Monday, September 24, 2012

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 15
·         Check homework:
o   List of 25
o   Graph of 25
·         After attendance, Vocabulary test - #2
·         Pick up this week’s vocabulary words (#3) and review pronunciations
·         Read the poem “Television” by Roald Dahl
·         How to Write – Day 1 - show Ted Williams video - Sentence structure mimicking – wrote like John Updike
·         Follow up on “John Updike” sentences – showed student examples then inferred what the author was saying - literal vs. suggested

• Create another “Updike” sentence...inferred what the author meant to say

·         Wrote down a series of prefixes and thought of words that used them:
abs-
bi-, bis-
epi-
mis-
sub-
uni-

·         Pickup 30-15-10 list/handout

• Discuss - 30-15-10 list (from Deeper Reading by Kelly Gallagher)

·         Write YOUR FIRST and LAST NAME on your GRAPH.
o   Exchange your GRAPH ONLY (not your list) with a classmate.
o   Using someone’s personal plotline as a guide, write a story about an inanimate object that experiences highs and lows in the same order. Number your paper 1 – 25. Due Wednesday.

ENGLISH homework:

Study for Friday’s vocabulary test: Lesson Three vocabulary words (edifice, ambidextrous…) The test will have a word bank and 20 fill-in-the-blank sentences – you provide the correct vocabulary word for each sentence.

Make flashcards for your 30-15-10 prefix/root/suffix handout. Use this website if you like: http://www.printableflashcards.net/make_flash_cards.php