1. Without talking, please get out your
English binder.
2. Put your backpacks in the back of
the room.
3. Sharpen your pencil if you need to. If
you need a pencil, you may borrow
one from my desk.
4. Write down the following
vocabulary word.
Vocabulary for 9/8/15
1. nuisance: an annoyance
2. Condone: to pardon or overlook
Lesson 7:
• SWBAT use the reading strategy read-aloud (as
a class).
• SWBAT summarize a text through written
expression.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Page 1:
Lady Bracknell says that Gwendolen cannot
marry Jack because Jack has no idea who his
parents were. He was found by a man in a
cloakroom.
Miss Prism is Cecily’s tutor. Jack is in charge of
taking care of Cecily. Both Cecily and Miss Prism
believe that Jack as a brother named Ernest.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Page 2:
Dr. Chasuble and Miss Prism take a walk.
Algernon shows up and says to Cecily that he is
Jack’s brother Ernest.
Cecily and Ernest flirts.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Page 3:
Jack comes back, and he tells Dr. Chasuble and
Miss Prism that his brother Ernest has passed
away.
Cecily emerges from the house and says that
Uncle Jack’s brother Ernest has appeared.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Page 4:
Cecily tells Jack to forgive Ernest. She tells Jack
that Ernest has been telling her about Bunbury.
Page 5: Cecily gets Jack and Algernon (Ernest) to
shake hands.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Page 6-7:
Read aloud. Annotate when you are finished.
Jack = annoyed; irritated
Algernon: light-hearted; goofy
The Importance of Being Earnest
Page 6-7:
Jack tells Algernon to leave. Algernon says he
will leave if Jack changes his clothes.
These pages are poking fun at the vanity of
Victorian society.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Pages 7-9
• Summarize what you have just read on your
worksheet.
• Write in complete sentences. Capitalize the
beginning of sentences and punctuate the end.
• Proofread your work. Check every sentence to
make sure it is not a run-on or fragment. Make
sure it is correctly punctuated.
Announcements
Lesson Check on Friday:
It is over all the vocabulary, grammar videos 1
and 2 (this will help you prepare for the test),
and summarizing a text.
Study vocabulary, grammar videos, lessons 7
and 8.