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.

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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. 







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