Grade 9 Week 7
Opening Session
Monday, September 21, 2015
Welcome, please come inside, put your things down, and grab a GOLD
VOCABULARY BOOK from the tan cart.
Open it to page 36 and read the vocabulary words that you see there.
After you are finished, please complete Unit Six: Exercise One on page
38. You should write the entire sentence.
When you are finished, please put your book back on the tan cart and
turn your work into the plastic container at the front of the room.
Essential Question
Monday, September 21, 2015
Why do people wear masks?
On a sheet of paper, please write a 57 sentence response to this question.
Ninth Grade Standards Covered
Monday, September 21, 2015
ELA9W4
Produce clear and coherent writing that is
appropriate according to the task and
audience.
ELA9RL2
Determine a theme or central idea and how
it develops as it emerges and is shaped by
details; give an objective summary of a text.
Words to Look At
Monday, September 21, 2015
Theme
The theme or central idea of a text is the main idea or
concept that a writer wishes to express. A simple theme
can be expressed by a single sentence or word.
Point
Point of view refers to the perspective from which the
of View
possible ways that an author may choose. These are: first
author chooses to tell his or her story. There are three
person, second person, and third person.
Work Session
Monday, September 21, 2015
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share
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the mask is about to do.
Work Session
Monday, September 21, 2015
Please open your GREEN LITERATURE BOOKS to page 347.
We will now read “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.”
As we read, consider what we discussed early about masks
and determine what the theme of this short story might be.
Closing Session
Monday, September 21, 2015
Please complete the flowchart
you received for the story, “The
Secret Life of Walter Mitty.”
Homework
Monday, September 21, 2015
Please finish reading “The Secret
Life of Walter Mitty.”
Review the vocabulary words in
Unit Six.
Announcements
Monday, September 21, 2015
You have a quiz on “The Secret Life of Walter
Mitty” on Wednesday, September 23, 2015.
The vocabulary quiz on the Unit 6 Vocabulary
is Friday, September 25, 2015.
Opening Session
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Welcome, please come inside, sit down, and grab a GOLD
VOCABULARY BOOK from the shelf.
Take out a sheet of paper and fold it in half three times so
that the creases of the paper divide it into eight sections.
In each section, please write a vocabulary word and draw a
picture that you can associate with that word.
You have ten minutes.
Essential Question
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Why do people wear
masks?
Ninth Grade Standards Covered
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
ELA9W4
Produce clear and coherent writing that is appropriate according to
ELA9RL2
Determine a theme or central idea and how it develops as it emerges
ELA9RL5:
Analyze how an author’s choices of structure create effects such as
ELA9RL3
Analyze how complex characters (multiple motivations) develop
the task and audience.
and is shaped by details; give an objective summary of a text.
mystery, tension, or surprise.
throughout text.
Words to Look At
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Theme
The theme or central idea of a text is the main idea or
concept that a writer wishes to express. A simple theme
can be expressed by a single sentence or word.
Point
Point of view refers to the perspective from which the
of View
possible ways that an author may choose. These are: first
author chooses to tell his or her story. There are three
person, second person, and third person.
Work Session
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Please open your GREEN LITERATURE BOOKS to page 347.
We will now read “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.”
As we read, consider what we discussed early about masks
and determine what the theme of this short story might be.
Work Session
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
As you read, please complete
the flowchart you received
yesterday for the story, “The
Secret Life of Walter Mitty.”
Closing Session
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Yesterday you said that people wear masks to hide their
true selves from others.
In the story you just read, Walter Mitty daydreams in order
to escape his everyday life.
In what way does what Walter Mitty does relate to wearing
a mask? Please use examples from the text in your answer.
Please answer the question above in a 3-5 sentence
paragraph.
Homework
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Please finish reading “The Secret
Life of Walter Mitty.”
Review the vocabulary words in
Unit Six.
Announcements
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
You have a quiz on “The Secret Life of Walter
Mitty” on Wednesday, September 23, 2015.
The vocabulary quiz on the Unit 6 Vocabulary
is Friday, September 25, 2015.