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1. Welcome! English 9

2. Review of last time • Continue “Reading Strategies” discussion. • Journal # 3 • Speak: Overview and Expectations Read Write Speak Listen

3. Today’s Agenda • Vocabulary and reading strategies quiz! You’re welcome! • Connotation vs. denotation • The last few conferences… Read Write Speak Listen

4. Vocabulary Quiz • You’ll have about 10 minutes to work on the quiz. • Quiz conditions! • When you’ve finished the quiz, please read Speak quietly on your own. Read Write Speak Listen

5. Connotation vs. Denotation • Have you heard these words before? • Can you use your word-decoding super powers to figure out what they might mean? Read Write Speak Listen

6. Connotation vs. Denotation • Denotation is the literal or “dictionary definition of a word or phrase. Read Write Speak Listen

7. Connotation vs. Denotation • Connotation refers to the subjective cultural or emotional meaning that goes along with the literal definition. Read Write Speak Listen

8. Connotation vs. Denotation • Denotation is typically neutral. • Connotation is usually qualified – i.e. people generally refer to a phrase having a positive or negative connotation. • Um, huh? Read Write Speak Listen

9. Connotation vs. Denotation • Denotation is typically neutral. • Connotation is usually qualified – i.e. people generally refer to a phrase having a positive or negative connotation. Read Write Speak Listen

10. Connotation vs. Denotation • Lisa: "A rose by any other name smells as sweet."Bart: "Not if you call them 'Stench Blossoms.'"(The Simpsons) Read Write Speak Listen

11. Connotation vs. Denotation • Which is better? • Slim, trim, scrawny • Which would you rather be called? • youngster, child, kid, little one, small fry, brat, urchin, juvenile, minor. Read Write Speak Listen

12. Connotation vs. Denotation • Take a few minutes to work on the connotation worksheet. Read Write Speak Listen

13. Homework • Finish the connotation vs. denotation worksheet. • Read Speak according to the schedule you’ve set for yourself. • You need your “field notes” for your first descriptive paragraph for the first block next week. Read Write Speak Listen

14. Bye! • Come back soon! Read Write Speak Listen