P2 EF710 Class 9

 

UPCOMING SENTENCE WORK:

Complex sentences

Parallelism

 

Today’s Agenda

·         Attendance

·      Talk about HW, RWs and phone usage

·      Titling documents to pass in- full name, period, class, date

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 2

·      Continue “Literary Terms”- theme, foreshadowing

·      Continue “Ice Storm” module

·      Talk about Test 2 paragraph on Tuesday

·      Distribute “Transitional Terms EF7/10/11”

·      Finish outstanding sentence work: “Verbs with Simple Sentences” and “Compound Sentences”

·      HW  Read “I Confess” for Tuesday. Prepare notes for “Thought

Questions” for discussion.

 

 

Friday- No school for you-

-Professional Development- teacher training day

- My focus tomorrow: students with autism

 

Saturday

-Valentines Day

 

Monday- No school

-BC Family Day

-Chinese New Year’s Eve

 

Tuesday

-Back in school

·      Sentence work- talk about clauses

What is a clause? What are different types of clauses?

·      Test2- paragraph on “What Happened During the Ice Storm”

 

Wednesday

 

 

 

 

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Homework- usually some class time, read a story- several days to read and makes notes. My expectation and the school expectation is that students are engaged in the curriculum (school work).

 

RW- rewrites  Test/Quiz   Correct and RW on new paper.

I check it over quickly and give the extra point.

RWs have to handed in the same day or first thing the next day.

I won’t give points to late RWs.

Student will be doing their HW and RW while I am teaching.

 

Phone usage- mostly no problem

scrolling

I am not the phone police.

I have to support the VSB policies.

 

REMINDER

Titling documents to pass in- full name, period, class, date

Remember:

Full name

Period

Course

Date

 

Every day I get about 50 pieces of paper from students.

If I don’t know your period and course, I can’t give you the points.

 

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“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 2

 

 

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“I Confess”

class monitor

monitor- special speakers for musicians to hear what they are playing and singing

monitor(v)- pay close attention

Her daughter had a fever. She monitored her temperature.

He had a heart monitor in the hospital. (n)

heart check name? You wear a heart monitor for 24 hours.

She is good about monitoring her blood pressure.

A diabetic has to monitor their blood sugar levels.

 

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More Literary Terms

 

supernatural- beyond nature- magic, superstition, witches, aliens, fortune-tellers, tarot cards, Ouija board, vampires, werewolves, astrology- star signs, fengshui, voodoo, etc.

 

 

1.     Theme is the central idea or message about human nature that is at the heart of a literary work. In fiction, the theme is usually not intended to be instructive, except in stories like fables. The theme of a story may address a certain issue without making a clear judgement on the issue. Also, the theme of a story is usually not presented directly.

 

watch good movies, read good books- learn about humanity, learn about ourselves

 

“Ice Storm” deeper themes

-be kind to living things weaker than you

-empathy comes from stopping and noticing what is the right thing to do even when it is hard

-high-status people treating low-status people

theme- What kind of person are you/am I? How do I treat people who are vulnerable or defenseless?

-showing respect, treating people with dignity

 

CHINESE Judge by the deeds, not the intention.

 

English literature class- talk about deep ideas

In my normal life, I don’t get to talk about deep ideas usually.

 

 

2.     Foreshadowing refers to the use of indicative words or phrases and hints that set the stage for a story to unfold and give the reader a hint of something that is going to happen without revealing the story or spoiling the suspense. Foreshadowing is used to suggest an upcoming outcome to the story.

fore- ahead, forward, coming first

 

forelegs

hind legs

cues, signs, clues

 

superstitious – bad omen

good omens- lucky numbers

 

shadow- darkness from blocking the light

 

Chekhov’s gun- foreshadowing

Anton Chekhov-

 

IDIOM shadow(v) follow someone at their work

The medical students shadowed the doctor when she did her rounds.

 

mentor(n,v) – supervisor, close teaching and supporter, inspiring guide

trainer, manager

 

 

3.     Flashback is a literary device wherein the author depicts the occurrence of specific events which have taken place before the events that are currently unfolding in the story. Flashback devices that are commonly used are past narratives by characters, depictions and references of dreams and memories. Flashback is used to create a background to the present situation, place or person.

 

 

 

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“What Happened During the Ice Storm”

 

Test 2- Tuesday

Last 55m of class

Paragraph

Organize and write a paragraph

-at least 150 ww (150-250ww Goldilocks Zone)

-double space

-write between margins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I will ask you a basic question about the story, nothing tricky.

e.g. Why do the boys go out to get the pheasants?

 

PLAN

1. harvest the pheasants- catch and kill for food

2. curious, see what the adults were doing, follow the adults, act like the adults

3.adventure, something exciting, try something new

 

Do not retell the plot.

 

WRITE:

Write your ideas into sentences. – each point will be 2-3 sentences, explain and expand

 

STRUCTURE OF A PARAGRAPH

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

 

I’m looking for a well-organized paragraph written with good sentences.

You can have the story out when you do the test. Don’t copy from the story. Use your own words and sentences to write about the question.

 

 

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Choices:

1.Prepare for Test2 “Ice Storm”

2.Read “I Confess” and make noted

3.Work on sentence work- “Simple Sentences” “Compound Sentences”

NEW “Complex Sentences”