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The Open Window

The Open Window. Saki. Goals Copy only the most important words from the goals below. Content Goal- To make predictions while reading, make inferences, analyze conflict, and evaluate characters’ reasoning.

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The Open Window

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  1. The Open Window Saki

  2. GoalsCopy only the most important words from the goals below. • Content Goal- To make predictions while reading, make inferences, analyze conflict, and evaluate characters’ reasoning. • Language Goal – To make connections with the text through journal writing. To use precise words and phrases in narrative writing (10.W.1). To support answers using text-based, cited details (10.W.9) and to determine word meanings using context and/or word patterns (10.L.4) • (+2)

  3. Pre-teaching VocabularyThese vocabulary words are necessary for completion of your vocabulary exercise. • delusion- (noun) false belief held in spite of evidence to the contrary • imminent- (adjective) likely to happen soon; threatening • mackintosh- (noun) a waterproof raincoat • nerve cure- (noun) rest and relaxation for anxiety • pariah- (adjective) despised or outcast • French window- (noun) also known as French doors; a window reaches floor and can be walked through like a door (see background of the first slide)

  4. Pre-reading Vocabulary & Prediction Prompt • Using all six vocabulary wordsand the story’s title, write a prediction of what you think will happen in “The Open Window.” Be creative yet stick to the hints the title and vocabulary give you; completing this activity after reading the story will not impress. Your prediction must include contextual sentences. (+6) • Writing contextual sentences requires you recognize each word’s part of speech (noun or adjective) to use it correctly in your contextual sentences. Remember that contextual sentences practically define the word. Here are two examples: • The greedy, avaricious, man would not spare a dollar to help the hurricane victims. • His house was so dilapidated and broken down that people feared he would be crushed inside it.

  5. Author & Literary Elements Read about each of the following: • Saki – page 468 – write a detail you find interesting and/or important (+1) • Plot – page 469 – read and define in notes (+1) • Culture – page 469 – read this information and take notes on it: understanding the culture influences evaluating characters’ reasoning (+1)

  6. During Reading Plotting Plotpages 471-475 Answer each of the following questions in complete sentences that restate the question and quote text-based details. You must cite each quotation with the page number. (+10) • Exposition – What is FramtonNuttel recovering from? • Rising Action – What story does Mrs. Sappleton’s niece tell Mr. Nuttel? • Climax – What is the climax of this story? • Falling Action – How does Mrs. Sappleton explain the climax? • Resolution – How does the niece explain it and why?

  7. Assessment- CAT QuestionsRestate the question in your answer, include at least one quote, and cite both details with correct page numbers. • (LC03) Inference. What is the most likely reason that the niece told Mr. Nuttel that story? Include two details from the story in your answer. (+3) • (LA07) Why does Mrs. Sappleton leave the window open? Include two details from the story in your answer. (+3) • (LT09) Evaluate the niece’s decision to tell Mr. Nuttel the story. What is your opinion of her doing it? Support your answer with two text-based details. (+3)

  8. Post-reading Journal Prompt • When have you practiced “romance at short notice,” or when have you been tempted to? Is “romance at short notice” your specialty? • Make sure you discuss “romance at short notice” in the same way as the story defines it. • Elaborate on these ideas in ten or more sentences. Remember to use precise words and phrases in narrative writing (10.W.1). (+10)

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