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English 7IA
E17
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Aim: How can we utilize our annotation skills to characterize Mr. Johnson?
Do Now: Read the following Maya Angelou quote carefully. Answer the questions that
follow in well-developed sentences.
“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
Don’t be discourteous at home, then go out in the street and start
grinning ‘Good morning’ at total strangers.” - Maya Angelou
1. Determine what discourteous means based on how it is used in the quotation.
2. Restate the advice that Maya Angelou is giving to those that read her
quotation. Determine whether or not you agree or disagree with the advice.
*** Do Now Ends Here ***
Directions: List the three actions that Mr. Johnson did on page 1 that seemed to
reveal something significant about his personality. Try to choose details that reveal
three different characteristics. Ex: Avoid choosing three details that reveal that he
is nice.
Details
This details reveals that he is…
Short Response – A person’s actions can determine how other people feel about them.
Based on Mr. Johnson’s actions, would you want to be friends with him? In a well-developed
paragraph explain your choice. Include details from the text in your response.
Topic Sentence -
. For example,
. Another example is
. This reveals that/This shows that/This is important because
.
Summary: List three adjectives that you would use to describe Mr. Johnson based on your
characterization and inference chart.