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Week 1-4. Monday September 16 th 2013. Section: warm-up Change the following sentences so that they make sense. Keep the underlined word the sentence I know you are happy; nevertheless I am happy. She gave me a trifling amount of money, so I was rich.
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Monday September 16th 2013 • Section: warm-up Change the following sentences so that they make sense. Keep the underlined word the sentence • I know you are happy; nevertheless I am happy. • She gave me a trifling amount of money, so I was rich. • The losing team got a trophy, and the winning team got nothing.
Objective: 1. Learn elements of an imaginative story 2. Begin Brainstorming ideas for an imaginative storyAgenda • Warm-up • Grades Due Overview • Imaginative Story notes • Imaginative story brainstorm
Grades Due • Warm-up • Personal Reading Reaction • Plot Test • Final Paper
Wednesday September 18th • Section: Warm-ups • Instructions: Write each sentence circle the verb phrases in these sentences? • 1. You are going to Seattle. • 2. You have been resting too much. • 3. We must be early. • 4. I will be finished shortly. • CHEC K YOURSELF!!!!! • HAVE YOU • Done your reading reaction • Make sure your brainstorm and rough draft is done • How many pages of your writer’s notebook is done?
Objective: 1. Create imaginative story rough draft 2. Have story edited by two peersAgenda • Warm-up • Imaginative rough draft • Imaginative story peer edit
Objective: Compare themes across time periods and genres Agenda • Warm up • Spelling Quiz • Read and examine “Why Athletes Go Broke” • DID YOU READ LAST NIGHT!!!!
Spelling check • Amateur • Apparent • Argument • believe
Tuesday September 17th • Write ALL 10 SPELLING WORDS 3xs each • Amateur • Apparent • Argument • Believe • Acceptable • Publicly • Accommodate • Acquire • Acquit • Accidentally
Objective:1. Discuss and understand connotation and denotation. 2. increase writing ability Agenda • Warm up • Annotated bibliography explanation • Finish One Thousand Dollars • MAKE SURE YOU ARE READING AT HOME!!!!
Write a short essay answering the following questions. (sec 2) • What truth is revealed at the end of the story • Who sees the truth (consider the narrator, the characters, and the reader) • Who does not • What is ironic about the story’s ending? do the reader, characters, or the narrator continue to hold any wrong assumptions?) • How does the ironic ending affect the way you see yourself the world and others?
Friday September 20th • Section: Writer’s Notebook Examine the life that your parents have provided for you thus far. Discuss what you would to differently or the same for your children (or just yourself) after you graduate from high school
GRADE DAY!!!!!!! • Reading reaction • Plot test • Warm-ups • Imaginative paper After Test you should be reading or writing NOT TALKING!!!!!!!