Week 15

Monday December 8 th JC #5 What is the purpose of naming a high school valedictorian? I can answer the journal and share with the class I can do the vocab energizers for the week and be ready for a quiz next Monday. I can meet with my group and prepare to share our author with the class I can present my author with my group to the class I can take notes on each author I can do the concluding thoughts from the next slide for the material in the unit I can be sure I have handed in my answer to p.163 #1 I can bring my synthesis paper materials for submission tomorrow I can reflect on learning #B10 anachronism

Vocab etymologies find the origins of the following vocab words and know their meanings for a quiz next Monday 1.herculean 2.Bowdlerize 3.Pandemonium 4.Pander 5.Quixotic 6.Cynical 7.Stoical 8.Stigma 9.Impede 10.expedite

In conclusion… With which author would your author most agree? With which author and on what points would your author most disagree? Overall what was in common among all the pieces? Hand in your notes, prep work and answers to the above questions.

Funsies… What is a teddy bear’s favorite Thanksgiving food? Stuffing What do you get when you cross a duck and a rooster? Awakened at the quack of dawn What do you get when you cross a lake and two rivers? Wet feet

Tuesday December 9 th JC #6 should high schools require community service hours as a requirement to earning a diploma? Explain your answer. I can do a self-assessment of my synthesis paper I can submit my synthesis paper and drafts I can practice the tropes and schemes of the week I can do the VL from the next slide I can read p. 143 with the class using the protocol of 3 readings method to understand poetry (next slide) Answer in your reading group the questions from page 144 Read with your reading group page 113 “Best In Class” by Talbot Each person select 2 different questions from page 122 to answer for independent work due tomorrow. I can do take away C#1

Tropes and schemes of the week – have the definition and the source of the definition for tomorrow - Tropes: –Oxymoron –Paradox Schemes: –Alliteration –assonance

VL #13 Syntax Consider: “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” Discuss: 1. The words you say are repeated several times in the sentence. What is the repetition’s function? 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?

Warm up for close reading - observing Do not say anything, just write: Look at the next slide – you’ll have a brief view and then recall in writing what you noticed

Joan Steiner - Juanita's Bodega

Do not say anything: Look at the slide again – this time you may write what you notice as you observe it. Notice the difference in looking closely and taking your time versus a quick glance

Protocol of 3 readings Re-read the poem – as a class Protocol it – the process: –Respond as you read –Re-read –What do you notice? – style (how) and theme (message) –What questions does it spark for you? (at least 4) –Connections (at least 3) –Why it matters – what is the writer saying or trying to work out? Share your protocol with your neighbor Share with the class Add peer responses to notes Add the next notes to it Hand in.

Funsies… What type of music do mummies listen to? Wrap music What type of sports talk to garbage cans use? Trash talk If one breaks the speed limit, can it be fixed? I have 10 legs, 20 arms, 54 feet and 3 eyes, what am I? A liar.

Wednesday December 10 th JC #7 If you could change any one thing about American education what would it be? Explain why. I can do the analogies from the next slide I can do the tropes and schemes on the next slide I can share my answers to the Talbot piece and then staple it to my group’s answers and hand them in I can read and discuss with the class the Broder piece on page 158 I can begin the education essay – brainstorm the ideas from the next slide then form and outline and have it due Monday I can do take away C#2

Tropes and schemes of the week – have an example and the source of it for tomorrow - Tropes: –Oxymoron –Paradox Schemes: –Alliteration –assonance

identify two serious problems in education and propose recommendations for addressing them – you have 20 minutes.identify two serious problems in education and propose recommendations for addressing them – you have 20 minutes.

Funsies… What is very unusual about the following words? BOUGH COUGH DOUGH ROUGH THROUGH They all end in O-U-G-H, and none of them rhyme. How does the brain communicate with the nerves? With a Cell phone! A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son. Who am I. Their daughter What is this:

Thursday December 11 th JC #8 Explain why you agree or disagree with Emerson’s following assertion: every young man [and woman] is born with some determination in his [or her] nature, and is a potential genius.” I can practice the tropes and schemes – booklet due after break!!!I can practice the tropes and schemes – booklet due after break!!! I can practice the next voice lessonI can practice the next voice lesson I can read with the class and capture a general response to the next unit on page 177I can read with the class and capture a general response to the next unit on page 177 I can meet with my reading group and arrive at consensus about the answers to the mult choice responsesI can meet with my reading group and arrive at consensus about the answers to the mult choice responses I can do take away #C3I can do take away #C3

Tropes and schemes of the week – I can make and share an original one of each in the next 6 minutes Tropes: –Oxymoron –Paradox Schemes: –Alliteration –assonance

VL #16 Tone Consider: “I perceived, as I read, how the collective white man had been actually nothing but a piratical opportunist who used Faustian machinations to make his own Christianity his initial wedge in conquests. First, always ‘religiously,’ he branded ‘heathen’ and ‘pagan’ labels upon ancient non- white cultures and civilizations. The stage thus set, he then turned upon his non-white victims his weapons of war.” --Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X Discuss: 1. What is the author’s attitude toward the collective white man? 2.What is the tone of the passage? Write down the words that reveal the tone of this passage. Apply: Rewrite the first sentence of the Malcolm X passage to read like positive propaganda for “the collective white man.” Your sentence should have the same basic meaning as Malcolm X’s sentence, but the tone should be positive and noncritical.

Funsies…ice cubes What did one ice cube say to the other? I’m cooler than you! What did one ice cube say to the other? I’m hotter than you What did one ice cube say to the other? You need to warm up and take off some of your edges What did one ice cube say to the other? Cool it!

Friday December 12th JC #7 Creative Connections – a warm-up!!! I will give you a word and ask you to write down as many words as you can think of that are associated with it. I will time it- a minute only, and then see who has written the greatest number of words. This is a fundamental creative writing skill. If you find this difficult, then you need to do it more often. Give yourself a focus such as a picture, photo or object. Then, brainstorm as many words and ideas as possible. Now FWF! I can do the warm-up writing activity (2 min) I can do a meaningful FWF (6 min) I can do analogy practice (2 min) I can look at the sample standards for evaluating an AP writing (5 min) I can do well on grammar quiz 2 I can have my education essay ready for Monday I can have my vocab ready for Monday and I can be ready for the quiz I can do take away #C4

A#28 _______: rain :: drifts:snow a)sun b)puddles c)plows d)umbrellas A#29 complainer:______ :: climber:ascend a)gripe b)solve c)annoy d)assert A#30 actor:cast :: singer:____________

Funsies…Puns I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down. I'm glad I know sign language, it's pretty handy I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it. I was going to look for my missing watch, but I could never find the time.

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