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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Thursday, October 16, 2014

 

 

ENGLISH - 1st trimester – Day 31

 

1.      Checked homework: backside of vocabulary handout #4

2.      HUNG your poster from yesterday (if you haven’t already):

a.       Be sure your name, date, and hour on the BACK OF YOUR POSTER

3.      RIDDLE: Make a list of 10 bullet points that answer the following riddle:

o   How is a battlefield similar to a dance?

o   How is a football game like truth?

·         Print and read the non-fiction article, “Who Made That Android Logo?”…

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/magazine/who-made-that-android-logo.html?_r=0

 

1.      Add 4 written comments on the article…in other words, talk back to the article.

2.      SENTENCE #1: Summarize the article in a single sentence.

3.      ON THE BACK: What is the MAIN POINT that we learn about the Android logo in this article?

4.      ON THE BACK: What does the main point and parents have in common?

§  List 10

5.      SENTENCE #2: According to Pagan Kennedy, “________________________.”

§  Fill-in-blank with a word for word quotation from the article that has to do with “the main point”.

6.      SENTENCES # 3 & 4: Follow your quotation with one of the following:

·         Basically, KENNEDY is saying………

·         In other words, KENNEDY believes…………..

·         In making this comment, KENNEDY urges us to………..

·         KENNEDY is corroborating the age-old adage that…………..

·         KENNEDY’s point is that………….

·         The essence of KENNEDY’s argument is that………….

7.      NEXT, write at least 2 sentences that without writing the word “care,” explain why __parents__ might care about this information.

8.      End your paragraph with a sentence or 2 that explain what might happen in the future if parents take your suggestion.

 

·         AFTER TURNING IN YOUR PMR:

o   Write down WHAT YOU THINK will be the test question about each of your 11 words that pertains to “The Cask of Amontillado.”

 

ENGLISH homework:

 

To study for Friday’s “The Cask of Amontillado” test (20 questions)

  • Write down WHAT YOU THINK will be the test question about each of the 11 words that pertains to “The Cask of Amontillado.”
    • impunity, absconded, premeditated, motley, surmounted, vowed revenge, coat of arms, foreshadowing, point of view, imagery, irony

 

Study for Friday’s vocabulary test (Lesson 4: elude, fallow, blight…)

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