Introduction to and “First Marking Period” of Speak English 9, Week 9 Introduction to and “First Marking Period” of Speak

Opening pages of Speak Monday

the spanish club traveled to madrid spain during the summer Monday Identify clauses and sentence type Simple Independent Compound Adverb dependent Complex Adjective dependent Compound-complex Noun dependent Complete this exercise in the DGP section of your notebook 3

Target for Monday Target: I will learn how the author of Speak introduces characters and setting. Conditions: I will read the opening pages of Speak and meet the character Melinda. Criteria: identify key clues from the author to the reader of who the narrator is and where and when this takes place. Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Reading Together Read the first six pages of Speak together. Respond to what you’re reading in brief discussion. What clues does the author provide for who the narrator is? What do we already know about her? When and when does this take place? What text evidence is there to support your thinking?

Reading and Study Guides Tuesday

the spanish club traveled to madrid spain during the summer Add punctuation and capitalization Commas Semicolons Apostrophes Underlining Quotation marks End marks Complete this exercise in the DGP section of your notebook

Target for Tuesday Target: I will learn how the author of Speak uses literary devices to further the reader’s understanding and experience with the text. Conditions: I will continue to read the opening pages of Speak and begin to identify the use of literary elements. Criteria: identify metaphor, simile, tone, analogy, and hyperbole in the reading and complete the first study guide for the novel. Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

Continue Reading Speak Fill out the First Study Guide as a class as we read and discuss. Define various literary devices and identify them in the text. Why does the author use these devices?

Tone and Mood Wednesday

the spanish club traveled to madrid spain during the summer Diagram the sentence Complete this exercise in the DGP section of your notebook

Target for Wednesday Target: I will learn what “tone” is. Conditions: I will see examples of tones and find examples in Speak. Criteria: appropriately complete“Clans, Cliques, and Outsiders” Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

Warm Up Watch the two film trailers. What tools do film-makers use to convey tone and mood? Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuWf9fP-A-U or http://viewpure.com/fuWf9fP-A-U Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic or http://viewpure.com/2T5_0AGdFic

Tone and Mood Identify tone and mood in the short films How are tone and mood different? Handout: Tone and Mood Man

Tone and Mood Try identifying the difference between tone and mood in the worksheet. Handout: Tone-Mood Worksheet

Tone and Mood Consider tone in Speak. Complete the questions. Handout: Clans, Cliques and Outsiders”

Exit Slip Show your completed “Clans, Cliques, and Outsiders” answers.