MAy 1 &2 - authors style, mood and tone

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

Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

DO NOW

When determining POV, never consider anything in between quotation marks.

Example: "They were feeling hungry and decided to go to the diner," I told him when I got home from work.

What is the POV???

Direct Instruction


authors style tone and mood

mood

jeopardy

Guided

Multiple choice questions.

Practice Keystone Games


genre game - multiple choice

genre concentration game

soccer poetry - figurative language review

genre scatter game 

elements of fiction scatter game

elements of drama scatter game

elements of poetry scatter game



Resume Writing

Google Docs Resume Template

Independent

Use the Spearmint google doc template. Make a copy and save to your goole drive and share with me. 

April 29 / 30 - Monday & Tuesday - STARLINGs SLO

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

Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

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!!!

Direct Instruction

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).

Guided

Read Starlings in Winter and annotate together.

starlings flying

starling formations



Independent

Answer the multiple choice questions and the CRQ.

Get chrome book and go to my blog - reinaeng2.blogspot.com. 
click on any of the links below to practice your knowledge and skills.

Practice Keystone Games


genre game - multiple choice

genre concentration game

soccer poetry - figurative language review

genre scatter game 

elements of fiction scatter game

elements of drama scatter game

elements of poetry scatter game


Check for Understanding 


Individual student checks during independent work

Thursday & Friday - April 27 & 28 - Keystone Review

Objective: By the end of class students will main idea and essential information in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.

Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

DO NOW

What are the four things you should do and look for when trying to figure out the MAIN IDEA of a passage?





Direct / Guided Instruction

The Fallacy of Success 231-234

1. Read the title.
2. Read the italicized part underneath title.
3. Read the first paragraph - underline the first sentence. Circle words that repeat.
4. Read the last paragraph - underline the last sentence. Circle words that repeat. 

What do you think the main idea of this essay is??

Review the multiple choice questions.

Independent

Answer the multiple choice AND the constructed response for Fallacy of Success.

King Midas video

Tuesday *& Wednesday - April 23 & 24

Objective: By the end of class students will main idea and essential information in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.

Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

DO NOW

Random Multiple choice questions. Remember, each of these can be answered without reading the passage and they do not relate to each other. Remember also to use multiple choice strategies (cross two out.....etc)

Direct Instruction


In non- fiction, the main idea is equivalent tot the THEME (or message) of a work of fiction.

Main idea video

Finding the main idea

Guided 

To find Main Idea:
1. Read the title
2. Reread the 1st sentence (the whole 1st paragraph if long passage)
3. Reread the last sentence (the whole last paragraph if long)
4. Look for repeating words

What is the message the author is trying to communicate??

Independent

Main idea multiple choice.handout.

Tuesday & Wednesday - April 16 & 17 - Fiction Keystone Review

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

Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

DO NOW

On your "Dawn's Awake Poem" write the rhyme scheme next to the lines.

Direct Instruction

Figurative language review

Review the figurative language in the poem. 

Answer the following constructed response for the poem - Dawn's Awake."

Analyze how the author use figurative language in DAWN'S AWAKE, to communicate an idea. Use textual evidence to support your answer.

Things to consider:

• Be specific about the idea being communicated.
• Remember, figurative language creates an image or emphasizes a point. What does it help you see or feel? Describe that.
• Some sentence starters that could help you may include:
• When I read that, it helped me visualize...
• I really got the feeling that...

When done, Random Keystone multiple choice questions. (new set)

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

Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

DO NOW

Handout Dawn's Awakening Poem and read back and scan poem.
Can you summarize each stanza?


Direct

Figurative language review

Independent

Dawn's Awakening Poem questions. _ QUIZ - 50 points

CRQ
Analyze how the author uses figurative language to communicate an idea in Dawn's Awakening.(What is that idea specifically?) Use textual evidence to support your answer.

Keystone review multiple choice questions.

Wednesday & Thursday - Figurative Language

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

Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

DO NOW

10 minutes to work on review questions.


Direct Instruction

How does figurative language help to communicate an idea?

Figurative language helps to communicate an idea usually by creating an image or emphasizing a point.

Example: Her eyes were like diamonds.

What type of figurative language is being used?
How is it used to communicate what here eyes are like? (describe her eyes).



Guided

Watch the following movie clips. For each one, you will write down:
1. What type of figurative language is being used
2. What image does it create or what point does it emphasize?

You will have 3 minutes for each one - this will be timed.

Figurative language used in movies


Independent

Random Multiple choice questions sheet (ten questions).

Complete the review questions using the walls in the room or your notebook or your brain. I do not want to see any dictionary definitions!!

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

Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

DO NOW
Review Questions - answers on walls, in your notes or in your brain

Direct Instruction

FICTION - green Keystone book - skim through pages 71-74 to refresh elements of fiction (genre).

Page 79-81 - The Call of the Wild by Jack London

Read the first sentence of each paragraph and tell me - 
from what POV is this story being told?
Who is telling the story?

Guided

Skim over the multiple choice questions. 

Read together.

Independent

Complete multiple choice questions. Call me over when done.

If complete and all correct, you can go back to your review questions.

Thursday & Friday, April 4 & 5 - Keystone Review

Objective: By the end of class students will review the genre of non-fiction and vocabulary in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.

Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

DO NOW

Start on the 20 review questions on handout provided. Answers can be found, on the walls, in your notes or maybe, even possibly, in your brain :).


Direct / Guided

Non-Fiction Jeopardy

Wednesday -

Objective: By the end of class students will analyze text structure (problem / solution) and distinguish between fact and opinion in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.

Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

DO NOW

Random Multiple choice questions

Direct Instruction

video of John Wesley Powell

Guided

Review the characteristics of the passage on 243-245. Make connections. 

Answer questions on handout re: journal entry passage on pages 243-245 - green Keystone book.

Complete CRQ if you have not done so.

Independent

Random Review questions. Use your notes and/or the walls and or your brain to answer the 20 questions.