Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.1 Writing and Reading: Lesson 10 Grade 6

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.2 Warm up: Homonyms Remember: Homonyms are words that sound alike but have different meanings and different spellings. Choose the correct word for each sentence below. Can you explain what each boldfaced word means? We showed (hour, our) support for the United States by flying American flags. The director had each actor read the selection (allowed, aloud) at the audition. Buenos Aires, the (capital, capitol) of Argentina, is considered by many to be the Paris of Latin America. Rudolph is a famous fictitious (dear, deer). He complained of feeling (weak, week) and tired all the time.

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.3 Multiple Meaning Words Read the first sentence below. Then choose the next sentence that uses the underlined word in the same way as in the original sentence. Can you use context to explain the meanings of the word? After dieting for six months, Phyllis was quite lean. Will you lean over and pick up the paper you just dropped, please? Jonathan appeared quite lean after the long illness. I had to lean over to pick up the book.

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.4 Review  Reading and writing are two halves of one communication process. When you use your own experience to make inferences you participate in “creating meaning” from the text.  Making inferences allows you to draw conclusions and to predict what will happen next. Even if your predictions are not correct, you have improved your comprehension by being an active reader.  Idioms are phrases that are part of a language but are not intended to be taken literally. Everyone uses idioms in everyday speaking and writing.

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.5 More review  Ideas is an important trait of effective writing. When you have strong ideas,  it all makes sense;  you show that know the topic well;  you include the most interesting details;  your paper has a purpose; and  your reader will not want to stop reading.  Tell me about the lesson you wrote about for your homework. What experiences taught you this lesson?

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.6 Tell me about your homework. Rate it yourself.  Did you use powerful words?  Did you vary your sentence structure.  Is your edited draft mostly error-free?  Is the presentation appealing How did your audience respond?  Who were the four people that you chose to read your paper?  What did they say about it?

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.7 Reading Comprehension: Using Schema Once again, we’re going to focus on making connections to what we are reading. This commonly-used strategy of proficient readers includes noticing connections to the reader’s own experiences, making connections to other texts, and identifying connections to the world as the reader understands it. This is a powerful comprehension strategy. Using schema is also the strategy that makes it possible for someone to read the same book over and over at different times without becoming bored, because the reader changes, even though the words do not. (Of course, re-reading is always a great idea, especially with poetry or other challenging texts, since it’s difficult to understand everything a writer has to say during the first reading. )

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.8 Your name Everyone has experience with naming. We all have a name, and most of us have named someone or something else—new babies, pets, or special toys, for example. Some people are thrilled with their names, whereas others are not. Some people know exactly why they received their names, while others do not. Today’s story is an excerpt from a novel. In this novel, the main character talks about how she is affected by her name. As we read, think about your own experience with naming and about the experiences of your family members and friends.

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.9 from The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting. It is like the number nine. A muddy color. It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving, songs like sobbing. It was my great-grandmother's name and now it is mine. She was a horse woman too, born like me in the Chinese year of the horse--which is supposed to be bad luck if you're born female-but I think this is a Chinese lie because the Chinese, like the Mexicans, don't like their women strong.

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.10 My great-grandmother. I would've liked to have known her, a wild, horse of a woman, so wild she wouldn't marry. Until my great-grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off. Just like that, as if she were a fancy chandelier. That's the way he did it. And the story goes she never forgave him. She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow. I wonder if she made the best with what she got or was she sorry because she couldn't be all the things she wanted to be. Esperanza. I have inherited her name, but I don't want to inherit her place by the window.

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.11 At school they say my name funny as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth. But in Spanish my name is made out of a softer something, like silver, not quite as thick as sister's name Magdalena--which is uglier than mine. Magdalena who at least can come home and become Nenny. But I am always Esperanza. Would like to baptize myself under a new name, a name more like the real me, the one nobody sees. Esperanza as Lisandra or Maritza or Zeze the X. Yes. Something like Zeze the X will do.

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.12 Making connections Tell me about your first responses to this excerpt.

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.13 Making connections Have you ever thought about giving yourself a new name? If so, what would it be? Esperanza would like “to baptize myself under a new name, a name more like the real me, the one nobody sees.” Does your name feel like it belongs to the real you? Explain.

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.14 Powerful words Did you notice any words from this excerpt that linger in your mind? Here’s part of the first paragraph we read—a metaphor comparing her name to songs and a simile comparing the songs to sobbing: “It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving, songs like sobbing.” What do you think of the words in that line? What about these words: “the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow.” This is an unusual way to express sadness. Can you picture what the narrator is talking about?

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.15 Making inferences Why does the narrator say, “I have inherited her name, but I don't want to inherit her place by the window.” Do you think people who are named after someone become like that person in some ways?

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.16 Vocabulary: Context Clues We’re going to continue working on antonyms as context clues. Remember that antonyms have opposite meanings. Writers may include an antonym as a contrast for an unfamiliar word in the same sentence or sentences that surround it.

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.17 Your turn Although she was skeptical about our plan at first, she finally believed that it would be a good idea. In this sentence, the word skeptical means relieved brave social doubting The fumes were pernicious, not harmless. In this sentence, the word pernicious means safe harmless harmful not dangerous

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.18 Using certain body language is illicit in some countries, but allowed in others. In this sentence, the word illicit means awkward cool dumb forbidden I could not recollect where I put my favorite baseball bat, but then I remembered that I let Dillon borrow it last weekend. In this sentence, the word recollect means recline examine find remember

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Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.20 Idioms Remember: These are phrases that are part of a language but are not intended to be taken literally. For example, when we say it is raining cats and dogs, we do not mean that cats and dogs are falling from the sky!

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.21 Try one. Matthew and Nicholas were fighting. First, they were yelling at one another. Next, they started hitting one another. Then they began pushing each other. "Cut it out, you two," their mom said. "If you don't stop, I'll send you each to your room." Cut it out means __________________. continue stop laugh out loud Should you cut it out if you are behaving yourself? Should you cut it out if you are being quiet? Should you cut it out if you are bothering those around you?

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.22 Your next writing topic Again this week, we will focus on the ideas trait of effective writing. In a personal essay, describe your name. Use "My Name" by Sandra Cisneros as a model. Remember that your name is not just a title. A name has feelings, history, memories, meanings. Be sure to include how you got your name, personal experiences you have had that are tied to your name, how you feel about your name, and how your name has affected you.

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.23 Submitting Your Homework Please your prewriting and draft to the following addresses within the next four days:

Copyright © Ed2Net Learning, Inc.24 You did a wonderful job today!