1. 3.10 Film Connections Jan 26, 2016

2. In your journals  How would you feel if someone introduced you by pointing out all of your flaws?  Vocab pg. 97  Vocab Test Units 7 & 8 this Thursday.

3. # 4 Conjunctions 1/26/2016 Defn: They join words or groups of words. And, or, for, nor, but, yet, so Write one example: A.For without him, she was lost. B.Yet, she sensed fear. C.But, how could this be? Indicates conjunctions. Write your example using the sentence variation.

4. Double Journal Entry  Please submit your double entry journal questions to Moodle now.

5. Reading Quiz #1  Answer the following questions in complete sentences:  1. In the first pages, Paul describes a traumatic incident that he remembers. Briefly describe the incident. (2-3 sentences.)  2. What situation embarrasses Paul at his new school?  3. Why did Paul and his mom have to call the fire department?  4. Why are sports important to the Fisher family?

6. Springboard 3.8 pg 184  After rereading the entries from August 21, you are going to pretend that you are Mrs. Gates, the principal of Lake Windsor Middle School.  Tangerine pgs. 24-27.  Consider how a principal should sound.  Then consider how Mrs. Gates sounds.

7. In the Memo (look at Aug. 21)  You are writing to the head counselor at Lake Windsor Middle School summarizing your meeting with Paul and his mother. Be sure to use text evidence from the novel.  On a word document, create a memo that will be put in Paul’s file.  What are your perceptions of Paul and his mother?  Do you think Paul will be successful? Why or why not? Be sure to include text evidence.

8. Revise with Subordinate Clauses  A Subordinate clause is a group of words that has a subject and verb, but can’t stand alone because it does not contain a complete thought.  Although Paul does have a visual impairment, he seems reluctant to use IEP accommodations. (adv)  When faced with the reality of his disability, Paul becomes belligerent. (adv)  Note: a list of common subordinating conjunctions is on 184. They are a good way to start the subordinate clause.  You must have three subordinating clauses in your memo.  Submit to Net school under “Memo.” Look on page 184 for more examples.

9. Learning Target  Today we will: analyze methods of characterization using flashbacks  So we can: complete 2 graphic organizers for foreshadowing and characterization.  I will know I have it when I can: identify foreshadowing and characterization in other movies and text.

10. Springboard pages 186-188  Flashback- a sudden, vivid memory of an event in the past; also, an interruption in the sequence of events in the plot of a story to relate events that occurred in the past.  Foreshadowing- hints or clues signaling events that will occur later in the plot. It creates an atmosphere of suspense and keeps the reader wondering about what will happen.  We are going to notice and record how the film indicates that the story is being told in flashback. How is flashback conveyed in Tangerine?