WARM UP: PICK UP YOUR BOOK FROM THE BACK BOOKSHELF, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING: 1. WRITE ABOUT A TRIP YOU HAVE BEEN ON (INCLUDING COMING TO THE U.S) WHO WAS WITH YOU? WHAT WAS IT LIKE? Welcome to ELL, 9/22/11
I can statement/agenda Today, 9/22, I can discover literary devices used in “Watsons” by identifying (finding) the ‘hook’, ‘allusion’ and ‘metaphor’. Agenda: 1. warm up/ turn in homework (10 minutes) 2. quick lesson: literary devices (10 minutes) 3. read aloud “Watsons” (25 minutes) 4. Work on “Watsons” packet (while we read)
What is a literary device? Literary device: a trick a writer does to make a story more interesting and exciting Hook: the 1 st sentence or paragraph that is interesting and gets the reader excited for the rest of the book “It was a dark and stormy night” Allusion: when the book talks about a famous person, myth, religion or event “My mom is the Mother Teresa of our house” Metaphor: a comparison between 2 different things without like or as “That football player is a gorilla!”
Welcome to study hall 8 th graders sit by the door 7 th graders sit by computers Everyone: get out silent reading or silent homework prepare to work silently for the 1 st half of study hall
Welcome Historians, 9/22/11 Materials manager: no notebooks Warm Up: Turn and talk with your neighbor: How do you find the main idea in an article? What text feature gives you the most information about an article before you read it?
I can statement/agenda Today, 9/22, I can show my development as a summary writer by taking a mini quiz on cyberbullying. Agenda: Warm up/announcements (10 minutes) Summary review lecture (15 minutes) Mini quiz (25 minutes)
Welcome readers! 9/22/11 Materials Managers: WRITERS and READERS Warm Up: Set up the table of contents in your WRITERS notebook (date, title, page #) Number the 1 st 20 pages (front and back) Complete this writing warm up on page 1: “ IF you could go on a trip anywhere in the world WITH anyone, where would you go? Who would you take? What would you do? Why?”
I can statement/agenda Today, 9/22, I can identify whether thick questions can be answered with inference or prediction by assessing my own question quick note. Agenda: Set up writers/writing warm up (15 minutes) Question/Inference/Prediction table instructions (10 minutes) Silent reading/ table work (20 minutes) Clean up/ announcements (5 minutes)