Sports – april they say part 2 Culture – april may they say part 3

1. Sports – april they say part 2 • Culture – april may they say part 3 • Sci tech may they say part 4 • Pop cult may • Politics june

2. Week 14

3. Analysis: choosing a position • Yes/no/okay but… • First determine what the writer you are reading/listening to is saying • Determine your position – respond to what the author says – agree, disagree, or both? • So identify the authors thesis and supports/arguments • Then your position – straightforward – agree disagree of two minds – relative to the author on his/her topic. • Independent practice: • 1. Bring in a copy of a sports or fitness editorial. • 2. do a close reading of it • 3. Summarize what the author says. • 4.Identify the author’s thesis and supporting arguments. • 5.Introduce your position. • 6. Offer a quotation from the piece and respond to it. • Due Monday

4. Monday April 28thJF #3 What are the values of sports that can make our world a better place? • Team work, camaraderie, dedication, etc • Objectives: /aka what I’m learning & the take aways 1) practice doing MC under timed and similar conditions 2) understand the purpose and determine to use my time in composing the unit essay 3) reflection on learning 4) add to the list of Greek and Latin words • I can hand in my practice analysis • I can understand the directions for the Essay on this unit due next week Monday - • I can record the Root word of the day #3 • I can practice MC from an actual AP test • I can do a take away

5. Copy the word and the definition in your own words, then create one made up word using it and think of two actual words that it comprises in today’s English#3 Word Root Of The Day falltrick • The root words fall and fals come from a Latin word that means to ‘trick.’ • Some common words derived from this root word are false and fault. • Watch out for the ‘tricks’ this root can play, for the word faucet (tap) is also derived from this root word, why?

6. Funsies: cleaning punsies & ideas • What is the error in judging a janitor by his work? • It is a sweeping generalization regarding one who does the cleaning • Why didn’t the janitor use a vacuum? • Because they suck • What do you call a cleaning skeleton? • A grim sweeper • What do you find in a well cleaned nose? • Fingerprints

7. Tuesday April 29thJF #4 Once fame and celebrity status have been placed upon a person, can that person ever be “a regular guy/gal,” as DiMaggio stated “just a man trying to get along”? Is there a price to fame? Would you accept it? explain. • Objectives: /aka what I’m learning & the take aways 1) add to the list of Greek and Latin words 2) introduce metaphorical analogy 3) practice using it 4) identifying syntax and its purpose 5) finsl notes on “entering the conversation” 6) assess results of actual AP test on MC • I can record the Root word of the day #4 • I can do analogies for practice in metaphorical thinking • I can take notes on metaphorical/analogical thinking • I can practice Voice Lessons • I can read with the class excerpts of chapter 12 They Say, I Say notes, highlights important points – use tomorrow when writing. • I can record and make meaning from the results of my practice AP test IT CANNOT LEAVE THE ROOM!!!! • I can do a take away

8. Copy the word and the definition in your own words, then create one made up word using it and think of two actual words that it comprises in today’s English#4 Word Root Of The Daymitsend • The English root mit comes from a Latin word that means ‘to send.’ • Mit also shows up as miss in many words, so be on the lookout! Some common words from this root include emit, mission, and dismiss. • So as not to omit any knowledge, I have submitted this powerpoint to explain it all.

9. More analogies • exploration:discovery::inquiry:_____: Understanding • ______:______::player:team what is the relationship of this analogy? • (part:whole e.g. soldier:army) • movie :cinema::______:___________ • Match : arena • b) concert : orchestra • c)rally : cause • d) course : obstacle

10. Deeper meaning – analogy/metaphor • Intangible/abstract tangible/concrete

11. Template for metaphor/analogy • _________ is like a ______________ because ____________________. • E.g. Friendship is like a driver’s license because it will expire unless it is renewed. • Now go further: • _________ is like a ______________ because ____________________ and ________________ • . E.g. Friendship is like a driver’s license because it will expire unless it is renewed and takes skill and effort to obtain and to keep.

12. VL #26 Syntax Consider: “’I’m clean, Carlito, I’m not using.’ My voice dropped to a whisper. ‘I’m not using.’ And oh, God, I found my mind thinking, Wonder what it would be like again? Wonder what it would be like again? Wonder what it would be like again? Wonder . . . ” --Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets Discuss: 1. Thomas repeats the question Wonder what it would be like again? three times in the passage. What effect does this repetition have on the impact of the passage? 2. At the end of the passage, Thomas uses ellipses to indicate an omission of words required for complete syntactical construction but unnecessary for understanding. What words are missing? What impact does this omission have on the passage? Apply: Imagine that you are very hungry and are on your way to the best restaurant in town. Describe to your meal companion what you feel as you anticipate a great dinner. In your description use questions and ellipses, as Thomas does.

13. Funsies • Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says "I've lost my electron." The other says "Are you sure?" The first replies • "Yes, I'm positive.“ • A proton, a neutron and an electron go to a show, the proton and electron pay but the neutron is let in for free – why? • Because for a neutron there is no charge. • What was the artistic gunslinger good at? • Drawing • I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said she would not tell me – why? • Because if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

14. Wednesday April 30thJF #5 To what extent does society’s focus on sports and fitness lead to health and well-being and to feelings of inadequacy and disorders? Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages? • Objectives: /aka what I’m learning & the take aways 1) add to the list of Greek and Latin words 2) review schemes and tropes 3) practice a timed writing from the AP 4) reflection on learning • I can record the Root word of the day #5 • I can practice Litotes and chiasmus in my notes. • I can do my best and practice a Timed writing free response to question 2 from 2009 • I can do the Sports essay – due Monday • I can remember to do a take away

15. Copy the word and the definition in your own words, then create one made up word using it and think of two actual words that it comprises in today’s English#5 Word Root Of The Day“form” means shape The root form, which means ‘shape,’ gives us a number of words that are used every day, including reform, information, deformed, and form. To ‘form," for instance, is simply ’to shape,’ whereas to reform is merely to ‘shape again.’ To keep you in verbal “shape,” let’s consider the way some other words are formed, especially formal language!

16. chiasmus  ki-az'-mus Gk. "a diagonal arrangement" • Chiasmus is a figure of speech in which two clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures to make a larger point, though the reversal does not have to feature the same words. • One example often quoted come from Shakespeare's Othello: • Who dotes, yet doubts; suspects, yet strongly loves. (Act 3, Scene iii) • Dotes/loves doubts/suspects are the parallel elements in the sentence , following an ABBA pattern, which is common is simple chiasmus- dotes (A- positive) doubt (B- negative) suspect (B- negative) loves (A- positive). • http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/chiasmus.html • Repetition of ideas in inverted order or repetition of grammatical structures in inverted order. •  Examples   • It is boring to eat; to sleep is fulfilling • The pattern is present participle-infinitive; infinitive-present participle • Source:http://rhetoric.byu.edu

17. Litote def again:Definition: Litotes Literary Term is a figure of speech. An ironical understatement in which affirmative is expressed by the negation of the opposite.In Litotes the speaker's words convey less emotion than is actually felt.explain how the following example is a litote • "Einstein is not a bad mathematician“ • Chiasmus • Explain how the following is an example of chiasmus • John said little and knew much; Marc knew nothing and spoke at length.

18. Funsies: makes you go hmmm • Is there another word for synonym? • Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice?" • Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all?" • What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?

19. Thursday May 1stJF #6 explain the image on this slide and the various meanings based on its connotations – metaphor/analogy. • Objectives: /aka what I’m learning & the take aways 1) add to the list of Greek and Latin words 2) evaluate and determine scoring for AP writing 3) practice developing and writing 4) reflecting on learning • I can record the Root word of the day #6 • I can name this sport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoY-be0k8tA&feature=player_embedded • I can practice more analogies • I can evaluate my Free response through analysis of question 2 2009 looking at results and making conclusions about effective writing – in my writing group we can do a protocol and then share with the class. • I can hand in my practice writing. • Bring your essay or be able to access it so as to work on it in the lab tomorrow. • I can do a take away

20. Copy the word and the definition in your own words, then create one made up word using it and think of two actual words that it comprises in today’s English#6 Word Root Of The Day Cogn = learn, know A Latin word meaning ‘to learn’ gives rise to the English word root cogn. Primarily because of French, the root conn also comes from this root. A readily recognizable word that comes to mind which uses this root, is, well, recognize! What else can help you become cognizant of this root?

21. Funsies: contexts that make you go hmmm… • If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages? • Would a fly without wings be called a walk? • Can vegetarians eat animal crackers? • If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent? • Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?

22. Friday May 2ndJF #7 FWF • Objectives: /aka what I’m learning & the take aways 1) add to the list of Greek and Latin words 2)practice metaphor and analogy in visual context 3) work on writing essays • I can record the Root word of the day #7 • I can do metaphor/analogy surface/deeper reading of some ads on the next slides. • I can go to the lab and work on my essay that is due on Monday.

23. Copy the word and the definition in your own words, then create one made up word using it and think of two actual words that it comprises in today’s English#7 Word Root Of The Day Morph = shape, form Think back to the other day: The root word morph comes from a Greek word meaning ‘shape.’ Ever heard of the ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’? When they are ‘morphin’ they are changing ‘shape.’ Let’s stay in good academic ‘shape’ and take a look at the intellectual words that derive from this root, so that your usage will not be amorphous. Anthropomorphic; endo/ecto; hetero/homo; hyper/hypo; andro/gyno; meso/meta; photo/pyro; zo; etc…

24. analogies • novice : inexperience :: skeptic:________ A) courage B) unhappiness C) disbelief D) knowledge • embark :return :: initiate:__________ A) deride B) imply C) incite D) conclude • douse : fire :: _________ : thirst

25. What is he eating? And who eats tomatoes on the vine?!Serious note – what is the message? Who is the audience?

26. What is going on with those beans???!!!On a serious note – what is the message? Who is the audience?

27. What is the connection?

28. Connection?

29. They did not know? Really?

30. Focus of the eyesthe “colorful” wordsthe image – youth ideal Who is offering the cigarette? Where is her other hand?

31. “colorful” word – hitting caffeine = child abuse

32. Fear or desire?

33. I love worms!What is he looking at?

34. From 1967 – what is the purpose of the “toy”?

35. 1971 – a response to the previous? Public opinion had changed in the years.

36. Funsies: Book titles • Author: Nick O. Tyme • Book: Saved by the Bell • Author: R. U. Ocay • Book: Injuries or Bruised Ego • Author: Myra Maines • Book: All That’s Left of Me • Classic novels of the insect world: • War and … • fleas

37. Week 15