1. Introduction to and “First Marking Period” of Speak
English 9, Week 9
Introduction to and “First Marking Period” of Speak

2. Opening pages of Speak
Monday

3. the spanish club traveled to madrid spain during the summer
Monday
Identify clauses and sentence type
Simple
Independent
Compound
Adverb dependent
Complex
Adjective dependent
Compound-complex
Noun dependent
Complete this exercise in the DGP section of your notebook 3

4. Target for Monday
Target: I will learn how the author of Speak introduces characters and setting.
Conditions: I will read the opening pages of Speak and meet the character Melinda.
Criteria: identify key clues from the author to the reader of who the narrator is and where and when this takes place.
Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

5. Reading Together Read the first six pages of Speak together.
Respond to what you’re reading in brief discussion.
What clues does the author provide for who the narrator is? What do we already know about her?
When and when does this take place? What text evidence is there to support your thinking?

6. Reading and Study Guides
Tuesday

7. the spanish club traveled to madrid spain during the summer
Add punctuation and capitalization
Commas
Semicolons
Apostrophes
Underlining
Quotation marks
End marks
Complete this exercise in the DGP section of your notebook

8. Target for Tuesday
Target: I will learn how the author of Speak uses literary devices to further the reader’s understanding and experience with the text.
Conditions: I will continue to read the opening pages of Speak and begin to identify the use of literary elements.
Criteria: identify metaphor, simile, tone, analogy, and hyperbole in the reading and complete the first study guide for the novel.
Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

9. Continue Reading Speak
Fill out the First Study Guide as a class as we read and discuss.
Define various literary devices and identify them in the text.
Why does the author use these devices?

10. Tone and Mood
Wednesday

11. the spanish club traveled to madrid spain during the summer
Diagram the sentence
Complete this exercise in the DGP section of your notebook

12. Target for Wednesday Target: I will learn what “tone” is.
Conditions: I will see examples of tones and find examples in Speak.
Criteria: appropriately complete“Clans, Cliques, and Outsiders”
Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

13. Warm Up Watch the two film trailers.
What tools do film-makers use to convey tone and mood?
Video 1: or
Video 2: or

14. Tone and Mood Identify tone and mood in the short films
How are tone and mood different?
Handout: Tone and Mood Man

15. Tone and Mood
Try identifying the difference between tone and mood in the worksheet.
Handout: Tone-Mood Worksheet

16. Tone and Mood Consider tone in Speak. Complete the questions.
Handout: Clans, Cliques and Outsiders”

17. Exit Slip
Show your completed “Clans, Cliques, and Outsiders” answers.