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April 8-12

April 8-12. Response to Literature and CST prep. Do Now. Librarians pass out all reading materials! Do Now: CST Release Questions plus terms 10mins Table of Contents: Body Paragraph #1 ………3R. Agenda. Read Chapter 10 and finish Animal Farm

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April 8-12

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  1. April 8-12 Response to Literature and CST prep

  2. Do Now • Librarians pass out all reading materials! • Do Now: CST Release Questions plus terms • 10mins • Table of Contents: Body Paragraph #1………3R

  3. Agenda • Read Chapter 10 and finish Animal Farm • Discuss the upcoming tests on Animal Farm/What is coming up next to make sure ALL students can pass! • Elements of Body Paragraphs • Write Body #1 • Reading Program

  4. Assignments for the year • Response to literature practice essay written out • Discussion portion of Animal Farm • Response to Literature essay Test • Travel Brochure • Race Relations essay • You must turn in all assignments complete and on time in order to pass this semester and walk across the stage. • There are no excuses for late or poor quality work • You only have 9 weeks left! Make them count for yourself!

  5. Reader’s Response Notebook • Synthesize…………………(p. depends on progress) • Reading and writing about what you read • Synthesize- to combine together and figure it all out

  6. Do Now • Do Now: CST terms from question release • 5mins to copy these terms and examples down • Purpose- the main point/the reason why the passage was written • Implies- to suggest • Target Audience- the people who are supposed to read the text • Ex: The target audience for an acne advertisement are teenagers with acne • Pattern of Organization- the way the text is organized • Ex: Time sequence, problem-solution, cause-effect, compare-contrast • Contradicts- to go against or be the opposite of something • Table of Contents: Animal Farm Review: Extra Credit………4

  7. Agenda • Animal Farm Review Questions for the Discussion and essay test! • (Answer on a separate sheet of paper-independent work/extra credit) • Turn these questions in, in order to receive extra credit on the essay test!!!

  8. Animal Farm Questions: Use textual evidence • Chapters 7 - 8 • 1. Why did the hens have to give up their eggs? • 2. How has Snowball's role been changed by the end of Chapter 6? • 3. Why was the singing of "Beasts of England" banned? • 4. In what ways has Napoleon set himself apart from the other animals? • 5. How did Frederick cheat Napoleon? • 6. What moved the animals to attack Frederick and his men at the Battle of the Windmill? • 7. Why was Comrade Napoleon "dying"? • Chapter 9-10 • 8. What special treatment did pigs and piglets get? • 9. What happened to Boxer? • 10. The animals on the farm worked hard. What was their consolation? • 11.What was Clover startled to discover? • 12.What commandment took the place of the Seven Commandments? • 13. What did the other animals see when they looked in to the farmhouse?

  9. Do Now • Do Now: Librarians pass out all reading materials • CST Release Questions 10mins • Table of Contents: Body #2 and 3……5 • CST Terms: Please copy the following(5mins) • Analyze-to break apart and find the deeper meaning • Synthesize-to form by combining parts • Infer- to make a prediction based on evidence • Evaluate- to examine and judge • Excerpt- a short passage

  10. Agenda • The one question everyone wants to know…… • Vocab • Body#2 and #3 Write-sample, outline, checklist • Grade for both! • Reading Program: Synthesis Cont’d • CST Terms Quiz 4/18-4/19 • Practice draft written out in pen/or typed and printed due 4/18-4/19

  11. Yes • We will finish Freedom Writers NEXT Thursday/Friday! • HOWEVER: We have a lot of work to get done before then so let’s focus! 

  12. Vocabulary: 5R • Swashbuckling • Forays • Aplomb • Feign • Vista • Poised • Insidious • Hymns • Vain • Dusk

  13. Define in context: Please copy • Two swashbuckling heroes fought to the death! • The military led the foray into the underground tunnel. The orders were to kill on-sight! • The bright student showed great aplomb during the interview. • She feigned illness to get out of taking the test. • She peered out the window at the vista that went on for miles through the trees into the forest.

  14. Vocab in context cont’d • The professional woman was proper, clean, neat and poised. • The insidious man set a trap by tricking the innocent tourists into staying at his deadly hotel. • They sang the hymns during the church service in praise of their Lord. • The cheerleader was so vain she would stare at herself in the mirror for hours. • We were to meet at dusk just before all light would vanish from the sky.

  15. Answers: Copy next to the words • Swashbuckling-loud, rough, noisy; usually used to define a pirate • Forays-a quick raid or attack • Aplomb- self-confident assurance • Feign-to fake • Vista- a distant view seen through an opening • Poised-in control, confident, put together • Insidious- intended to trap; deceitful • Hymns- Songs usually sung in church • Vain- selfish, conceited • Dusk-partial darkness before the sun fully sets

  16. Reading Program • Synthesis Cont’d…………………………….p. depends on progress • Synthesis: Thinking about what you read and making connections • Independent AND Guided • Writing: One important event and connection for each book!

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