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Happy Monday!! 9.15.14. Welcome! Come in quietly and take your seat . Copy down your HW in your planners and take out your research HW. Do Now : What did you learn from researching Judith Ortiz Cofer and the influences in her life? HW : Raymond’s Run due Friday. Raymond’s Run.
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Happy Monday!!9.15.14 • Welcome! Come in quietly and take your seat. • Copy down your HW in your planners and take out your research HW. • Do Now: What did you learn from researching Judith Ortiz Cofer and the influences in her life? HW: Raymond’s Run due Friday
Raymond’s Run • Read “Raymond’s Run” pages 39-47 in the old textbook you have at home. • Complete pages 6,7,8,&9 in your All in One workbooks • DUE FRIDAY • Be prepared for a reading “Pop Quiz” on the story on Friday
Happy Tuesday!!9.15.14 • Welcome! Come in quietly and take your seat. • Copy down your HW in your planners. • Do Now: Both the narrator and Abuelo experience a conflict between their own wishes and the duties they must fulfill. Is each conflict resolved at the end? Explain your answer. HW: Raymond’s Run due Friday
Grammar The prefix pre- means “before” or “in advance” • Prepay, Predict, Preview, Prepare, Previously Use any two words with the prefix pre- in a sentence. The Greek root –scope- means “to look or observe” • Telescope, Microscope
Grammar Common noun—any person, place, thing or idea. • boy • day • school Proper noun—name of particular person, place, thing or idea. • Raymond • Friday • Drexel Hill Middle School Possessive nouns—show ownership or belonging. Add an apostrophe (‘) to form most possessive nouns. • Squeaky’s brother • The girls’ race. (more than one girl) • The girl’s dog. (just one girl)
Discuss In your groups, you will discuss and record your ideas about the IORNY in the story. • To identify the irony, consider how readers expect the story to turn out and how it actually does. • Then, relate this irony to the story’s theme or insight into life.
Raymond’s Run Pop Quiz Write True or False for each statement: • Squeaky was the fastest runner in her class. • Squeaky is Raymond’s very protective cousin. • Cynthia shows off how hard she works which is why Squeaky looks up to her. • During the race, Raymond runs along the fence and Squeaky is so proud of him. • Gretchen is Squeaky’s best friend and is no threat to Squeaky’s race. • Sqeaky looses the race and learns that winning isn’t everything.