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August 20-24

August 20-24. A week of themes. Do Now 8/20-8/21. Please have out your completed outline and vocab pictures What are some important lessons you have learned in life? How have you learned them? 8L Table of Contents: Theme…………….p.8. Agenda. Do Now (10mins) Theme: What is it? Notes (25mins)

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August 20-24

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  1. August 20-24 A week of themes

  2. Do Now 8/20-8/21 • Please have out your completed outline and vocab pictures • What are some important lessons you have learned in life? How have you learned them? • 8L • Table of Contents: Theme…………….p.8

  3. Agenda • Do Now (10mins) • Theme: What is it? Notes (25mins) • Author’s background: Video Clip (5mins) • Thank you Ma’am p. 388 + Questions (30mins) • Reading Quiz #1(20) • Autobio Draft Write (20) • If Time: Chapter 7 of ATS • Reminder: Vocab Quiz 8/23-8/24 • Second Composition Book 8/30-8/31 • Rough Draft 8/27-8/28

  4. Thank you Ma’am 8L • 1. After reading Thank you Ma’am, what connections can you make between the author’s life and the story? • 2. What elements of the Harlem Renaissance do you see in the story? • 3. What is the theme of the story? (A sentence not a word) • 4. How does the author’s background influence the theme of the story?

  5. Reading Check #1 • Standards: 3.7, 3.4, 3.2 • Answer in complete sentences. You can use the novel, but make sure you cite your evidence. Example: “Tom and Huck spoke” (Twain, p.32). If you do not properly cite then you will not receive credit for your response. NO TALKING. • 1. Describe the character Huckleberry Finn. What kind of person is he? (Please use evidence from the text to support your answer). • 2. Read through page 69. What is the mood of this scene?( Please use evidence from the text to support your answer). How does Twain create mood in the novel? • 3. During what time period and where is the novel set? How will the setting influence what happens in the novel? (Think about what was going on during this time) • 4. How does Mark Twain’s background influence the text? Be specific. (3-4 sentences) • 5. What types of conflicts have occurred in the novel so far? Please identify at least 1 external conflict and describe it and 1 internal conflict.

  6. Do Now: 8/22/12Questions to answer 9L • Table of Contents: ATS………………….p.9 • Copy these questions down: • 1. What connections between the novel and the author’s life can you make? • 2. What theme is coming out as the novel progresses? Conflicts? • 3. How does the setting affect the action of the novel? • 4. What do you notice about the formatting of the dialogue?

  7. Agenda • Do Now • Vocab Review: Quiz 8/23-8/24 • ATS Chapter 7

  8. Do Now 8/23-8/24 • Do Now: What is the definition of a theme? How can you identify a theme within a text? Why is it important for a text to contain a theme? What is a recurring theme? Give an example of either some stories or movies that have recurring themes. • Table of Contents: Theme Cont’d………..10

  9. Agenda • Do Now (10) • 5 min vocab review • Vocab Quiz/Correct (17mins) • Mark Twain: Author’s Background Notes • ATS- conflict, setting, theme (author’s background) (30) Chp.8/9 • Finish up your drafts! (Due 8/27-8/28) (30)

  10. ATS Questions • What connections between the author’s life and the novel can you make? • Where has most of the action taken place so far? (setting) • What is your opinion about Tom Sawyer? What is his philosophy on life? • How do you think the author’s life will influence the theme of the text?

  11. Vocabulary Quiz Answers • Two scores: Spelling: SP • Definitions: DEF • CB: Your Name • Convert both scores to the 4 point scale

  12. Answers • 1. Bona-fide (D) 10/10, 9/10=4 • 2. Balmy (H) 8/10=3 • 3. Grandeur (B) 7/10=2 • 4. Disconcerted (I) 6/10 or lower=1 • 5. Scarify (J) • 6. Edifice (C) • 7. Contrived (E) • 8. Prodigious (G) • 9. Tallow (A) • 10. Intrepid (F)

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