February 11, 2011
“Moby Dick is a Whale”
Word Choice
Day 5
• While this essay is poorly organized, the
author does choose excellent words. Focus
on the second paragraph. Underline precise
nouns and modifiers.
• Compare the first paragraph to the second.
How does the word choice compare?
• Change three things in the first paragraph to
improve word choice.
Student Goals
• Practice making predictions using images.
• Choose a story based on predictions and
previewing techniques.
• Read a short story and analyze for symbolism
and irony.
– Complete Active Reading questions.
– Record questions you have as you read to use in
your group discussion.
– Write a summary.
Lexile: 860
Lexile: 1100
Doris
Lessing
Shirley
Jackson
Preview the
selection on p. 324.
Through the Tunnel
Preview the
selection on p. 340.
The Possibility of Evil
Lexile: 1400
Lexile: 1240
Gabriel
Garcia
Marquez
Edgar
Allan Poe
Preview the
selection on p. 354.
The Very Old Man with
Enormous Wings
Preview the
selection on p. 368.
The Masque of the Red
Death
Learning Log Friday, February 11, 2011
If you wanted to learn more about life in the
Dust Bowl, all of these strategies would be
helpful EXCEPT
A. interviewing an elderly person
who was a child during this time
B. conducting an Internet search
of the Dust Bowl
C. reading brochures for historical
sites in Oklahoma
D. reading a book about Karen
Hesse
Explain how
you decided
which answer
was the
EXCEPTION!
Homework
• Keep reading!
• Use post-its to mark places in text to support
attributes.
• Week 20 due on Monday, Feb. 14.