AGENDAS & JOURNALS 1 ST QUARTER: WEEK 3

2.1: DERIVATION “Derivation” is when you add an affix to a word to change its part of speech. Happy (adj)  Happiness (n) Quick (adj)  Quickly (adv)  Quickness (n)  Quicken (v) Look at the following sentences. Decide what form of the vocabulary word would fit in the blank. Write the new form of the word AND the part of speech. (1) “Lend a hand” is a ____ expression meaning “to help” (metonymy) (2) Some examples of _____ expressions are “alone together” and “fine mess”. (oxymoron) (3) One of the longest words in the English language, antidisestablishmentarianism, has five ______. (affix) (4) “Hang a right” is a ______ that means “turn right”. (colloquial) (5) The _____ of Daniel is “Danny”. (dimunitive)

ENGLISH 10 – 9/8 (T) What are we doing? Warm-up Vocabulary 2 Sharing Where I’m From poems Why are we doing it? To assess understanding of anaphora and imagery How do you know you got it? You effectively and correctly used imagery and anaphora in your poems. What’s coming up? Vocab sentences due Friday Summer reading test 9/11 Agenda (1) Journal (2) Vocabulary (3) Poetry share

2.2: DERIVATION Look at the following sentences. Decide what form of the vocabulary word would fit in the blank. Write the new form of the word AND the part of speech. (1) The tightrope walker stepped _____ onto the high wire (precarious) (2) Rosa had _____ about borrowing her sister’s car without asking (qualm) (3) The traveler _____ took a bite of the bizarre food containing boiled silkworms. (tentative) (4) It’s hard to deal with the _____ of my teacher’s moods”. (vacillate) (5) An _____ number of students were in the quad during lunch (indeterminate)

ENGLISH 10 – 9/9 (W) What are we doing? Warm-up Annotation practice Why are we doing it? To understand the importance of annotation and how to properly do it. How do you know you got it? You understand how to and why we annotate. What’s coming up? Vocab sentences due Friday Summer reading test 9/11 Agenda (1) Journal (2) Annotation modeling (3) Annotation practice

2.3: DICTION n you at the ivory-n-ebony crooning “I Left My Heart…” to momma, winkin n smilin n jazzin n profilin n sanging n sangin n sangin n soundin sweeeeeeeeeeeee t. 1.) What’s different about the words in this poem? Why does the author use these kinds of words? What does the diction add to the effect of the passage? 2.) How would the impact change if it were written: “And you at the piano Singing to momma, winking and smiling and singing and sounding sweet.”

ENGLISH 10 – 9/10 (R) What are we doing? Warm-up Finishing annotation practice Course expectations Why are we doing it? To understand the importance of annotation and how to properly do it. How do you know you got it? You have thoughtful, meaningful annotations for “Alone”. What’s coming up? Vocab sentences due tomorrow Summer reading test tomorrow Agenda (1) Journal (2) Annotation of “Alone” (3) Course Expectations

2.4: VOCABULARY 1.) The critic didn’t have any ____ about giving the play a bad review. 2.) The results of the election were _____; Hiroshi won by a landslide. 3.) At the ice cream shop, Seth _____ between chocolate and vanilla. 4.) The shy child was ____ about spending three weeks away from home. Fill in the missing vocabulary word from vocab #2 and give its part of speech

ENGLISH 10 – 9/10 (R) What are we doing? Warm-up Summer Reading test Why are we doing it? To assess your understanding of the summer reading How do you know you got it? Summer reading test grade What’s coming up? Poe annotations due Monday (last chunk) Course expectations due Monday Agenda (1) Journal (2) Summer reading test

English 12H – 9/8 (T) What are we doing? – Summer reading test – Turning in dialectical journals – Book check Why are we doing it? – To assess your understanding of our summer readings How do you know you got it? – Your performance on the test What’s coming up? – Senior credit checks tomorrow – Pygmalion vocabulary quiz Thursday

Writing Reminders No ambiguous pronouns – be precise. Consistent (present) verb tense. Strong thesis to start. Formal diction.

2.1 Syntax READ: Brother, continue to listen. You say that you are sent to instruct us how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably to his mind; and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach, we shall be unhappy hereafter. You say that you are right and we are lost. How do we know this to be true? -Chief Red Jacket, “Chief Red Jacket Rejects a Change of Religion.” WRITE: (1) The words you say are repeated several times in the sentence. What is the repetition’s function? (2) The question at the end of the passage is a rhetorical question. What attitude toward the audience is expressed by the use of a rhetorical question?

English 12H – 9/9 (W) What are we doing? – Finishing summer reading test – Turning in dialectical journals – Words podcast – Senior credit checks Why are we doing it? – To assess your understanding of our summer readings How do you know you got it? – Your performance on the test What’s coming up? – Pygmalion vocabulary quiz Thursday

English 12H – 9/10 (R) What are we doing? – “Words” discussion – Visual rhetoric quiz – Pygmalion vocabulary quiz Why are we doing it? – To assess your understanding of our vocabulary words and visual rhetoric presentation. How do you know you got it? – Your performance on the quizzes. – Discussion participation What’s coming up? – Start reading Pygmalion. Preface by Monday. – Bring in old magazines for next week

2.3 Detail & Syntax (2.2 was the podcast notes) READ: We went upstairs, through period bedrooms swathed in rose and lavender silk and vivid with new flowers, through dressing-rooms and poolrooms, and bathrooms, with sunken baths – intruding into one chamber where a disheveled man in pajamas was doing liver exercises on the floor. WRITE: (1) List three adjectives that you could use to describe this house. Explain the connection between the detail in the author’s sentence and the adjectives you have chosen. (2) How does the image of the man at the end help create the mood of the house? (3) How does the syntax of the sentence mirror the sentence’s meaning?

English 12H – 9/11 (F) What are we doing? – “Words” discussion – Visual rhetoric in commercials Why are we doing it? – To practice visual rhetoric. How do you know you got it? – Your performance on the quizzes. – Discussion participation What’s coming up? – Start reading Pygmalion. Preface by Monday. – Bring in old magazines for next week

2.4 Grammar Which of the following is correct under the rules of standard American English? 1. A.) I don’t have a cold. B.) I haven’t got a cold. 2. A.) Take the book off of the desk. B.) Take the book off the desk. 3. A.) None of the deer has eaten my trees. B.) None of the deer have eaten my trees. 4.A.) Where should I put my purse? B.) Where should I put my purse at?