December. 5, 2013 Warm-Up
3 mins.
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Directions: Write the verb in each sentence
1.
German shepherds are often trained as
guide dogs.
Guide dogs are always allowed in public
places with their owners.
The guide dog must quickly adjust to the
leather harness and stiff handle.
The dog doesn’t obey all commands from
its owner.
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Notes Quiz
13 questions
 20 minutes
 You may use your notes
 If you’ve done your first entry in the
literature blog you are EXCUSED from
this quiz—you get an automatic 100%
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Final Draft of Expository Essay
20 mins
Rewrite your final draft of your expository
essay on the fancy paper.
 Turn in BOTH the rough draft and the final
copy
 Notes:
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 Make sure to put your name on your final draft
 Double check that you used PHIL
The House on Mango Street
30 mins.
 OER
(remember: answer, explanation,
and text evidence)
 How does Esperanza feel in “Chanclas?”
Support your answer with evidence from
the text.
 Example stem:
 Esperanza feels ____________ in “Chanclas”
because___________________. (Text
evidence)
“Buzz” Word:
3 mins.
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Theatrical Elements (n): the costumes,
props, and other things dramatists and
directors use to tell a story on stage
Sentence: The director used the theatrical
element of a woman dressed in a kimono to
illustrate the setting of the play.
Analyzing film is similar to analyzing a
story (pg. 80) 1 min.
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Film and art are essentially “visual texts”
As with a written text, you can analyze, justify,
and critique the director or artist’s choices
I’m going to show you two film clips
As you watch them respond to each by noting
the costumes, props, sets, and acting choices
(acting can include movement, gestures, voices,
etc)
Take notes in the graphic organizer on page 80
Short paragraph on notecard-10 mins.
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Example thesis statements
 One theatrical element that effected me as a viewer was
_________________ because_____________.
 The theatrical element that effected me most as a viewer was
_______________ because _________.
 ___________________ effected me as a viewer
because___________________.
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Now add at least three more sentences
explaining the theatrical element in detail, its
effect on you, and why it effected you in such a
way. Use as many details from the film clip as
you can (this is your “textual evidence”)
“Buzz” Word!
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Cultural Conflict (n): a struggle that
occurs when people with different
cultural expectations or attitudes interact
Sentence: An example of a cultural conflict
is when two different ethnic groups desire
the same land and wage a war over it.
Football versus Family
What does “Bend it like Beckham”
mean?
 Who is Beckham?
 What does it mean to “bend it?”
 What other terms are exclusive to
soccer?
 Watch the film clip and think about the
conflicts presented and the characters
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Who are the characters?
 What is the conflict so far?
 What do you think the rest of the film will
be about?
 What is internal conflict? External
conflict?
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 Take notes on these two terms on page 81
(at the blank space on the top)