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GHSGT Study Skills

GHSGT Study Skills. Week 4: January 31st – February 4th. Monday, January 31, 2011. Journal #11: Things What are 11 things your life doesn’t need in 2011? How will you go about eliminating them? How will getting rid of these 11 things change your life?

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GHSGT Study Skills

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  1. GHSGT Study Skills Week 4: January 31st – February 4th

  2. Monday, January 31, 2011 • Journal #11: Things • What are 11 things your life doesn’t need in 2011? How will you go about eliminating them? How will getting rid of these 11 things change your life? • USA Test Prep: English and Social Studies questions of the day (see blog) Mrs. Etoll's Blog • DCP: Character/Theme • Practice 2, 3, 4, & 5 p. 58 – 65 • Discuss and analyze mistakes Chapter 2 quiz

  3. Tuesday, February 1, 2011 • Journal #12: Action • When it comes to aspirations, it’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen. What’s your next step? Or free write. • USA Test Prep: English and Social Studies questions of the day (see blog) Mrs. Etoll's Blog • DCP: (GHSGT Practice Book) Chapter 3 (Friday) • Practice 1 p.55 - 58 • Elements of Fiction, Purposes, Language/Style

  4. Wednesday, February 2, 2011 • Journal #13: Appreciate • What’s the one thing you have come to appreciate most in the past year? How do you express gratitude for it? (person or thing) • Journal check tomorrow • USA Test Prep: English and Social Studies questions of the day (see blog) Mrs. Etoll's Blog • DCP: (GHSGT Practice Book) • Theme • Practice 3, 4, & 5 p. 62 – 65 • Group Work: Begin flashcards, next slide

  5. Flashcards review • Get into groups of 2 or 3 by pushing your desks together. • Your group will create 18 flashcards for Chapter 3 beginning today and completing throughout the week. • You grade will be based on the quality and quantity of the information on the flashcards. • Half of the vocabulary cards must have an original example of the definition. • Rubric: • flashcards competed correctly= 36 points • Examples for 9 vocab definitions = 18 points • Total = 54 points

  6. Flashcard List • Refer to page 77: • Aesthetic • Rhetoric • Narrator • Protagonist • Antagonist • Foil • Character traits • Universal themes • Imagery • In media res • Irony (include verbal and situational on same card) • Paradox • Symbolism • Point of view • Setting includes….. • Plot includes….. • Dialect (see pg. 67) • Diction (see pg. 67)

  7. Thursday, February 3, 2011 • Journal #14: Friendship • How has a friend changed you or your perspective on the world this year? Was this change gradual, or a sudden burst? • Journal Check • USA Test Prep: English and Social Studies questions of the day (see blog) Mrs. Etoll's Blog • DCP: Sequencing/Literary Devices • Practice 6 & 7 p. 66 - 69 • Group Work: Continue flashcard creation

  8. Friday, February 4, 2011 USA Testprep: • Kyrsten needs to log on or create account. You don’t appear on my role. • Casey, you need to create new account with your own name. • Take seriously, first scores were very low. I will record grades from today. • Computer Lab # 816 • Use test option for today

  9. . • Harrison Web site • Academics • USA Test Prep (at the bottom) • Either log on from previous semester or create account • Activation Code: newton54 • Log on • Go to GHSGT Tests at the top folder tab • Choose English • Choose Games • Under Domain, choose Literary Analysis • Under Element, choose Structure and Purpose of Nonfiction • Under Teacher, choose Etoll • Begin! (This will be your second grade in class!)

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