1. Individualism in Society 1 st 9 weeks 2015-2016

2. SAT Vocab Set 201A 1.aberration: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/aberration http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/aberration 2.galvanize: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/galvanize?s=t http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/galvanize?s=t 3.malicious: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/malicious?s=t http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/malicious?s=t 4.debilitate: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/debilitate?s=t http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/debilitate?s=t 5.belittle: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/belittle?s=t http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/belittle?s=t 6.hackneyed: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hackneyed?s=t http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hackneyed?s=t 7.nomenclature: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nomenclature?s=t http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nomenclature?s=t 8.eclectic: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/eclectic?s=t http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/eclectic?s=t

3. aberration

4. galvanize

5. malicious

6. debilitate

7. belittle

8. hackneyed

9. nomenclature

10. eclectic

11. Vocabulary This Week 1.Do the review sheets for homework or in class. All homework is due at the beginning of class Friday 8/14. Staple the vocabulary review sheet(s) to the words. Turn in the words with your sentences. 2.Vocabulary Quiz Friday 8/14. Vocabulary pop quizzes are common so be ready (you can use your words on pop quizzes).

12. Daybooks 1.Daybooks are to remain in the classroom. 2.Your work is graded. 3.You will use your notes in your daybook to help you on tests, quizzes, and writings related to the readings. 4.If you would like to decorate your daybook cover, please let Mrs. GP know you are taking the daybook home. You MUST remember to bring it back with you the following day. 5.Daybook supplies are purchased by Mrs. GP. Please respect these supplies by not purposely damaging them. Please do not remove the supplies from the room. Please do not transfer supplies from one box to another. If you need something, please let Mrs. GP know. 6.Before class ends, please be sure you have thrown all scraps of paper away.

13. Class Readings 1.These booklets are the property of Mrs. GP. You may not write in these booklets. You can, however, take notes on your own paper (which is an effective method of active reading). 2.You are assigned a booklet. This is the number you should use throughout 1 st 9 weeks. 3.You can find all of our readings this 9 weeks in the Google Classroom AND on www.gpenglish.com. www.gpenglish.com

14. Mrs. GP’s Google Classroom Codes 1 st period: 2 nd period: 3 rd period: 5 th period: 6 th period:

15. Getting Daybook Started Table of Contents 1.Color the unit tab if you want. 2.After cutting on solid lines, glue/tape down on first page. DO NOT CUT THE UNIT TAB OFF! 3.The first page in your table of contents is “Marriage is a Private Affair.” Page number is 1.

16. “A Marriage is a Private Affair” This is the author of the short story. He said this quote. Born 1930 in Nigeria (died in 2013). This is what Chinua Achebe believed. Keep this is mind as we read his short story. Mr. Achebe is African. What do you know about the colonization of South Africa? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pis5 f085P3M LEARNING TARGET: Analyze how an author’s cultural experience reveals his beliefs through his writing. RL6

17. “A Marriage is a Private Affair” Analyzing the Writer’s Attitude & Beliefs 1.After coloring & cutting (cut on solid line). Glue or tape down (be careful not to glue or tape down the parts you will write on or under. 2.Now fold on the dotted lines. 3.Read the information on the strip of paper & glue/tape under the top flap. 4.Read the information on the strip of paper & glue/tape under the middle flap. 5.Using the details from the characters and the author, give your answer for the last flap. Write your answer under the last flap.

18. HONORS: “A Marriage is a Private Affair” Analyzing the Writer’s Attitude & Beliefs 1.After coloring & cutting (cut on solid line). Glue or tape down (be careful not to glue or tape down the parts you will write on or under. 2.Now fold on the dotted lines. 3.Read the first tab and respond underneath the tab. 4.Repeat for the middle tab. 5.Using the details from the characters and the author, give your answer for the last tab. Write your answer under the last tab.

19. TOTD (Class Discussion): How did you respond to the last flap?

20. Tuesday 8/11/15 SLO Testing Please take this pre-test seriously. Purposely bombing a test so you can “look good” on the post-test does not show learning; it shows stupidity. We have today and tomorrow to work on this. Do your absolute best so your results give an accurate measure of the skills you are weak and strong in.

21. Wednesday 8/12/15 SLO Testing Please take this pre-test seriously. Purposely bombing a test so you can “look good” on the post-test does not show learning; it shows stupidity. Do your absolute best so your results give an accurate measure of the skills you are weak and strong in. After turning SLO in, please work on vocabulary or unfinished Daybook work. I also have the next Daybook activity you can get a headstart on.

22. (HONORS) Inference in “A Marriage is a Private Affair” Go ahead & prepare your handout for your daybook. (color, cut, paste/tape, fold). Be sure to write this entry into your table of contents. Number your page (2). Inference: a prediction, an idea, or a conclusion based on what you already know combined with what you read. Read the quote you are given. Identify the speaker’s name & write the name on the flap labeled “Speaker & Page #.” What is the meaning of the quote? Write your response on the underside of the flap marked “Meaning.” What is something you can infer based on what you already know and what you have read. Write your inference on the underside of the flap marked “Inference.” LEARNING TARGET: Cite evidence to support your inferences. RL1

23. Your turn: You probably already have an inference. To support your inference, you need evidence. In your daybook, on the same page as your Inference Square, write down your inference. Next, locate a quote which supports your inference. Then, identify the speaker(s) & page number, Finally, what does your inference and the quote mean?

24. What was said & what it implies “A Marriage is a Private Affair” Go ahead & prepare your handout for your daybook. (color, cut, paste/tape, fold). Be sure to write this entry into your table of contents. Number your page (2). Implies: v. means strongly suggest or acknowledge the existence of something. Read the two strips you are given. One strip goes underneath “What was said..” and the other strip goes under the “What it implies…” flap. Glue/tape the strips under the correct tabs. Read the strip you are given. Glue/tape it down in “What was said….” Write your response to this strip under the “What it implies” flap. LEARNING TARGET: Draw inferences from what the text says explicitly 10RL1

25. Don’t forget Vocabulary! Review sheets due tomorrow at beginning of class. Put your work in the dropbox (beside the door). Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow Friday 8/14/15.

26. Vocabulary Quiz LEARNING TARGET: L6: acquire & use words at the college & career level When finished, drop your work in the correct dropbox. Then begin on next daybook entry. Next reading “No Witchcraft for Sale.”

27. “No Witchcraft for Sale” Meet the author: Doris Lessing. 1919-2013 British parents Moved to Zimbabwe when she was 6. 3:10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcctSKWjXKYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcctSKWjXKY Now you know a little about Ms. Lessing. Let’s prepare the next daybook entry.

28. Events in “No Witchcraft for Sale” 1.After preparing your entry, write the following in the large space: The change in Gideon’s behavior (after he leads the people around in search of the root). 2.Now, let’s read the story. 3.You have 7 strips. Glue/tape these down, starting at 1 ON THE TOP OF EACH FLAP. 4.Here’s the hard part: underneath EACH flap, write how certain characters respond or change during OR as a result of each event. LEARNING TARGET: Analyze the effect of Lessing’s ordering of events RL5

29. Central Idea Analysis in “No Witchcraft for Sale” (Honors) 1.Prepare your daybook entry (color, cut, glue/tape, fold), table of contents, page number. 2. In the large space write: Minorities face difficulties in remaining loyal to their culture. 3. Now, let’s read. 4. Under the Central Idea flap answer: How does Lessing build upon the central idea throughout the story? 5. Now, respond to each question. Pay attention to the last flap; it is a two-parter. LEARNING TARGET: Analyze the central idea of a text RL2