Agenda How does the usage of language affect/effect our lives? EQ Objectives Teachers will sample reinforcement activities in Category 2 to use with students. Teachers will devise questions in C2 which relate to their unit of study. Teachers will leave with three activities to implement with their students to reinforce C2.
This is what 2009 looked like………… Grade 9 Grade 10 Retakers
Results from the Formative
Category Two Results #7 Historically, this is where the majority of questions fall on the high stakes testing
Category Two Results # 14 KEY WORDS: author creates suspense TERRIFIC KEY WORDS: author creates suspense Great strategy: Incorporate TV summaries
KEY WORDS “method of persuasion” Great strategy: Commercials Category Two Results # 17 NICE!!! KEY WORDS “method of persuasion” Great strategy: Commercials
Category Two Results # 18 KEY WORDS: events = details WOW KEY WORDS: events = details Great strategy: Time Lines- Charting
How Much Reading????
Types of Passages 70% 30%
Hyperbole “Hype” : exaggerations
Simile ABC is easy as 1-2-3
The most prevalent place to find metaphors is in music, why not use it? ♫♫
Examples of Metaphors Stairway to Heaven Dust in the Wind Bridge Over Troubled Waters I’m Already There Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me Come Sail Away Hazy Shade of Winter
Resources for C2 Newspapers, Magazines, et al Music, TV, Plays & Movies facts relevant details devices of persuasion main idea: implied and stated figurative language author’s purpose analyzing plot methods of appeal essential message
More sources…….. Content Area Text Novels, Poems, Essays major events organizational text conflicts resolution Descriptive language Tone Mood Point of View
For Best Results Activities should be motivating & inviting:, it is a given most students DO NOT want to read for main ideas. Always model and guide prior to independent practice Reading ANYTHING is good practice as long as you ask the right questions. Try to make the practice fun.
Your Turn Food Nutrition Activity Football Equipment safety Broadway Playbill Task Cards – Questioning Story Snapshot Questions Current Events
Assign Roles Select a Recorder (writer) Select a Manager (keeps focus) Select a Task Director (organizes) Select a Presenter (recaps for all) Assistants (works the task)
Exit Slip Write it on the Post-it. Devise one Category Two question using the given stems (relevant to what you are currently studying). Put on the Chart Paper on your way out. Thank you!