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Wednesday 9.7.2011

Wednesday 9.7.2011. Starter: In your Journal What would you do if you suddenly received a large sum of money? Who would you help and why? 7 – 8 Sentences &/or 2 Paragraphs When you are finished, p ractice spelling your vocabulary words 5x each. Wednesday 9.7.2011.

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Wednesday 9.7.2011

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  1. Wednesday9.7.2011 • Starter: In your Journal • What would you do if you suddenly received a large sum of money? Who would you help and why? • 7 – 8 Sentences &/or 2 Paragraphs • When you are finished, practice spelling your vocabulary words 5x each

  2. Wednesday 9.7.2011 • Review classroom procedures: • Entering • Dismissal • Silent Signals • Journal/Assignment Headings • Go over homework  Word Maps

  3. Matching • Ceaseless • Reassuring • Frantically • Strenuous • Avarice • Poultice • Undulating • Obscured • Perceptible • Incandescence • Covered over • Able to be detected by the senses • To cause to move in waves • Shining brilliantly • Wild with anger, pain, worry; frenzied • Greed for riches • A hot, moist mass of herbs • Unceasing, continual • Restoring to confidence • Vigorous, active, arduous

  4. Wednesday 9.7.2011 • Review vocabulary notes from yesterday • Parable • Symbol • Theme • Foreshadowing • Simile/Metaphor • Personification

  5. Wednesday 9.7.2011 • Author Biography • Read the biography about John Steinbeck • At the end of every paragraph, stop and write down the main events on the right side of the page • If you have a question or encounter a word you don’t understand jot it down on the left side of the page

  6. Wednesday 9.7.2011 • Homework  Due Thursday! • Create a timeline of John Steinbeck’s life events using your notes from class • You will be graded in the following areas: • Neatness: 20pts • Quality Information: 60pts • Spelling: 20pts

  7. Wednesday 9.7.2011 • Preview the questions for chapters 1-2 • Which of the 12 reading skills will you use to answer each question?

  8. Wednesday 9.7.2011 • While reading chapter 1: • Set up your paper to take notes JUST LIKE BEFORE • Bullet notes on the right • Questions or confusing vocabulary on the left

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