Welcome, AP
Monday, November 25th,
2013
When
You Come In
1.
Sign in.
2.
Open your SG to
question #19, and put your name at the top of the page. I am checking #19-30 today.
3.
Get your popcorn—thanks,
Gracey!
WORK TIME (fifteen-ish minutes)
Vocab War Reminder
·
You should have thirty-five entries for
Vocab War for the past week, if you want to stay on track for a superior grade
for this assignment.
·
Math = five words a day X seven days a
week = 35 entries
Vocabulary
(Fifteen Minutes) Started @ 1:57-2:15
·
Do the quizlet Oedipus Rex vocab
until I let you know we’re ready to chat about the reading.
·
Quiz WEDNESDAY
Reminder: Reading Strategy
Tracking
Circle
Discussion—we are starting at line 607.
·
Annotate as we go:
o DI = dramatic irony
o Things Oedipus says/does that make him a good king
o References to blindness and sight, not seeing and seeing
o Connections
o Highlight vocab words.
o Questions (…mostly when you read on your own.)
·
We read lines 607 to 1000.
Homework
for Tomorrow
·
Study Guide Questions = #31-#38
·
Quizlet vocab (quiz Wednesday)
Welcome to CPR!
Friday, November 25th,
2013
When You
Come In
1.
Sign in.
2.
Open your SG, and write your name at
the top. I’m checking #1-#23. Leave it by my candle now.
3.
Circle up!
4.
(15,000 grains of free rice was due
today.)
Computer Work
Reminder: Reading Strategy
Tracking
Vocabulary
(Fifteen Minutes) Started @ 11:25; ending
at 11:40
·
Do the quizlet Oedipus Rex vocab until I let you know we’re ready to chat about
the reading. (quiz WEDNESDAY)
Circle
Discussion
1. Annotate as we go:
o DI = dramatic irony
o Things Oedipus says/does that make him a good king
o References to blindness and sight, not seeing and seeing
o Connections
o Questions (…mostly when you read on your own.)
2.
Thank you to the following people who
discussed a lot Friday: Kaytlyn, Keysha,
Celina, Ashley, and Katy.
3.
And thank you to people who asked a few
questions or made a few comments: Emma and Nathan.
4.
And thank you to our readers: Katy, Jacob, and Kaytlyn and Emma.
5.
Your comments and questions during
discussion will keep our reading of the play ALIVE! Thank you!
6.
Let’s hear from everyone today. You don’t need to raise your hands. Let’s go college-style and discuss like
grown-ups. J
7.
Brett, can you keep track today?
Homework
·
Oedipus Rex Study Guide
·
Answer questions #24-30.
·
Read and annotate pages 33-the bottom
of page 37.
CREATIVE WRITING--November 25th, 2013
When You Come In
1.
Please UPDATE your freerice
grains and current best level on the pink sheet. Change the date on your red sheet to
today’s: 11/25/13. Thank you!
2.
Please pick up your folder
off the circle table.
3.
Please read over my
comments on your Free Write #3.
4.
Check off Free Write #3 on
your folder green sheet, and make sure it’s tucked in there.
Next Week:
1.
Santa’s Helpers (Elves)
2.
Be thinking about what you
want your elf job to be, as well as your elf name.
Writing Lesson #9: Connotation versus Denotation
1.
Get out your Vocabulary
Variety sheet, and look at the pairs you picked out--words that are synonyms,
but that create different images in your mind.
2.
Think about which one sounds
more positive, and which one sounds more negative. (Not all pairs will work in this way, but
we’ll take a look at a few.)
a.
Sweet and sugary
b.
Scented and odorous
c.
Spotted and freckled
d.
Fragile and tender
e.
Bland and tasteless
f.
Wet and slippery
g.
Shimmering and sparkling
h.
Spoiled and rotten
i.
Buttery and oily
j.
Glowing and iridescent
k.
Dull and dingy
3. “Overweight”
—spectrum from positive to negative
4. List as many SYNONYMS as you
can think of for “overweight.”
a. Make sure they are not slang.
b. Make sure they are
adjectives.
Denotation Definition
Ø the
literal or primary meaning of a word
Connotation Definition
Ø an
idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Ø synonyms: overtone, undertone, undercurrent,
implication, hidden meaning, nuance, hint, echo, association, suggestion,
insinuation
Ø what
makes a word “loaded”
Writing Lesson Practice, Activity 1
What Are You Suggesting? (yellow page 18)
1. You’re going to attack this assignment with
a partner I’ve selected for you.
2. Use your Vocab Variety sheet for help, as
needed.
Reminders About Your Work
with Your Partner
and About Your Responses
1. Be
appropriate and kind.
2.
We’ll share out with the whole class.
MORE POSITIVE MORE
NEGATIVE
1.
spicy peppery
2.
ugly hideous
3.
Shout yell
4.
Singe burn
5.
Filthy dirty
6.
Murmur mutter
7.
Rough Sandy
8.
Intelligent nerdy
9.
laser death-ray J
10.
Speechless mute
11.
Bright smart
12.
Creative weird
13.
Piercing
ear-splitting
14.
Bookish nerdy
15.
Creative Imaginative
16.
Energetic Hyper
17.
To deteriorate To Rot
Classwork/Homework
Death of Language—half-way done by tomorrow (ten words with full reasons)
Tomorrow: Progress
Check: Death of Language Word List
Ø
Goal
#1: Get feedback on your work so far
that will show you if you are on the right track for creating an excellent
assignment, or if you need to dedicate more time and energy to this assignment
between now and Tuesday.
Ø
Goal
#2: Learn some new vocabulary words.
1. Handout #1: Final
Assessment (which we will fill out Monday)
2. Handout #2: Progress Check (which you will complete
tomorrow)
FILL OUT THIS RUSSIAN TAILOR REVISION FORM!
AP
CPR
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