Week of monday , september 9th

Week of Monday, September 9th

Sponge Work Day of the week Sponge question

Monday, September 9th (#3) If you had three wishes, what would they be?

Tuesday, September 10th (#4) What does it mean to value “life”? Human and animal life?

Wednesday, September 11th (#5)

Thursday, September 12th (#6)

Friday, September 13th (#7)

Monday, September 9th

English 9

Today, I’m learning: 1. Point of View

a. First person– “I”b. Third person- limited and omniscient

2. Round and Flat characters3. Latin root –scrut-4. Complete subject and predicate5. Synonmyms

Monday, September 9th English 10

1. Review Monkey’s Paw2. Review term- Foreshadowing

-look for clues in the story

3. Read The Bridegroom-Practice looking for clues (foreshadowing)

4. ReviewPreview Tomorrow

-We’re learning about the Latin Root –cred-, pronouns, antecedents and synonyms on page 66.

English 10-Writing

Turn to page 671. Safety instructions: How to own and use a

Monkey’s Paw safely2. Prewriting: Logical step by step directions3. DraftingYou will hand in: 4. Prewriting- brainstorm5. Safety directions for making ONE wish.

Safety InstructionsWish one Wish two Wish three

What could go wrong? What could go wrong? What could go wrong?

What to wish What could go wrong How to make a wish

Safety instructions

When you make your wish, be careful what you wish for. For example, if you wish for money, someone you love may die, and you’ll get money from their death. You need to think of all the possible things that can go wrong with getting that wish. Step one: Make your wish and say the following…Step two: “but I don’t want anyone to die, or get injured, and I don’t want anyone’s personality to change,

Tuesday, September 10th

English 9

ReviewPeriod 1, 2 and 3: Write short-short story-Make Mrs. Mitty a round character-Change the narrator’s point of view

-What does –scrut- mean? -What is a complete predicate? Complete subject? -What is a synonym? Provide an example.


English 9Practice

Practice complete subject and predicate1. Identify the verb.

She wants to marry him. verb2. Identify the verb AND underline the complete

predicate. Will they be happy with their decision?


English 9

Today we will: 1. Create a Reader’s Log for the short story, The Most

Dangerous Game (pg 16)2. Create an immersed in words chart (vocabulary)3. Discuss comparing and contrasting characters

Terms you need to Know: 4. Suspense5. Conflict6. Context Clues7. Compare and Contrast

Tuesday, September 10th English 9

Dangerous Game Reader’s Log- pg 16

Connect Question: Are you a competitive person? Why or why not?

Background: Write down the most interesting or important sentence in the “background” paragraph on page 16.

Literary analysis: Write down the definitions for Suspense and Conflict

Reading Strategy: Write down the definition for Using Context clues

Immersed in Words Chart: Next slide

Word Experience What it is/what it isn’t

Definition Picture representing image

Palpable(adj)

Having a feeling that you could touch something

Hearing or smelling something

Able to be touched or felt

Indolently (adv) It’s an action or something someone experiences

Someone who is hyper isn’t indolently doing something

Lazily or idly

Bizarre (adj) Seeing something that’s really different

Typical or average

Odd in appearance

Immersed in Words Chart Turn to page 17 and create a chart like this using

ALL OF THE WORDS

English 9


English 10Comparing and Contrasting

Compare apples and oranges: They are similar in what way? ________

Contrast apples and oranges: How are they different? _____________

ApplesHow are they

different?

OrangesHow are they

different?

How are they

similar?

What is this graphic organizer called?

How does this graphic organizer work?

English 9- Tuesday

Real life Mitty

How is he different?

Fantasy Mitty

How is he different?

How are they

similar?

What is this graphic organizer called? -Venn Diagram

How does this graphic organizer work?

SMALL GROUP WORK

English 9- Tuesday


Review Monday, September 9th

1. We reviewed Monkey’s Paw2. We read The Bridegroom3. We practiced Foreshadowing4. We wrote instructions for owning and using the monkey’s paw

(page 67) Preview Today

5. Turn to page 666. Complete Word Analysis- Latin root –cred-7. Antecedents of Pronouns8. Synonyms9. Reading Informational Materials


1. Open up your notebook2. Write on the top of the page- (Monkey’s

Paw/Bridegroom) Integrate Language Skills3. Word Analysis: Latin Root –cred—

a. Write the definitionb. Write the words 1-5c. Write the definitions (see next slide)


Word Definition

Incredible Hard to believe

Credible Believable; likely

Credentials ID; permit

Credulity Gullibility: a tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true.

credit Publicly acknowledge someone as a participant in the production of (something published or broadcast).


Write Grammar Lesson on your paper.Write the definitions for Pronouns and

Antecedents.Write down the sentences 1-5. Identify the

antecedents of each underlined pronoun in the following sentences.

1. The Whites opened their front door and let the sergeant major into the cozy room.


1. On the top of your paper, write the word “Synonym”2. Number your paper 1-9. 3. Look at page 49 for the definitions

Word Synonyms

1. Maligned Criticized

2. Prosaic: Ordinary

3. Avaricious

4. Furtively

5. Tumult

6. Doughty

7. Credulity

8. Fusillade

9. Foreboding


Reading Informational MaterialsNewspaper Features

Turn to page 2741. Read “About Newspaper Features”2. Review Reading Strategy3. Review the New York Times article on page 275Look for: 4. Catchy title5. Does the article contain quotations to get the reader’s attention and support his/her

point?6. Does the writer provide background information/history for the reader? 7. Does the writer provide additional details that will help the reader to understand the

main point? Review Questions

Page 277Evaluating Credibility of Information Sources6, 7 and 8

Technology

Week of monday , september 9th