Good morning, everyone.
Deep Thought of the Day:
“Education
is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it
today.” —Malcolm X
Friday is Butter Day
My dog: Butter
8 years old
boy
loves people
very gentle
motivated by affection
wants to feel part of the pack
mixed breed
½ golden retriever
½ poodle
hobbies
running
swimming
playing fetch
snow nose-
Today’s agenda:
·
Distribute
“Correction Codes”
“Literary Terms”
“Poetry Terms”
We will be using these throughout the whole
course.
·
Begin “What Happened During the Ice Storm”
module
·
Vocabulary challenge
·
Listening exercises- hearing song lyrics
·
HW Prepare
“Thought Questions What Happened During the Ice
Storm”
NEW RULE: This is an
English-only classroom.
In
class and on breaks, this classroom is English-only.
This is
our special English-only zone.
The comfort of speaking your own language is not as great as the
satisfication you will feel when you can speak English fluently.
IDIOM chit chat, small talk, casual friendly talking
IDIOM chewing the fat – casual friendly talking
Let’s grab a coffee and chew the fat. Let’s catch up.
Monday
·
“Correction Codes”
·
Return Test#1
OPTIONAL Edit and Rewrite for 1 bonus point
Pass it Monday or first thing the next day,
Tuesday
NO LATES RWs
Tests: X/6 double X/12 e.g. 4/6=8/12
RW 1 bonus point
4/6 = 5/6
4/6 + 1pt
·
Continue “What Happened During the Ice Storm”
module
·
Continue sentence styles
Tuesday
POEM
AND SHORT STORY
“Trees in Ice” and “What happened During the
Ice Storm
l Begin
with poem “Trees in Ice”
Teach
from “How to Read a Poem”
poem,
poetry
Did
you study poetry in your home country?
-memorize
poems
free
verse, early 20th Century style
Canadian
Modernist nature poetry
Show
“GroupSeven” paintings
The
Group of Seven paintings- National Gallery, Ottawa
trees
boughs weighed down by heavy snow
trees
boughs weighed by ice
freezing
rain- superchilled rain that freezes on impact
everything
gets covered with layer of frozen rain, ice
silver
thaw- trees, cars, people covered with a thing layer of ice
Show
“Silver Thaw 1,2,3,4” pictures
Walk
throughpoem
Visual
representation of theme
ice
storm- weather occurence in Canada
MAYBE
present “The Lonely Land”
l “What
Happened During the Ice Storm”
Read aloud.
Think about setting, plot, conflictm
character.
Also new vocabulary
pheasant- wild bird, game bird, game- you can hunt it
contrast
livestock – domesticated farm animals, keep for $ to use
wild pheasants
cattle- group of cows
huddle(v,n)- get into a small close group, sports team, hide
from the rain or cold
flush- scare wild birds into the open
flush – get a red face
IDIOM flush- rich, lots of money
CONTINUE MONDAY
Review “Thought Questions” for Monday
“What Happened During the Ice Storm”
“What Happened During the
Ice Storm” Thought Questions
**
Make notes in preparation for small-group discussion **
1. What
is the setting of the story?
2. The
word ‘But’ in the third sentence causes the mood of the story to change. How is
this a pivot point in the story?
3. Why
do the boys go out in the storm?
4. What
does “harvest the pheasants” (paragraph 2) mean?
5. What
are four comparisons the writer creates between the birds and the kids in the
third paragraph?
6. What
is the simile comparing the grass seeds, the pheasants, and the boys?
7. What
is the climax of the story?
8. Why
do the boys act in the manner they do?
9. What
is the resolution (denouement) of the story?
Vocabulary challenge-
“Academic Vocabulary Exercise 3”
6. She gave me a blank stare.
9. I had a rough day today.
10. The little boy was frightened by the big dog.
11. SLANG I’m gonna bounce.
13. He rambled on and on about his new car.
14. Dealing with angry customers takes some finesse.
Young at Heart lyrics
Fairy tales
happen
it’s hard
narrow of mind
to extremes
laugh dreams
fall apart at the seams
life gets more exciting
either in your heart
treasure on earth
as rich as you are
it’s much better by far
should survive
being alive
best part
head start
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