Week 5 September 8-12, 2014

Get out your planners and write these important items down. Tonight’s Homework! 1. I am giving you a grade printout. You need to get it signed and returned. 2. Grammar pages 1 and 2 – Noun Review 3. Complete missing assignments. Friday is the last day to receive credit for any of these items. Assessments for this week: 1. Week 5 Vocabulary Quiz 2. Narrative short story revisions and final draft is due on Friday. Future Item: o October 15, Ninth grade Ready Step Assessment.

Essential Question: What makes a good presentation? Claim 3, Target 3 – Plan/speak/present: Memorized passages will be presented today. CCSL Plan, memorize, and present a recitation (e.g., poem, selection from a speech or dramatic soliloquy) that: conveys the meaning of the selection and includes appropriate performance techniques (e.g., tone, rate, voice modulation) to achieve the desired aesthetic effect. Content objective – SWBAT successfully show memorization of short story passage. Language objective – SWBAT stand before peers and clearly articulate the words he or she memorized from his or her chosen short story.

Directions: Copy the prefixes, meanings and examples below: Prefix MeaningExample 1. a notatheist 2. an withoutanemia 3. ambul to walk ambulatory 4. anti against antisocial 5. audi to hear audible 6. ante beforeantedate *Quiz is Friday!

Score: 4 – 100% 3 – 85% 2 – 70% 1 – 50% Description  Clearly Memorized all lines, practiced, speaks audibly, and makes eye contact.  Memorized most lines and speaks audibly  Memorized some portion of the lines and stood before the class.  Attempted to recite lines. Read the 3x5 card.

 Please take out your noun worksheet from last night, your signed grade report, and your notebook.  Then place the homework items into the crate before Mrs. Williams closes the classroom door.

WOLC1.2 Understand sentence construction (e.g., parallel structure, subordination, proper placement of modifiers) and proper English usage (e.g., consistency of verb tenses). Directions: In your notebook, identify the proper nouns in the following sentences: 1. His favorite language is English. 2. On Markham there are two new houses being built. Direction: In your notebook, identify the common nouns below. 3. country, nation, italy, high school, citrus hill high school, sophie, poet Now list several words beginning with the prefix’s below. Prefix Meaning 4. a not 5. anwithout

Essential Question: What makes a good presentation? Claim 3, Target 3 – Plan/speak/present: Memorized passages will be presented today. Target 1 - Writing: Apply narrative strategies (e.g. dialogue, description, pacing) CCSL Plan, memorize, and present a recitation (e.g., poem, selection from a speech or dramatic soliloquy) that: conveys the meaning of the selection and includes appropriate performance techniques (e.g., tone, rate, voice modulation) to achieve the desired aesthetic effect. Content objective – SWBAT successfully show memorization of short story passage. Language objective – SWBAT stand before peers and clearly articulate the words he or she memorized from his or her chosen short story.

Score: 4 – 100% 3 – 85% 2 – 70% 1 – 50% Description  Clearly Memorized all lines, practiced, speaks audibly, and makes eye contact.  Memorized most lines and speaks audibly  Memorized some portion of the lines and stood before the class.  Attempted to recite lines. Read the 3x5 card.

 Now that the presentations are completed, let’s review grammar worksheet pages 17-18, linking verbs.  Continue working with your partner to create an amazing narrative essay.

Place last night's grammar worksheet on your desk. I will stamp it. Directions: List several words beginning with the prefix’s below. Prefix Meaning 1. anti against 2. audi to hear Directions: In your notebook, copy the sentences. Then underline the pronouns once and circle the antecedent. 3. The twins took their skis with them. 4. In the attic, Amy found her mother’s wedding dress and tried it on.

Essential Question: What makes a good story? Enduring understanding: Author’s use imagery, dialogue, point of view, characterization, etc. to communicate. Claim 2 -Writing: Students can produce effective writing for a wide range of purposes and targets. Target 1 - Writing: Apply narrative strategies (e.g. dialogue, description, pacing) W9.3 Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture. W9.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two for a range of tasks and purposed. Content objective – SWBAT write a narrative essay. Language objective – SWBAT Use sensory details and dialogue to write a narrative. Peer edit narratives and write multiple drafts.

 Continue writing your narrative essay. You need a rough draft completed by the end of class.

Prefix MeaningExample 1. ambul to walk ambulatory 2. antebeforeantedate Directions: Copy the sentences and write whether each sentence contains a linking or action verb. 3. I felt refreshed after my Sunday nap._________ 4. The secretary sounded the alarm. ___________ 5. The old woman looks a little pale. ___________

Essential Question: What makes a good story? Enduring understanding: Author’s use imagery, dialogue, point of view, characterization, etc. to communicate. Claim 2 -Writing: Students can produce effective writing for a wide range of purposes and targets. Target 9- Edit/Clarify: Apply or edit grade– appropriate grammar usage and mechanics to clarify a message and edit narrative texts. W9.3- Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, well-chosen details, and well structured event sequences. Content objective – SWBAT write a narrative essay. Language objective – SWBAT Use sensory details and dialogue to write a narrative. Peer edit narratives and write multiple drafts.

1. Peer edit another student’s narrative essay. 2. Use the provided peer edit sheets. 3. Get your essay and TWO peer edit sheets back. Staple the peer edits to your rough draft. 4. Now write your final draft. HOMEWORK: Study for tomorrow’s vocabulary and grammar quiz.

Essential Question: What makes a good story? Enduring understanding: Author’s use imagery, dialogue, point of view, characterization, etc. to communicate. Claim 2 -Writing: Students can produce effective writing for a wide range of purposes and targets. Target 9- Edit/Clarify: Apply or edit grade–appropriate grammar usage and mechanics to clarify a message and edit narrative texts. W9.3- Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, well-chosen details, and well structured event sequences. Content objective – SWBAT complete a narrative essay. And submit the essay with multiple drafts and proof of peer edit and revision. Language objective – SWBAT use sensory details and dialogue to write a narrative. Peer edit narratives and write multiple drafts.

1. Please take out a piece of paper. 2. Label the paper properly as follows: First and last name Sept. 12, 2014 Period: Week 5 Vocabulary Quiz

1. __ antiA. without 2. __ anB. against 3. __ aC. not 4. __ audiD. to walk 5. __ anteE. to hear 6. __ ambulF. before List two proper nouns List two pronouns

 Complete narrative essay process.  Before the bell rings, staple your drafts together in the order below. Top: Final Draft Middle: Peer edits Bottom: Rough drafts/brainstorming and outlines