October Agendas and Do Nows English I October Agendas and Do Nows

Monday October 5, 2015 Do Now: What is denotation? Agenda: What is connotation? • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Denotation/Connotation Finish Presentations Award Praise Points for “A” on exam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7iU2HFUXaU Word Web for “Pretty” Reminders: RETAKES UNTIL TUESDAY!

Tuesday October 6, 2015 Do Now: Agenda: What is a fragment? • ELACC9L1: Demonstrate command of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Use various types of phrases or clauses to convey specific meanings and add variety. ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Turn in your Praise Points sheets if you have points. Sentence fragments Complete 1-15 Word Web for “Ugly” Create your own word web for two “tired” words. Include 5 synonyms with 2 definitions each -Due tomorrow!

Fragments A fragment is only part of a sentence; it does not express a complete thought. Usually, a fragment leaves the reader “hanging,” wondering exactly what the writer was trying to say.

Wednesday October 7, 2015 Do Now: When are commas used? Agenda: ELACC9L1: Demonstrate command of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Use various types of phrases or clauses to convey specific meanings and add variety. • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Share and turn in Webs Comma practice Begin Denotation/Connotation partner activity. -Exercise 1 and 2

Commas Commas ( , ) are sentence separators, and for this exercise, commas will be used to separate many of your fragments from the rest of the sentence. To know when to insert commas, you will need to read the two parts of the sentence as they have been divided in the previous activity: If one part of the sentence is NOT a fragment, then it needs a comma. If both parts of the sentence are fragments, the sentence does NOT need a comma. Here is an easy way to remember this rule: 1 fragment = comma More than 1 fragment ≠ comma

Thursday October 8, 2015 Do Now: What does it mean to have a positive or negative connotation? • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Finish Exercise 1 Begin Exercise 2 of partner activity. Work today and Friday to complete all activities. Due Monday!

Friday October 9, 2015 Do Now: Agenda: Get with your partner and work! • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Finish Connotation/Denotation activity 1-3. Be ready to present with your partner on Monday!

Monday October 12, 2015 Do Now: What does mono mean? What does poly mean? Get a vocabulary book. • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Vocabulary Unit 4- page 24-25 Last day for Denotation/Connotation Partner Activities Vocabulary pictures due Wednesday Presenations of activity TOMORROW!

Tuesday October 13, 2015 Do Now: What vocabulary word means “a place of protection”? • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings ELACC9SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English. Agenda: Presentations of Denotation/Connotation Partner Activities Vocabulary Unit 4 Practice Exercise I-II Vocabulary picture clues due TOMORROW!

Wednesday October 14, 2015 Do Now: Write a sentence using three vocabulary words. • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings ELACC9SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English. Agenda: Last day for Denotation/Connotation Partner Presentations Vocabulary picture check Begin poetry background notes

Thursday October 15, 2015 Agenda: Finish Presentations Continue Poetry notes Vocabulary Practice Quiz TOMORROW over definitions and spelling. Do Now: What word means “made less proud; humbled”? • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings ELACC9SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English.

Friday October 16, 2015 Do Now: How many syllables are in a foot of poetry? Prepare for your quiz! • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Vocabulary Quiz Unit 4 Read or study once completed Finish poetry notes

Monday October 19, 2015 Do Now: What is alliteration? Give me an example! ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Finish Poetry term notes How to Read a Poem information

Tuesday October 20, 2015 Do Now: What does subordinate mean? Agenda: Use your phone to write the denotation down! ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Main and Subordinate Clauses Review and practice Poetry terms handout

Main and Subordinate Clauses A main clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence. To decide whether a clause is main or not- think of Santa- if the clause is a sentence that can function all on its own, it is a main clause.

Main and Subordinate Clauses A subordinate clause (also known as dependent clause) is unable to stand alone as a sentence. Like the elves, subordinate clauses depend upon a main clause to be complete. Without the suport of a main clause (or Santa) a subordinate clause is an incomplete sentence.

Main and Subordinate Clauses Directions: Decide whether the clauses on the next page are main or subordinate clauses. Circle the word main if it is a main clause, subordinate if it is a subordinate clause. If the clause is subordinate, use the line below it to add a main clause and make a complete sentence. Sometimes you will add to the beginning, sometimes you will add to the end.

Wednesday October 21, 2015 Do Now: What type of poem is most similar to a song and has a refrain that is repeated? Find an example of that type of poem and write the title. (Use your device) • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Review Literary matching terms “Stereo Hearts” video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3E9Wjbq44E Pop music vs. Classic Compare/Contrast Activity

Thursday October 22, 2015 Do Now: What was the overall theme of the poem and song from yesterday? Draw a picture to represent that theme. ELACC9L1: Demonstrate command of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Use various types of phrases or clauses to convey specific meanings and add variety. • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Day 2 of Compare/Contrast Poetry Continued Answer Questions Question discussion Activity 2

Friday October 23, 2015 Do Now: Agenda: What is a paradox? Use a dictionary or your phone. ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Finish questions from Activity 1 of Pop/Poem Comparison Begin working on Activity 2 Pop/Poem Comparison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4rvGGFt7LU Questions are HOMEWORK if you do not finish in class.

Monday October 26, 2015 Do Now: Agenda: Mrs. Bass out ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: “Miniver Cheevy” Poem analysis Questions due TUESDAY

Tuesday October 27, 2015 Do Now: Look through your notes. What is “iamb”? ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Turn in Song/Poem Comparison Questions “Miniver Cheevy” assignment from Monday. Bring your textbook tomorrow

Wednesday October 28, 2015 Do Now: If something is “personified” what does that mean? How can you easily identify it sometimes? ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Pages 902-908 Reading poetry “Dreams” Groups of three: Each member will pick a set of questions to answer and then share their answers with group. 7th Period: read all of the pages above and answer questions 1-5 on pages 905,907, and 908

Thursday October 29, 2015 Do Now: What were the main ideas behind the poems we read yesterday? Draw an image that represents those poems. ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Discuss your poem and answers with your small group Close reading of “The Seven Ages of Man” pg 944 Begin Questions for “Seven Ages…” HW: “The Seven Ages of Man” questions pg 946 #1-8

Friday October 30, 2015 Do Now: Answer the riddle On a dark, stormy Halloween night, four kids named Luke, John, Sarah and Bob walk into a haunted house during a blackout. Only one can escape. They take a staircase to the second floor, a trapdoor on the left, then go up the ladder to the right, followed by a 28-foot slide to the basement through the mouth of a Giant Panda. In one corner of the murky cellar is a chainsaw, a dagger, a rope with a noose and an electric chair. Written on the wall in blood are the words, “Only one will survive – choose your death!” Bob takes the rope, Sarah picks up the dagger, John chooses the chainsaw and Luke uses the chair. Who survives? Agenda: Turn in your questions from yesterday Imagery Poetry pg 120- 126 Answer questions 1-5 on pages 123, 125, and 126 ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings

Thursday October 29, 2015 Do Now: Agenda: ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Assign Shakespeare Sonnet topics Write your own Shakespearean-style sonnet HW: Finish your sonnet tonight

Friday October 30, 2015 Do Now: Agenda: Poetry Circle Best Read-Aloud ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range • ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings Agenda: Poetry Circle Best Read-Aloud “Gather Ye Rosebuds”