Friday, October 31, 2014

 

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 42

1.      Take vocabulary test (Lesson 5: jaded, gist, advocate…)

2.      What does “fun” look/feel/taste/sound/smell like?

a.       List them at least 10 things. Use all 5 senses (if you can)…

b.      Beneath your list, and without using the word “fun” – write a ½ page/paragraph using some of your list to describe something (of your choice).

3.      Show student work from Wednesday…

a.       What “boring” looks, smells, tastes, feels, sounds like

4.      Graded today’s vocabulary tests

5.      TOOK NOTES:

a.       What is a pronoun? What is its antecedent?

b.      Defined pronoun and antecedent with either definitions or examples – reviewed in class

6.      Introduction to pronouns and antecedents – practiced identifying both in 20 sentences on monitors – reviewed answers (#21)

 

ENGLISH homework:

 

None

Thursday, October 30, 2014

 

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 41

 

1. Collected homework: What does “boring” look like?
2. Write down the steps that we followed, sentence by sentence, when we wrote our response to the Android logo article. See how many you can remember.
3. Show clever vocabulary memory tricks from yesterday’s class:

·         Jaded – The “JAY did” not even fly…it was too exhausted.

·         Advocate – Our waitress highly recommended the advocado.

·         gist – “Gist” get to the point.

·         Charisma – If you CHAR hIS MA, you may lose your charm.

·         Efface – Please erase your butt-ugly face.

·         Ogre – “Oh GRRRR” roared the monster.”

·         Mesmerize – I was hypnotized as I stared at the word “mesmerize.”

·         Entity – (having existence)

·         Bandy – There’s no time to bandy when you’re in marching band.Dastardly – (cowardly)

 

4. Read article “For Those Who Want to Lead, Read” by John Coleman
1. http://blogs.hbr.org/2012/08/for-those-who-want-to-lead-rea/
2. Write a collective response following WRITING TEMPLATE:

                                                              i.      SENTENCE #1: (summary)

                                                            ii.      SENTENCE #2: According to (fill in article author’s full name), “______________(add a quote that mentions something about the main idea)________________________________.”

                                                          iii.      SENTENCE # 3: Basically, (the author’s LAST name only) is saying………

                                                          iv.      SENTENCE #4 & 5 (link the main idea to a group of people other than me, like parents or teachers or Europeans): This reminds me of…

                                                            v.      SENTENCE #6 (explain what may happen if other people recognize the link you made in sentences 4 & 5): In the future,

5. Next, do the same, using the article “Bitten by a Vampire” from The Week magazine.
1. http://theweek.com/article/index/100059/bitten-by-a-vampire

 

ENGLISH homework:

 

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

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

 

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 39

 

“There is within me (and with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love…”

 

1. Take Scarlet Ibis test
2. After turning in test, write out the 18 errors in the paragraph below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.      TO BE COLLECT FOR A GRADE (5 paragraphs total) : Pretend you meet someone who is unfamiliar with the concept of the “knot of cruelty” that we discussed in “The Scarlet Ibis.”

a.       In a paragraph, explain it to them in your own words.

b.      In another full paragraph, explain to the same person them how this “knot” is present in one of the other short stories that we have read in this class (“The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Interlopers,” “The Most Dangerous Game”).

5. They say that you can choose to use your life for good or for evil.
1. You just wrote about a character from one of our stories that chose evil because of his knot of cruelty…Going backward in time, think about what might have happened to him that created this knot in their past.

                                                              i.      In a paragraph,  make up something that happened to this character that upset him and caused him to become mean.

                                                            ii.      In another paragraph, make up what else probably happened to the character’s friends and family because of his decision to choose meanness.

                                                          iii.      In a 3^rd paragraph: Explain how by making different choice the character could have changed his situation into something positive.

 

ENGLISH homework:

 

Complete the backside of this week’s vocabulary handout (due tomorrow)

 

Finish the 5 paragraphs (see above) – due tomorrow

 

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

Monday, October 27, 2014

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 38

·         Pick up this week’s vocabulary word list (Lesson 5)

·         Review answers to “The Scarlet Ibis” review sheet (Q’s 1-8)

o   Reschedule test for tomorrow, Tuesday!

·         MARK ON THE PARAGRAPH as many of the 26 errors in this paragraph as you can.

It’s legs were crossed and it’s claw-like feet we’re delicately curved at rest.  even death did not mare it’s grace. For it laid on the earth like a brokin vase of red flower’s and we stood around it; awed by it’s exotic beautey. “Its dead. mama said.”  “what is it,” Doodle repeated?

·         Discussed the following:

a.       Your feelings sit in the backseat of your car. You are the driver of your car. Your feelings are backseat drivers always yelling out directions to you, telling you what to do and how to drive. You can listen to them, acknowledge them, but you don’t have to do what they say. You get to drive wherever and however you choose. You’re in the driver’s seat.

b.      In “The Scarlet Ibis” James Hurst wrote, “There is within me (and it is with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction, and at times I was mean to Doodle.” (pg. 336)

·         TO BE COLLECTED in 10 minutes, explain what you think is the author’s purpose of this “knot of cruelty” (pg. 336) or “childish spite” (pg. 343) or “streak of cruelty within me” (pg. 343)

o   Answer one (or all) of the following questions:

1.      When (and with whom) does your knot of cruelty show up?

2.      What could you personally do differently with your knot of cruelty?

3.      What could you learn from this older brother’s tragedy?

·         Make a poster of 6 or 7 titles (no brainstorm)

1.      Mama 2.      Doodle’s brother 3.      Daddy

4.      Doodle 5.      Scarlet Ibis 6.      Swamp

7.      The weather

ENGLISH homework:

Study your review sheet for tomorrow’s test on “The Scarlet Ibis.”

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

Friday, October 24, 2014

 

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 37

 

Collect classwork:

5 paragraphs

List of 40

 

Take test (prefix/root #3)

 

Complete test review 1 – 9. TO BE COLLECTED FOR CREDIT.

 

TEST REVIEW:

1.        Review terms: uneasiness, exhilaration, amusement

a.        find an example of each in the story – write it out, word for word

2.        Read page 338 – “go-to-sleep” flower…discuss vocabulary

3.        Explain the vocabulary words in each of the following quotations:

a.        “…gloriously iridescent vortex,” (pg. 338),

b.        “With success so imminent…” (pg. 337)

c.        “an invalid brother…” (pg. 334)

4.        What 3 words would you use to describe Doodle’s brother while he was teaching Doodle to walk?

5.        In "The Scarlet Ibis," Hurst (the author) uses natural elements of the setting to comment on the action of the story and the characters. These include plants, birds, insects, and weather phenomena. Make a list of 10 of these natural elements and write a paragraph on ONE of them, explaining how it relates to the action of the story or the characters themselves.

6.        Write down BRIEF definitions for the following literary terms:

a.        foreshadowing (pg. 1 on handout)

b.        conflict (pg. 1)

c.        theme (page 3)

d.        allusion, (pg. 3)

e.        metaphor, (pg. 4)

f.         simile, (pg. 4)

g.        symbolism, (pg. 4)

h.        irony, (pg. 4)

i.         oxymoron, (pg. 5)

j.         juxtaposition, (dictionary)

k.        antipathy, (dictionary)

l.         apathetic (dictionary)

7.        Using page 340 as a resource, figure out

a.        About what year (pg. 340)

b.        WHERE did this story take place?

8.        There is an allusion on page 340 in the paragraph that begins, “It was Saturday noon…” – Read the whole paragraph and name the children’s story that is being alluded to.

9.        Complete below…(World’s Thinnest Books redux)…

o    1. List characters in "The Scarlet Ibis" - 7 total – (see the chart below)

o    2. List four or more facts and details about each using your book.

·          Pretend each has written a book.

o    3. Based on the facts, create 2 IRONIC book titles written by each character that reflects something he is LEAST LIKELY to know anything about.

o    4. Choose your 7 favorite IRONIC titles and draw a pile of books with the titles showing on a PINK or BLUE poster for our classroom (include the author/character for each title)

 

1.        Mama 2.        Doodle’s brother 3.        Daddy

4.        Doodle 5.        Scarlet Ibis 6.        Swamp

7.        The weather

 

ENGLISH homework:

 

Study for Monday’s “The Scarlet Ibis” test

Thursday, October 23, 2014

 

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 36

 

Study your prefixes for 5 minutes before we fill in an empty 3-column chart from memory…

 

Finish:

4 lists – 40 reasons total:

• List 10 events that happened in the story that would help convince a jury that…
• 1. Doodle’s older brother is responsible for the death of Doodle?
• 2. Doodle’s parents are responsible for the death of Doodle?
• 3. Doodle’s older brother is NOT responsible for the death of Doodle?
• 4. Doodle’s parents are NOT responsible for the death of Doodle?

 

·         Next: DUE TOMORROW:

1. Using one set of your GUILTY arguments (parents or brother).
1. You are to pretend that all of these things have been said ABOUT YOU in front of a jury.
2. Things are not looking good for you. The jury seems convinced of your guilt.
2. The judge has asked you if you have anything to say in your own defense.
3. DEFEND YOURSELF on paper…
1. …by writing out a closing argument/speech (to be read at the close of your trial) that refutes the key points against you. Make your case as convincing as possible.
2. GOAL: You are to take all statements and turn them in your favor before the jury so that you can convince them that you are correct and the other party is incorrect.
3. 1 paragraph for any 5 of your 10 arguments. 5 paragraphs total.
4. Use this opportunity to point out discrepancies in the other side's theory. Challenge the overall position. Highlight inconsistencies to discredit anything the other side tried to prove or defend.
5. Please begin your speech with: “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury…”
6. TURN IN TODAY or TOMORROW FOR CREDIT
4. Announced test on “The Scarlet Ibis” – Monday – we will review specifics tomorrow in class.

 

ENGLISH homework:

 

·         Study for Friday’s fill-in-the blank Prefix test (the next 11 prefixes from “30-15-10” list) including the following prefixes from your sheet = re-, retro-, se-, sub-, super-, trans-, un- (or uni-), un-, bas, cap (or capt), cred

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

 

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 35

 

·         Read your summary of Doodle’s last ½ hour

·         Discuss “The Scarlet Ibis”

o   Knot of cruelty with siblings

o   How did Doodle die?

o   What were the doctor’s orders

o   Why did the brother disobey?

§  What happened when he did?

§  How did he feel about it?

o   What happened next?

o   When is enough enough?

o    

·         Take out your list of (20 items)…

o   Decide which ones are symbolic

§  (and which are NOT).

o   Next, for each item you believe is symbolic, write out a NEW CHART that explains what each item symbolizes. For example:

§  (pg. 338) “When Peter was ready to go to sleep, the peacock spread his magnificent tail, enfolding the boy gently like a closing go-to-sleep flower, burying him in the gloriously iridescent, rustling vortex.”

·         On your chart, write:

o   If the peacock represents Doodle, then the peacock’s magnificent tail (from Doodle’s made-up story) symbolizes how much Doodle loves his older brother.

 

STAPLE 4 parts together

(orginal list of 20, 8 questions, list of last ½ hour, actual symbols)
TURN IN FOR CREDIT

 

On a separate PAPER…

4 lists – 40 reasons total:

·         List 10 events that happened in the story that would help convince a jury that…

o   1. Doodle’s older brother is responsible for the death of Doodle?

o   2. Doodle’s parents are responsible for the death of Doodle?

o   3. Doodle’s older brother is NOT responsible for the death of Doodle?

o   4. Doodle’s parents are NOT responsible for the death of Doodle?

 

ENGLISH homework:

 

·         Study for Friday’s fill-in-the blank Prefix test (the next 11 prefixes from “30-15-10” list) including the following prefixes from your sheet = re-, retro-, se-, sub-, super-, trans-, un- (or uni-), un-, bas, cap (or capt), cred