Welcome! April 10th, 2018 Tuesday Do Now Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Tuesday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to guess the meaning of the word. Make sure you explain your thinking! Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

The tourists were encumbered by their excessive luggage. Read the following sentence and guess the meaning of the word encumbered based on the context. The tourists were encumbered by their excessive luggage. To encumber is to restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult. © Presto Plans

EOC Boot Camp First thing’s first, cadets! Let’s briefly go over your assignment from yesterday.

On your handout, complete the army boots by answering the following questions about the story we just read.

Drop and give me 20, recruits! For each square, find someone in class to provide an EXAMPLE (not the definition!) of each of the terms on both sides of your handout. You may use your commander, General Lane, once, and no person in the class can be used more than twice. Each blank must have a different example. Have the person who provided your example initial in the corner of the box. The objective is to be the first one finished with all squares correct. GO!

EOC Tip: Always be sure to read the caption for each excerpt on the EOC – it can contain valuable information that will help you understand what you’re reading! “War is Kind” Next, let’s practice some poetry analysis. Read the poem “War is Kind” by Stephen Crane and annotate your analysis in the margins. Some things to consider: What stands out to you? What is the author trying to say? What images and language does he use to convey his point?

EOC Tip: Try reading the questions before you read the passage so you’ll know what to keep an eye out for while reading. “War is Kind” Next, take five minutes to answer the multiple choice questions on your handout. Take your time and do your best – these are exactly the type of questions you will see on the EOC.

Let’s go over our answers!

“War is Kind”: Constructed Response Sometimes, the EOC likes to throw you for a loop and will ask extended response questions. These questions will often relate (or author’s purpose, if non-fiction) and ask you to analyze how the author uses different techniques to show theme (symbolism, tone/mood, perspective, etc.)

“War is Kind”: Constructed Response

“War is Kind”: Constructed Response For the rest of class, your job is to write a constructed response using one of the five options to the right. Make sure you use the blanks in the left hand box to guide your response.

Cool Down! For the rest of class, you have one job: Begin working on your IXL for the week: R.2 and R.4. Great work, cadets!