English 10 Week 3
English 10 DO NOW: 11/11/13
• Gather, label DO NOWs and staple if
necessary. Turn in Week 2 DO NOWS to
MAILBOX (four from week 2)
• On desk, study guide question answers. If
you only highlighted, review your
highlighting but you may not have your
novel out during quiz.
Quiz: two parts
• Part One: multiple choice. Notes allowed
• Part Two: vocab matching. No Notes allowed
• Turn in Part One to baskets
• Take Part Two.
• When finished begin vocab for chapters 5-7
Eng 10 DO NOW: 11/12
• If you have your “Man of Prestige” worksheet.
Complete it using ch. 1-4.
• If not make this chart on paper and complete
it. Have at least 3 things items on each side
Okonkwo’s
Achievements & status
Traits/Actions that
Contradict His Nobility
Eng. 10 DO NOW 11/13
• As you read about the Week of Peace,
what were your thoughts? Does the idea
of such a week sound appealing? If you
could create a Week of Peace for your
home, school, workplace, or community,
what would it be like? Does your culture,
like that of Umuofia, require a Week of
Peace?
Success Today Means
• You create your own week of peace plan
showing your understanding of chapter 4
through your own examples.
• You complete the graphic organizer in
class showing the different aspects of the
week of peace.
• HW: Read Chapter 6 for tomorrow.
English 10 DO NOW: 11/14/13
• Describe a sporting event you have
attended live. What was it like? What was
the crowd like? The teams? Was there
music/what was it like? Was there an
arena? What was it like?
• Never watched a live sporting event?
Describe the wrestling match in chapter 6
Success Today Means
• You can comprehend important details
relating American culture to the Ibo
• You can demonstrate success by
completing the chapter 6 handout and
verbalizing at the end of class similarities
and differences between American sports
and Ibo sports.
• HW: Read chapter 7. Finish all study guide
questions for Chapters 5-7
Eng 10 DO NOW 11-15-13
• How does Genesis 22:1-19 relate to Ch. 7?
• “Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him,
“Abraham!”
• “Here I am,” he replied.
• Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you
love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him
there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”……
• Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”
• “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.
• “The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the
lamb for the burnt offering?”
• Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the
burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.
Success Today Means
• You can analyze character motives and
relationships in ch. 7
• You demonstrate this by completing the
graphic organizer AND verbally share your
responses with your partner and class.
• You quiz yourself over vocab words and
note which words you need to study for
Monday on loose leaf
Vocab Self-Quiz
• Under your Do Now for today, define as
many of the following words as possible
from memory, Then draw a line and use
your notes to define any of the remaining
words:
• Fibrous, calabashes, frenzy, intoxicating,
bouts, feign, rebuke, stunted, harbingers,
copiously
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Fibrous: Threadlike
Calabashes: containers made from dried gourds
Frenzy: violent mental agitation’ wild excitement
Intoxicating: stimulating or exciting
Bouts: contests; matches
Feign: pretend; represent falsely
Rebuke: criticized’ reprimanded
Stunted: stopped from growing
Harbingers: forerunners
Copiously: abundantly