AGENDAS & JOURNALS1ST QUARTER: WEEK 7

ENGLISH 10 – 10/5 (M)What are we doing?

• Applied Practice questions• Finish article from Friday

Growing up brainstorm• Essential Question part B

Why are we doing it?

• To organize ideas into a brainstorm• To analyze Hosseini’s message and

purpose

How do you know you got it?

• Your AP questions and explainations

What’s coming up?

• Vocabulary stories due tomorrow

Agenda• (1) Journal• (2) AP questions• (3) Article• (4) Brainstorm

6.1: DICTION

“A redhead woman was there with Trout. Kate could see her rummaging through the cabin, dumping drawers and knocking things from the shelves of cabinets.” –Louis Sachar, Holes

“A redhead woman was there with Trout. Kate could see her rummage through the cabin, dump drawers and knock things from the shelves of cabinets.” –Louis Sachar, Holes

6.1: DICTION• “A redhead woman was there with Trout. Kate could see her

rummaging through the cabin, dumping drawers and knocking things from the shelves of cabinets.” –Louis Sachar, Holes

• (1) What picture do you get in your mind when you read the second sentence?

• (2) How would the meaning of the sentence change if it were: “Kate could see her searching through the cabin, emptying drawers and taking things off of the shelves of the cabinets.”

• (3) Look at the syntax of the sentence. How do the blue words enhance meaning?

• 3.) The description of Baba’s mansion reveals most about the character of:• A.) The narrator• B.) Baba• C.) Hassan• D.) Ali

4.) The tone of the exclamation, “An entire chapter dedicated to Hassan’s people!” is best described as:• A.) Relieved• B.) Surprised• C.) Angry• D.) Disgusted

ENGLISH 10 – 10/6 (T)What are we doing?

• Turning in stories• Vocab 6• Growing up brainstorm• Suffering pain index• Afghan harem article

Why are we doing it?

• To tie in an informational text to our EQ• To determine what it means to grow up

How do you know you got it?

• You can relate the article to our EQ

What’s coming up?

• Read TKR 21 for tomorrow..

Agenda• (1) Journal• (2) Turn in vocab• (3) Vocab #6• (4) Brainstorm• (5) Journal pain index• (6) Article

6.2: PERSONFICIATION• READ:

The camp faced a wide cove of white sand and palm trees. The bay was so perfectly blue, it looked like it had been retouched for a tourist

brochure. Across the bay stood protective mountains, shoulder to shoulder, across the Concepción peninsula.

-Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

WRITE:

1.) Write down the examples of personification in the passage. What are the literal and figurative meanings of them?

2.) How would the meaning change if the third sentence were: “There were mountains across the Concepción peninsula” ?

ENGLISH 10 – 10/7 (W)What are we doing?

• Finishing the pain index• Afghan Harem article• Kite Runner Quiz

Why are we doing it?

• To explore our EQ through informational texts

How do you know you got it?

• You can articulate what role suffering has in growing up

What’s coming up?

• Meet in 325 tomorrow.• Read TKR 22-23

Agenda• (1) Journal • (2) Quiz & Discussion• (3) Pain index• (4) Read article

6.4: VOCABULARY• Write the vocabulary word (and its part of speech) that fits

in the blank. There may be more than one correct answer.

1. When the path ended, we were unsure about how to _______.

2. During the potato famine, many people ______ from Ireland to settle in countries with more food.

3. We wondered how the forest fire would ______ the animals’ habitat.

4. After ______ to France, the refugee began working on his French skills.

5. After arriving late, we missed the opening act that ______ the main concert.

ENGLISH 10 – 10/8 (R)

What are we doing?

• Computer Lab to work on OGR #2

Why are we doing it?

• To research rites of passage

How do you know you got it?

• You can explain the definition and steps of a rite of passage.

What’s coming up?

• Finish The Kite Runner by Monday

ENGLISH 10 – 10/9 (F)What are we doing?

• Turning in warm-ups• Finish Afghan harem article• Women in Afghanistan packet

Why are we doing it?

• To learn about the role of women in Afghanistan

How do you know you got it?

• You make inferences about women’s roles in Afghanistan based on The Kite Runner.

What’s coming up?

• Finish The Kite Runner by Monday• Vocab story due Tuesday.

Agenda• (1) Journal • (2) Turn in warm-ups• (3) Finish article• (4) Women in Afghanistan

packet

6.4: DERIVATIONWrite the new word and its new part of speech.

(1) Shawna _____ presented her side of the argument. (effect)

(2) ______ an air of sophistication, Jamie strutted across the ballroom floor. (affect)

(3) The ______ needed to obtain the proper paperwork before leaving the country (emigrate)

(4) Many countries have limits on ____ (immigrate)

HOMEWORK: WHERE I’M FROM• Revise ONE stanza of your “Where I’m From” poem.

• Focus the imagery around ONE of the five senses.

• Make sure the stanza has at least FIVE lines.• Submit it to turnitin.com by MONDAY at midnight.• Then, next week, log on to turnitin.com, read someone else’s stanza (automatically assigned), and answer the three questions in complete sentences. Due by FRIDAY at midnight.

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AGENDAS & JOURNALS1ST QUARTER: WEEK 7

English 12H – 10/5 (M)What are we doing?

– Style File #3– Vocab #4– Q1 Essay information

Why are we doing it?– To prepare for the Q1 essay– To create engaging opening lines in our writing

How do you know you got it?– Understanding of vocabulary– Your engaging opening lines

What’s coming up?– 1984 annotation check Friday– Start reading Pygmalion act IV– OGR #2 on turnitin.com by 8 a.m. Wednesday

6.1 SyntaxHIGGINS: Yes: that’s what drives me mad: the silly people don’t know their own silly business. –Shaw, Pygmalion

1. What is the purpose of the two colons in the sentence?

2. What function does the yes at the beginning of the sentence serve?

English 12H – 10/6 (T)What are we doing?

– “How I’ll Become an American”– Writing exercise: “How I’ll Become…”

Why are we doing it?– To analyze satire– To analyze Vamos’ style and create your own piece of

satire

How do you know you got it?– You create a piece of working satire, utilizing Vamos’

style

What’s coming up?– 1984 annotations– Start reading Pygmalion act IV– Vocabulary quiz Friday

6.2 DictionREAD:

“A rowan like a lipsticked girl.” -Seamus Heaney, “Song”

(A rowan is a small tree with white flower clusters and orange berries.)

WRITE:

1. Other than color, what comes to mind when you think of lipsticked girl ?

2. How would it change the line if it were changed to “A girl with lipstick on?”

3. Why does Heaney make this comparison?

English 12H – 10/7 (W)What are we doing?

– “How I’ll Become…”

Why are we doing it?– To utilize satirical techniques in the creation of

satire.

How do you know you got it?– Discussion satirical response

What’s coming up?–Style File & annotations Friday–Pygmalion Act IV by FRIDAY–Vocabulary quiz Friday

3.4 GrammarWhich of the following use of hyphenation is correct?

1a. Eye-Shadow1b. Eye-opener

2a. Scary-big dog2b. Scary-looking dog

3a. Twenty-one3b. One-hundred

4a. Self-less4b. Self-respect

English 12H – 10/8 (R)What are we doing?

– Inference advertisements– Sedaris’ satirical article

Why are we doing it?– To analyze and understand satire– To identify the use and effect of propaganda techniques– To identify visual rhetoric and its effect

How do you know you got it?– Discussion after and during reading– Discussion of advertisements

What’s coming up?– Vocabulary quiz Friday– Style File #3 Friday– 1984 Annotations Friday

English 12H – 10/9 (F)What are we doing?

– Vocabulary quiz– Pygmalion applied practice Act III– Conferencing regarding intro paragraph

Why are we doing it?– To analyze Shaw’s style for purpose and effect– To assess understanding of our literary devices

How do you know you got it?– You wrote an engaging opening to your quarter 1 essay– Your score on the quiz

What’s coming up?– Keep reading 1984, Socratic Seminar questions– Make your outside reading choices