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!
Thursday, November 14, 2013
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.
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