11/30 1. bellringer 2. vocabulary words 3. EXAMINE videos, pictures, riddles, etc. and IDENTIFY inferences

3rd vocab Misanthrope (n)-A person who hates or distrusts all people Miscreant (n)-A person who behaves badly or unlawfully Mitigate (v)-Make less severe, serious, or painful Modicum (n)-A small amount Mollify (v)-To calm in temper; soothe — Churlish-adj. having a bad disposition; surly Mundane (adj)- Lacking interest or excitement Munificent (adj)- Very generous in giving; lavish Narcissism (n)- Excessive love or admiration for oneself Nascent (adj)- Just coming into existence and beginning to develop

1st, 2nd, and 4th vocab Suffice-v. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity Drone-v. talk in a monotonous voice Comprehensive-adj. including all or everything Rationalize-v. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning Resonate-v. be received or understood Tangential-adj. of superficial relevance if any Retention-n. the power of retaining and recalling past experience Deprecate-v. express strong disapproval of; deplore Dreary-adj. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise Surreptitiously-adv. Acting with or marked by stealth

Pun, Idiom, and word in another language Idiom: don’t count your chickens before they hatch Explanation: Do not start thinking you are going to get something before you actually get it. Pun: I hope you find this humerus Explanation: Usually, someone would say I hope you find this humorous. They are instead referring to the humerus bone. Word in another language: c’est la vie Explanation: French for that's life

inferencing activities different inferencing activities

12/1 1. bellringer 2. ANSWER guiding questions while watching the clip 3. RESEARCH the Washington Monument using two guided questions 4. DISCUSS answers to the questions 5. MAKE INFERENCES using political cartoons and guided questions 6. CREATE four squares for vocabulary words (3rd period work on claims presentations)

guiding questions for video What is the man’s profession? How long has he been in his profession? How does the man feel about the pigeon? How does the man feel about animals in general? What is the setting? What do we know about the pigeon?

10 minute research guiding questions What is the significance of the Washington Monument? What are the makers of the film indirectly saying about the government?

guiding questions 1st cartoon What is the author trying to say here? What does the Cold War have to do with the Ukraine crisis? Why might the author have chosen a dinosaur to depict the Cold War?

guiding questions 2nd cartoon What do you think the author is trying to say here? What does this cartoon say about America? What does this cartoon say about Africa? What situation does this cartoon seem to be alluding to? How do you know?

guiding questions 3rd cartoon What do you think the author is trying to say here? What does this cartoon say about the NRA? What does this cartoon seem to be saying about schools?

12/2 1. READ the first chapter of We Beat the Street and ANSWER guided questions while reading 2. CREATE a chart with what we can tell explicitly and what we can tell implicitly from the text 3. LISTEN to the teacher’s explanation of PART 4. ANALYZE advertisements using PART

guiding questions: We Beat the Street 1. Who is the narrator? 2.What did the narrator overcome? 3.What does the narrator do now? 4.What does the narrator think is important? 5.What does the narrator hope the reader will learn? 6.What is seems to be the purpose of the text? 7.In what kind of neighborhood did the narrator grow up? How do you know this?

PART Preview (what do you see on the surface?) Assess the similarities and differences (find patterns) Reorganize the similarities(group them in a way that makes sense) Turn analysis into a summary (draw a conclusion and closing statement)

guided questions for advertisements 1. Who is the target audience and how to we know they are the audience? 2.How are these two advertisements similar? 3.How are these two advertisements different 4.What is this advertisement selling explicitly? 5.What concept or idea is the advertisement selling implicitly? 6.What emotion is this ad appealing to? How do you know this advertisement makes you feel this way? 7.What assumptions are being made, and about what/whom? Why do you think the authors of the ad made these assumptions?

Advertisements Beats Old Spice Coca-Cola UPS Beats

12/3 1. bellringer 2. 3rd period present claims presentations in the library 3. LISTEN to an explanation of the Spongebob Trial 4. ANALYZE witness testimonies and evidence using PART 5. EXAMINE evidence and witness testimonies to WRITE a claim for the trial 6. REVIEW vocabulary words with kahoot

Trial of Spongebob Who did it?

Trial claim frame Krusty Krab was killed by _____________. One piece of evidence that supports my claim is _____________________. This piece of evidence supports my claim because ___________________. Another piece of evidence that supports my claim is _______________________. This piece of evidence also supports my claim because _______________. It is clear that Krusty Krab was killed by ____________.

12/4 1. Bellringer 2.vocabulary quiz 3.READ Thank You, Ma’am 4.ANALYZE the story to find what you see explicitly for character, setting, and society. 5.DISCUSS answers as a class. 6.ANALYZE the story to make inferences about the character, setting, and society

CharactersSettingSociety Explicit Implicit