Thursday, September 29, 2016
Friday, September 30th
Goals: Practice writing a personal response to an article. Learn academic vocabulary related to plot and apply our new knowledge while completing a plot diagram.
AGENDA
1) Practice personal response to AOW
2) Notes on AOW
3) Slideshow on plot elements-I will give you a sheet to take notes on
Click here to see the slideshow
TO DO
Here is the AOW due ONE WEEK from today.
AOW #1
Step 1-Read and annotate
Step 2-Summary (you may use template)
Step 3-Personal response (see my suggestions under Article of the Week)
Steps 2 and 3 do NOT need to be labeled on your paper.
You must PRINT out your work and article and turn it in at the BEGINNING of class on Friday.
Remember, I do not take late work. You may turn it in early. You get one "free" pass each semester.
Thursday, September 29th
Happy Thursday!
Goals: To analyze the effect of certain literary elements on a literary work. To practice writing an academic summary.
AGENDA
1)Continue to practice the Article of the Week process with the article I gave you on Tuesday.
Today we will practice writing an academic summary.
Please note that you may need to make changes to the template. It is just a template!
2) Define and explain:
metaphor and simile
onomatopoeia
foreshadowing
3) Watch this cool clip
Mongoose vs Cobra
4) Begin reading "Rikki-Tikki Tavi"
Click here to read the story
TO DO
Finish reading the story. It is available in this blog or you can ask to check out a book
Goals: To analyze the effect of certain literary elements on a literary work. To practice writing an academic summary.
AGENDA
1)Continue to practice the Article of the Week process with the article I gave you on Tuesday.
Today we will practice writing an academic summary.
Please note that you may need to make changes to the template. It is just a template!
2) Define and explain:
metaphor and simile
onomatopoeia
foreshadowing
3) Watch this cool clip
Mongoose vs Cobra
4) Begin reading "Rikki-Tikki Tavi"
Click here to read the story
TO DO
Finish reading the story. It is available in this blog or you can ask to check out a book
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Wednesday, September28th
Happy Wednesday!
Goals: To practice close reading strategies and writing an academic summary. To learn new vocabulary words.
Agenda:
1) Finish annotating yesterday's article. Share/discuss annotations
2) Practice writing an academic summary of the article using a template.
Summary Template
3) Quizlet Vocabulary game
To Do:
Get the final draft of your chunk paragraph on "Three Skeleton Key" submitted by 10PM TONIGHT!
Goals: To practice close reading strategies and writing an academic summary. To learn new vocabulary words.
Agenda:
1) Finish annotating yesterday's article. Share/discuss annotations
2) Practice writing an academic summary of the article using a template.
Summary Template
3) Quizlet Vocabulary game
To Do:
Get the final draft of your chunk paragraph on "Three Skeleton Key" submitted by 10PM TONIGHT!
Friday, September 23, 2016
Tuesday, September 28th
Happy Tuesday!
Goals: To revise our paragraphs using feedback from our peers and teacher.To practice close reading strategies.
1) Peer Feedback on paragraph of "Three Skeleton Key"
I will give you a copy of these questions to refer to as you read your classmate's paper. These are also great questions for YOU to use when evaluating your own work.
Read over and look for fragments, run-ons, and other errors. Let writer know if you find any errors.
Summarize your thoughts of the paragraph
2)Article of the Week #1
Goals: To revise our paragraphs using feedback from our peers and teacher.To practice close reading strategies.
1) Peer Feedback on paragraph of "Three Skeleton Key"
I will give you a copy of these questions to refer to as you read your classmate's paper. These are also great questions for YOU to use when evaluating your own work.
Read the first sentence. It should have the following:
Title of story IN QUOTES and capitalized properly- “Three Skeleton Key”
Name of author (capitalized correctly)
ONE element (imagery or foreshadowing) that the author uses to create suspense
Read BOTH quotes. Are they both EXCELLENT examples of the selected element? Do they create suspense? Could the writer have chosen a more powerful example?
Are PAGE #s in parenthesis after each quote? Remember-it should like like this:
“...and then he raced down the street as fast as he could” (16).
Does EACH quote have a lead-in that provides the CONTEXT of the quote? In other words, it explains WHAT is happening in the story when the sentence appears in the story.
Is each quote followed by a MINIMUM of two sentences of commentary? Do these sentences explain HOW the writer creates suspense by using the sentence?
Summarize your thoughts of the paragraph
2)Article of the Week #1
- circle key words/underline author's claims
- annotate/write in the margins
TO DO
Bring your completely annotated article tomorrow.
Your revised paragraph is due to TURNITIN.COM by 10PM TOMORROW night.
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Friday, September 23rd
Happy Friday!
Goals: To learn how to seamlessly integrate quotes into an essay. To apply our knowledge of the two-chunk paragraph to writing a literary analysis.
Agenda:
1) Check homework
2) Watch blending quotes video and look at handout
Blending Quotes
3) Use template to write a literary analysis of how the author creates suspense in "Three Skeleton Key"
4 Essay Template- We will be using this as a model.
TO DO-Bring rough draft on Tuesday. It must be typee
Goals: To learn how to seamlessly integrate quotes into an essay. To apply our knowledge of the two-chunk paragraph to writing a literary analysis.
Agenda:
1) Check homework
2) Watch blending quotes video and look at handout
Blending Quotes
3) Use template to write a literary analysis of how the author creates suspense in "Three Skeleton Key"
4 Essay Template- We will be using this as a model.
TO DO-Bring rough draft on Tuesday. It must be typee
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Tuesday, September 20th
Goals: Finish the Direct Writing Assessment
1) Pass out packets
2) Review strategies for the writing component of the assessment
3) Finish assessment
1) Pass out packets
2) Review strategies for the writing component of the assessment
3) Finish assessment
Thursday, September 22nd
I am so excited to read today's story!
Goals: To practice close reading strategies and analyze the effect of literary techniques on a piece of writing.
AGENDA:
1) Quick homework check (vocabulary sheet) If you were absent, see yesterday's post for the handout.
2) RATS video clip
Jaws clip
3) Listen to/follow along as we read "Three Skeleton Key". I will be pausing to ask questions, point out things, etc. Notice any of your vocabulary words? :) We will focus on:
suspense (How does the author create it?)
irony
foreshadowing
allusion
imagery
(I love the narrator's creepy voice)
Here is the story:
"Three Skeleton Key"
Plot Terms and literary techniques (You might want to print this out and keep in your notebook)
TO DO BY TOMORROW
Read through the story again. Pick two examples of foreshadowing, imagery, or irony from the story. Copy down the page number and quote from the story. You should pick the literary element that you think MOST helps to create suspense in the story!
Goals: To practice close reading strategies and analyze the effect of literary techniques on a piece of writing.
AGENDA:
1) Quick homework check (vocabulary sheet) If you were absent, see yesterday's post for the handout.
2) RATS video clip
Jaws clip
3) Listen to/follow along as we read "Three Skeleton Key". I will be pausing to ask questions, point out things, etc. Notice any of your vocabulary words? :) We will focus on:
suspense (How does the author create it?)
irony
foreshadowing
allusion
imagery
(I love the narrator's creepy voice)
Here is the story:
"Three Skeleton Key"
Plot Terms and literary techniques (You might want to print this out and keep in your notebook)
TO DO BY TOMORROW
Read through the story again. Pick two examples of foreshadowing, imagery, or irony from the story. Copy down the page number and quote from the story. You should pick the literary element that you think MOST helps to create suspense in the story!
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