ENGLISH IV Unit 1 Day 5- Vocabulary 1, Reflection, Tattoos

Do-Now:  In the introduction of “Tattoos on the Heart,” Fr. Greg ends the introduction with a story of how Luis, a gang member, gets his life together but dies anyway. Others would ask Fr. Greg, “What’s the point of doing good… If this can happen to ya?”  What do you think is the point? Is there a point?  *Announcement: You will have a quiz on summarizing a text on Friday.

Prayer (Venessa)

SWBAT Use context to determine a word’s meaning.  Use context (e.g. the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or test; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of increasingly difficult words or phrases  Discuss purpose of a text

Vocabulary 1  Every week you will be given 10 new vocabulary words.  This week ONLY you will have 5 words (get used to it and shorter week)  Every THURSDAY is when your vocabulary is due.  Every Friday you will have a quiz. You are responsible for knowing previous words as well.

What to Include on Vocab HW:  You will include…  Guess of what you think the word means  Definition of the word  A CONTEXT-FILLED sentence with the word  A picture of the word  Every Thursday we will do “charades” where different people will act out the vocab word in the best way they can. More on this on Thursday.

Vocab List 1: 1. inconsolable (adj) 1. Though everyone had worked their hardest to make Anna feel better after her dog died, Anna remained inconsolable and could not stop sobbing. 2. recalcitrant (adj) 1. Fortunately Ms. Stitt has not had any recalcitrant behavior with students talking back or defying everything she says. 3. Pyrrhic or pyrrhic (adj) 1. Though Lisa won the argument this weekend with her boyfriend, it was a pyrrhic victory, as she lost the relationship because of it.

Vocab 1 cont’d 4. capricious (adj)  Sarah was so confused at how capricious her dance teacher was in her feedback on her ballet; it seemed to have no relation to how well she was dancing, but rather the mood that her instructor was in. 5. amicable (adj)  Considering their bad breakup the year before, Joe and Hannah had a surprisingly amicable relationship and could hang out together in big groups just fine.

Chalk Talk  What is a chalk talk?  It is sharing your responses, thoughts, questions with your other classmates, but written on the board instead of aloud  It is SILENT (again, no voices, just writing)  4-5 people will start, write on the board, then hand off markers to someone else in the class.  Have your questions/comments about Tattoos out. On the white board or on the Promethean board, write one of your questions/comments.

Video: Alabama Homeboys  As you watch the video, write three things that you have questions about or find interesting/striking.  You do not need to write this, but also think how the Homeboys have changed from when they were in a gang to now working for Homeboy Industries.

HW:  Vocab 1  Possibly finish chapter 1 of Tattoos on the Heart (depends on how far we get today)

Exit:  On a half sheet (split with your partner…)  Write two things you find interesting, surprising, or thought provoking in the discussions or text of Tattoos

BEFORE WRITING A REFLECTION:  Determine two or three main themes or issues from the book that you felt strongly about or that you believed were especially striking.  Hunger Games Example:  Dystopia (A place in which everything is unpleasant or bad, ruled by a totalitarian/dictatorship type government)  Obedience

Paragraph 1: Paragraph 1 introduces the text and highlights the main topics you will be discussing later in the paper. Sentence 1: Just like in a summary, you will introduce author and title, BUT you can also add in your opinion  Summary: “In The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, characters must fight to the death for the pleasure of the upper class Capitol citizens.”  Reflection: “In The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, a horrific scene occurs every year in which characters must fight to the death for the pleasure of the upper class Capitol citizens.

Paragraph 1 (cont’d) Sentences 2-6(ish) should highlight what you will be discussing the remainder of the paper.  Sentence 2: Dystopia. The dystopian society was shocking and unnatural, though perhaps a scary reflection of what any society could become.  Sentence 3: Obedience. What was even more shocking, however, was that people obeyed this rule and followed through with murdering one another to win the “Hunger Games.”  Sentence 4: Conclusion/Overall. While Collins writes on a gruesome subject, it is good to open our eyes and consider where the citizens in this dystopia made their mistakes.

Paragraph 2:  Paragraph 2 will be all about the first topic you chose (in this case, dystopia).  Expand on your thoughts, beliefs about this topic.  Though dystopia is made very apparent and obvious in this book, sometimes dystopia is not so obvious.  Use examples from the book to show how this topic is portrayed in the book.  It is clearly portrayed in the book, as Collins writes of one of the places in the book, “District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.”  If you can, connect it to something in our world today (or your life)  The dystopia is evident in the book, but what is less evident is the dystopia that happens in our world today.

Paragraph 3:  Paragraph 3 will be the same as paragraph 2, only about your other topic. (In this case, obedience)  For now, you will not need a conclusion paragraph for your reflections.