2. 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)
3. Monday, September 9th
English 9
Today, I’m learning:
1. Point of View
a. First person– “I”
b. Third person- limited and omniscient
2.
3.
4.
5.
Round and Flat characters
Latin root –scrutComplete subject and predicate
Synonmyms
4. Monday, September 9th
English 10
1. Review Monkey’s Paw
2. Review term- Foreshadowing
-look for clues in the story
3. Read The Bridegroom
-Practice looking for clues (foreshadowing)
4. Review
Preview Tomorrow
-We’re learning about the Latin Root –cred, pronouns, antecedents and synonyms on page
66.
5. English 10-Writing
Turn to page 67
1. Safety instructions: How to own and use a
Monkey’s Paw safely
2. Prewriting: Logical step by step directions
3. Drafting
You will hand in:
1. Prewriting- brainstorm
2. Safety directions for making ONE wish.
6. Safety Instructions
Wish 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
7. 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,
8. Tuesday, September 10th
English 9
Review
Period 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.
9. Tuesday, September 10th
English 9
Practice
Practice complete subject and predicate
1. Identify the verb.
She wants to marry him.
verb
2. Identify the verb AND underline the complete
predicate.
Will they be happy with their decision?
10. Tuesday, September 10th
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:
1. Suspense
2. Conflict
3. Context Clues
4. Compare and Contrast
11. 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
12. English
Immersed in Words Chart
9
Turn to page 17 and create a chart like this using
ALL OF THE WORDS
Word
Experience
What it
is/what it isn’t
Definition
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
Picture
representing
image
13. Tuesday, September 10th
English 10
Comparing and Contrasting
Compare apples and oranges:
They are similar in what way? ________
Contrast apples and oranges:
How are they different? _____________
15. What is this graphic
organizer called?
-Venn Diagram
Real life
Mitty
How is he different?
English 9- Tuesday
How are
they
similar?
Fantasy
Mitty
How is he different?
How does
this
graphic
organizer
work?
16. Tuesday, September 10th
English 10
1.
2.
3.
4.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Review Monday, September 9th
We reviewed Monkey’s Paw
We read The Bridegroom
We practiced Foreshadowing
We wrote instructions for owning and using the monkey’s
paw (page 67)
Preview Today
Turn to page 66
Complete Word Analysis- Latin root –credAntecedents of Pronouns
Synonyms
Reading Informational Materials
17. Tuesday, September 10th
English 10
1. Open up your notebook
2. Write on the top of the page- (Monkey’s
Paw/Bridegroom) Integrate Language Skills
3. Word Analysis: Latin Root –cred—
a. Write the definition
b. Write the words 1-5
c. Write the definitions (see next slide)
18. Tuesday, September 10th
English 10
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).
19. Tuesday, September 10th
English 10
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.
20. Tuesday, September 10th
English 10
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
21. Tuesday, September 10th
English 10
Reading Informational Materials
Newspaper Features
Turn to page 274
1. Read “About Newspaper Features”
2. Review Reading Strategy
3. Review the New York Times article on page 275
Look for:
1. Catchy title
2. Does the article contain quotations to get the reader’s attention and support
his/her point?
3. Does the writer provide background information/history for the reader?
4. Does the writer provide additional details that will help the reader to
understand the main point?
Review Questions
Page 277
Evaluating Credibility of Information Sources
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