1. IECP
Fall 2014
Nikki Mattson

2. Agenda
Idiom
VP 3 quiz
Vocabulary review game (VP 1-3 words)
Review RE Unit 1A reading
Reading Explorer 1B reading

4. Plain as day
Obvious, very clear

5. Practice
Today it is plain as day that….
I know you are confused about whether or not you
should marry her, but it is as plain as day that….
It is as plain as day that you copied this assignment
because…

6. VP 3 Quiz

7. Reading Explorer – Unit 1A
What did we read about in “On a Poet’s Trail”?
Complete RE pgs. 14-15 + Reflection Questions
Detail/Specific Language Inference
In line 61, the author writes the
phrase, “to escape present-day
reality.” Why does he write that?
What does he mean?
In lines 36-41, the author describes
how Basho’s appearance changed
during his journey. Why do you
think the looked “thin and tired,
and yet full of knowledge an joy –
In lines 99-106, a demonstration and sadness”?
of “age-old fishing” is described.
What is the process that is
demonstrated for tourists?

8. Vocabulary Review Game
Get your team to guess as many words as possible in
one minute
No spelling or rhyming – you should describe the
meaning and can tell which part of speech the word is
(noun, verb, adj. adverb)
2 passes

9. Reading Explorer – 1B
Pg. 16 – pre-reading

10. Pg. 17 – My parents were both fluent in Japanese, but they only used
Japanese at home as sort of the secret language.

11. Pg. 17 -Like every amateur, I bought a camera to essentially record what
I was seeing and doing….

12. Pg. 17 – I just got really obsessed by the whole process.

13. Pg. 18 – For me, that is an ideal picture.

14. Pg. 18 – I thought about what happened on each section of the route…

15. Pg. 18 – I was up to my waist in this smelly temple pond, early in the
morning, concentrating on a frog and thinking…

16. Pg. 18 – I managed to anticipate the moment just before it was ready to
jump…

17. Pg. 19 – I’m in the glare of the sun.

18. Pg. 19 – Well, there is not that much economic motivation…

19. Pg. 19 – What it takes is basically passion; you have to be really obsessed
with your craft.

20. Reading and Oral Summarizing
Read 1 paragraph silently. Stop.
Orally summarize the paragraph with your partner.
Repeat these steps until you have finished the text

21. Jeopardy
game

22. HW
Complete VP 4, check answers, + complete the group
tasks (academic usage, general usage, etc.) for the
words in chapter 4 before the next class.
3A = Wednesday
3B = Thursday