1. Agenda for 10/17-10/21 MondayTuesdayWed-ThurFriday Warm-up: Housekeeping or VW Test Corrections- 80 Activity: We do: SIFTT over “Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress Forward” AND “Mother to Son” 632,636 Lab 806 with Ms. Drexler- TURN IN HOMEWORK Warm-Up: Absolute Brush Strokes Activity: SIFTT: We Do: “Identity” page 621 We Do: “My Captain! My Captain” page 752 You Do: “I Saw Old General at Bay” page 756 Library!!! SUMMATIVE: “Limelight” analysis using SIFFT Introduce Project: Notebook

2. October 17, 2011 I CAN : read to understand the meaning of figurative language and the underlying message of a text. Warm-up: Housekeeping or VW Test Corrections- 80 Activity: We Do: SIFTT over “Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress Forward” Textbook page 632 Homework: You Do: SIFTT over “Mother to Son” Textbook page 636

3. October 19-20, 2011 I CAN : read to understand the meaning of figurative language and the underlying message of a text. TURN IN HOMEWORK: SIFTT “Speech to the Young” & “Mother to Son” Warm-Up: Absolute Brush Strokes SIFTT: We Do: “Identity” page 621 We Do: “My Captain! My Captain” page 752 You Do: “I Saw Old General at Bay” page 756

4. October 21, 2011 I CAN : read to understand the meaning of figurative language and the underlying message of a text. Library- Check out & Renew books Poetry Test: Analyze “Limelight” using SIFTT. DEAR- Drop Everything And Read!

5. Vocabulary Workshop Test Corrections Stapled to your original test Make a chart & list the following in your chart: 1.Question # 2.Incorrect Answer 3.Correct Answer 4.Definition for the correct answer

6. “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor -- Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Don't you fall now -- For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair. Symbols Images Figurative Language- Alliteration Tone Theme