1. English 1
September 2, 2014

2. Welcome Back! Take out a sheet of paper
Put your name, date, Unit 1, Week 2 on the top and title the page Warm Ups Week 2
Divide the paper into five boxes like last week for each day of the week!

3. Homework for Thursday
Watch the SOAPStone video on my website by Thursday!

4. Prefix: Jim’s grade declined because he refused to work.
De- = away from, down, the opposite of
Sentence Example:
Jim’s grade declined because he refused to work.
(Underline each verb and label it action or linking.)

5. Grammar Pattern of the Week
An action verb (tell, hit, yell) tells what action someone or something is performing. A linking verb (is, are) does not show action.
For the week: (Underline each verb and label it action or linking.)
Sentence: Joe scored an A on his quiz and was ecstatic.

6. Narrative Techniques
Take out your sheet of paper titled “Narrative Techniques” from last week.
Glue the sheet of paper I am giving you under the headline. These are more literary terms for you!

7. Homework: Due Tomorrow
Homework: Choose one of the following:
Draw a four panel comic introducing the basic situation of your summer reading. (Include characters, setting, and the conflict)
Write a 6 – 8 sentence paragraph describing the Plot, Setting, Characters, and Conflict (internal and external) of your summer reading.

8. Joe is dishonest since he cheated on his test.
Prefix:
Dis-/ Dif- = apart, not
Sentence Example:
Joe is dishonest since he cheated on his test.
1. Underline each verb and label it action or linking.

9. Grimsley Whirlies Academic Success

10. Day 6: After School
When the school day ends, students should move to their cars or buses quickly, unless they are participating in supervised after school activities.
Teachers have tutorials at least one day after school.
The Media Center is open until 5:00pm on Mondays & Wednesdays.
Grimsley Perk (peer tutorial) will start when late buses start.
Late buses will start running Mon – Thurs. in a few weeks.

11. Grimsley Honor Code
Recognizing the importance of each student as an individual, I will accept as my responsibility to demonstrate the components of both academic and personal integrity, including respect, honesty, kindness, work ethic and civility. Accepting my position as a significant member of this student body, I will conduct myself in a manner that exemplifies pride in myself and my school. Seeing the necessity to lead, as well as to follow, I will challenge my peers to create an environment that is conducive to learning, accepts everyone, and allows them to reach their full potential.

12. Academic Integrity YES! Your integrity is not worth the grade.
Our honor code includes building academic integrity in each student.
Is this cheating?
Copying
Sharing questions or answers on tests or quizzes
Presenting another’s work as your own
YES! Your integrity is not worth the grade.

13. Grimsley’s School-Wide Reading Program (SWRP)

14. Start Date: Thursday, September 4
SWRP at Grimsley
Start Date: Thursday, September 4
Monday: Science class
Tuesday: Social Studies class
Thursday: English class
Friday: Math class
SWRP
Whirlies

15. What it looks like:
You’ll read self-selected materials silently for 20 minutes
You need to bring one book, magazine, newspaper, etc. to read for the entire 20 minutes
The whole class participates
Teachers will also be reading silently for majority of the time
Teachers will have conversations with you about what you’re reading
A timer will be set for 20 minutes – no need to stare at the clock!
No reports or records are kept

16. What and Where? 1. Access Where can you find things to read?!
2. Appeal
Where can you find things to read?!
Grimsley’s library
Public library
Books from home
Newspapers
Magazines
Classroom library with short stories
Find books that are interesting to you
These need to be books that YOU find interesting
Choose from a variety of genres and levels of reading
Look for books on the scrolling slides and on display in the library
Ask your friends/teachers/librarians for suggestions

17. 4. Conducive Environment
When and How?
3. Time to Read
4. Conducive Environment
20 minutes in four of your classes
Teacher will provide a timer
Teacher may suggest books for you to read
Teacher will provide a quiet and uninterrupted environment
Every class will be different
No judgment about reading choices – no judging what anyone else is reading

18. More How, Why and What? Teachers will encourage you to read by :
5. Encouragement
6. Follow-up Activity
Teachers will encourage you to read by :
Having conversations with you about what you’re reading
Providing positive feedback
Sharing what they’re reading
Visits from Administration and Librarians
Must be structured to not look like “regular” graded assignments
Student discussion
Recommendation to other students
Share a selection of the book with the class
Show book trailers from YouTube

19. Narrator and Voice Narrator: the person telling the story
Omniscient POV: narrator is not a character in the story, able to tell us everything about everyone including thoughts and feelings
Third person limited POV: narrator zooms in on one person but talks about them as he or she
First person POV: narrator talks to us, using I; can be unreliable

20. “I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.” 
― George S. McGovern

21. Questions Take 5 minutes to:
Draw a picture of how the picture and quote makes you feel and write two sentences explaining the picture
Write a paragraph describing how the picture and quote make you feel.

22. The Sniper, pg. 212
After we read this short story as a class, we will fill in the graphic organizer together and you will turn it in as a grade!

23. Directions
Before you fill out your graphic organizer, we will have a quiet discussion. There are 6 papers around the room. You will use markers or post its at each station to respond to the questions or respond to other people’s answers.

24. Graphic Organizer
We will take 12 minutes to answer each section of the graphic organizer.
Make sure to pick out parts of the story to answer questions and fill in holes
Fill in the 5W chart
Complete the plot mountain
Answer the questions about theme

25. Homework: Due Tomorrow
Homework: Choose one of the following:
Draw a four panel comic introducing the basic situation of your summer reading. (Include characters, setting, and the conflict)
Write a 6 – 8 sentence paragraph describing the Plot, Setting, Characters, and Conflict (internal and external) of your summer reading.

26. Title
Genre
Author’s Purpose
Theme or Main Idea
How writer uses characteristics of genre to develop theme or main idea
The New Colossus
Immigrants in our own Land

27. Ticket out the Door
On the bottom of your sheet, number from 1 to 3. Read the following excerpt and answer the questions.
What Point of View is present here? Why do you think so?
What mood does the author’s writing have?
What tone is present? Meaning, what is the author’s feeling towards the subject? Write down one word that shows the author’s tone.

28. Remember to watch the SOAPStone video by Thursday
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