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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