1st Semester Lit Terms Packet « Anything Important 9

Thursday, September 4, 2008

SWBAT apply literary terms by reading Speak and analyzing novel for literary terms examples.

Vocabulary: protagonist, antagonist, setting, point of view, figurative language, hyperbole, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, simile

Agenda

Jumpstart: Design your perfect Halloween costume. Sketch the costume and write 4-6 sentences describing it.
2nd hour: 1st Semester Lit Terms Packet: Define figurative language, hyperbole, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, simile.
4th hour: Speak Vocab in Context, pgs. 1-33: Complete the first three questions.
Read Speak, pgs. 30-46.

Homework: Finish reading pages 30-46.

SWBAT apply literary terms by reading Speak and analyzing novel for literary terms examples.

SWBAT infer word meanings from context by predicting and confirming word definitions.

Vocabulary: protagonist, antagonist, setting, point of view

Agenda

Jumpstart:
- 2nd hour: Sketch the word you received as you came in. What role do you think that word will play in Speak?
- 4th hour: Do you think that groups like jocks, emo kids, geeks, Queen Bees, etc. exist at Sinagua? Where do you fit? Where do others think you fit?
1st Semester Lit Terms Packet: List examples of protagonist, antagonist, setting, and point of view.
Speak Vocab in Context, pgs. 1-33: Read each sentence from Speak. In the first column, guess what you think the word means. In the second column, explain your guess. Finall, look the word up in the dictionary and write down the definition in the third column.
Read Speak
- 2nd hour: Begin on page 30
- 4th hour: Begin on page 25

Homework: Read up to page 40 in Speak.

SWBAT apply literary terms by reading Speak and analyzing novel for literary terms examples.

Vocabulary: protagonist, antagonist, setting, point of view

Agenda

Jumpstart: Do you think taht groups like jocks, emo kids, geeks, Queen Bees, etc. exist at Sinagua? Where do you fit? Where do others think you fit?
Read Speak
- 2nd hour: Read pages 13-30
- 4th hour: Read pages 9-24
1st Semester Lit Terms Packet
- 2nd hour: Write examples of protagonist from “Initiation” and Speak.

Homework: Heatherbirds due tomorrow.

SWBAT apply literary terms to a text by actively reading.

Agenda

4th hour: Finish notes on Writing a Complete Paragraph. Copy the concluding sentence and turn in.
Jumpstart: Make a list of 5 things people told you to expect from high school. So far, are they right?
Speak Pre-Reading Activity: Complete parts 1, 2, and 3. File in your Speak divider.
Read Speak, pages 1-12.
1st Semester Lit Terms Packet: Define protagonist, antagonist, setting, point of view

Homework: Heatherbirds due Wednesday, September 3.