2. Welcome! Monday, may 1st Please come in quietly.
Have a seat in your assigned seat.
Write in your agenda.
Add to your Table of Contents:
Page 124: “Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary
Page 125: “Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe
Glue the academic vocabulary chart in to your notebook on page 124.

3. set
When you preview a selection, you look it over to see what lies ahead. You might scan the title and skim a paragraph or two to get an idea of the writer’s subject and style. Preview Poe’s story. What predictions can you make?

4. Clear Target Today we will become familiar with academic vocabulary
So that we can read ”The Tell-Tale Heart.”
We’ll know we’ve got it when we can summarize the short story.

5. Academic vocabulary: Pronounce
Today we will become familiar with academic vocabulary.
Academic vocabulary: Pronounce
Please read after me…
acute (adj.)
vexed (v.)
sagacity (n.)
refrained (v.)
wary (adj.)
suavity (n.)
audacity (n.)
vehemently (adv.)

6. Academic vocabulary: Rate
Today we will become familiar with academic vocabulary.
Academic vocabulary: Rate
Use page 2 in your ISN to help you rate the words on a scaled of 1-4 based on how well you know the word. Prepare to share any background knowledge you have about the word with a partner.
Think about each word.
Does it sound familiar?
When would we use the word?
What topic would we be exploring?

7. Academic vocabulary: Explain and discuss
Today we will become familiar with academic vocabulary.
Academic vocabulary: Explain and discuss
Acute means “sharp.”
Write this definition in the “Meaning” column.
Let’s look at the definition together.
Example:
His nervousness increased his acute sense of hearing.

8. Academic vocabulary: Explain and discuss
Today we will become familiar with academic vocabulary.
Academic vocabulary: Explain and discuss
Vexed means “disturbed.”
Write this definition in the “Meaning” column.
Let’s look at the definition together.
Example:
He was vexed by the old man’s eye.

9. Academic vocabulary: Explain and discuss
Today we will become familiar with academic vocabulary.
Academic vocabulary: Explain and discuss
Sagacity means “intelligence and good judgment.”
Write this definition in the “Meaning” column.
Let’s look at the definition together.
Example:
He was proud of his powers and of his sagacity.

10. Academic vocabulary: Explain and discuss
Today we will become familiar with academic vocabulary.
Academic vocabulary: Explain and discuss
Refrained means “held back.”
Write this definition in the “Meaning” column.
Let’s look at the definition together.
Example:
Though furious, he refrained from action.

11. Academic vocabulary: Explain and discuss
Today we will become familiar with academic vocabulary.
Academic vocabulary: Explain and discuss
Wary means “cautious.”
Write this definition in the “Meaning” column.
Let’s look at the definition together.
Example:
He was too wary to make a careless mistake.

12. Academic vocabulary: Explain and discuss
Today we will become familiar with academic vocabulary.
Academic vocabulary: Explain and discuss
Suavity means “smooth manner; smoothness.”
Write this definition in the “Meaning” column.
Let’s look at the definition together.
Example:
The police showed perfect suavity.

13. Academic vocabulary: Explain and discuss
Today we will become familiar with academic vocabulary.
Academic vocabulary: Explain and discuss
Audacity means “boldness.”
Write this definition in the “Meaning” column.
Let’s look at the definition together.
Example:
He was impressed with his own audacity.

14. Academic vocabulary: Explain and discuss
Today we will become familiar with academic vocabulary.
Academic vocabulary: Explain and discuss
Vehemently means “forcefully.”
Write this definition in the “Meaning” column.
Let’s look at the definition together.
Example:
He talked more vehemently, but he couldn’t drown out the sound.

15. Clear Target check
Today we will become familiar with academic vocabulary
So that we can read ”The Tell-Tale Heart.”
We’ll know we’ve got it when we can summarize the short story.

16. Let’s Read “The tell-tale Heart”
Today we will become familiar with academic vocabulary.
Let’s Read “The tell-tale Heart”
Let’s read the short story.

17. closure You may pack up. Summarize: What happened in the short story?
Today we will become familiar with academic vocabulary.
closure
You may pack up.
Summarize: What happened in the short story?