Drill # 47 11/08/11 Please write the date and drill # on your paper. B-Day

1. Drill # 47 11/08/11Please write the date and drill # on your paper. B-Day Copy down the following sentences. Fill in the blanks by choosing the vocabulary word that BEST completes each sentence. apt bludgeoned disarming impunity prodigy awry chafed encroached penal renown Andy Evans enjoyed such ______________ among the students at Merryweather High School that he thought he could behave any way he wanted to with _______________. Things began to go so ______________ for Melinda when Andy _________________ upon her personal space and twirled her hair that she had to run from the room.

2. Objectives SWBAT: predict word meanings using context clues. describe and identify different kinds of clauses. interpret a character’s defining traits, motivations, and developments throughout a literary text. analyze plot developments and characterization in a novel.

3. Homework Vocab Unit 9 Synonyms and Antonyms (p.102) Grammar Finish Clauses Ex. 1 (p.145-146)

4. Housekeeping Contribute to the Canned Food Drive Report Cards go home Friday. PBIS Quarter 1 Reward is 11/16. Parent/Teacher Conferences 11/22-11/23—sign up in Pick-a-Time Make sure to label ALL your work! DO YOUR HOMEWORK! EVERY DAY!

5. Grammar Clauses As a class, we will read the section about clauses in the blue grammar book. (page 145). Label a piece of paper with the following: Your name, the date, a title (Clauses), and the page numbers (p. 145-146). On your paper, write down the definitions and another name for: independent clause subordinate (dependent) clause On your paper, list two strategies you can use when you encounter a subordinate clause in order to make it grammatically correct. 3. first strategy second strategy With a partner, complete Exercise 1 (1-8) on pages 145-146. Each student must label and complete the exercise on their own paper, but you may work together to come up with the answers. If you do not finish in class, you MUST complete this assignment for homework. (this is a 15 point classwork assignment)

6. Put it all together! Find and underline subordinate clauses in the sentences below. Andy Evans enjoyed such renown among the students at Merryweather High School that he thought he could behave any way he wanted to with impunity. Things began to go so awry for Melinda when Andy encroached upon her personal space and twirled her hair that she had to run from the room.

7. Break

8. Literature Read pages 154-163 Chart Melinda’s emotional state by completing the Emotions Chart

9. Literature Read pages 154-158 ”Gag Order” and “No Justice, No Peace” Define irony on your literary glossary. irony—contradiction or contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs; the outcome is opposite of what is expected What is ironic about Melinda’s comparison of herself to the suffragettes? Fill in the axis on your emotions chart. (positive/negative, healthy/unhealthy, stable/unstable, productive/unproductive, etc.) Complete the emotions chart for the first two sections of today’s reading. Continue to chart Melinda’s emotional state as we read. We will stop at the end of each section and complete the chart for that section. (This is a classwork grade.)

10. Closure Where do you think Melinda’s emotional state falls on the continuum at this point in the novel?

11. SWBAT: • predict word meanings using context clues. • describe and identify different kinds of clauses. • interpret a character’s defining traits, motivations, and developments throughout a literary text. • analyze plot developments and characterization in a novel. Revisit the Objectives