1. Week
Due Friday

2. Assessments are 100 pts each
Daily Grades
Newspaper with reading strategies (back) 38
Week 11
PARTICIPATION 20
Vocabulary 42
TOTAL PTS: 100
Project 30
COMMERCIAL
Name of Novel:
Author:
Questions Answered 40
Assessments
Grade M 9 T 10 5 7 8 12 13
READING
VOCABULARY
GRAMMAR
WRITING
Reflection bring test up to a 70
OTHER
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PTS / / / / /30
EXTRA CREDIT TESTING
During reading time, use the headphones, watch the video and take notes.
ASSIGNMNET SHEET, ASSIGNMENTS, READING AND JOURNAL ARE DUE ON FRIDAY.
/ 40
TOTALS:
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STUDENT SIGNATURE __________________________________________ DATE_______
PARENT SIGNATURE ____________________________________________ DATE_______
Assessments are 100 pts each

3. Reading Strategies Directions:
Use your reading strategies to read this passage.
Find the vocabulary -highlight the words- you do not know through the passage and the questions.
Find a synonym you know and make sure it fits with the sentence. If you do not know it, look it up in the dictionary.
Write a synonym (that makes sense) near the word.
Read the captions - Highlight anything under a picture or graph.
Read the passage and the questions
Go back and summarize(note) each paragraph, briefly.
Reread the questions.
Find the answers in the passage. Using your notes will help.
Write a brief summary using your notes.

4. 3. Set a Goal 1. Possible Reasons for the Answer I Chose:
Name _______________________________________________________ Date _______________________________
Name of the Test __________________________________Period ___ Date ___________________________________
1. Possible Reasons for the Answer I Chose:
I didn’t understand the question 4. I had no clue about this and guessed
I thought I had this right 5. I ran out of time
I studied this but forgot 6. I made a careless mistake
2. My Effort Scale – Please Circle 1, 2, 3, 4,or 5
How hard did I concentrate and focus on each question?
Did I study and prepare myself well?
1 = I did not concentrate. I gave no effort. I did not study.
2 = I had some concentration. I gave a little effort. I studied a little bit.
3 = I had a fair amount of concentration. I put forth some effort. I studied some.
4 = I did try to concentrate most of the time. I put forth a lot of effort. I studied thoroughly and felt prepared. I am proud of my thinking and working behavior!
3. Set a Goal
What can I do to improve my performance in this class?
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Question #
My answer
1. My reason look below
Correct Answer
2. Why? Provide a Reason/Evidence (prove it).

5. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY GO OVER RUBRIC EXPLAIN NOVEL
ENGLISH
WARM-UP 
WRITE VOCAB.
GATHER SUPPLIES – Put them away
POPCORN THEATER
PUT DECORATION ITEMS AWAY
Brainstorm Thanksgiving Project vocabulary
ASSESSMENT
GO OVER
RUBRIC  EXPLAIN
NOVEL
NEWSPAPER
EXPLAIN
PRACTICE
FILM
VOCABULARY
WORD CHOICE
EDIT: passage
passage
  group
WEEK 11 handout
FINISH
FINISH due Wednesday
Assessment

6. NOVEL QUESTIONS DUE FRIDAY
MY NOVEL IS ________________________________________________________________________
THE AUTHOR IS _________________________________________________________
10 minutes a day
Independent – alone time to work on skills. Reading Skills are developed through Independent Reading.
Nightly Novel Respond Journal
ANSWER EACH OF THE QUESTIONS AS DIRECTED BELOW.
MONDAY: What happened in your story tonight?
TUESDAY: What choice would you have made_________? Explain your reasoning.
WEDNESDAY: What is your opinion of _________? Support your response.
THURSDAY: What is a protagonist? How would you handle the protagonist’s problem?
SOME QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND
Seeking out evidence: “What makes you think that _____?”
Explaining: “What are some of the causes that led to _____?”
Relating concepts, ideas, and opinions: “How does that compare to__?”
Predicting: “What will you do next?”
Describing: “What did you observe happening?”
Teacher conference _______________________ DATE: _____________.
READING AND JOURNAL ARE DUE ON FRIDAY.

7. Newspaper Comic Strip Understanding: Choose one of the comic strips.
This week, use your newspaper activity and add this step. Find the grammar examples and for the week in the article you chose to read. Add your own “diction/voice/tone.”
Read the comic strip.
Answer the following:
Do not copy the information. You may use quotations for #4.
Bubble it out.
1. Write 3 unknown words, from the article, below.
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What is it about?
Tell me how the picture helps you understand the comic.
2. Find the words in your article and write them below.
5 nouns ____________________________
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Are there words that remind you of any of the literary terms?
5 verbs ____________________________ ___________________________________
5 adjectives _________________________
Change one thing about the story, e.g., setting, character, time, ….Write your name and date on the paper and turn it into the tray.
5 adverbs __________________________
___________________________________3. What is the article about?
___________________________________________________________________
2 articles with Reading strategies
4. Quote a sentence that proves what you said. ___________________________________
5. How does it make you feel? Why? ___________________________________
6. What does it make you think of?
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8. List of root words Due in December:
Review All Vocabulary Week 9
List of root words Due in December:
a – on
hemi – half or partial
amo – love
semi – half or partial
bene/bon – good
uni - 1
cri – separate or choose
bi, duo – 2
dé – reduce, away, down, remove
tri – 3
ics – quality, relation to art and science
tetra, quart – 4
penta – 5
iso – equal
hexa – 6
ism – belief, action conduct
septem – 7
pod/ped - feet, foot
octo – 8
sopher – wise
novem – 9
spect – look, see
decem - 10
vis/vid – see
undecim – 11
zo – animal life
duodecim - 12
arch – ancient or primitive

9. Choose two words from the Figurative Language List of Words
Choose two words from the Figurative Language List of Words. Work together to
decide who gets what word. No two words may be used by anyone else.

11. FLIP BOOK -- Figurative Language
Writing or
speech
exaggerated
for effect
(not
meant to be
taken literally)
Metaphor - Comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.' Example: Juliet is the sun”
Hyperbole - Exaggerating or stretching the truth for literary effect. Example: My shoes are killing me.
Simile - A comparison of two unlike things using the word 'like' or 'as.' Example: Love is like a rose.”
Personification - Giving human characteristics to non-human things. Example: The leaves kissed the tree.
Imagery - Words that create images in the mind (tactile-touch, gustatory-taste, auditory-hear, olfactory-smell, visual-see)

12. Sound Devices
Writing or speech that uses sound
Rhyme Scheme – the pattern of rhyming words that appears at the ends of two or more lines of poetry
Alliteration - Repetition of the beginning consonant sound. Example: Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.
Assonance - Repetition of an internal vowel sound. Example: How now brown cow?
Onomatopoeia - The use of words that imitate sounds, as in buzz, hiss, or murmur.
Structure
The arrangement of the lines in a poem
Stanza - A unit or group of lines in poetry that are separated by spaces.
Quatrain – 4 line stanza
Couplet – 2 line stanza
Meter - The repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
Iambic Pentameter - a type of meter that has 10 syllables in a line of poetry

13. Word Microscope Findings Log
Vocabulary
Meaning

14. Word Microscope Findings Log
Vocabulary
Meaning

15. SOUND DEVICES
Free Verse/Form Poetry is not written with a regular pattern
Lyric Poetry – Poems that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker.
Narrative Poetry - Poems that tell a story.
Epic Poetry - A long narrative poem about the adventures of an almost superhuman character (The Odyssey)
Fixed Verse/Form Poetry has a regular pattern
Ballad - Poem which tells a story of a person from the past and is often set to music.
Haiku - A Japanese form of poetry with three lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables.
Sonnet - Fourteen lines of iambic pentameter – popularized by Shakespeare

16. Transition Words TO CONTRAST: Despite However Yet
Rather Instead Otherwise Even though
TO COMPARE: Likewise As well as Either Similarly In the same way
CONTRAST Instead Yet However Nevertheless
On one hand On the other hand On the contrary
TO SHOW TIME: Recently now after then Before Following Subsequently finally
TO SHOW EXAMPLES/Compare: For example To illustrate such as
In fact For instance In comparison In addition Specifically
Also Furthermore Likewise Moreover As well as
TO SHOW CAUSE AND EFFECT As a result Consequently Therefore
Accordingly For this reason
TO SUMMARIZE: All in all As a result Consequently Finally
EMPHASIS: Above all Especially Particularly For instance
In particular Specifically Such as
ILLUSTRATION: For example for instance In this case Imagine
SEQUENCE: First of all At first To begin with To commence At the same time
For now Meanwhile Next Then Later Simultaneously Afterward Immediately In the mean time
EXPLAIN DETAILS IN ORDER
FIRST DETAIL: For example To start To begin MIDDLE DETAIL: Also In addition Next
LAST DETAIL: Finally Last Last but not least
CONCLUDING SENTENCE: In conclusion To summarize As you can see All in all In summary In the final analysis Clearly All things considered

17. Word Microscope Findings Log
Vocabulary
Meaning

19. Word Microscope Findings Log CLICK ON DRAMA:
Vocabulary
NAME THE TYPES
PICTURE
GIVE EXAMPLES IN A SENTENCE
LITERARY ELEMENTS
TECHNICAL ELEMENTS
PERFORMANCE ELEMENTS

20. Word Microscope Findings Log CLICK ON DRAMA:
WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WHEN
ARISTOTLE
WHY
HOW
GIVE EXAMPLES IN A SENTENCE

21. Word Microscope Findings Log CLICK ON DRAMA:
Vocabulary
Meaning
PICTURE
SENTENCE
ARISTOTLE’S SIX ELEMENTS OF DRAMA:
PLOT
THEME
CHARACTERS
DIALOGUE
MUSIC/ RHYTHM
SPECTACLE

22. Word Microscope Findings Log CLICK ON DRAMA:
Vocabulary
Meaning /LIST TYPES
PICTURE
USE THE INFORMATION IN A COMPLETE SENTENCE
THE MODERN THEATER:
CHARACTERS
PLOT
THEME
DIALOGUE
CONVENTION
GENRE
AUDIENCE

23. Word Microscope Findings Log CLICK ON DRAMA:
Vocabulary
Meaning
PICTURE DRAW AND LABEL THE CHART
LITERARY ELEMENTS – SIX STAGES IN PLOT STRUCTURE.
INITIAL INCIDENT
PRELIMINARY EVENT
RISING ACTION
CLIMAX
FALLING ACTION
DENOUEMENT

24. Word Microscope Findings Log CLICK ON DRAMA:
Vocabulary
Meaning
PICTURE
SENTENCE
OTHER LITERARY ELEMENTS
EXPOSITION
STORY ORGANIZATION
CONFLICT
SUSPENSE

25. Word Microscope Findings Log CLICK ON DRAMA:
Vocabulary
Meaning
PICTURE
SENTENCE
OTHER LITERARY ELEMENTS
LANGUAGE
STYLE
SOLILOQUY
MONOLOGUE

26. Word Microscope Findings Log CLICK ON DRAMA:
Vocabulary
Meaning
PICTURE
SENTENCE
TECHNICAL ELEMENTS
SCENERY
SET
COSTUMES
PROPS
LIGHTS
SOUND
MAKEUP

27. Word Microscope Findings Log CLICK ON DRAMA:
Vocabulary
Meaning
PICTURE
SENTENCE
PERFORMANCE ELEMENTS
ACTING
CHARACTER MOTIVATION
CHARACTER ANALYSIS
EMPATHY

28. Word Microscope Findings Log CLICK ON DRAMA:
Vocabulary
Meaning
PICTURE
SENTENCE
PERFORMANCE ELEMENTS
SPEAKING
BREATH CONTROL
VOCAL EXPRESSION
INFLECTION
PROJECTION

29. Word Microscope Findings Log CLICK ON DRAMA:
Vocabulary
Meaning
PICTURE
SENTENCE
SPEAKING STYLE
DICTION
NONVERBAL EXPRESSION
GESTURES
FACIAL
EXPRESSIONS

30. Write all of your reading strategies.
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