9/25/15

Objective: To discuss key literary concepts, to read a passage aloud. (lit books, notes, read reports 1-3)

BR: Is it more important to be smart in life or popular? If you only could pick one, which would you choose and why? Answer in sentence form.

Grab a lit book from closet 3 and put your name inside front cover in pen. Have it covered by Wednesday!

SUBMIT INFERENCE HOMEWORK TO BIN

What we will know and be able to do after reading "Flowers for Algernon“

Summarize a passageIdentify and define irony, allusion, and point of viewIdentify and define a verbDistinguish between action verbs, linking verbs, and helping verbsDiscuss theme and how it is developed throughout a workWrite a narrativeWrite a text-based analysis essay 

Literary terms

inference: combining what you know with what you read to analyze a storypoint of view: vantage point from which a story is told--first person point of view: narrator is in the story- uses pronouns like "I, me, my"--third person point of view: narrator is not part of the story- uses pronouns like "he, she, they"

*omniscient point of view: narrator knows thoughts and feelings of many characters

*limited point of view: narrator knows thoughts and feelings of main character only

theme: meaning, message, insight, or moral a story revealsirony: difference between what is expected and what actually happens--Dramatic irony: when the audience knows something the character does not--Situational irony: actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is not what was expected.--Verbal irony: The difference between what is said and what is meantallusion: when an author refers to a person, place, or event from history or a famous book that he expects the reader to knowsummary: a brief retelling of a story or event that states the main idea and supporting details and is in one’s own words

9/28/15

Objective: To summarize a passage (summary 1)To read aloud and self-correct mistakes (read reports 4-7)

Bellringer:

Grab a TWEET sheet from the front desk.

Compose a tweet from Charlie (first person POV) about the plot events from yesterday.

Include an appropriate hashtag. Tweets can

be just 140 characters!

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9/29/15

Objective: To read a nonfiction article (Reality Central packet)To write a response to nonfiction using appropriate quotes (paragraph response in packet)

BR: What do you see in the inkblot? Write a 3-4 sentence response.

Grab a Reality Central book off the back bookcase (red).

Grab a packet from the front table.

Complete it. Some things to remember:* Your sentences using the WORD BANK words

must be ABOUT ENGLISH CLASS!* You must answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES on

the second page!*Yopu must use two direct quotes (with page

number) in your PARAGRAPH response.

Submit packet to bin when done. It MUST be done by the end of the period!

Return your book to the back bookcase when done.

9/30/15

Objective: To define and discuss theme. (theme timeline) To create an inkblot. (project) To write creatively. (inkblot response)

BR:

What do you see in the inkblot? Write a 3-4 sentence response.

10/1/15

Objective: To write creatively with detail and proper conventions (peer response to ink blot & TAT)

BR: This is a Thematic ApperceptionTest question.

Look at the picture to the right.What happened right before thisscene? Answer in 2-4 sentences.

HW: 3rd Ink blot response

October 2, 2015

Objective: To read aloud, identify and discuss literary techniques, and summarize a passage. (Summary 2, Tweet 4-7, read reports 8-9)

Bellringer: With a partner, fill in the six key plot events from reports 4-7 in your summary packet.

HW: TWEET 8-9

October 5, 2015

Objective:(Gardiner’s Eight Intelligences Quiz & debrief)

Bellringer: Write your summary for Progress Reports 8-9 (Progress Report 3 in Summary Packet) and submit it.

10/6/15

Objective: To write creatively with correct grammar and punctuation. (action verb notes, principal parts of verbs notes, Tweet 8-9)

BR: (IQ test sample)Mary, who is 16 years old, is four times as old as her brother. How old will Mary be when she is twice as old as her brother?

Now, write the definition of verb (action verb):it's something you doyou can -ed and -ing it

HW: Verb Charts

Principle Parts of Verbs

Present– basic form of verb

Present Participle– add –ing suffix after form of BE (am, is, are, was, were, will be)

Past– add –d or –ed suffixBut there are MANY irregular past tense too

Past Participle– add –d or –ed after have or had

Fill in the charts on thehalf sheet for homework.

10/7/15

Objective: To identify verb types (Linking verb notes)

To review key literary terms (Read Report 11)

What are the three main types of point of view?What is the point of view of "Flowers for Algernon"?Now number 1-8 in your notebook. Identify the quotes on the next page by their point of view:

Turn in verb chart homework.

1. Charlie thinks he has two good friends.2. I went back to work at Donnegan's factory today.3. He gave me a TV contraption that works while I sleep.4. Frank went home to his wife and told her about how he gotCharlie drunk and ditched him. He didn't feel at all guilty. The next day Charlie had a bump on his head and decided notto drink anymore.5. Miss Kinnian ran to the ladies room. She couldn't believe how cruel Charlie's co-workers were. When she returned, Charlie told her about how the TV contraption was frustrating him.6. I liked having Charlie in my night class for slow readers.7. Joe Carp sent Charlie out to buy a newspaper and ditched him.8. Dr. Strauss feels inferior to his colleague Dr. Nemur. Dr. Nemur has a wife who is only concerned with fame and money. He feels like he never will make her happy.

Linking verbs- special kind of verb that links the subject of the sentence to a word that describes or renames it. Think of it as an = sign!

Bill is sad. Bill=sadMy cat looks tired. cat=tiredHer car smells gross. car=grossMy favorite sport was football. sport=football

If all else fails, and you are not sure if a verb is acting as a linking verb, DO THE YODA TEST!

amis arewaswerebebeenbeing

becomefeelseemappeargrowremain

staylooksmelltastesound turn

Is it a linking verb OR not?

1. Charlie is a student in Miss Kinnian's class for adult learners.2. Charlie takes three tests before he is chosen.3. Charlie feels so excited when he is chosen for the operation!4. Charlie was really scared.5. Charlie thinks the operation might hurt.6. Charlie grows agitated when he isn't instantly smart.7. Charlie stays at Donnegan's Plastic Box Company.8. Charlie's co-workers are not nice to him.9. Miss Kinnian becomes Charlie's private tutor.10. Dr. Strauss appears in Charlie's room with a gift: a TV contraption!

Before reading1. Locate your inference arrow and go to page 67 Report

11 (IT IS 5 PAGES!).2. Discuss with your partner what an inference is (Forget?

See notes from 9/25/15)

During reading1. Read all of Report 11 with your partner. Read QUIETLY!.2. As you read, put your inference arrow where you made an inference.

After reading1. Grab a “What Stuck Today” paper from the front table. Put your names on it (one paper per group). Find an occurrence of one of the themes on the bulletin board and record it on the paper with dry erase marker. 3. Put the paper on the side board under the appropriate

theme.4. Now, with your partner, record six key plot events in your

summary packet.5. Write the summary (finish for homework)

10/8/15

Objective: To write a story using first person point of view(helping verbs notes, Tweet 11, Point of View Narrative)

Bellringer: 1. Choose a key or best scene from the story so far. Record it in your notebook.

EX: Charlie races Algernon and wins!

2. Now pretend you are any character from the story except Charlie. Write two to three sentences from that character’s point of view (first person) about his or her reactions to the scene.

EX: (Burt) Charlie has been losing against the lab mouse for ten weeks now. He gets so frustrated, I know. Last night when we were running the maze test, Charlie won for the first time! He jumped up and down, knocking over my coffee. The smile on his face was ear to ear!

Helping verbs- a verb that helps a main verb to form a verb clauseTim is looking for his puppy. The puppy may have been stolen! there could be more than The puppy was named Spike. one in a sentence!He did have blue eyes.Have you seen him? be careful with questionsamisarewaswerebebeenbeing

havehashadmaymightmustdodiddoes

cancouldshallshouldwillwould

Is it helping???

1. Charlie is working at a factory as a janitor. 2. His friends Joe and Frank are unkind. 3. They pick on him and have been cruel. 4.  They would use a phrase “to pull a Charlie Gordon” as an insult.  5. Charlie finally can beat Algernon at the maze!  6. Do his co-workers get him drunk and ditch him?  7. Charlie learns grammar, but he might confuse his punctuation again.  8. Joe and Frank have a party and invite Charlie. 9. Next, Charlie’s “friends” were cruel at the party. 10.  Charlie realizes that his friends have been mean to him. 11.  Charlie is feeling ashamed. 12.  Have his friends been making fun of him all along?

10/9/15

Objective: To write creatively To use sensory details in writing

(finish POV Narrative)

BR: (IQ test sample) What phrases do the pictures below represent?

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10/13/15

Objective: To discuss theme (review theme timeline) To review punctuation usage (correct HW) To read aloud and identify literary terms

(Read Report 12)

BR: (IQ test sample)

Miss Kinnian said Youve got to mix them up

There are lots of rules to learn but Im eager to start (with excitement)

Miss Kinnian always gives me a reason when I ask I like her

Shes a genius and shes smart pretty and nice

I used the comma wrong its punctuation

I asked Whats the difference if you can understand it anyway

It takes a long time to write but I think Im remembering

I said to her I thought all periods had tails

I read the grammar book last night and it explains everything

Miss Kinnian shouted The TV working in your sleep helped out the whole thing straightened out in your mind

Miss Kinnian said Youve got to mix them up

There are lots of rules to learn but Im eager to start (with excitement)

Miss Kinnian always gives me a reason when I ask I like her

Shes a genius and shes smart pretty and nice

I used the comma wrong its punctuation

I asked Whats the difference if you can understand it anyway

It takes a long time to write but I think Im remembering

I said to her I thought all periods had tails

I read the grammar book last night and it explains everything

Miss Kinnian shouted The TV working in your sleep helped out the whole thing straightened out in your mind

October 14, 2015

Objective: To summarize a passage (Summary 5)

To identify verb types (Highlight verb types in summary)

To write creatively (Tweet 12)

Bellringer: Answer these two IQ test sample questions

1. Pig is to pork as cow is to ____________________

2. Boat is to water as plane is to _________________

(these are called analogies)

10/15/15

1.5 Quality of writing

Objective: To make inferences (Secret Place Activity)

To use sensory details in writing

Bellringer: What is imagery? What’s another name for imagery often seen on the PSSA test?

What is an inference?

Watch this commercial. What do you have to infer to get the humor?

DUNKIN DONUTS COMMERCIAL

Inference Activity

For the following place, jot down what you would experience through your five senses. Be specific and detailed. Your classmates will try to infer where you are. An inference is when you take what a text says and what you already know to make an educated guess.

YOUR SECRET PLACE _____________________________________ Shh! It’s a secret!

I feel massaging fingers on my scalp I see brushes I taste Diet Coke I smell hair spray I hear the latest gossip

I feel the hairdryer's warm breezeI see combs I taste hair spray I smell mousse I hear the trigger spraying water

I feel a tugging on my hairI see sinks I taste Hershey's miniatures candy bars I smell nail polish I hear a phone ringing non-stop

10/16/15

Objective: To read and summarize a passage (Read Report 12, Summary 6, highlight verb types

BR: (IQ test sample)Choose the number that is ¼ of ½ of 1/5 of 200.

Now re-read Progress Report 5 from your summary packet.

HW TWEET 13

In your summary #6, with three colors of highlighter, highlight one action, one linking, and one helping verb.

10/19/15

Objective: To write creatively about the story (Collect summaries, postcard)BR: What is your address? Write itwith your name in your notebookthe way it would go on anenvelope.

What are the parts of an address?

Look at some verb practicesentences on the next page…

Action, Linking, or Helping?

1. Charlie is getting smarter every day.2. Charlie will start learning college subjects next week.3. Charlie had the ink blot test again.4. Charlie discovers that he was quite feeble-minded before.5. Everyone at work seems frightened of Charlie.6. Charlie was given a bonus for helping line up the machines.7. Charlie notices how beautiful Miss Kinnian is.8. Miss Kinnian is only 34!9. Miss Kinnian tells Charlie to be patient.10. Charlie says that he is in love with Miss Kinnian.

Where did Charlie end up after the story? Create a postcard for him to send to another character in the story.

Requirements: 1. Fictitious address on the lines in front consisting of character's name (title {Mr., Ms., Dr., etc.} first and last names- make them up not given in story) street address (house number, street name~ make it up) city, state, and zip code (again make them up, but we do know that are all in NY) (5 points)2. A paragraph from Charlie's point of view about what and how he's doing. Do not use improper English! (5 points) Incorporate at least one linking verb, one helping verb, and three action verbs. Circle the linking verb, box the helping verb and draw an arrow to the verb that’s helped, and underline the three action verbs. (5 points)3. Colored picture and your name on the blank side (5 points)

 

TEST TUESDAYStudy the following:--lit terms notes from 9/25--Verb notes (principle parts of verbs) from 10/6--linking verbs notes from 10/7 (memorize list)

--helping verb notes from 10/8 (memorize list)

--theme notes from board

BRING BOOKS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY!

10/22/15

Objective: To review and define PSSA termsTo review text-based essay writing

BR: Answer the IQ test samples below: What phrases do the pictures represent?

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Math problem:

This is the Algernon-Gordon Effect- the rate Charlie obtained his intelligence is proportional to the rate he will lose it.

When did Charlie start his education after the operation?

When was Charlie's intelligence at its greatest?

When will Charlie's intelligence be completely gone (date)?

How many days does it take Charlie to gain his intelligence?

And how many days does it take him to lose it?(this is the same answer)

March 19 (re-took tests)

May 20 (own research)

July 21st

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10/19/15

Objective: To read and make connections to informational texts To write a text-based paragraph

Answer the following three sample exam questions about verbs:1. In the following sentence, what is the underlined word functioning as? Dr. Strauss was very angry. 2. In the following sentence, what is the underlined word functioning as? I will take Miss Kinnian on a date.

3. What is the past participle of the verb walk?

Grab a TWEET sheet from the front desk. Compose your tweet for Progress Report 12. Put it in the bin.