English 10 - 10/14/18 Write about your weekend. How do you fix a tuba? Circumlocution – talking around a subject rather than getting to the point. Usually due to embarrassment. Goals – Continue with Song lyric presentations. Check out Books. Do one minute interview before reading Life of Pi. Homework – Read and do reading journal for Chapter ch.4. Don’t forget: Quiz 7 on Thursday, Final 1-7 a week from Friday. With a tuba glue.
English 10 - 10/15/19 How do you think you might be helped in reading Life of Pi by doing the one question interview? Period 6 – Write on a topic of your choice. Why did the toilet paper roll down the hill? Cledonism – using circumlocution to avoid using certain words that are believed to be unlucky; e.g. “twelve, twelve plus one, fourteen….” Goals – Complete the one question interview activity. Turn in dailies for 9/30 – 10/4. Homework – Read and do reading journal for Chapter 4-6. Don’t forget: Quiz 7 on Thursday, Final 1-7 a week from Friday. Because it wanted to get to the bottom.
English 10 - 10/16/19 Explain, “We sacrifice our imagination at the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.” Period 6 - How do you think you might be helped in reading Life of Pi by doing the one question interview? What do “Alexander the Great” and “Winnie the Pooh” have in common? Chiastic – inverting words in otherwise similar phrases; e.g. “He went to the door, to the door went he.” Goals – Group discussion based on “one question interview.” Period 6 complete “one question interviews” and analyze the result. Turn in 10/7-10/11. Homework – Study for Vocab 7. Same middle name
English 10 - 10/17/19 Five minutes to prepare for your vocabulary Quiz #7. What is the difference between roast beef and pea soup? Catagraph – first draft. Goals – Complete and correct Vocab. 7 “Poetry time.” Homework – Study for Vocab Final 1-7. Friday - Read Author’s Note and Chapters 1,2. Write a journal response to it. Saturday – Read chapter 3-5 and do journal response. Sunday Read chapter 6-8 and do journal response. Well most people can roast beef.
English 10 - 10/18/19 How can close reading of a book bring pleasure even if the book is boring? Did you hear about the giant that threw up? Cacography – Bad spelling, cramped or indistinct writing. Goals – Complete vocabulary study for week 7. Prepare for Vocab. Final. Homework – Study for vocab final. It’s all over town.