A Series of Unfortunate Events

1. A Series of Unfortunate Events Language Honors Class Spring 2010

2. Pre-reading Organizer • Picture Clues • I think this book is about three children that are poor. I think this book is about a brother and a sister. • Clues from the Title and Heading • I think this book is about bad day. I think this book is about three kids whose parents are dead. • Other Clues and Ideas • I think this book is about children and their parents. I think this book is about a poor family’s life. • My Predictions About the Reading • I think this book is about a poor family. • I think this book is about a brother and sister. • I think someone died.

3. Vocabulary • Review Chapter One Words Translate and define • Difficult Words: • Violet • Klaus • Sunny • Baudelaire • Briny Beach • Mr. Poe • Read Chapter One

4. Violet-oldest daughter inventing Klaus-son reading Class #2: Characters:

5. Sunny-baby biting Mr. Poe-bank coughing Characters

6. Vocabulary use: • Example: • beginning – • From book-In this book, not only is there no happy endings, there is no happy beginnings and very few happy things in the middle. • My sentence: The beginning of the book is very interesting.

7. Chapter one: • Your turn. • Read loudly • Do the best you can • No laughing • Unknown word: • Try and move on

8. Pre-reading Organizer • Picture Clues • I think this book is about three children that are poor. I think this book is about a brother and a sister. • Clues from the Title and Heading • I think this book is about bad day. I think this book is about three kids whose parents are dead. • Other Clues and Ideas • I think this book is about children and their parents. I think this book is about a poor family’s life. • My Predictions About the Reading • I think this book is about a poor family. • I think this book is about a brother and sister. • I think someone died.

9. Chapter 2 • Vocabulary • Put in ABC order • Difficult words • Count Olaf • Edgar • Albert • Fickle Fountain • Doldrum Drive • Justice Strauss

10. ABC Order • A: • Adopting • Assortment • B:

11. Chapter 2 • Read Chapter 2 • Draw Count Olaf

12. Chapter 3 • Vocabulary • Read, translate, and hangman • Difficult Words: • Gorgonzola cheese • Puttanesca

13. Journal Writing • TTQA • Chapter 3 begins with, “I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong. You can look at a painting for the first time, for example, and not like it at all, but after looking at it a little longer you may find it very pleasing.” • Question to write on: What are your first impressions of Count Olaf? Do you think they will change throughout the book? Why or why not

14. TTQA: • My first impressions of Count Olaf are _________________. • I think my impressions will (not) change through out this book because ________.

15. Chapter 4 • Vocabulary • Read, translate, and bingo • Difficult words: • Bulbous (bulb like) • Culinary-cooking • Ladle-spoon • Enrage-mad • Weeping-cry

16. Chapter 5 • Vocabulary • Read, translate, and antonym • Difficult Words: • Troupe (actors)

17. Chapter 6 • Vocabulary • Read, translate, and synonym • Difficult Words:

18. Chapter 7 • Vocabulary • Read, translate, and picture • Difficult Words:

19. Chapter 8 • Vocabulary • Read, translate, table race (use in sentence or definition, etc) • Difficult Words:

20. Chapter 9 • Vocabulary • Read, translate, and ‘Popcorn’ • Pop up when you know the word • Difficult Words:

21. Chapter 10 • Vocabulary • Read, translate, and complete list • Give students a partial list of the words, the first to complete them wins • Difficult Words:

22. Chapter 11 • Vocabulary: • Read, translate, One word jumble • Students write all the words with no spaces, one complete word, switch put in dividers • Difficult Words:

23. Chapter 12 • Vocabulary • Read, translate, dictate • I say a word, they write it • Difficult Words:

24. Chapter 13 • Vocabulary • Read, translate, Chorus • Begin with one, say word aloud, next number says their word. • Difficult Words:

25. The movie