English Language Arts 9 LA9U3L3 “Short Stories”

Agenda for the Day 1. Post-Reading of “The Interlopers”. 2. Pre-Reading: What causes people to hold a grudge and be unable to forgive? What sometimes needs to happen before people can see things in a truer perspective? 3. Nature and how it intervenes 4. Post-Reading: Discussion Questions 5. Discussion of theme…groups 6. Workshop: Prefix and Suffix

Pre-Reading “The Interlopers” What causes people to hold a grudge and be unable to forgive? What sometimes needs to happen before people can see things in a truer perspective?

Nature How does nature intervene in this story?

Post-Reading Discussion Questions

Group Work Finding the Theme

Prefix and Suffix Workshop During reading, students often encounter unfamiliar words. By applying prior knowledge about the meaning of prefixes, suffixes and root words, students can often arrive at a reasonable definition for an unfamiliar word…..this enhances your comprehension! Prefix: is one or more syllables that can be added at the beginning of a root word to form a new word Suffix: is added to the end of a word and can change a word from one part of speech to another.

Identifying the Root Form Flying Problematic Declassify Underrated Cloudy Disinterested

Prefixes What meaning do each of the prefixes have? Hyper Hypo Mis Extra Pre Retro Pro Out

Create words of your own… Under- In- Over- Anti- Mid- Tri-

Suffixes What meaning do each of the suffixes have? able or ible ate less ful ment like wise ward(s)

Create words of your own… -est -ship -tion -hood -ish

What’s Coming Up? Any questions??