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English IV. Unit 1 Day 5- Vocabulary 1, Reflection, Tattoos. Do-Now:.
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English IV Unit 1 Day 5- Vocabulary 1, Reflection, Tattoos
Do-Now: • In the introduction of “Tattoos on the Heart,” Fr. Greg ends the introduction with a story of how Luis, a gang member, gets his life together but dies anyway. Others would ask Fr. Greg, “What’s the point of doing good… If this can happen to ya?” • What do you think is the point? Is there a point? • *Announcement: You will have a quiz on summarizing a text on Friday.
SWBAT Use context to determine a word’s meaning. • 3.12.1 Use context (e.g. the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or test; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of increasingly difficult words or phrases • Discuss purpose of a text
Vocabulary 1 • Every week you will be given 10 new vocabulary words. • This week ONLY you will have 5 words (get used to it and shorter week) • Every THURSDAY is when your vocabulary is due. • Every Friday you will have a quiz. You are responsible for knowing previous words as well.
What to Include on Vocab HW: • You will include… • Guess of what you think the word means • Definition of the word • A CONTEXT-FILLED sentence with the word • A picture of the word • Every Thursday we will do “charades” where different people will act out the vocab word in the best way they can. More on this on Thursday.
Vocab List 1: • inconsolable (adj) • Though everyone had worked their hardest to make Anna feel better after her dog died, Anna remained inconsolable and could not stop sobbing. • recalcitrant (adj) • Fortunately Ms. Stitt has not had any recalcitrant behavior with students talking back or defying everything she says. • Pyrrhic or pyrrhic (adj) • Though Lisa won the argument this weekend with her boyfriend, it was a pyrrhic victory, as she lost the relationship because of it.
Vocab 1 cont’d 4. capricious (adj) • Sarah was so confused at how capricious her dance teacher was in her feedback on her ballet; it seemed to have no relation to how well she was dancing, but rather the mood that her instructor was in. 5. amicable (adj) • Considering their bad breakup the year before, Joe and Hannah had a surprisingly amicable relationship and could hang out together in big groups just fine.
Chalk Talk • What is a chalk talk? • It is sharing your responses, thoughts, questions with your other classmates, but written on the board instead of aloud • It is SILENT (again, no voices, just writing) • 4-5 people will start, write on the board, then hand off markers to someone else in the class. • Have your questions/comments about Tattoos out. On the white board or on the Promethean board, write one of your questions/comments.
Video: Alabama Homeboys • As you watch the video, write three things that you have questions about or find interesting/striking. • You do not need to write this, but also think how the Homeboys have changed from when they were in a gang to now working for Homeboy Industries.
HW: • Vocab 1 • Possibly finish chapter 1 of Tattoos on the Heart (depends on how far we get today)
Exit: • On a half sheet (split with your partner…) • Write two things you find interesting, surprising, or thought provoking in the discussions or text of Tattoos
BEFORE WRITING A REFLECTION: • Determine two or three main themes or issues from the book that you felt strongly about or that you believed were especially striking. • Hunger Games Example: • Dystopia (A place in which everything is unpleasant or bad, ruled by a totalitarian/dictatorship type government) • Obedience
Paragraph 1: Paragraph 1 introduces the text and highlights the main topics you will be discussing later in the paper. Sentence 1: Just like in a summary, you will introduce author and title, BUT you can also add in your opinion • Summary: “In The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, characters must fight to the death for the pleasure of the upper class Capitol citizens.” • Reflection: “In The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, a horrific scene occurs every year in which characters must fight to the death for the pleasure of the upper class Capitol citizens.
Paragraph 1 (cont’d) Sentences 2-6(ish) should highlight what you will be discussing the remainder of the paper. • Sentence 2: Dystopia. The dystopian society was shocking and unnatural, though perhaps a scary reflection of what any society could become. • Sentence 3: Obedience. What was even more shocking, however, was that people obeyed this rule and followed through with murdering one another to win the “Hunger Games.” • Sentence 4: Conclusion/Overall. While Collins writes on a gruesome subject, it is good to open our eyes and consider where the citizens in this dystopia made their mistakes.
Paragraph 2: • Paragraph 2 will be all about the first topic you chose (in this case, dystopia). • Expand on your thoughts, beliefs about this topic. • Though dystopia is made very apparent and obvious in this book, sometimes dystopia is not so obvious. • Use examples from the book to show how this topic is portrayed in the book. • It is clearly portrayed in the book, as Collins writes of one of the places in the book, “District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.” • If you can, connect it to something in our world today (or your life) • The dystopia is evident in the book, but what is less evident is the dystopia that happens in our world today.
Paragraph 3: • Paragraph 3 will be the same as paragraph 2, only about your other topic. (In this case, obedience) • For now, you will not need a conclusion paragraph for your reflections.