9th Grade U1W3 Do Nows and Directions

Monday, 24 August 2015 Do Now: Turn in you grammar practice packet 2 Get out your three subject notebook and open it to the first section which we use for journaling Place MLA formatting up at the top, left hand corner of a new page First Name Last Name English 9 Period 3 24 August 2015 You have five minutes to respond to the following: Answer our main essential question for this unit: How are we shaped as individuals by the culture and society in which we live?

Vocabulary Study Jobs Dictionary researcher/Paraphraser This student will be responsible for locating the word in the dictionary or another resource and putting the definition in their own words Word origins and word clues expert This student will use a dictionary or another resource to find the word origin and draw clues about its meaning Synonym finder/Example finder This student will use a thesaurus or another resource to find synonyms for the vocabulary word If it so happens that a word does not have a synonym (like “personification”) this student is responsible for finding examples Sentence writer This student will write a sentence using the word correctly

Academic Vocabulary culture (n) cosmopolitan (adj) vehemently (adj) homily (n) perplexed (adj) commiserate (v) obstinate (adj) mutilated (adj) deference (n) forsaken (adj) Literary Terms theme universal theme tone personification conflict gender roles diction

Chinua Achebe

Nigeria

Nigeria in Facts Africa’s most populous country composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the most populous and politically influential are Hausa and the Fulani 29% Yoruba 21% Igbo (ibo) 18% Ijaw 10% Kanuri 4% Languagues Official Language: English Hausa Yoruba Igbo (Ibo) Fulani over 500 additional indigenous languages Urbanization urban population 47.8% rate of urbanization 4.66% annual rate of change Major urban areas Lagos 13,123,000 Kano 3,587,000 Ibada 3,160,000 Abuja (capital) 2,440,000 Port Harcourt 2,343,000 Facts from “The World Factbook” https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html

“Marriage is a Private Affair”

Wednesday, 26 August 2015 Open up your journals and set up a new page with an MLA heading. Answer the following questions: Describe a time when you and your parents disagreed about something. Should you always listen to your parents? Or are parents always right?

Close Reading

Round 1 Reread the last two paragraphs silently to yourself. You may transfer any annotations you may have from yesterday’s reading.

Round 2 Turn to your partners and discuss the questions that you have. Make sure each person gets a turn to ask their questions. Feel free to add annotations or questions to your own paper.

Round 3 Reread the last paragraphs again, one section at a time! Trade off reading each section so that everyone has a chance to read. Stop after each section and discuss… the personification of nature make a list of what nature does in order discuss: how does nature affect Okeke? I suggest you write down the most important points of your discussion.

Round 4 Reread the close read AGAIN!!!! Switching readers each turn. Stop after each section and discuss… diction circle what you believe to be the most important words look up definitions and synonyms as needed (I suggest you do this for words that you know as well because a deeper understanding of the words will help you in the long run.

Round 5 Reread the sections again one last time. Discuss: What happens after the story is over? Find specific evidence to back up your answer! Write down your response.

Thursday, 27 August 2015 Take a seat in our Socratic Seminar circle Turn in your notebooks to our class bin. I will specifically be grading the notes you made for “Appostrophes in Contractions” from our website. Please get out the S. Seminar rubric you used the previous Socratic Seminar. Reread your reflection on the back in the next three minutes silently.

9th Grade Honors U1W3 Do Nows and Directions