1. October Agendas and Do Nows
English I
October Agendas and Do Nows

2. Monday October 5, 2015 Do Now: What is denotation? Agenda:
What is connotation?
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Denotation/Connotation
Finish Presentations
Award Praise Points for “A” on exam
Word Web for “Pretty”
Reminders: RETAKES UNTIL TUESDAY!

5. Tuesday October 6, 2015 Do Now: Agenda: What is a fragment?
• ELACC9L1: Demonstrate command of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Use various types of phrases or clauses to convey specific meanings and add variety.
ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Turn in your Praise Points sheets if you have points.
Sentence fragments
Complete 1-15
Word Web for “Ugly”
Create your own word web for two “tired” words.
Include 5 synonyms with 2 definitions each
-Due tomorrow!

6. Fragments
A fragment is only part of a sentence; it does not express a complete thought.
Usually, a fragment leaves the reader “hanging,” wondering exactly what the writer was trying to say.

7. Wednesday October 7, 2015 Do Now: When are commas used? Agenda:
ELACC9L1: Demonstrate command of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Use various types of phrases or clauses to convey specific meanings and add variety.
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Share and turn in Webs
Comma practice
Begin Denotation/Connotation partner activity.
-Exercise 1 and 2

8. Commas
Commas ( , ) are sentence separators, and for this exercise, commas will be used to separate many of your fragments from the rest of the sentence.
To know when to insert commas, you will need to read the two parts of the sentence as they have been divided in the previous activity:
If one part of the sentence is NOT a fragment, then it needs a comma. If both parts of the sentence are fragments, the sentence does NOT need a comma.
Here is an easy way to remember this rule:
1 fragment = comma
More than 1 fragment ≠ comma

9. Thursday October 8, 2015
Do Now: What does it mean to have a positive or negative connotation?
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Finish Exercise 1
Begin Exercise 2 of partner activity.
Work today and Friday to complete all activities.
Due Monday!

10. Friday October 9, 2015 Do Now: Agenda: Get with your partner and work!
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Finish Connotation/Denotation activity 1-3.
Be ready to present with your partner on Monday!

11. Monday October 12, 2015
Do Now: What does mono mean? What does poly mean?
Get a vocabulary book.
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Vocabulary Unit 4- page 24-25
Last day for Denotation/Connotation Partner Activities
Vocabulary pictures due Wednesday
Presenations of activity TOMORROW!

12. Tuesday October 13, 2015
Do Now: What vocabulary word means “a place of protection”?
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings ELACC9SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English.
Agenda:
Presentations of Denotation/Connotation Partner Activities
Vocabulary Unit 4 Practice Exercise I-II
Vocabulary picture clues due TOMORROW!

13. Wednesday October 14, 2015
Do Now: Write a sentence using three vocabulary words.
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings ELACC9SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English.
Agenda:
Last day for Denotation/Connotation Partner Presentations
Vocabulary picture check
Begin poetry background notes

14. Thursday October 15, 2015 Agenda:
Finish Presentations
Continue Poetry notes
Vocabulary Practice
Quiz TOMORROW over definitions and spelling.
Do Now: What word means “made less proud; humbled”?
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings ELACC9SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English.

15. Friday October 16, 2015
Do Now: How many syllables are in a foot of poetry?
Prepare for your quiz!
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Vocabulary Quiz Unit 4
Read or study once completed
Finish poetry notes

16. Monday October 19, 2015
Do Now: What is alliteration? Give me an example!
ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Finish Poetry term notes
How to Read a Poem information

17. Tuesday October 20, 2015 Do Now: What does subordinate mean? Agenda:
Use your phone to write the denotation down!
ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Main and Subordinate Clauses Review and practice
Poetry terms handout

18. Main and Subordinate Clauses
A main clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence. To decide whether a clause is main or not- think of Santa- if the clause is a sentence that can function all on its own, it is a main clause.

19. Main and Subordinate Clauses
A subordinate clause (also known as dependent clause) is unable to stand alone as a sentence. Like the elves, subordinate clauses depend upon a main clause to be complete. Without the suport of a main clause (or Santa) a subordinate clause is an incomplete sentence.

20. Main and Subordinate Clauses
Directions: Decide whether the clauses on the next page are main or subordinate clauses. Circle the word main if it is a main clause, subordinate if it is a subordinate clause. If the clause is subordinate, use the line below it to add a main clause and make a complete sentence. Sometimes you will add to the beginning, sometimes you will add to the end.

21. Wednesday October 21, 2015
Do Now: What type of poem is most similar to a song and has a refrain that is repeated? Find an example of that type of poem and write the title. (Use your device)
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Review Literary matching terms
“Stereo Hearts” video
Pop music vs. Classic Compare/Contrast Activity

22. Thursday October 22, 2015
Do Now: What was the overall theme of the poem and song from yesterday? Draw a picture to represent that theme.
ELACC9L1: Demonstrate command of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Use various types of phrases or clauses to convey specific meanings and add variety.
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Day 2 of Compare/Contrast Poetry Continued
Answer Questions
Question discussion
Activity 2

23. Friday October 23, 2015 Do Now: Agenda:
What is a paradox? Use a dictionary or your phone.
ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Finish questions from Activity 1 of Pop/Poem Comparison
Begin working on Activity 2 Pop/Poem Comparison
Questions are HOMEWORK if you do not finish in class.

24. Monday October 26, 2015 Do Now: Agenda: Mrs. Bass out
ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
“Miniver Cheevy” Poem analysis
Questions due TUESDAY

25. Tuesday October 27, 2015
Do Now: Look through your notes. What is “iamb”?
ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Turn in Song/Poem Comparison Questions
“Miniver Cheevy” assignment from Monday.
Bring your textbook tomorrow

26. Wednesday October 28, 2015
Do Now: If something is “personified” what does that mean?
How can you easily identify it sometimes?
ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Pages
Reading poetry “Dreams”
Groups of three: Each member will pick a set of questions to answer and then share their answers with group.
7th Period: read all of the pages above and answer questions 1-5 on pages 905,907, and 908

27. Thursday October 29, 2015
Do Now: What were the main ideas behind the poems we read yesterday? Draw an image that represents those poems.
ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Discuss your poem and answers with your small group
Close reading of “The Seven Ages of Man” pg 944
Begin Questions for “Seven Ages…”
HW: “The Seven Ages of Man” questions pg 946 #1-8

28. Friday October 30, 2015 Do Now: Answer the riddle
On a dark, stormy Halloween night, four kids named Luke, John, Sarah and Bob walk into a haunted house during a blackout. Only one can escape. They take a staircase to the second floor, a trapdoor on the left, then go up the ladder to the right, followed by a 28-foot slide to the basement through the mouth of a Giant Panda. In one corner of the murky cellar is a chainsaw, a dagger, a rope with a noose and an electric chair. Written on the wall in blood are the words, “Only one will survive – choose your death!” Bob takes the rope, Sarah picks up the dagger, John chooses the chainsaw and Luke uses the chair.
Who survives?
Agenda:
Turn in your questions from yesterday
Imagery Poetry pg Answer questions 1-5 on pages 123, 125, and 126
ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings

29. Thursday October 29, 2015 Do Now: Agenda:
ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Assign Shakespeare Sonnet topics
Write your own Shakespearean-style sonnet
HW: Finish your sonnet tonight

30. Friday October 30, 2015 Do Now: Agenda: Poetry Circle Best Read-Aloud
ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range
• ELACC9/10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances of words. • Interpret figures of speech in context • Analyze nuances in word meanings
Agenda:
Poetry Circle
Best Read-Aloud
“Gather Ye Rosebuds”