1. Do Now
• English Blog
• Everyday Edit
• Video clips
• Discussion
• Write Reflection Connections. Write the next
paragraph in your classwork notebook; start
with “Today, airplanes are important
because…
2. Copy this in your classwork notebook
• On the left side of the line or fold, copy the
Test Practice items 1-6 also 3 and 4 of
Constructed Response. PAGE 55!
• On the right side of the line or fold, write the
correct answers. Write the letter and the
answer. Text evidence required for CR 3 and 4
3. Textbooks and Homework
• Text books are being given out today. You are
responsible for your book.
• Write your name on next available line inside
the front cover. PRINT; use a Sharpie™
• Homework: What you don’t
finish in class is homework!
(Finish classwork in your
CLASSWORK notebook.)
5. Word Play
• Both “Eeking Out a Life” and “History Has
Roots” are titles that have “double meanings.”
• Turn and talk with someone near you about
the double meaning each title might have.
• Write about the double meaning in your
classwork notebook
6. New Words from the Article
• Diverse
adjective1.of a different kind, form, character, et
c unlike: a wide range of diverse opinions.
2.of various kinds or forms; multiform.
• Proximity
noun1.nearness in place, time, order, occur-rence,
or relation. Origin:Latin proximitās
nearness, vicinity.
7. More New Words
• Restoration (noun)
1.the act of restoring; renewal, revival, or reestablish-ment.
2. the state or fact of being restored.
3.a return of something to a former, original, normal, or
unimpaired condition.
4. restitution of something taken away or lost.
5. something that is restored, as by renovating.
6.a reconstruction or reproduction of an ancient building,
extinct animal, or the like, showing it in its original state.
7.a putting back into a former position, dignity, etc.
8. Another New Word
• Synergy (noun)
1.the interaction of elements that when combined
produce a_total effect that is greater than the sum
of the individual_elements, contributions, etc.;
synergism.
2.Physiology, Medicine/Medical. the cooperative act
ion of two or more muscles, nerves, or the like.
3.Biochemistry, Pharmacology. the cooperative acti
on of twoor more stimuli or drugs.
9. In one sentence…
• Tell someone near you one surprising or new
thing you learned in “History Has Roots.”
10. Review the Elements of a Newspaper
• Draw an INVERTED triangle on the next clean
space or page in your classwork notebook.
Label the three
parts of a news
article in your
inverted triangle.
See page 52.
11. Copy this in your classwork notebook
• On the left side of the line or fold, copy the
Test Practice items 1-6 also 3 and 4 of
Constructed Response. PAGE 55!
• On the right side of the line or fold, write the
correct answers. Write the letter and the
answer. Text evidence required for CR 3 and 4
12. Working the Article
• Read pages 53-54 in your text book.
• In your classwork notebook, create a page for
Cornell Notes—probably the next clean page.
• On the left side of the line or fold, copy the
Test Practice items 1-6 also 3 and 4 of
Constructed Response.
• On the right side of the line or fold, write the
correct answers. Write the letter and the
answer. Text evidence required for CR 3 and 4
Editor's Notes
“Eeking out” (of) something is a cliché for barely getting by; it might also suggest the sound a mouse makes when it is scared, “eek-eek-eek.” This is a good example of onomatopoeia too.
The second title talks about history—we think about “roots” with our own family trees. There are also a lot of well-rooted plants—trees and bushes from a long time ago.
Ask students to find the words in the article and talk about how the words are used in sentences.
For example, I did not know that periwinkle growing in an area might mean there is a grave site underneath.
