P2 EF710 Class 24

 

Sentence work coming up:  causal verbs

                                                   sentence combining

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Test4

Go over

Optional RW for one point

·      Discuss optional replacement test tomorrow

·      Begin Animal Farm Chapter 1

·      “Midterm Self-Assessment Reflection”, getting ready for midterm recommendation Wednesday and Thursday

·      Sentence Exercises

Talk about upcoming sentence quizzes

 

Tuesday, March 10

·      Animal Farm

Finish comparison of Marx’s and Old Major’s speeches, if necessary

Begin Chapter 2

·      Sentence work

·      Opportunity to replace one test.

Optional replacement test with be a new topic / paragraph about one or more of the stories we have done: “What Happened During the Ice Storm”, “I Confess”, and “Dead Men’s Path”. (last 50m)

 

Wednesday, March 11

·      Midterm recommendations

·      Sentence work

 

Thursday, March 12

·      Midterm recommendations

·      Sentence work

 

Friday- final day before Spring Break

·      Quiz 1- sentence quiz

 

Two-week Spring Break

 

 

 

Test 4

In the short story “Dead Men’s Path”, why did Mr. Obi and the priest disagree about closing the path? Include quoted text.

 

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Writing process for answering questions in school

 

PREWRITING STAGE (PLANNING)

1.    Read the question

Make sure you know what the teacher is asking you to write about.

Read every word. Take a minute.

 

In the short story “Dead Men’s Path”, why did Mr. Obi and the priest disagree about closing the path? Include quoted text.

 

2.    Generate ideas with “ “

1 different background/culture/education

Priest-village  Obi-from away, not from village

Priest-traditional  Obi-“modern”

Obi- secondary education  Priest-not mentioned

 

 

 

2 different beliefs/values

-Priest-backward thinking, focussed on old traditions, focused on the past “ancestral foot path” “practices of our fathers”

-Obi forward-thinking, progressive, focused on the future “eradicate such beliefs” “laugh at such ideas” “high standard of teaching”

 

3 Obi- stubborn, short-tempered, smug, will not compromise, wants to impress the inspector. will not both to coexist “cannot allow”

Priest- flexible, open-minded, wise, wants to find a peaceful compromise “let the hawk perch and let the eagle perch”

 

** A short story is a buffet in Vegas for quotations.

 

 

3.    Organize the ideas

 

 

 

WRITING STAGE

4.    Write the sentences.

Topic sentence

In the short story “Dead Men’s Path”, written by Chinua Achebe, the protagonist  Mr. Obi and the priest disagreed about closing the path for several key reasons.

 

Write supporting sentences with “ “.

Write a concluding sentence.

Aim for 150+ words. Not too long.

 

5.    Proofread and edit. Fix errors.

Correction Codes:   sp   vt   vf   punc   agr   CS   frag

 

6.    Pass it in.

 

Marking:

Most everything is covered by the correction codes.

 

Final comments= based on PLOs

Focus          C1- sentence writing

                     C5- planning and organization

                     quoting

Emerging/Developing/Proficient/Extending

 

Optional RW for a point.

Pass it in today or first things tomorrow.

 

 

He thought that using the path was against “school regulations”.

 

Mr. Obi represented the interests of the school; meanwhile, the priest represented the interest of the village.

They had different positions. VAGUE

They had different positions in the community. roles, jobs

 

TRANS “as the society develops”

 

againsted V

against(prep)

The priest fought/argue/worked against Mr. Obi closing the path.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Animal Farm

tuberculosis TB

Eric Blair

pen name- George Orwell

 

Let’s get into chat groups (4-5 people)

Discuss Chapter 1 Thought Questions

 

Animal Farm Chapter 1

Thought Questions

 

1.    What is your first impression of Mr. Jones of Manor Farm?

-farmer, owner of the farm

buys and sells animals

-drinker, drunk, alcoholic, smoke tobacco

-careless- forgot to put animals away

-bad temper

-violent- shotgun out of the window

-irresponsible

-lazy

- not a good guy-

-antagonist

 

2.    Who is Old Major?  Why does he assemble the animals?

-old pig “white boar”

-“wise and benevolent”

-old- 12 years old, senior

-400 kids

-All show animals have show names.

-respected by the animals

 

-had a dream

-communicate his vision

-wanted to tell the animals before he died

-encourages animals to rebel

 

3.    What does Old Major say about the nature of the lives of the animals on the farm?

-“miserable, laborious, and short”(3)

-work, no leisure, no rest

-not enough food

-no freedom

-‘”misery and slavery”

-no “the meaning of happiness or leisure”(3)