Objective: By the end of class, students will review dialect and mood in order to improve reading comprehension skills.
DO NOW
DESCRIBE your MOOD over break. How did you feel? Why? Describe the things you saw, heard, smelled, tasted and felt.
Direct Instruction
DIALECT
Independent
mood clues
mood px
mood video
MOOD Keystone Handout
"MY MUSICAL CAREER" - Keystone practice! Please read questions prior to reading an annotating. I will define any words in the questions with which you are unfamiliar.
Exit Pass
Look at the WALL again. Write down anything you feel you need me to help you with before the Keystones. Be sure you understand summerize, analyze and evaluate. Read the examples and see the differences.
Monday, December 23, 2013
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Friday, December 20 - Connotations
Objective:By the end of class, students will determine connotative and denotative words and phrases in order o improve reading comprehension.
DO NOW
Keystone Terms handout
Direct Instruction
Using positive or negative connotations can influence behavior.
Connotations have BIAS and denotations do not. They are neutral.
Example - Tony's place was crammed = negative connotation
Tony's place was located or placed = denotation
differences between connotation and denotation
video on positive connotation
Guided /Independent
Read the passage and ANNOTATE. When you annotate, include any words that may be connotative.
Get a LAPTOP - GO TO QUIZLET.COM - type in "literature keystone terms" Go to any of the listed sites and choose SCATTER GAME. Match the definitions to the words - this is a timed test! Do the same one at least three times and see if you can improve your time.
Practice your brain skills at LUMOSITY.COM
Closure
Review answers
Exit Pass
Change the following sentence from connotative to denotative.
The ominous mountain dared us to climb it.
DO NOW
Keystone Terms handout
Direct Instruction
Using positive or negative connotations can influence behavior.
Connotations have BIAS and denotations do not. They are neutral.
Example - Tony's place was crammed = negative connotation
Tony's place was located or placed = denotation
video on positive connotation
Guided /Independent
Read the passage and ANNOTATE. When you annotate, include any words that may be connotative.
Get a LAPTOP - GO TO QUIZLET.COM - type in "literature keystone terms" Go to any of the listed sites and choose SCATTER GAME. Match the definitions to the words - this is a timed test! Do the same one at least three times and see if you can improve your time.
Practice your brain skills at LUMOSITY.COM
Closure
Review answers
Exit Pass
Change the following sentence from connotative to denotative.
The ominous mountain dared us to climb it.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
thursday, December 19, Style and Mood
Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze style, tone and mood in order to improve reading comprehension.
DO NOW
Keystone Terms Handout
Direct Instruction
Review STYLE again. Remember:
Figurative Language, Tone, Diction and Sentence Structure all contribute to author's STYLE.
Review style on powerpoint again.
You must be able to identify figurative language in text to order to help determine style. You must analyze these components BEFORE you decide on what the author's style is.
figurative language in music
Practice Style / tone worksheet. You MUST annotate!! Use active reading strategies and identify any figurative language that you recognize.
Complete Style test. Look at THE WALL to find some examples of words that describe style, tone and mood.
Review MOOD - how does it make you FEEL????
Independent
Mood passage.
Closure
Review
Exit Pass
What are four components of STYLE and how do you recognize each one in a passage?
DO NOW
Keystone Terms Handout
Direct Instruction
Review STYLE again. Remember:
Figurative Language, Tone, Diction and Sentence Structure all contribute to author's STYLE.
Review style on powerpoint again.
You must be able to identify figurative language in text to order to help determine style. You must analyze these components BEFORE you decide on what the author's style is.
figurative language in music
Practice Style / tone worksheet. You MUST annotate!! Use active reading strategies and identify any figurative language that you recognize.
Complete Style test. Look at THE WALL to find some examples of words that describe style, tone and mood.
Guided /
Review MOOD - how does it make you FEEL????
Independent
Mood passage.
Closure
Review
Exit Pass
What are four components of STYLE and how do you recognize each one in a passage?
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Wednesday, December 18, Style
Objective:By the end of class, students will be assessed on author's style in order to improve reading comprehension skills.
DO NOW
What is OBJECTIVE TONE compared to SUBJECTIVE TONE? Name three words that could describe the tone of a passage.
Direct Instruction
Powerpoint on style.
How to CONSTRUCT a constructed response. In other words, how should it be "set up"?
Example: Evaluate Krakauer's style of writing for Into Thin Air and provide examples from the text.
1. Restate. Krakauer's style of writing for Into Thin Air is straight-forward.
2. Identify a few devices that contribute to style. I say this because of Krakauer's tone, diction and sentence structure.
3. Give an example of each device and how it contributes to style.
For example, Krakauer's sentence structure is simple. The sentences are somewhat short and to the point. Events are told in chronological order which makes it easy to follow. Although the events that he tells of are morbid, his tone in retelling this story is very mater-of -fact. For example, of this tragic event, he simply says, "I'd never seen death at close range. And there was so much of it. Eleven men and women..." Finally, diction....
Guided / Independent
Quiz on Style. Then answer the following constructed response:
Evaluate the author's style for PASSAGE 1 providing two examples from text and explain its effect on the reader's mood.
Exit Pass
Identify three literary devices that contribute to an author's STYLE. Now explain how each one contributes to creating style.
DO NOW
What is OBJECTIVE TONE compared to SUBJECTIVE TONE? Name three words that could describe the tone of a passage.
Direct Instruction
Powerpoint on style.
How to CONSTRUCT a constructed response. In other words, how should it be "set up"?
Example: Evaluate Krakauer's style of writing for Into Thin Air and provide examples from the text.
1. Restate. Krakauer's style of writing for Into Thin Air is straight-forward.
2. Identify a few devices that contribute to style. I say this because of Krakauer's tone, diction and sentence structure.
3. Give an example of each device and how it contributes to style.
For example, Krakauer's sentence structure is simple. The sentences are somewhat short and to the point. Events are told in chronological order which makes it easy to follow. Although the events that he tells of are morbid, his tone in retelling this story is very mater-of -fact. For example, of this tragic event, he simply says, "I'd never seen death at close range. And there was so much of it. Eleven men and women..." Finally, diction....
Guided / Independent
Quiz on Style. Then answer the following constructed response:
Evaluate the author's style for PASSAGE 1 providing two examples from text and explain its effect on the reader's mood.
Exit Pass
Identify three literary devices that contribute to an author's STYLE. Now explain how each one contributes to creating style.
Monday, December 16, 2013
Tuesday, December 17 Author's Tone and Style
Objective:By the end of class, students will analyze author's tone and style in order to improve reading comprehension skills.
DO NOW
Keystone terms practice
Direct Instruction
slideshare / style, tone, mood
Guided / Independent
Read directions for TONE practice. Complete practice exercises for TONE.
Apply the Style Analysis worksheet to the article "Tony's Pace" that you just read. Even though the article is short, all of the components of style can be addressed.
Closure
Review answers.
Exit Pass
Read the following quote and describe the TONE and STYLE:
“Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. That would mean that security is out of the question. The words "make" and "stay" become inappropriate. My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free.”
― Tom Robbins, Still Life With Woodpecker
DO NOW
Keystone terms practice
Direct Instruction
slideshare / style, tone, mood
Guided / Independent
Read directions for TONE practice. Complete practice exercises for TONE.
Apply the Style Analysis worksheet to the article "Tony's Pace" that you just read. Even though the article is short, all of the components of style can be addressed.
Closure
Review answers.
Exit Pass
Read the following quote and describe the TONE and STYLE:
“Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. That would mean that security is out of the question. The words "make" and "stay" become inappropriate. My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free.”
― Tom Robbins, Still Life With Woodpecker
Monday, December 14 , Allusions
Objective: By the end of class students will analyze allusions and use active reading strategies in order to improve reading comprehension skills.
DO NOW
Write the definition of ALLUSION into notebooks.
Direct Instruction
allusions powerpoint
Family Guy Allusions
together review multiple choice allusions
Guided
Nothing Gold Can stay - Read poem together
View
Nothing gold can stay - the outsiders / YouTube
Analyze poem for figurative language, allusion , theme etc .
Independent
Answer questions on back of handout.
Closure
Nothing Gold Can Stay powerpoint
Explain how Robert Frost uses personification and allusion in order to express the theme that nothing lasts forever in "Nothing Gold Can Stay."
Exit Pass
keystone terms sheet
DO NOW
Write the definition of ALLUSION into notebooks.
al·lu·sion
: a statement that refers to something without mentioning it directly
Direct Instruction
allusions powerpoint
Family Guy Allusions
together review multiple choice allusions
Guided
Nothing Gold Can stay - Read poem together
View
Nothing gold can stay - the outsiders / YouTube
Analyze poem for figurative language, allusion , theme etc .
Independent
Answer questions on back of handout.
Closure
Nothing Gold Can Stay powerpoint
Explain how Robert Frost uses personification and allusion in order to express the theme that nothing lasts forever in "Nothing Gold Can Stay."
Exit Pass
keystone terms sheet
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Friday, December 13, Bias in Non-Fiction and Graphs
Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze bias in order to improve reading comprehension skills.
DO NOW
Keystone term practice handout
Direct Instruction
Propaganda n BIAS review
Guided
BIAS in GRAPHS worksheet.
Independent
Review your Into Thin Air Packet. What Narrative perspective is it written in? Then answer the following in a 5-7 sentence paragraph:
Evaluate Krakauer's purpose in writing Into Thin Air. Does he retell the story objectively or with BIAS? (Does he suggest it is any one's fault or does he simply restate things as they occurred?) Be sure to use examples from the text to support your answer.
DO NOW
Keystone term practice handout
Direct Instruction
Propaganda n BIAS review
Guided
BIAS in GRAPHS worksheet.
Independent
Review your Into Thin Air Packet. What Narrative perspective is it written in? Then answer the following in a 5-7 sentence paragraph:
Evaluate Krakauer's purpose in writing Into Thin Air. Does he retell the story objectively or with BIAS? (Does he suggest it is any one's fault or does he simply restate things as they occurred?) Be sure to use examples from the text to support your answer.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Thursday, December 13, Text Structure
Objective: By the end of class, students will identify text structures in order to improve reading comprehension.
DO NOW
Look at the wall and write down the three most difficult things for YOU personally.
Direct Instruction
Text Structure powerpoint
Guided / Independent
Text Structure Quiz
Keystone Terms
Review your Into Thin Air Packet and realize it is written from 1st person narrative perspective. Then answer the following in a 5-7 sentance paragraph.
Evaluate Krakauer's purpose in writing Into Thin Air. Does he retell the story objectively or with BIAS? Does he suggest it is any one's fault or does he simply restate things as they occurred?
DO NOW
Look at the wall and write down the three most difficult things for YOU personally.
Direct Instruction
Text Structure powerpoint
Guided / Independent
Text Structure Quiz
Keystone Terms
Review your Into Thin Air Packet and realize it is written from 1st person narrative perspective. Then answer the following in a 5-7 sentance paragraph.
Evaluate Krakauer's purpose in writing Into Thin Air. Does he retell the story objectively or with BIAS? Does he suggest it is any one's fault or does he simply restate things as they occurred?
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Wednesday, December 11 - Text Structure and Irony
Objective: By the end of class, students will recognize text structure and irony in non-fiction in order to improve reading comprehension skills.
DO NOW
Write down three trigger or signal words for each of the following text structures:
1. Compare / Contrast
2. Sequence
3. Problem / Solution
4. Description
5. Cause / Effect
Direct Instruction
Into Thin Air - Irony and Cause / effect in non-fiction.
The Rob Hall team and interactive climb
Guided
Read Into thin Air - Annotate / complete sidebars and cause effect chart.
Independent
Practice text structure on handout provided.
Answer the following questions:
Why is it ironic that when Krakauer reaches the top of Mt Everest, he is not elated?
Why is it ironic that Rob Hall dies and Beck Weathers lives?
Identify 3 causes that lead to the death of Rob Hall. Why are each ironic?
Evaluate why people want to take such a risk as climbing Mt Everest.
Closure
Review irony and text structure.
Exit pass
What is the greatest risk you have ever taken?
DO NOW
Write down three trigger or signal words for each of the following text structures:
1. Compare / Contrast
2. Sequence
3. Problem / Solution
4. Description
5. Cause / Effect
Direct Instruction
Into Thin Air - Irony and Cause / effect in non-fiction.
The Rob Hall team and interactive climb
Guided
Read Into thin Air - Annotate / complete sidebars and cause effect chart.
Independent
Practice text structure on handout provided.
Answer the following questions:
Why is it ironic that when Krakauer reaches the top of Mt Everest, he is not elated?
Why is it ironic that Rob Hall dies and Beck Weathers lives?
Identify 3 causes that lead to the death of Rob Hall. Why are each ironic?
Evaluate why people want to take such a risk as climbing Mt Everest.
Closure
Review irony and text structure.
Exit pass
What is the greatest risk you have ever taken?
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Monday, December 9 - Text Structure / Theme
Objective: By the end of class, students will determine author's purpose in using different types of text structure and narrative perspective in order to improve reading comprehension skills.
DO NOW
Choose the BEST sentance to complete the summary. Four sentances are provided. Which sentance would complete this the best?
Direct Instruction
Read introduction to Into Thin Air - pages 349-351 (irony and cause / effect)
view the route
view the hillary step
Discuss narrative perspective and cause/ effect as text structure.
Read 350-351 and write down ten facts that you learn from reading these pages.
Guided
Text Structure
Independent
Identify the text structure for the paragraphs on the back of the organizer.
Exit Pass
Wy do you think "into thin air" is best written from 1st person?
DO NOW
Choose the BEST sentance to complete the summary. Four sentances are provided. Which sentance would complete this the best?
Direct Instruction
Read introduction to Into Thin Air - pages 349-351 (irony and cause / effect)
view the route
view the hillary step
Discuss narrative perspective and cause/ effect as text structure.
Read 350-351 and write down ten facts that you learn from reading these pages.
Guided
Text Structure
Independent
Identify the text structure for the paragraphs on the back of the organizer.
Exit Pass
Wy do you think "into thin air" is best written from 1st person?
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Friday, December 6, Bias / Keystone terms /
Objective: By the end of class, students will demonstrate comprehension of BIAS, the difference between analyze, evaluate and summarize and keystone terms.
DO NOW
DO NOW
1.
What is the difference between the narrative
perspectives, 3rd person omniscient and 3rd person
Objective?
2.
What is BIAS? What is more biased – 1st
person point of view or 3rd person omniscient? Why?
TEST on Bias, Keystone terms and analyze, evaluate and summarize.
Exit Pass
Turn in test and have a nice weekend!
Exit Pass
Turn in test and have a nice weekend!
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Thursday, Bias and Propoganda
Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze news and determine bias and propaganda in order to improve comprehension skills.
DO NOW
[prop-uh-gan-duh]
Direct Instruction
Propoganda goes hand in hand with BIAS and jumping on the "bandwagon." (expression that means - "everyones doing it")
propaganda
BIAS in the NEWS
BBC
Guided / Independent
Bias worksheet - read together "What is Bias" and then follow directions on opposite side to fill in blanks and rewrite hockey game report in support of Toronto.
Exit Pass
You will have a test tomorrow on summarize, analyze, evaluate, defining keystone terms and BIAS. Write down any questions or uncertainties you may have regarding this test.
DO NOW
Definition in notebooks -
prop·a·gan·da
[prop-uh-gan-duh] Definition in notebooks -
noun
1.
information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group,movement, institution, nation, etc.
Direct Instruction
Propoganda goes hand in hand with BIAS and jumping on the "bandwagon." (expression that means - "everyones doing it")
propaganda
BIAS in the NEWS
BBC
Guided / Independent
Bias worksheet - read together "What is Bias" and then follow directions on opposite side to fill in blanks and rewrite hockey game report in support of Toronto.
Exit Pass
You will have a test tomorrow on summarize, analyze, evaluate, defining keystone terms and BIAS. Write down any questions or uncertainties you may have regarding this test.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Tuesday, December 4, Bias and Narrative Perspective
Objective: By the end of class, students will understand how narrative perspective affects bias in order to improve reading comprehension skills.
DO NOW
What contains more bias - first person point of view or 3rd person omniscient? Why?
Direct Instruction
bias in narrative perspective
flocabulary point of view
Guided / Independent
Read excerpts on handout and answer questions on back.
Exit Pass
Which paragraph is more reliable and why??
DO NOW
What contains more bias - first person point of view or 3rd person omniscient? Why?
Direct Instruction
bias in narrative perspective
flocabulary point of view
Guided / Independent
Read excerpts on handout and answer questions on back.
Exit Pass
Which paragraph is more reliable and why??
Monday, December 2, 2013
Tuesday, December 3, Plot and Narrative Perspective
OBJECTIVE: BY THE END OF CLASS, STUDENTS WILL IDENTIFY NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVES AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE READER'S UNDERSTANDING OF PLOT IN ORDER TO IMPROVE READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS.
DO NOW
What is the difference between a SUMMARY, an ANALYSIS and an EVALUATION? So what does the analysis contain that a summary does not? What does an evaluation contain that a analysis does not? Use the WALL if you do not remember.
Direct Instruction
The way the reader interprets plot is directly affected by narrative perspective.
The difference between Third Person Omniscient and third person Objective is that Omniscient knows all the character's thoughts and feelings but the Objective narrator does not. The objective narrator only call tell the reader WHAT happens - not how anyone in the story FEELS.
slideshare - point of view
Guided
The Pedestrian - pages 46-51
Independent
1. What is the author's purpose in writing this story? What does he fear about the future?
2. Why does Bradbury use 3rd person objective? How would the story be different if told from Leonard's perspective (1st person)?
3. Use the graphic organizer provided to complete the plot structure for the Pedestrian. The basic situation and resolution should be easy to complete (very beginning and very end of the story). So then, what happens in between? What is the turning point (climax)? Everything after the turning point is the falling action.
Exit Pass
Why would an author choose to tell a story using an objective narrator rather than an omniscient one? What does that force the reader to do?
DO NOW
What is the difference between a SUMMARY, an ANALYSIS and an EVALUATION? So what does the analysis contain that a summary does not? What does an evaluation contain that a analysis does not? Use the WALL if you do not remember.
Direct Instruction
The way the reader interprets plot is directly affected by narrative perspective.
The difference between Third Person Omniscient and third person Objective is that Omniscient knows all the character's thoughts and feelings but the Objective narrator does not. The objective narrator only call tell the reader WHAT happens - not how anyone in the story FEELS.
slideshare - point of view
Guided
The Pedestrian - pages 46-51
Independent
1. What is the author's purpose in writing this story? What does he fear about the future?
2. Why does Bradbury use 3rd person objective? How would the story be different if told from Leonard's perspective (1st person)?
3. Use the graphic organizer provided to complete the plot structure for the Pedestrian. The basic situation and resolution should be easy to complete (very beginning and very end of the story). So then, what happens in between? What is the turning point (climax)? Everything after the turning point is the falling action.
Exit Pass
Why would an author choose to tell a story using an objective narrator rather than an omniscient one? What does that force the reader to do?
Monday, December 2, Plot Review
Objective: By the end of class, students will review plot and plot structure and character roles in order to improve reading comprehension and writing skills.
DO NOW
What are the elements of a plot structure? Create a basic plot structure.
Direct Instruction
flocabulary - plot structure
Discuss Plot Structure watch plot for hunger games
plot structure for hunger games
Independent
Keystone practice handout
Exit Pass
Who is the protagonist and who is the antagonist of the story you just read? Create the plot structure for this story, clearly identifying each part.
DO NOW
What are the elements of a plot structure? Create a basic plot structure.
Direct Instruction
flocabulary - plot structure
Discuss Plot Structure watch plot for hunger games
plot structure for hunger games
Independent
Keystone practice handout
Exit Pass
Who is the protagonist and who is the antagonist of the story you just read? Create the plot structure for this story, clearly identifying each part.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, Imagery
Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze figurative language and imagery in order to improve reading comprehension and writing skills.
DO NOW
Imagery / motif handout - read the poem, annotate it by identifying figurative language and underlining reoccuring image (motif).
Then answer all questions. Be sure to answer BOTH parts of the question if it is a two part question.
Direct Instruction
I am adding MOTIF, IMAGERY, PROSE and SONNET to "The Wall." Make sure these definitions make it into your notebooks.
Guided / Independent
IMAGERY
take these imagery and figurative language quizzes and write answers on separate piece of paper.
Create an account in LUMOSITY by clicking here.
Test your skills in each area and record your high scores for each. Write down scores on your quiz paper.
Exit Pass
Turn in work and put your laptop away in the proper slot.
Have a wonderful holiday.
DO NOW
Imagery / motif handout - read the poem, annotate it by identifying figurative language and underlining reoccuring image (motif).
Then answer all questions. Be sure to answer BOTH parts of the question if it is a two part question.
Direct Instruction
I am adding MOTIF, IMAGERY, PROSE and SONNET to "The Wall." Make sure these definitions make it into your notebooks.
Guided / Independent
IMAGERY
take these imagery and figurative language quizzes and write answers on separate piece of paper.
Create an account in LUMOSITY by clicking here.
Test your skills in each area and record your high scores for each. Write down scores on your quiz paper.
Exit Pass
Turn in work and put your laptop away in the proper slot.
Have a wonderful holiday.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Tuesday, November 26 - Style and Figurative Language
Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze style and figurative language in order to improve reading comprehension and writing skills.
DO NOW
Imagery uses all the senses - sight, smell, sound, touch and taste. Author's use figurative language to create imagery.
USE figurative language (similes, metaphors, alliteration, idioms, etc) to write a five line poem describing Randolph.
Direct Instruction
Similes, metaphors, personification, hyperboles, etc all help the reader create images in their minds.
When the reader can see, feel, hear, taste and smell what the author is describing, this is called IMAGERY. Figurative language helps create imagery.
Figurative language is used in all types of writing (non-fiction, fiction, news articles, etc). it is NOT exclusive to poetry!!!
slideshare
allusions
Imagery
Read page 459 - HOLT TEXT - A storm in the Mountains and answer questions 1-5 on a separate piece of paper to be turned in.
Closure
review answers
Exit Pass
Using figurative language, describe Thanksgiving dinner or other special memory (what does it look, smell, taste, sound, feel like)?
DO NOW
Imagery uses all the senses - sight, smell, sound, touch and taste. Author's use figurative language to create imagery.
USE figurative language (similes, metaphors, alliteration, idioms, etc) to write a five line poem describing Randolph.
Direct Instruction
Similes, metaphors, personification, hyperboles, etc all help the reader create images in their minds.
When the reader can see, feel, hear, taste and smell what the author is describing, this is called IMAGERY. Figurative language helps create imagery.
Figurative language is used in all types of writing (non-fiction, fiction, news articles, etc). it is NOT exclusive to poetry!!!
slideshare
allusions
Imagery
Read page 459 - HOLT TEXT - A storm in the Mountains and answer questions 1-5 on a separate piece of paper to be turned in.
Closure
review answers
Exit Pass
Using figurative language, describe Thanksgiving dinner or other special memory (what does it look, smell, taste, sound, feel like)?
Monday, November 25, Miss Rosie
Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze poetic devices and determine author's purpose in order to improve reading comprehension and writing skills.
DO NOW
Change the following metaphor into a simile -
"Winnie the Pooh is a big ballon floating over the Christopher Robbins birthday party.
Direct Instruction
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Miss Rosie introduction - read introduction to idioms
Guided
Read Miss Rosie together - identify poetic devices and analyze for connections to the meaning of the poem.
Independent
Character change organizer for Miss Rosie
Then, in a short, 4-6 sentence paragraph, describe Miss Rosie's life. Reread the poem - and INFER what happened to her. How did she get from point A to point B?
How does the author use figurative language to help the reader visualize the changes in Miss Rosie?
Closure
Review character organizer
Exit Pass
How does the author use figurative language to help the reader visualize the changes in Miss Rosie?
DO NOW
Change the following metaphor into a simile -
"Winnie the Pooh is a big ballon floating over the Christopher Robbins birthday party.
Direct Instruction
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Miss Rosie introduction - read introduction to idioms
Guided
Read Miss Rosie together - identify poetic devices and analyze for connections to the meaning of the poem.
Independent
Character change organizer for Miss Rosie
Then, in a short, 4-6 sentence paragraph, describe Miss Rosie's life. Reread the poem - and INFER what happened to her. How did she get from point A to point B?
How does the author use figurative language to help the reader visualize the changes in Miss Rosie?
Closure
Review character organizer
Exit Pass
How does the author use figurative language to help the reader visualize the changes in Miss Rosie?
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Wednesday, November 20 - Author's purpose and metaphors
Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze author's use of figurative language and then use it in order to improve writing skills.
DO NOW
QUIZ 50 points
Read the stanza below and first identify at least three poetic devices (figurative language). Choices include IDIOM, Alliteration, RHYME, and Hyperbole.
What is ADELE"S purpose in using figurative language to deliver her message in ROLLING IN THE DEEP ? (you, of course, need to tell me what the message is as well)
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch, it's bringing me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go 'head and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bare
See how I leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch
And it's bringing me out the dark
------------------------------------------------
Direct Instruction
Read the sample metaphor poems. Choose a topic for your own metaphor family poem. Some ideas in addition to the ones provided are:
1. An ice cream sundae
2. A circus
3. Solar System
5. A sandwich
6. A book
7. A football or baseball team
8. The ocean
9. A school
10. A musical band
Independent
Write an original metaphor poem about your own family. It should be 10-15 lines in length. It does not have to rhyme. Write a rough draft first to be proofed by me before writing or typing it neatly. 50 points. 20 extra points for illustrating.
Closure
Review ADELE quiz.
Exit Pass
The following sentence contains a metaphor. Change the metaphor into a simile.
"She was a bright sun who lit up the room every time she entered."
DO NOW
QUIZ 50 points
Read the stanza below and first identify at least three poetic devices (figurative language). Choices include IDIOM, Alliteration, RHYME, and Hyperbole.
What is ADELE"S purpose in using figurative language to deliver her message in ROLLING IN THE DEEP ? (you, of course, need to tell me what the message is as well)
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch, it's bringing me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go 'head and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bare
See how I leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch
And it's bringing me out the dark
------------------------------------------------
Direct Instruction
Read the sample metaphor poems. Choose a topic for your own metaphor family poem. Some ideas in addition to the ones provided are:
1. An ice cream sundae
2. A circus
3. Solar System
5. A sandwich
6. A book
7. A football or baseball team
8. The ocean
9. A school
10. A musical band
Independent
Write an original metaphor poem about your own family. It should be 10-15 lines in length. It does not have to rhyme. Write a rough draft first to be proofed by me before writing or typing it neatly. 50 points. 20 extra points for illustrating.
Closure
Review ADELE quiz.
Exit Pass
The following sentence contains a metaphor. Change the metaphor into a simile.
"She was a bright sun who lit up the room every time she entered."
Monday, November 18, 2013
Tuesday, November 19 METAPHORS
Objective:By the end of class, students will analyze poetry and figurative language in order to improve reading comprehension and writing skills.
DO NOW
Identify the following from the lines below:
1. An idiom
2. A simile
3. A metaphor
4. Rhyme
got some weight on my shoulders, to me it's like feathers
All hail Weezy, call it bad weather
I stick to the script, I memorize the lines
Cause life is a movie that I've seen too many times
You're on the outside looking in, close the blinds
Direct Instruction
Figurative language - powerpoint
IDENTIFY POWERPOINT
Guided
Read directions to analyze Shakespeare's Sonnet 130.
Independent
Either individually or in pairs, analyze the SONNET according to directions. You may turn in one analysis for two students if you are working in a pair.
When complete, review the metaphor family poems. Choose a topic for your own metaphor family poem. Some ideas in addition to the ones provided are:
1. An ice cream sundae
2. A circus
3. Solar System
5. A sandwich
6. A book
7. A football or baseball team
8. The ocean
9. A school
10. A musical band
Closure
Review answers to sonnet analysis.
Exit Pass
What is the author's purpose of using figurative language in poetry as well as other forms of writing?
DO NOW
Identify the following from the lines below:
1. An idiom
2. A simile
3. A metaphor
4. Rhyme
got some weight on my shoulders, to me it's like feathers
All hail Weezy, call it bad weather
I stick to the script, I memorize the lines
Cause life is a movie that I've seen too many times
You're on the outside looking in, close the blinds
Direct Instruction
Figurative language - powerpoint
IDENTIFY POWERPOINT
Guided
Read directions to analyze Shakespeare's Sonnet 130.
Independent
Either individually or in pairs, analyze the SONNET according to directions. You may turn in one analysis for two students if you are working in a pair.
When complete, review the metaphor family poems. Choose a topic for your own metaphor family poem. Some ideas in addition to the ones provided are:
1. An ice cream sundae
2. A circus
3. Solar System
5. A sandwich
6. A book
7. A football or baseball team
8. The ocean
9. A school
10. A musical band
Closure
Review answers to sonnet analysis.
Exit Pass
What is the author's purpose of using figurative language in poetry as well as other forms of writing?
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Monday, November 18 - Figurative language in Poetry
Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze poems and identify figurative language in order to improve reading comprehension and writing skills.
DO NOW
Identify the poetic device used in the following line - "I came in like a wrecking ball" and then change it into a metaphor
Direct Instruction
Figurative language - powerpoint
IDENTIFY POWERPOINT
Read introduction to figurative language on handout.
Guided Practice
A Dream Deferred / practice
Read Poem together - MIRROR - identify devices and answer questons
Independent
Handout - identify devices and provide reasoning
Closure
Review Answers
Exit Pass
Change the following line into a metaphor:
But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom
How does repetition in the following line enhance (strengthen) the message:
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.
HW - bring in lyrics to a song that has figurative language
DO NOW
Identify the poetic device used in the following line - "I came in like a wrecking ball" and then change it into a metaphor
Direct Instruction
Figurative language - powerpoint
IDENTIFY POWERPOINT
Read introduction to figurative language on handout.
Guided Practice
A Dream Deferred / practice
Read Poem together - MIRROR - identify devices and answer questons
Independent
Handout - identify devices and provide reasoning
Closure
Review Answers
Exit Pass
Change the following line into a metaphor:
But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom
How does repetition in the following line enhance (strengthen) the message:
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.
HW - bring in lyrics to a song that has figurative language
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Friday, November 15, Assessment
Objective: By the end of class, students will demonstrate comprehension of new vocabulary and synthesize information from different sources in order to improve reading and writing skills.
DO NOW
Check the wall
Direct Instruction
Flocabulary - Main Idea
Guided / Independent Instruction
Assessment on main ideas, essential information synthesizing and Keystone terms.
Also, have your notebooks out for a notebook check!
Exit Pass
Have a nice weekend!
DO NOW
Check the wall
Direct Instruction
Flocabulary - Main Idea
Guided / Independent Instruction
Assessment on main ideas, essential information synthesizing and Keystone terms.
Also, have your notebooks out for a notebook check!
Exit Pass
Have a nice weekend!
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Thursday, November 14 - Essential Information, main idea and style
Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze informational text in order to synthesize across different sources.
DO NOW
Define - 1. inadvertently 2. Essential 3. Non essential 4. Synthesize
Direct Instruction
view reconstruction of iceman mummy face
Read the third article pages 331-333 about the Iceman - annotate as you read. Complete all side bars.
Independent
Complete the following tasks for each article to be collected :
1. Summarize the article in 3-5 sentences
2. List any vocabulary words you do not know from this article
3. What is the MAIN IDEA of this article? We know the TOPIC is the ICEMAN mummy found in the Alps in 1991 - but was is this article telling you most about him?
4.In paragraph form, analyze the author's style of writing this article. Are the sentences long or short? Is the vocabulary difficult? Are there many descriptive words creating imagery? Are word choices and combinations simple or complex? What is the tone? (Is it matter of fact, or forceful, or surprised, or amazed?/ - how do you know).
Exit PAss
list the main ideas from each of the three articles
DO NOW
Define - 1. inadvertently 2. Essential 3. Non essential 4. Synthesize
Direct Instruction
view reconstruction of iceman mummy face
Read the third article pages 331-333 about the Iceman - annotate as you read. Complete all side bars.
Independent
Complete the following tasks for each article to be collected :
1. Summarize the article in 3-5 sentences
2. List any vocabulary words you do not know from this article
3. What is the MAIN IDEA of this article? We know the TOPIC is the ICEMAN mummy found in the Alps in 1991 - but was is this article telling you most about him?
4.In paragraph form, analyze the author's style of writing this article. Are the sentences long or short? Is the vocabulary difficult? Are there many descriptive words creating imagery? Are word choices and combinations simple or complex? What is the tone? (Is it matter of fact, or forceful, or surprised, or amazed?/ - how do you know).
Exit PAss
list the main ideas from each of the three articles
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Wednesday, November 13 Main Ideas
Objective: By the end of class, students will ANALYZE PASSAGES and determine main ideas in order to synthesize information from different sources on the same topic.
DO NOW
Write this down in notebooks:
The main idea of a passage is the point of the passage, minus all the details.
The topic of an article is what the whole article is GENERALLY about.
Direct Instruction
main idea video
So, for first article we read yesterday:
THE TOPIC = ??
THE MAIN IDEA =
Guided
Read the second article pages 328-30 about the Iceman - annotate as you read. Complete all side bars.
Independent
Complete the following tasks for each article to be collected :
1. Summarize the article in 3-5 sentences
2. List any vocabulary words you do not know from this article
3. What is the MAIN IDEA of this article? We know the TOPIC is the ICEMAN mummy found in the Alps in 1991 - but was is this article telling you most about him?
4.In paragraph form, analyze the author's style of writing this article. Are the sentences long or short? Is the vocabulary difficult? Are there many descriptive words creating imagery? Are word choices and combinations simple or complex? What is the tone? (Is it matter of fact, or forceful, or surprised, or amazed?/ - how do you know).
Exit Pass
What is the biggest difference that you notice between the two articles? The first is from the internet - the second from a magazine
DO NOW
Write this down in notebooks:
The main idea of a passage is the point of the passage, minus all the details.
The topic of an article is what the whole article is GENERALLY about.
Direct Instruction
main idea video
So, for first article we read yesterday:
THE TOPIC = ??
THE MAIN IDEA =
Guided
Read the second article pages 328-30 about the Iceman - annotate as you read. Complete all side bars.
Independent
Complete the following tasks for each article to be collected :
1. Summarize the article in 3-5 sentences
2. List any vocabulary words you do not know from this article
3. What is the MAIN IDEA of this article? We know the TOPIC is the ICEMAN mummy found in the Alps in 1991 - but was is this article telling you most about him?
4.In paragraph form, analyze the author's style of writing this article. Are the sentences long or short? Is the vocabulary difficult? Are there many descriptive words creating imagery? Are word choices and combinations simple or complex? What is the tone? (Is it matter of fact, or forceful, or surprised, or amazed?/ - how do you know).
Exit Pass
What is the biggest difference that you notice between the two articles? The first is from the internet - the second from a magazine
Monday, November 11, 2013
Tuesday, November 12 - informational Text
Objective: By the end of class, students will determine essential and non-essential information from informational text and identify topic and main idea in order to ultimately synthesize information.
DO NOW
Read the objective for the day and try to rewrite it in your own words. List any vocabulary words with which you are unfamiliar.
Direct Instruction
Get soft holt readers. Together read introduction to the Iceman mummy - page - 324
main idea video
View iceman from alps
Guided
Read the first articles pages 325-327 about the Iceman - annotate as you read. Complete all side bars.
Independent
Complete the following tasks for each article to be collected :
1. Summarize the first article
2. List any vocabulary words you do not know from this article
3. What is the MAIN IDEA of this article? We know the TOPIC is the ICEMAN mummy found in the Alps in 1991 - but was is this article telling you most about him?
4.In paragraph form, analyze the author's style of writing this article. Are the sentences long or short? Is the vocabulary difficult? Are there many descriptive words creating imagery? Are word choices and combinations simple or complex? What is the tone? (Is it matter of fact, or forceful, or surprised, or amazed?/ - how do you know).
Exit Pass
What are the biggest differences that you notice between the two articles? The first is from the internet - the second from a magazine)
DO NOW
Read the objective for the day and try to rewrite it in your own words. List any vocabulary words with which you are unfamiliar.
Direct Instruction
Get soft holt readers. Together read introduction to the Iceman mummy - page - 324
main idea video
View iceman from alps
Guided
Read the first articles pages 325-327 about the Iceman - annotate as you read. Complete all side bars.
Independent
Complete the following tasks for each article to be collected :
1. Summarize the first article
2. List any vocabulary words you do not know from this article
3. What is the MAIN IDEA of this article? We know the TOPIC is the ICEMAN mummy found in the Alps in 1991 - but was is this article telling you most about him?
4.In paragraph form, analyze the author's style of writing this article. Are the sentences long or short? Is the vocabulary difficult? Are there many descriptive words creating imagery? Are word choices and combinations simple or complex? What is the tone? (Is it matter of fact, or forceful, or surprised, or amazed?/ - how do you know).
Exit Pass
What are the biggest differences that you notice between the two articles? The first is from the internet - the second from a magazine)
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Friday, November 7, Masque of the Red Death
Objective:By the end of class, students will analyze allegorical text in order to make connections between fiction and non-fiction.
DO NOW
Quizlet QUIZ - HANDOUT - what stage of life do the colors represent?
link to slideshare / allegory
Guided
Read pages 420-421
link to vimeo
Read last page of story- page 427
Independent
1. The Masque of the Red Death an allegory about what?
2. What do the following symbolize:
a. Prince Prospero
b. The masked ball
c. the colored seven rooms
d. the ebony clock
e. the masked figure
3. Why does everyone get a little nervous every time the clock strikes?
4. All of the guests at Prospero's house were invited and then they locked themselves in. So how did the masked figure get in?
5. Why does the masked figure run through the colored rooms so quickly?
6. The guests all follow Prospero though the rooms to the black / red room. What happens to all the guests?
7. Why would it make sense that all the guests in the house die?
8. Knowing about Poe's life and the things that happened that contribute to his dark style of writing, why do you think a theme of Mask of the red Death is that "you can try to hide or run away, but no one can escape death"?
Exit Pass
Explain how Poe uses symbolism in the Mask of the Red Death in order to convey the them that no one can escape death.
DO NOW
Quizlet QUIZ - HANDOUT - what stage of life do the colors represent?
Direct Instruction
link to slideshare / allegory
Guided
Read pages 420-421
link to vimeo
Read last page of story- page 427
Independent
1. The Masque of the Red Death an allegory about what?
2. What do the following symbolize:
a. Prince Prospero
b. The masked ball
c. the colored seven rooms
d. the ebony clock
e. the masked figure
3. Why does everyone get a little nervous every time the clock strikes?
4. All of the guests at Prospero's house were invited and then they locked themselves in. So how did the masked figure get in?
5. Why does the masked figure run through the colored rooms so quickly?
6. The guests all follow Prospero though the rooms to the black / red room. What happens to all the guests?
7. Why would it make sense that all the guests in the house die?
8. Knowing about Poe's life and the things that happened that contribute to his dark style of writing, why do you think a theme of Mask of the red Death is that "you can try to hide or run away, but no one can escape death"?
Exit Pass
Explain how Poe uses symbolism in the Mask of the Red Death in order to convey the them that no one can escape death.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
thursday, November 7, Introduction to Mask of the Red Death
Objective: By the end of class, students will distinguish between essential and non-essential information in informational text and analyze symbolism order to develop reading comprehension skills for both non-fiction and fiction.
DO NOW
From the information on pages 429-430 or the summaries you wrote monday about the black plague, what do you think are the three most essential (most important) facts?
Direct instruction
Read Edgar Allan Poe's biography on page 428 and identify the three most essential pieces of information that influenced his dark style of writing.
Guided
Review the "Seven Stages of Man" (metaphorical poem) - Shakespeare - page 444 purple holt text. Identify the extended metaphor and then write each stage of life down into notebooks. (You will need to know these to draw symbolic connections while reading the allegory, Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe.)
Independent
Shakespeare uses acts of a play to symbolize the STAGES OF LIFE (birth to death). Edgar Allan Poe uses colored rooms in The Mask of The Red Death to symbolize LIFE to DEATH. The rooms also go EAST to WEST like the rising and setting sun (BIRTH _ DEATH).
CREATE SYMBOLS OF YOUR OWN TO BE REFLECTIVE OF EACH STAGE OF YOUR LIFE BY DOING THE FOLLOWING:
1. Analyze each stage of life as it relates to you.
2. Either determine what was your life like or predict what your life will be like in each of the seven stages.
3. Use a NEO - describe in words what that stage of your life was or will be like.
4. THEN, choose something symbolic that represents each stage. Preferably they are connected but do not have to be:
Examples: A seed to a tree, sun / moon, days in a week, etc.
Another way of creating a symbolic connection between stages of your life would be shapes, animals, planets (solar system), foods, etc.
If you do not want to use a NEO, you may draw. You can make it a poem if you'd like...you have creative freedom on this project!!
Closure
Make connections between symbolism and allegory and the role make a prediction regarding the significance of the seven rooms.
Exit Pass
Why is understanding symbolism important to allegorical stories? What is the author's intent when writing an allegory.
link to red death audio
DO NOW
From the information on pages 429-430 or the summaries you wrote monday about the black plague, what do you think are the three most essential (most important) facts?
Direct instruction
Read Edgar Allan Poe's biography on page 428 and identify the three most essential pieces of information that influenced his dark style of writing.
Guided
Review the "Seven Stages of Man" (metaphorical poem) - Shakespeare - page 444 purple holt text. Identify the extended metaphor and then write each stage of life down into notebooks. (You will need to know these to draw symbolic connections while reading the allegory, Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe.)
Independent
Shakespeare uses acts of a play to symbolize the STAGES OF LIFE (birth to death). Edgar Allan Poe uses colored rooms in The Mask of The Red Death to symbolize LIFE to DEATH. The rooms also go EAST to WEST like the rising and setting sun (BIRTH _ DEATH).
CREATE SYMBOLS OF YOUR OWN TO BE REFLECTIVE OF EACH STAGE OF YOUR LIFE BY DOING THE FOLLOWING:
1. Analyze each stage of life as it relates to you.
2. Either determine what was your life like or predict what your life will be like in each of the seven stages.
3. Use a NEO - describe in words what that stage of your life was or will be like.
4. THEN, choose something symbolic that represents each stage. Preferably they are connected but do not have to be:
Examples: A seed to a tree, sun / moon, days in a week, etc.
Another way of creating a symbolic connection between stages of your life would be shapes, animals, planets (solar system), foods, etc.
If you do not want to use a NEO, you may draw. You can make it a poem if you'd like...you have creative freedom on this project!!
Closure
Make connections between symbolism and allegory and the role make a prediction regarding the significance of the seven rooms.
Exit Pass
Why is understanding symbolism important to allegorical stories? What is the author's intent when writing an allegory.
link to red death audio
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Monday, November 4 Introduction to STYLE / ALLEGORY / MAsk of the Red Death
Objective: By the end of class, students will demonstrate comprehension of author's style and the literary elements that contribute to it, allegory and author's purpose for using allegory in order to teach keystone skills.
DO NOW
Keystone review handout.
Direct Instruction
Review answers on Keystone handout
Style powerpoint and handout.
Allegory. Discuss author's purpose for using allegory.
Guided
Read page 429 - 430 - holt text - the black plague - Answer the following questions in your notebooks:
1. What part of the world did the black plague or buboniv plague originate?
2. What year did the Black plague arrive in Sicily?
3. How did it get there? How was it spread?
4. Did the rats die from the flea bites also? Then what happened?
5. List five ways the people of Florence reacted to the black plague.
Now write a summary of the black plague in 5-7 sentences to turn in.
View history of the black plague.
Independent
Read biography of Edgar Allan Poe on page 428. Summarize his life in a 4-7 sentance paragraph.
Closure review black plague
exit Pass
Explain what an allegory is and how style affects the interpretation of a narrative.
DO NOW
Keystone review handout.
Direct Instruction
Review answers on Keystone handout
Style powerpoint and handout.
Allegory. Discuss author's purpose for using allegory.
al·le·go·ry
ˈaləˌgôrē/
noun
- 1.a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Guided
Read page 429 - 430 - holt text - the black plague - Answer the following questions in your notebooks:
1. What part of the world did the black plague or buboniv plague originate?
2. What year did the Black plague arrive in Sicily?
3. How did it get there? How was it spread?
4. Did the rats die from the flea bites also? Then what happened?
5. List five ways the people of Florence reacted to the black plague.
Now write a summary of the black plague in 5-7 sentences to turn in.
View history of the black plague.
Independent
Read biography of Edgar Allan Poe on page 428. Summarize his life in a 4-7 sentance paragraph.
Closure review black plague
exit Pass
Explain what an allegory is and how style affects the interpretation of a narrative.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Friday, November 1, Keystone Review to Date and tone and mood
Objective: By the end of class, students will demonstrate comprehension of Keystone skills learned to date and examine literary devices of tone and mood and how they affect literary passages.
DO NOW
YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES TO LOOK AT THE KEYSTONE TERM WALL. IN YOUR NOTEBOOK, LIST ANYTHING YOU DON'T KNOW OR HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT.
Direct Instruction
Review Keystone elements to date. Review what students applied in writing persuasive essay.
Introduce TONE
and Mood via powerpoint.
Independent
TONE and MOOD practice worksheets.
Exit Pass
DO NOW
YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES TO LOOK AT THE KEYSTONE TERM WALL. IN YOUR NOTEBOOK, LIST ANYTHING YOU DON'T KNOW OR HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT.
Direct Instruction
Review Keystone elements to date. Review what students applied in writing persuasive essay.
Introduce TONE
and Mood via powerpoint.
Independent
TONE and MOOD practice worksheets.
Exit Pass
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Thursday, October 31 - THE Conclusion
Objective: By the end of class, students will demonstrate comprehension of the elements of persuasion and analyze the opposing argument using research technology.
DO NOW
Take out graphic organizer and rubric and notebook. Review rubric as this is how you will be graded.
Direct Instruction
The Conclusion
In the conclusion of a persuasive essay, it is beneficial to address the opposing argument. The best way t teach you this is by example. So, remember my thesis statement was:
school should start at a later time because grades would improve, students would be more enthusiastic and students are not getting the recommended hours of sleep necessary for their health.
For the conclusion of this essay, I am first going to address why school's maybe SHOULD start at 7:30. I do this because it weakens the "comeback." Example:
I understand that many people might think starting at 730 is a good idea so kids can get home earlier and have time for after school activities. However if students are not productive at 730, isn't it just a waste of everyone's time? Education is so important that we should adjust schedules for other activities to best educate our children and give them the best opportunity for a bright future.
Independent
Get a laptop and pick up where you left off! If you were absent yesterday, see yesterday's blog for directions on how to write a great introduction.
I will be around to help you!
When finished, be sure to check rubric again!!!
Exit Pass
What was your purpose in writing this essay (AUTHOR"S PURPOSE)? Did you achieve it?
DO NOW
Take out graphic organizer and rubric and notebook. Review rubric as this is how you will be graded.
Direct Instruction
The Conclusion
In the conclusion of a persuasive essay, it is beneficial to address the opposing argument. The best way t teach you this is by example. So, remember my thesis statement was:
school should start at a later time because grades would improve, students would be more enthusiastic and students are not getting the recommended hours of sleep necessary for their health.
For the conclusion of this essay, I am first going to address why school's maybe SHOULD start at 7:30. I do this because it weakens the "comeback." Example:
I understand that many people might think starting at 730 is a good idea so kids can get home earlier and have time for after school activities. However if students are not productive at 730, isn't it just a waste of everyone's time? Education is so important that we should adjust schedules for other activities to best educate our children and give them the best opportunity for a bright future.
Independent
Get a laptop and pick up where you left off! If you were absent yesterday, see yesterday's blog for directions on how to write a great introduction.
I will be around to help you!
When finished, be sure to check rubric again!!!
Exit Pass
What was your purpose in writing this essay (AUTHOR"S PURPOSE)? Did you achieve it?
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Wednesday, October 30 Persuasive essays
Objective: By the end of class, students will comprehend the elements of a persuasive essay, distinguish between attention-getting devices and apply them and persuade by analyzing information using research technology.
DO NOW
Take out graphic organizer and rubric and notebook. Review rubric as this is how you will be graded.
Direct Instruction
The Introductory paragragh must include:
DO NOW
Take out graphic organizer and rubric and notebook. Review rubric as this is how you will be graded.
Direct Instruction
The Introductory paragragh must include:
- an attention-grabbing first sentence
- informative sentences that build to your thesis
- the thesis statement, which makes a claim or states a view that you will support or build upon
We already know how to write a thesis statement and that it must be in the opening paragraph. Now let' create the attention getter and connecting sentence.
- SO - If my thesis statement is:
school should start at a later time because grades would improve, students would be more enthusiastic and students are not getting the recommended hours of sleep necessary for their health.
My essay should start with an attention getter such as a question, an anecdote (a short, fun, persona story) or a quotation.
Examples:
Start with a Question
Why do we have to start class at 730am every day? It's dark and cold and although my body may be here, my brain is still sleeping! School should start at a later time because.....
Or Start with an anecdote (short, fun, personal story)
Recently, my alarm woke me up at 5:45 am and I was so tired! I did not want to go to school but I I dragged myself out of bed, got dressed quickly and headed out the door. When I got to school, I realized I had forgotten my homework and put my pants on inside out! My brain just wasn't working yet. I think school should start at a later time because.....
Or start with a famous quotation about your thesis
My essay should start with an attention getter such as a question, an anecdote (a short, fun, persona story) or a quotation.
Examples:
Start with a Question
Why do we have to start class at 730am every day? It's dark and cold and although my body may be here, my brain is still sleeping! School should start at a later time because.....
Or Start with an anecdote (short, fun, personal story)
Recently, my alarm woke me up at 5:45 am and I was so tired! I did not want to go to school but I I dragged myself out of bed, got dressed quickly and headed out the door. When I got to school, I realized I had forgotten my homework and put my pants on inside out! My brain just wasn't working yet. I think school should start at a later time because.....
Or start with a famous quotation about your thesis
Clint Eastwood once said, "In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey." I feel like this in my first period class at 730 every day. My mind just doesn't focus at that time. I think school should start at a later time because.....
INDEPENDENT
Get a laptop and continue to research your topic. Be sure to find both logical and emotional appeals (persuasion and manipulation). You can write down quotes / notes that support your argument in your notebook. Each body paragraph should contain one quote from a reliable website that supports you point.
I will be around to help you!!
Exit pass
What are your strongest points of persuasion / manipulation that you have so far?
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