tone they are trying to achieve.
- Authors of horror stories use words that convey terror, fear and shock.
- Authors of romance novels choose words that convey beauty, joy, and tranquility.
- Watch this video on Word Choice... to help you understand this concept even more!
- In the short story, The Masque of the Red Death, Edgar Allen Poe's choice of words engender horror in his reader.
Practice
- Open your copy of the story by clicking on this link... The Masque of the Red Death.
- Read Aloud/Think Aloud: Listen as your teacher models how the author selects specific words to engender a feeling of horror in the reader.
- As you continue to listen, highlight any words you feel engender a sense of horror, fear or suspense in you.
- Click here for the audio version of the story...
- Think-Pair-Share: After listening to the first paragraph, share the words you highlighted with a partner.
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REMINDER: QUIZ THURSDAY ON PAGES 1-122
REMINDER: QUIZ THURSDAY ON PAGES 1-122
Assessment
Below is a list of common mood words if you need them or try an online thesaurus!
POSITIVE MOOD WORDS
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NEGATIVE MOOD WORDS
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amused
awed
bouncy
calm
cheerful
chipper
confident
contemplative
content
determined
dignified
dreamy
ecstatic
empowered
energetic
enlightened
enthralled
excited
exhilarated
flirty
giddy
grateful
harmonious
hopeful
hyper
idyllic
joyous
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jubilant
liberating
light-hearted
loving
mellow
nostalgic
optimistic
passionate
peaceful
playful
pleased
refreshed
rejuvenated
relaxed
relieved
satiated
satisfied
sentimental
silly
surprised
sympathetic
thankful
thoughtful
touched
trustful
vivacious
warm
welcoming
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aggravated
annoyed
anxious
apathetic
apprehensive
barren
brooding
cold
confining
confused
cranky
crushed
cynical
depressed
desolate
disappointed
discontented
distressed
drained
dreary
embarrassed
enraged
envious
exhausted
fatalistic
foreboding
frustrated
futile
gloomy
grumpy
haunting
heartbroken
hopeless
hostile
indifferent
infuriated
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insidious
intimidated
irate
irritated
jealous
lethargic
lonely
melancholic
merciless
moody
morose
nauseated
nervous
nightmarish
numb
overwhelmed
painful
pensive
pessimistic
predatory
rejected
restless
scared
serious
sick
somber
stressed
suspenseful
tense
terrifying
threatening
uncomfortable
vengeful
violent
worried
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TUESDAY 10-27 D-Day: Character Motivation Part I
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Do Now - Think and RespondEntry Title: Vietnamese Culture
Step 1
Answer the following questions in your composition book.
- What did you know about Vietnamese culture before reading the novel?
- What are some of the things you have learned as you read?
Step 2
Share your responses with a partner. Be prepared to be selected to share your answers.
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LEARNING TARGETS
- I can draw inferences about Vietnamese culture based on the novel.
- I can infer a character's motives by analyzing the text.
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Mini-Lesson: Inferring Character Motivation
Check out this PowerPoint Presentation on Inferring Character Motivation
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Read Aloud/Think Aloud
Read pages 12-63
As you read, write down at least one example that shows what motivates one of the novel's characters.
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ASSESSMENT/Homework
Assignment #7: Inferring Character Motives
Read Aloud/Think Aloud
Read pages 12-63
As you read, write down at least one example that shows what motivates one of the novel's characters.
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ASSESSMENT/Homework
Assignment #7: Inferring Character Motives
1. Read up to and including page 122. Then...
2. Go to Assignment #7 in Google Classroom and complete it by Sunday 11-1 for peer review.
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The sample QuikWrite below separates each part of the essay into its TREES components by color.
PROMPT
QuickWrite Example
The sample QuikWrite below separates each part of the essay into its TREES components by color.
PROMPT
Based on the novel, what can you infer about what will happen to Ha and her family? Be sure to use details from the text to support your answer. Note the textual evidence in quotes!
I think that Ha’s family will have to deal with serious danger because of the coming war. I believe this because Ha says that the fortune teller “predicts our lives will twist inside out.” This means something big is going to change for her family, probably not in a good way. For example, she says, “Maybe soldiers will no longer patrol our neighborhood,” and “...maybe I can jump rope after dark,” but in stanza three she hears on the playground that the bang chung (a delicacy eaten during the holiday of Tet) will be “smeared with blood.” These details about soldiers and blood make it sound really scary, like things are getting dangerous. I believe that Ha’s family is in danger.
WEDNESDAY 10-28 A-Day: Character Motivation Part II
Reminder: Quiz tomorrow on Pages 1-122 of Inside Out and Back Again!
Do Now - Copy
Entry Title: Vocabulary List II
5. sagacious adj. (sagaciously) - good judgement; shrewd
Samuel Westing Jr. III had always been a sagacious business man known for his shrewd negotiating style.
6. dissolution n. (dissolutions) - the disintegration or decomposition of something
The Alka-seltzer tablet's dissolution was instant once it fell into the glass of water and virtually disappeared.
LEARNING TARGETS
Mini-Lesson: Deeper Inferencing
Reminder: Quiz tomorrow on Pages 1-122 of Inside Out and Back Again!
Do Now - CopyEntry Title: Vocabulary List II
5. sagacious adj. (sagaciously) - good judgement; shrewd
Samuel Westing Jr. III had always been a sagacious business man known for his shrewd negotiating style.
6. dissolution n. (dissolutions) - the disintegration or decomposition of something
The Alka-seltzer tablet's dissolution was instant once it fell into the glass of water and virtually disappeared.
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LEARNING TARGETS
- I can use inferencing to analyze the motives of a character.
- I can use close reading strategies to remember important details about a text.
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Mini-Lesson: Deeper Inferencing
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Read Aloud/Think Aloud
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ASSESSMENT/Homework
Assignment #7: Inferring Character Motives
Read Aloud/Think Aloud
- Read pages 64-122
- As you read, write down at least one example that shows what motivates one of the novel's characters.
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ASSESSMENT/Homework
Assignment #7: Inferring Character Motives
1. Read up to and including page 122. Then...
2. Go to Assignment #7 in Google Classroom and complete it by Sunday 11-1 for peer review.
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The sample QuikWrite below separates each part of the essay into its TREES components by color.
PROMPT
QuickWrite Example
The sample QuikWrite below separates each part of the essay into its TREES components by color.
PROMPT
Based on the novel, what can you infer about what will happen to Ha and her family? Be sure to use details from the text to support your answer. Note the textual evidence in quotes!
I think that Ha’s family will have to deal with serious danger because of the coming war. I believe this because Ha says that the fortune teller “predicts our lives will twist inside out.” This means something big is going to change for her family, probably not in a good way. For example, she says, “Maybe soldiers will no longer patrol our neighborhood,” and “...maybe I can jump rope after dark,” but in stanza three she hears on the playground that the bang chung (a delicacy eaten during the holiday of Tet) will be “smeared with blood.” These details about soldiers and blood make it sound really scary, like things are getting dangerous. I believe that Ha’s family is in danger.
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THURSDAY 10-29 B-Day: Quiz on Pages 1-122 of Inside Out and Back Again
I can recall events of the novel Inside Out and Back Again.
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Work Time
Take the quiz. Click on this link in order to take the quiz.
Assessment/Homework
Reminders...
- Get your comp. book, and Chromebook
- Begin Do Now
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Do Now - COPY
Entry Title: Add to Vocabulary List II
7. contagion n. (contagions) - the spreading of a disease or idea from one person to another through close contact
Once the idea of storming the Bastille took hold, it spread like a contagion among the people.
8. pestilence n. (pestilences) - a fatal epidemic disease, especially the bubonic plague
The Ebola virus is a horrific pestilence that was just as easily spread as the bubonic plague.
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Entry Title: Add to Vocabulary List II
7. contagion n. (contagions) - the spreading of a disease or idea from one person to another through close contact
Once the idea of storming the Bastille took hold, it spread like a contagion among the people.
8. pestilence n. (pestilences) - a fatal epidemic disease, especially the bubonic plague
The Ebola virus is a horrific pestilence that was just as easily spread as the bubonic plague.
I can recall events of the novel Inside Out and Back Again.
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Mini-Lesson
Review of taking a Google Forms quiz.______________________________________________________________
Work Time
Take the quiz. Click on this link in order to take the quiz.
Assessment/Homework
FRIDAY 10-30 C-Day: DIRT Day
I can closely read a text for improved comprehension and recall of textual evidence.
Work Time
Ten Thoughts due by the end of the period. Your work will be checked ten minutes before the period it over.
Assessment/Homework
Do Now - Start a new DIRT Day entry!
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I can closely read a text for improved comprehension and recall of textual evidence.
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Work Time
Ten Thoughts due by the end of the period. Your work will be checked ten minutes before the period it over.
Assessment/Homework
Check + = More than 10 thoughts.
Check - = Fewer then 10 thoughts.
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