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P. 1/2 A/B - Agenda: 10/19/10

P. 1/2 A/B - Agenda: 10/19/10. SSR: 15 minutes Class Business: Agenda, Homework Calendars Reading Log Entry Entrance Assessment The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Homework : - Study terms and vocabulary that you took notes on today -Absent? Then visit: www.mrsgreblosclass.weebly.com

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P. 1/2 A/B - Agenda: 10/19/10

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  1. P. 1/2 A/B - Agenda: 10/19/10 SSR: 15minutes Class Business: Agenda, Homework Calendars Reading Log Entry Entrance Assessment The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Homework: - Study terms and vocabulary that you took notes on today -Absent? Then visit: www.mrsgreblosclass.weebly.com Daily Objectives: -Identify and analyze literary devices: tone, theme, plot, symbolism, characterization, conflict, setting, irony -Write discussion questions about the above

  2. Reading Log Entry: 10/19/10(Always COPY the prompt into your Reading Log Notebook) “If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.” • Carl Lewis (Olympic track star, winner of nine gold medals) What do you think Carl Lewis means by this statement? Give an example of someone you know (it could even be yourself!) who talked himself or herself out of winning because of self-doubt. ( Spend 5 minutes responding)

  3. Entrance Assessment: Everyday Use by Alice Walker Answer the questions on a single sheet of lined paper. (the test will be projected on the Elmo)

  4. The Lottery: Vocabulary Write this in your reading log, and then take a look at it tonight ;) • Profusely: done freely and in great amount. They complimented her profusely after her amazing performance. • Civic: of or pertaining to citizenship. Serving on a jury is my civic duty. • Perfunctory: lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm. He scrubbed the floors in a perfunctory manner. • Defiantly: boldly resistant or challenging. She argued with her parents defiantly.

  5. Concepts to know (hint, hint) • Scapegoat: a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place. Hitler made Jews the scapegoat for all of Germany’s problems. • Hierarchy: any system of persons or things ranked one above another. The president is at the top of the government hierarchy. • Custom: the long-established habits or traditions of a society collectively; convention. Her family follows the custom of eating turkey on Thanksgiving. • Ritual: a practice or pattern of behavior regularly performed in a set way. It is a ritual to have the G-Pause competition at Glencoe pep assemblies. • Hypocrisy: pretending to have a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that you do not really have.

  6. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson • Read the story on your own, with a partner or with me or Ms. Whitcher.

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