ENGLISH - 1st trimester – Day 41
- Collected homework: What does “boring” look like?
- 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.
- 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)
- Read article “For Those Who Want to Lead, Read” by John Coleman
- http://blogs.hbr.org/2012/08/for-those-who-want-to-lead-rea/
- 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,
- Next, do the same, using the article “Bitten by a Vampire” from The Week magazine.
ENGLISH homework:
Study for Friday’s vocabulary test (Lesson 5: jaded, gist, advocate…)
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