1. ELA GT Drills Mrs. Demos 2012-2013 Quarter One

2. Drill 9/4 Basket Items! Homework: Complete presentation due 9/6 Objective: The students will demonstrate the ability to apply concepts of word, phrase, clause, and sentence in order to write effective sentences. Drill: Look at the photo on the next slide, and compose a compound sentence describing the action.

3. Write a compound sentence.

4. Drill 9/5 Homework: Complete presentation due 9/6 Objective: The students will demonstrate the ability to apply concepts of word, phrase, clause, and sentence in order to write effective sentences. Drill: Add an appositive phrase to the following sentence. Example: The Terrapins, the football team, will have a tough year. Your Sentence: If Ray Rice and Joe Flaco have a good year, the Ravens will do well.

5. Drill 9/6 Homework: Grammar Quiz 9/10 Objective: Students will demonstrate the ability to listen effectively in order to construct meaning. Drill: Take out all materials for your presentation. Go over final preparations with your group for the presentations. Clear your desk of everything but a writing instrument and paper.

6. Drill 9/7 Homework: Grammar Quiz 9/10 Objective: Students will demonstrate the ability to listen effectively in order to construct meaning. Drill: Take out all materials for your presentation. Go over final preparations with your group for the presentations. Clear your desk of everything but a writing instrument and paper.

7. Drill 9/10 Homework: Go Ravens! Game at 7:00pm Objective: Students will demonstrate knowledge of basic grammar concepts in order to improve their writing. Drill: Take out your notes and review for the quiz.

8. Drill 9/11 Homework: Figurative Language sentences Objective: The student will be able to analyze and evaluate how specific language choices contribute to meaning in order to interpret the text. Drill: Identify each of the following. Give an example if you can. MetaphorHyperbole Personification SimileOnomatopoeia Alliteration

9. Drill 9/12 Take out the figurative language sentences Homework: Hunter/Hunted Paragraph due 9/14 Objective: Students will develop prior knowledge of the author and text in order to be prepared to read. Drill: View the painting “The Hungry Lion” by Henry Rousseau. Describe the emotions of the hunter and of the hunted.

11. 9/13 Homework: hunter/Hunted Paragraph Objective: Homework: Hunter Hunted Paragraph Objective: Students will annotate story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell in order to understand theme. Drill: Identify the figurative language and explain what it is trying to tell the reader. “The door opened then--opened as suddenly as if it were on a spring--and Rainsford stood blinking in the river of glaring gold light that poured out” (Connell).

12. Drill 9/14 Take out the Hunter/Hunted paragraph. Homework: Review for figurative language quiz on Wednesday 9/19. Objective: Students will annotate story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell in order to understand theme. Drill: What is theme?

13. Drill 9/18 Homework: Review for figurative language quiz on Wednesday 9/19. Objective: Students will annotate story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell in order to understand theme. Drill: With your team define all the terms on the hand-out. Staple the vocabulary into your planner for study.

14. Drill 9/19 Homework: Sentence Combining Objective: Students will interpret figures of speech in context in order to understand the author’s message. Drill: Put your name, date, period, Figurative Language Quiz on the scantron. Review your notes with your team in order to study for the quiz.

15. Drill 9/20 Take out sentence combining homework Homework: Complete Plot Chart Objective: Students will cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Drill: How would you characterize General Zaroff? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer.

16. Drill 9/21 Take out plot chart. Homework: Review for Inference Quiz on 9/25 Objective: Students will analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. Drill: What inference can you make about how General Zaroff feels about anything that is weak? Cite the text to support your answer.