Past Lessons

Monday, December 9, 2013

Week 14 - Period 7

MONDAY - Double Period 

  • Do Now - Start New DIRT Entry

  • Independently read for 10 minutes.

  • Answer Reader Response
  •      3 Questions About Your Book
  •      2 Predictions or Inferences
  •      1 Important Idea

  • Word Study (Begin a new Word List V)
  •     agile (agility): the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble.
  •     assertion (assertive, assertively): a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.

  • Class Discussion - Christmas the Season of Giving?

  • RATA - The Visit of the Three Wise Men and Astronomical Objects and Astronomical Events

  • Questions to Understand
  • Where is Bethlehem?
  • What are Frankincense and Myrrh? 
  • What is an astronomical conjunction?  



TUESDAY - Single Period 

  • Do Now - Copy into Word List V
  •     cascade (cascading, cascaded): pour down rapidly and in large quantities.
  •     chronicle (chronicles, chronicling): to record a related series of events in a very factual and detailed way.

  • Read Aloud Think Aloud - The Gift of the Magi



WEDNESDAY- Double Period 
  • Do Now - Start New DIRT Entry

  • Independently read for 10 minutes.

  • Answer Reader Response
  •      3 Questions About Your Book
  •      2 Predictions or Inferences
  •      1 Important Idea

  • Word Study (Continue Word List V)
  •     covet (coveted, coveting): a yearning to posses or have something.
  •     inconsequential: not important or significant.

  • Mini-lesson: What are Situational and Dramatic Irony?

  • Practice Activity in Teams

  • Take Home Quiz on Irony due tomorrow!


THURSDAY - Single Period 
  • Do Now - Copy into Word List V
  •     instigate (instigator, instigating): bring about or start an event or action.
  •     predominate (predominating): to be the main element; to be greater in number or amount.

  • Learning Target: Can you identify the three types of irony in different passages.

  • Correct Homework

  • Begin Take Home Quiz

  • Begin Take Home Quiz Due Tomorrow



FRIDAY - Double Period 
  • Do Now - Start New DIRT Entry

  • Independently read for 10 minutes.

  • Answer Reader Response
  •      Describe a situation in your novel that you consider ironic.  It could be verbal irony (sarcasm), situational irony (we know something the character doesn't), or dramatic irony (totally unexpected).

  • Collect Take Home Quiz

  • Word Study (Continue Word List V)
  •     9. prudent (prudence): acting with or showing care and thought for the future.
  •     10. subside: become less intense.  When referring to water, to return to a lower level.

  • Hand in your Swallowing Stones Essay on Monday for partial credit.

  • Mini-Lesson: Identifying Irony in "The Gift of the Magi," a short story by O. Henry.

  • Create Vocabulary Flash Cards

  • Complete Words to Know Skill-builder Worksheet

  • Homework: Take Home Quiz on Gift of the Magi

  • Test on "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry on Monday.

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