Monday, April 30 - Review

Objective: By the end of class, students will review Keystone vocabulary and terms in order to prepare for the exam.

DO NOW

Copy down into notes: 

LITERARY - means "concerning the content of literature." 
They use this word a lot on the Keystone. Examples:

Direct Instruction

1. What is the main difference between literary fiction and literary non-fiction?
2. How does the use of autobiography as a literary form influence the meaning of the passage?

The question is basically THE SAME without the word, so DON'T let it throw you off!!!

Guided

Propaganda Jeopardy

TONE vs. MOOD

Independent

Work on the 20 WALL questions from last week. 

Closure 

Q & A re terms and concepts that are till confusing.

Thursday, April 26 - Wall Review and Propaganda

Objective: By the end of class, students will review vocabulary terms in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.

DO NOW

Propaganda terms.

Direct Instruction

How to approach a question that asks, " How does an author construct an argument or passage." 

Be sure to state WHAT the argument IS preferably in the beginning of the CRQ

Look for:

• Text Structure ( problem /solution, cause /effect, etc)
• Use of facts?
• Use of propaganda (repetition, name-calling, emotional appeal, statistics, etc.) ?
• Sub-headings, graphs, charts, etc?

Then you can say something like:

The author constructs his argument by using facts and propaganda. HIS ARGUMENT IS........He uses facts when he says...... to show that......

He uses the propaganda techniques of repetition and emotional appeal. He uses repetition when says, .......... in order to emphasize that......... Then he plays on people's emotions when he says..... to get them to react and take action.....

(This all applies to the CRQ on page 225 in green book if you have not yet completed it.)

Independent

20 questions - feel free to walk around room to seek information to help you answer them.

Friday, April 27 -

Objective: By the end of class, students will review in order to prepare for the Keystone Exam.

DO NOW 

Continue to answer 20 Wall Questions.

Propaganda Jeopardy

Four ways to help prepare students for the Keystone Exams in the next two weeks:

Three Academic ways to help prepare students for Keystone:

• AFFIXES (prefixes and suffixes)
• KEYSTONE VOCABULARY
• TEST TAKING STRATEGIES 
•  Some Samples
• multiple choice strategies 
• connotations and denotations
• Read boxed information at top of passage
• skim and find (if in quotes, it is in the passage)

Fourth Way :

• Confidence
• Motivation 
• Stamina / Perseverance
• Grit

TEDTALK - Video

Wednesday, April 25 - Propaganda and Wall Review

Objective: By the end of class, students will review propaganda techniques and review in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.

DO NOW
If you have not finished your benchmark, please get your chrome book and do so now. It is for a grade, so do your best. Use multiple choice strategies.


THEN:
20 questions on handout. Information to help you answer them can be found on walls in the room. Feel free to walk around and find the answers.

For my second period class - we need to review the question, "how does an author CONSTRUCT an argument (from FDR speech - green book page 225)


Also the word LITERARY. It just means "concerning the content of literature. " It makes the question sound fancier but don't let it throw you. The question would be the same without this word. 

Questions will include this adjective in questions...
Example - What is the main difference between literary fiction and literary non-fiction? 



Direct Instruction


Propaganda Jeopardy

Tuesday, April 24 - Benchmarks

Objective: By the end of of class, students will take benchmark exam in order to determine grade level skill ability.

DO NOW

Get your chrome book.
Log on with your Student ID and Password.
Go to School Net. 
Make sure Pop-Ups are NOT blocked ( little red "x" in upper right hand corner of screen.
Go to Acuity Assessments.
Take English 2 assessment.You do not have to do # 26 ( the constructed response).

Monday, April 23 - Propaganda

Objective: by the end of class, students will  review and analyze propaganda in speeches in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.

DO NOW

Propaganda review sheet

Direct Instruction

Propaganda techniques




Guided

Green Book - 222 - 224 - and multiple choice questions for Roosevelt speech
   Analyze how Roosevelt constructs his argument to convince Congress and the American people to enter WW2?

How do you approach answering this prompt?  

• Consider text structure (do you notice if it is problem / solution or cause effect or description, etc ??)
• Consider propaganda techniques ( do you notice any repetition, use of statistics, generalities, emotional appeal, etc?/)
• Consider how he uses FACTS (logical appeal) 

Thursday, April 19 - Non-Fiction - Speech - Fact vs Opinion

Objective: By the ned of class, students will analyze speech in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.

DO NOW

 Fact Or Opinion Handout

Direct Instruction / Guided

Read 219 - 220 and answer multiple choice questions

Independent

Random Multiple choice questions ( answer them without reading the passage)
.

Wednesday, April 18 - Essential Non-Essential Information / Fact vs Opinion

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze non-fiction (speech) to determine fact vs opinion in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.

DO NOW

Complete the constructed response for the Hurricane Sandy article. You have 10 minutes.

Explain how the author of the Hurricane Sandy Article (page 212-216) used specific organizational structures (bold subheadings, map and graph) to help the reader interpret the information. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Direct Instruction

FACT VS OPINION

A fact as any statement that can be proven to be true OR false. THEREFORE, concern yourselves less with whether the statement is accurate and TRUE - RATHER, focus more on whether each statement can be proven right OR wrong.

An OPINION, on the other hand, is a judgement not based on any fact or knowledge. Is is often based more on feelings or emotions.

FACT VS OPINION PPT 

Guided

Many speeches use propaganda to make false statements that appear to be facts but are not true. This is different than offering an opinion. 

Read in Green Keystone book - pages 218-221.


propaganda jeopardy

Tuesday, April 17 - Text Structure andOrganization ( Non-Fiction)

Objective: By the end of class students will analyze text structure and organization in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.

DO NOW - write down in notebook - 

Other Organizational Features of NON-FICTION
1. Titles
2. Headings and/or subheadings
3. Bullet points
4. Boldface type
5. Italics

6. Illustrations and/or photographs

7. captions under the photos

8. Charts and graphs

9. Maps

10. Diagrams

Direct Instruction

Read questions first for the Hurricane Sandy Article - pages 216 & 217. Answer any if possible without reading the text.

Guided / Independent

GO back and complete multiple choice questions. THEN:

CRQ - You can write it in book under the multiple choice if you want - I will grad it right out of your book:
Explain how the author of the Hurricane Sandy Article (page 212-216) used specific organizational structures (bold subheadings, map and graph) to help the reader interpret the information. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Monday, April 16 - Text Structure - Non Fiction

Objective: By the end of class students will analyze text structure in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.

DO NOW

Name three elements of NON-FICTION that would clearly help you categorize a piece of writing as NON-FICTION rather than FICTION.

Direct Instruction

Text structure

Guided

Read Text Structure in Green Keystone book - pages 194-195 and take notes

Read Genetics and Genomics - pages196-198 and complete the three multiple choice questions that go with it.

Independent

Friday, April 13- POV Review and Keystone Term Definitions

Objective: By the end of class, student will analyze narrative perspective and vocabulary in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.

DO NOW

Everyone is missing at least one of the past three graded assignments (and a few need to redo) - so you have 20 minutes to do so.

Use the walls, your notes and/or the glossary in the green Keystone book if you need it.

Direct Instruction

POV Jeopardy review

Keystone terms puzzle.

Thursday, April 12 - Starlings in Winter - CRQ

Objective: By the end of class, student will analyze narrative perspective in poetry in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.

DO NOW

Starlings in Winter CRQ and complete the multiple choice if you have not done so.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION

Complete the fill in the blanks literary definitions for a grade.

If both are complete - Keystone literary terms puzzle for extra credit.

Wednesday, April 11 - Point of View - Poetry

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze point of view in a poem in order to prepare for the Keystone Exam.

DO  NOW

Explain the EFFECT of either 1st person or 3rd limited POV compared to 3rd person Omniscient narrator. Why is it not always best for the reader or viewer to know what ALL characters are thinking and/or feeling??

(think about Lamb to the Slaughter and the difference between the story written in 3rd person Limited and the film that was in 3rd Omniscient).

Direct Instruction

Review narrative perspective quiz from yesterday. 

Guided / Independent

Look at the multiple choice questions for the poem Starlings in Winter. Which ones can we answer without reading the poem? (Use multiple choice strategies to try to cross at least two choices out id possible).

Read Starlings in Winter and annotate together.

starlings flying

starling formations


The perspective changes through the poem. Notice this as we read. Where exactly does it change?? Mark it on the poem.

Answer the multiple choice questions.

Tuesday, April 10 - Point of View (narrative perspective)

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze narrative perspective in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.

DO NOW

Take out the 'Fill in the Blanks" definitions sheet and continue to complete. You can use the glossary in the green keystone book if you need help.


Direct Instruction

Together, Read the examples from the POV handout yesterday and note the differences, especially between 3rd Omniscient and 3rd Objective.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Never consider dialogue when determining what POV it is. That means you can cross out anything in between quotation marks prior to making your determination.

Example:

"Do you love dancing?" I asked my friend. 

(what is the above sentence's POV?)

Guided / Independent

POV review quiz. You can use your notes for guidance ( also, I would do "part 2" first...it may help you).

Go back to your "Do Now" and complete. If you don't complete in class today, complete for HW.

Monday, April 9 - Point of View ( Narrative Perspective)

Objective : By the end of class, students will analyze point of view in text in order to prepare for the Keystone Exam.

DO NOW

Finish the random multiple choice questions I gave you on Friday.

Direct Instruction

Review the random multiple choice questions and review the answers and process

Point of View review handout.

Guided

Read examples and compare whose thoughts are known for each.

Independent

POV identification.

Keystone terms - fill in the blanks ...

Friday, April 6 - Figurative Language

Objective: by the end of class, students will analyze figurative language in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.


DO NOW

Figurative language terms quiz

Direct Instruction

figurative language jeopardy

Guided / Independent

Finish constructed responses from yesterday.

Complete " Fill in the Blanks" for Literary devices.

Thursday, April 5 - Communicating and Idea through Figurative Language

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze figurative language in drama and poetry in order to prepare for Keystone Exam.

Do Now

Matching definitions

Direct Instruction

Figurative language is used everywhere in all forms of literature to help the reader or listener create an image and gain a better understanding of what he/she is expressing.

Guided

Choose two of the three pieces of figurative language below and then analyze:

How does the author use figurative language to communicate an idea? (you can use yesterday's sentence  starters as a guide).

1. Out, out brief candle! Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more (Macbeth - page 202 - also on wall).

2. Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it. (Macbeth page 34).

3. . The sea was wet as wet could be,
The sands were dry as dry.
You could not see a cloud because
No cloud was in the sky
No birds were flying overhead--
There were no birds to fly. (Walrus and the Carpenter)

Wednesday, April 4 - Figurative Language

Objective; By the end of class, students will analyze figurative language in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.

DO NOW

Do questions 9-10 on handout from yesterday. Be sure you also completed the questions / answers for "Aunt Misery" - questions 4-8 if you haven't done so already.

Direct Instruction

Review "How Figurative Language Communicates an Idea" again.
1. What figurative language is being used?
2. What is the definition of that figurative language?
3. What idea does this image suggest? Use your own words to describe what you think the author wants you to understand.

Guided

View clips again as we did yesterday. Identify the figurative language. then determine how the author uses figurative language to communicate the idea.

figurative language video

Complete the information on the handout provided for the three that we view. They are scaffolded for you. This is EXACTLY how you can set up a CRQ if the question is similar.

Independent

Complete handout on figurative language from yesterday - questions 11-15.

Tuesday, April 3 - Figurative Language

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze, define and identify figurative language in order to prepare for Keystone exam.


DO NOW

Matching definitions for figurative language

Direct Instruction

We will begin review for the keystone exam. Today, we will simply review figurative language and recognize it in short fiction in order to prepare for higher order thinking questions on the Keystone.

Review with video clip identify the type of figurative language. Then consider for each one - 
HOW DOES THE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE COMMUNICATE AN IDEA?

figurative language video

Guided 

Handout - short paragraphs - with figurative language multiple choice questions. Read and do #'s 1-2 together.

Review #3.

Independent

Complete 4-8 on own.

Submit 1-8 at end of class.

non fiction text elements

fiction -


elements of fiction