MONDAY 10-18-21 A-C Day: Vocabulary Review Day
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
DO NOW New Entry Title: Vocabulary Inferencing
DIRECTIONS
Copy the scenarios below into a Google Doc in your composition book and infer (a guess based on your own knowledge and a text) which vocabulary word it reflects most closely. Write that word on the line provided.
HINT: Use Vocabulary List I to help you! - Terry needed to clear her head. It had been a long day. She turned down the lights, lit a scented candle and sat in the middle of her living room floor, and reflected on her day. It was heaven.
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- Jerrell had been sitting at his desk for almost two hours. He had finished his exam over an hour ago and now he sat staring at the clock. He couldn't leave for another hour! No phone. No book. No way to occupy himself. Just sit there staring into space and hope time would speed up just a little.
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- It all happened so quickly that Giselle thought that maybe she had imagined what she had just done. When she saw her cousin Imani's birthday cake and thought of all the shaming she had suffered every day since school started, she couldn't help herself. It was too late. She looked at the white, purple and red frosting smeared all over her fist and then looked at the giant hole in the cake. She slowly realized the room was silent and everyone had stopped singing.
LEARNING TARGETS
I can demonstrate my understanding of the words in Vocabulary List I by playing a review game called Around the Room and Back.
MINI-LESSON
How to play Around the Room and Back
WORK TIME
Play the game.
ASSESSMENT
Winners earn bragging rights!
TUESDAY 10-19-21 B-D Day: Vocabulary Quiz
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
DO NOW
Entry Title: Two Words One Sentence
Directions
Write a sentence in which you use two vocabulary words from List I in one sentence. It must be clear you understand the meaning of the words by the sentence you write. Underline the two words. You have five minutes.
ExampleHer gut feeling or impulse was to brazenly strut across the graduation stage, head held high, but instead, she accepted her diploma and sat down rather quietly.
LEARNING TARGETS
I can demonstrate my understanding of the words in Vocabulary List I by taking a quiz and playing a review game.
MINI-LESSON
1. Quiz format: Understanding Vocabulary in Context and Completion
Understanding Vocabulary in Context
If you had a teacher that was a brazen artist, they might...
A. ...paint a landscape of a quiet schoolhouse.
B. ...sculpt a teacher reading on a park bench.
C. ...hum a lullaby during class.
D. ...paint a bright mural on the side of a bridge downtown.
Completion
It was obvious to the class that Michael thought the activity was ______ because he yawned really loud in the middle of it.
A. a reverie
B. Tedious
C. tedious
D. reveries
2. Log in to Kahoot! for a review game.
WORK TIME
Take the quiz!
ASSESSMENT
Be sure to submit the quiz when you have completed it.
You may work on other classwork or read quietly when finished.
WEDNESDAY 10-20-21 A-C Day: Inferencing Part I
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
DO NOW Directions
Create a new notebook entry and title it, Analyzing Mood and Tone
Use this list for reference when analyzing mood and tone in the passages below.
Passage 1
"I felt this weird mix of disappointment and anger welling up inside of me. I don’t even know what the feeling was, really, just that there was a lot of it, and I wanted to smack Augustus Waters and also replace my lungs with lungs that didn’t suck at being lungs. I was standing with my Chuck Taylors on the very edge of the curb, the oxygen tank ball-and-chaining in the cart by my side, and right as my mom pulled up, I felt a hand grab mine."
- The Fault in Our Stars
The author's tone in this passage is _____.
The mood of this passage is _____.
Passage 2
"Instinct says don't move, but everything else says check on Khalil. I jump out the Impala and rush around to the other side. Khalil stares at the sky as if he hopes to see God. His mouth is open like he wants to scream. I scream loud enough for the both of us."
- The Hate U Give
The author's tone in this passage is _____.
The mood of this passage is _____.
LEARNING TARGETS
1. I can define inferencing.
2. I can define textual evidence.
3. I can actively read to make inferences.
4. I can analyze an author's words to determine multiple pieces of textual evidence that support my inferences.
MINI-LESSON
Lesson: Watch this video on inferencing...
Inference
a thought process a reader makes to understand the meaning of a text, or even an image; a logical conclusion.
When you infer, you pay attention to the details in front of you, and you use other information (from the text, or your background knowledge) to mentally fill in the gaps between the details that are actually said or shown, and what the author expects the reader to understand.
WORK TIME
Practice inferencing in assignments 20.0 and 23.0. Both are due by Sunday.
ASSESSMENT
Submit assignment 20.0 for a class participation grade worth 20 points and 23.0 for a classwork grade.
THURSDAY 10-21-21 B-D Day: Inferencing Part II
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
DO NOW
New Entry in : Drawing Conclusions
- Go to the Lieterary Terms Section of your notebook.
- Click on the last slide in that section. Then...
- Select SLIDE > New Slide > Insert > Text Box
DIRECTIONS
Copy the following informational text and question into your notebook.
Read the passage below and select the inference that is best reflected in the passage.
Figure Skating Champion
In 1998, figure skating champion Katarina Witt, a gold medalist in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games, caused a stir when she posed nude for Playboy magazine. Right before the 2000 Olympic Games, swimmer Jenny Thompson, too, generated controversy when she appeared in Sports Illustrated magazine with only her hands covering her breasts. Just a few years later, in 2004, however, hardly anyone even raised an eyebrow when several unapologetic Olympic athletes appeared nude for Playboy and other men's magazines while they were actually competing. Even the United States Olympic Committee did not object to the athletes' actions. But they should object. In fact, we should all be appalled that these women decided to become centerfolds. They claim that modern women have earned the right to decide how they want to be portrayed in the media. But the fact is that these nude photographs degrade the women who pose for them. Even worse, these women diminish the accomplishments of female athletes and encourage the public to view them as sex objects. When even a few athletes choose to pose nude, they severely undermine women's quest to be respected for their achievements rather than for the way they look. (Source of information: Joe Drape, "Olympians Strike Pinup Pose, and Avoid Setting Off a Fuss," The New York Times, August 12, 2004, www.nytimes.com)
From this passage, a reader might logically draw (infer) which conclusion?
a. The author would probably say that it's acceptable for Hollywood actresses to appear nude in films.
b. The author would probably not object to male athletes posing nude for magazines.
c. The author would agree that Katarina Witt and Jenny Thompson are good role models for young girls who aspire to become Olympic athletes one day.
d. The author would probably disapprove of a calendar featuring photographs of Olympic athletes in skimpy lingerie.
LEARNING TARGETS
- I can draw inferences from graphic textual evidence.
- I can identify inferences with textual evidence from a photo.
- I can participate in discussions about a text with a partner, small group, and the whole class.
MINI-LESSON
Gallery Walk
- What is a Gallery Walk and how does it work? A gallery walk is a chance for you to view a picture as text.
- How it works: You have the chance to view a collection of photos and write down details you notice about each one in order to draw inferences about the photos.
WORK TIME
1. Complete Assignment 21.0 in Google Classroom.
2. View each photo for 60 seconds. Your teacher will set a timer. Then...
3. Record what you notice and wonder about on your Notice and Wonder Chart in Assignment 21.0.
ASSESSMENT
Turn in assignment 21.0 by the end of the day today.
FRIDAY 10-22-21 A-C Day: DIRT Day
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
DO NOW None
LEARNING TARGETS
I can practice active reading by reading the short story, Of Man and Woman by Richard Matheson.
MINI-LESSON
Refresher on Active Reading Worksheets
WORK TIME
Complete Assignment 22.0 in Google Classroom.
ASSESSMENT
Turn in Assignment 22.0 by the end of the day.
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