Content Area Reading (1st Block) Fall 2017 (Period 1) Assignments
- Instructor
- Jennifer Williams
- Term
- 2017-2018 School Year
- Department
- English Department
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Standard: R.KID.2
Cornerstone: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Standard: R.IKI.9
Cornerstone: Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches an author takes.
Standard: W.TTP.2
Cornerstone: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Monday, September 18, 2017
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In your own words, what is a theme?
Copy the notes over "Theme." You will find the notes as an attachment below as "Theme-Lesson.ppt." At the end of the notes, you should also complete the questions for each of the practice stories. All notes and the three practice stories should be together! You must include ALL EXAMPLES in your notes!
Library Orientation with Mrs. Palmer.
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Fill in the blank...
Themes are about the _________ world.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Pull up the "Theme Worksheet 4." Read each story and answer the two questions at the end of the stories. You should put these on a separate sheet of paper than your notes, and you should label the paper with "Theme Worksheet 4." Put all answers in complete sentences.
Pull up the "Understanding Theme with Fables Review." You may put these answers on the sheet with "Theme Worksheet 4," but these answers should be labeled as well. These answers should also be in complete sentences.
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
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ACT Practice English Test Questions 1-4
Watch the video on "Irony" and complete the notes chart as you watch. The notes chart will require you to tell the three types of irony, a definition of each, and an example of each.
We will discuss your findings after everyone has finished. You will have the opportunity to make any changes to your sheet at that time.
You will get the handout "Check for Understanding" and tell which type of irony is being used in each example.
Exit Ticket
Which type of irony is easiest for you to remember?
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Complete two handouts on irony and two handouts on theme.
Friday, September 22, 2017
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ACT Practice English Test Questions 5-7
Get the handout "Isn't it Ironic?" and read over it. Then you need to create your own example of each type of irony and add it to the handout. You MAY NOT google an example to use. You MUST create your own.
Get the handout "'The Necklace" - Paris in the 19th Century" and google the answer key for the handout. We will discuss the handout once you have it completed.
Listen to the story "The Necklace."
Complete the "Character Analysis" handout for the story.
Complete "The Necklace - Review"
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What difficulty are you having with identifying irony?
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- Create a character who is very smart without actually saying he or she is smart.
- Write about a very cold afternoon without actually saying it's cold.
- Write about an old car without saying it is old.
- Write about somewhere that is scary without saying it's a scary place.