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Bonjour! Monday March 5, 2012

Bonjour! Monday March 5, 2012. Please take out a writing utensil , your Book Thief Books and your notebooks ; then take everything else off of your desks. If I have your notebook, please pick it up from the front. Riddle of the Day. I bond two people together but only touch one.

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Bonjour! Monday March 5, 2012

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  1. Bonjour! Monday March 5, 2012 Please take out a writing utensil, your Book Thief Booksand your notebooks; then take everything else off of your desks. If I have your notebook, please pick it up from the front.

  2. Riddle of the Day I bond two people together but only touch one. What am I? • Answer: • A Wedding Ring.

  3. Class Agenda • Ms. Park’s February Break Pictures! • Review/Finish Character Chart for TBT • Read TBT starting from page 293 • Answer Reading Questions • Open Response format QUIZ

  4. Ms. Park’s February Break

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  14. NOW! • Take out your TBT Character Charts! • If you do not have yours any longer, you may get one at the front.

  15. When you are finished … Pass them to the person closest to the aisle. I will collect them!

  16. NOW! • Open your books to page 293. • There will be reading questions for today’s reading assignment • They will be given as a quiz tomorrow. • Make sure you sticky note and make annotations that will help you tomorrow!

  17. Critical Reading Strategies • Read the questions FIRST! • Always read the ‘blurb’ at the top • Highlight statistics (for example, 90 to 0) • Make sure you understand the point of the reading • Always read the footnotes! • ALWAYS read the DIRECTIONS!!!

  18. Frederick Douglass Reading Questions: ANSWERS 10. What is MOST LIKELY the reason the poet writes one long sentence in lines 1-11? • Look at the words expressed in lines 1-11 • B. To emphasize the difficult struggle for liberty

  19. Frederick Douglass Reading Questions: ANSWERS 11. In lines 2 and 3, what is the MOST LIKELY reason the poet compares freedom to earth and air? • Think: what do earth and air have to do with human beings? • B. To suggest freedom is essential to human life

  20. Frederick Douglass Reading Questions: ANSWERS 12. Based on lines 7-9, what effect did Douglass’s past have on him? • Think: What ‘things’ are expressed/talked about in lines 7-9? • D. He wanted to ensure others would not experience what he did.

  21. Frederick Douglass Reading Questions: ANSWERS 13. Based on the poem, what is the MOST important representation of Douglass’s significance? • Think: Meaning of the word ‘representation’ • Think: Meaning of the word ‘significance’ • C. The people who benefit from his work.

  22. Short Answer Strategies

  23. Short Answer Strategies Alwaysread and restate (write) the open response question in your own words. Reason: It will help you CLEARLY see the question you are being asked to answer.

  24. Short Answer Strategies The Things They Carried Page 115: Short Answer (OR) Based on the excerpt, explain what the things the soldiers carried reveal about the soldiers’ experiences in Vietnam.Support your answer with relevant and specific information from the excerpt. Based on the excerpt, explain what the things the soldiers carried reveal about the soldiers’ experiences in Vietnam. Support your answer with relevant and specific information from the excerpt. You will write: Explain three things the soldiers carried and what they reveal about their experiences.

  25. Short Answer Strategies • Always follow the UNIFIED PARAGRAPH FORMAT • Always WRITE ON THE LINED SECTION PROVIDED. You will NOT get more space. • Make sure you UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION being asked! • Put the question into your own words to help • If necessary, write down the unified paragraph outline on the test to remind yourself to follow it • ALWAYS proofread and edit before you turn it in!

  26. Short Answer Strategies • Always use three main points. • Always brainstorm your three main points in a margin before you begin writing. • USE MLA CITATION (Author’s Last Name Pgph/Ln#) • Never end with a quote. • Always end with a clincher statement • ALWAYS proofread and edit before you turn it in!

  27. PUT YOUR NOTEBOOKS AWAY!AND TAKE OUT YOUR TBTS!

  28. NOW! Let’s get back into The Book Thief! Open your books to page 293!

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