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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

ENGLISH - 1st trimester – Day 40 

WARMUP: At your tables, create a clever way (or a trick) that would help others remember the definitions of the following vocabulary words:

  • Table 1 = jaded, advocate, gist
  • Table 2 = charisma, efface
  • Table 3 = ogre, mesmerize, entity
  • Table 4 = bandy, dastardly
·         Write down the questions and your response to each of the following (to be collected):
1.      What surprised me recently?        
2.      What’s bugging me?
3.      What is changing?
4.      What did I expect to happen that didn’t?
5.      Why did something make me so mad?
6.      What do I keep remembering?
7.      What have I learned?

·         Next, in a half-page, tell the story behind one of your answers above.

·         Next, we graded our paragraphs using the same 3 questions as yesterday:
1.      What reactions do you have to your paragraph?
2.      What letter grade do you give it? (explain why)
3.      List 2 questions you would like to ask the writer.

·         CONTEST (table against table):
o   What does “boring” look/feel/taste/sound/smell like?
§  List them. Use all 5 senses…
o   Individually, without using the word “boring” “bored” or “boredom”– write a
½ page paragraph using some of your list to describe something. ADD THIS YOUR WORK ABOVE - TO BE COLLECTED 

ENGLISH homework:
1.      Study for Friday’s vocabulary test (Lesson 5: jaded, gist, advocate…)

2.      What does “fun” look/feel/taste/sound/smell like?
o   List them at least 10 things. Use all 5 senses (if you can)…
§  Beneath your list, and without using the word “fun” – write a ½ page/paragraph using some of your list to describe something.

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