Friday, November 8, 2013

 

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 47

 

·         Take prefix test #4

 

AFTER TURNING IN YOUR TEST…

• List 10 characteristics that you dislike in another person - things that would convince you that they will be NEVER your friend or things that would make them horrible to work with.
• Next, list 10 characteristics that you like in other people
• Introduce “Doubting Bully” concept for writing where we will PROVE our assertions on a fictional person named Muldoon…

1. Pinky is…____________. (Choose from list of the horrible characteristics)

                                                              i.      This is our CONCLUSION.

2. Imagine someone right there arguing, “No, Pinky is NOT a liar.”
3. With words, prove to this bully that Pinky is a liar by telling the story about something you saw Pinky do one time that proves that Pinky is a liar.

1.      Your goal is to silence him with words. (share with class)

• Next, try the same with the following quote:
1. “More than 400 of the 2,000 largest malls in the U.S. have closed in the past two years.”
2. Add SHOW and DOUBTING BULLY

                                                              i.      Do NOT contradict (re: Monty Python)

                                                            ii.      Instead, answer…

1.      Why might this matter to Americans? (pretend that it does)

• Now, using CARDS 2,3,4 – read your opening sentence and do the same thing.

·         Hand out “Human Footprint” Task Sheet

·         Watched 2 short news clips:

o   Visualizing How A Population Grows To 7 Billion: http://www.npr.org/2011/10/31/141816460/visualizing-how-a-population-grows-to-7-billion

o   Find Your Spot Among World's 7 Billion And Meet The 'Most Typical Person' http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/10/28/141792664/find-your-spot-among-worlds-7-billion-and-meet-the-most-typical-person?ps=rs

 

ENGLISH homework:

 

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