1. Be sure to pick up your handout as soon as you enter. Get seated quickly at one of the desks that corresponds to the card you were given as you entered. I reserve the right to switch you if the cards are in your favor! Yes, we really are working today, so please be a willing participant. Here’s what you need today: * Writing utensil * Looseleaf & orange Think-Tac-Toe sheet (Vocab. notes) **Pick up a copy of “My Papa’s Waltz” from under basket at your desks. This needs to be read, annotated, and completed for tomorrow.

2. I can reflect on my test performance to determine what skills I need to improve and create an action plan to help further guide my learning.

5.  I can distinguish between nuances in word meaning.

6.  They are ramps between antonyms.  They show relationships between adjectives or adverbs. (They are not used with nouns or verbs.) With your partner, sort the words in the clear plastic bags from: Most positive---------------------------------Most negative *Use hint from above to help; be ready to defend your array. your array.

7. compassionate gentle unkind cruel spiteful compassionate gentle unkind cruel spiteful Most positive------------------------------------------------Most negative What do all of these words describe? Which of these words use a word part we’ve already discussed?

8. With your partner, sort the words in the evelope (Ex. 2) from: Most positive---------------------------------Most negative *Use hint from above to help; be ready to defend your array. your array.

9. benevolent caring benign malicious malevolent Most positive------------------------------------------------Most negative What do all of these words describe? Which of these words uses a word part we’ve already discussed?

10.  I thought about one of my words from Step 3.  malevolent  Remember: mal =bad

11.  Identify an antonym. I may have to look up the meaning. I use dictionaries and thesauri to gather words that discuss the same topic. I then examine their denotations and connotations to create an array, or range of meaning. Agreeable; good-hearted Displaying concern towards others Intending harm against others

12. On an index card, record the following: 1. One thing you must remember in constructing your linear array. 2. Two steps you will do to start building your own array with words from Cycle 3.

13.  Read and annotate My Papa’s Waltz (Must be completed by Thursday)  Continue working on your extended metaphor poem (Rough draft due Friday!)  Work on Cycle 3 linear arrays. (You need 2!) * At least 5 words of which one word must contain a Cycle 3 word part!  Study Cycle 3 Word parts for upcoming quiz early next week. (We’ve been in this cycle a while; it’s time!)