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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