9/26/14
1.1 Learning to read independently
Objective: To discuss key literary concepts, to
read and summarize a passage
BR: Is it more important to be smart in life or
popular? If you only could pick one, which
would you choose and why? Answer in
sentence form.
What we will know and be able to do after reading
"Flowers for Algernon“
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Summarize a passage
Identify and define irony, allusion, and point of view
Identify and define a verb
Distinguish between action verbs, linking verbs, and helping verbs
Discuss theme and how it is developed throughout a work
Write a detailed paragraph
Literary terms
inference: combining what you know with what you read to analyze a
story
point of view: vantage point from which a story is told
first person point of view: narrator is in the story- uses pronouns like "I,
me, my"
third person point of view: narrator is not part of the story- uses
pronouns like "he, she they"
*omniscient point of view: narrator knows thoughts and feelings of
many characters
*limited point of view: narrator knows thoughts and feelings of main
character only
theme: meaning, message, insight, or moral a story reveals
irony: difference between what is expected and what actually happens
allusion: when an author refers to a person, place, or event from history
or a famous book that he expects the reader to know
summary: a brief retelling of a story or event that states the main idea
and supporting details and is in one’s own words
9/29/14
1.1 Learning to read independently
Objective: To read and summarize a passage
BR:
First, get your summary packet out.
This is a Thematic Apperception
Test question.
Look at the picture to the right.
What happened right before this
scene? Answer in 2-4 sentences.
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9/30/14
1.1 Learning to read independently
Objective: To read and summarize a passage
To make inferences
BR: (IQ test sample)
Mary, who is 16 years old, is four times as old as her
brother. How old will Mary be when she is twice as
old as her brother?
Now, write the definition of verb
(action verb):
it's something you do
you can -ed and -ing it
10/1/14
1.5 Quality of Writing
Objective: To review key literary terms
To write creatively with correct grammar and punctuation
What are the three main types of point of view?
What is the point of view of "Flowers for Algernon"?
Now number 1-8 in your notebook. Identify the
quotes on the next page by their point of view:
1. Charlie thinks he has two good friends.
2. I went back to work at Donnegan's factory today.
3. He gave me a TV contraption that works while I sleep.
4. Frank went home to his wife and told her about how he got
Charlie drunk and ditched him. He didn't feel at all guilty.
The next day Charlie had a bump on his head and decided not
to drink anymore.
5. Miss Kinnian ran to the ladies room. She couldn't believe how
cruel Charlie's co-workers were. When she returned, Charlie told
her about how the TV contraption was frustrating him.
6. I liked having Charlie in my night class for slow readers.
7. Joe Carp sent Charlie out to buy a newspaper and ditched him.
8. Dr. Strauss feels inferior to his colleague Dr. Nemur. Dr. Nemur has
a wife who is only concerned with fame and money. He feels like he
never will make her happy.
Linking verbs- special kind of verb that links the subject of the sentence to a word
that describes or renames it. Think of it as an = sign!
Bill is sad.
My cat looks tired.
Her car smells gross.
My favorite sport was football.
am
is
are
was
were
be
been
being
become
feel
seem
appear
grow
remain
stay
look
smell
taste
sound
turn
Bill=sad
cat=tired
car=gross
sport=football
If all else fails, and
you are not sure if a
verb is acting as a
linking verb,
DO THE YODA TEST!
Is it a linking verb OR not?
1. Charlie is a student in Miss Kinnian's class for adult learners.
2. Charlie takes three tests before he is chosen.
3. Charlie feels so excited when he is chosen for the operation!
4. Charlie was really scared.
5. Charlie thinks the operation might hurt.
6. Charlie grows agitated when he isn't instantly smart.
7. Charlie stays at Donnegan's Plastic Box Company.
8. Charlie's co-workers are not nice to him.
9. Miss Kinnian becomes Charlie's private tutor.
10. Dr. Strauss appears in Charlie's room with a gift: a TV
contraption!
10/2/14
1.1 Learning to read independently
Objective: To read and summarize a passage
To write thorough paragraphs
BR: Turn in your TAT homework
(IQ test sample) What phrases do the pictures below represent?
GIRL
DOOR
AROW
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Helping verbs- a verb that helps a main verb to form a verb clause
Tim is looking for his puppy.
The puppy may have been stolen!
The puppy was named Spike.
He did have blue eyes.
Have you seen him?
am
is
are
was
were
be
been
being
have
has
had
may
might
must
do
did
does
there could be more than one in a sentence!
be careful with questions
can
could
shall
should
will
would
Is it helping???
1. Charlie is working at a factory as a janitor.
2. His friends Joe and Frank are unkind.
3. They pick on him and have been cruel.
4. They would use a phrase “to pull a Charlie Gordon” as an insult.
5. Charlie finally can beat Algernon at the maze!
6. Do his co-workers get him drunk and ditch him?
7. Charlie learns grammar, but he might confuse his punctuation again.
8. Joe and Frank have a party and invite Charlie.
9. Next, Charlie’s “friends” were cruel at the party.
10. Charlie realizes that his friends have been mean to him.
11. Charlie is feeling ashamed.
12. Have his friends been making fun of him all along?
Before reading
1. Locate your inference arrow and go to page 323 Report 11.
2. Discuss with your partner what an inference is (Forget? See notes from
9/26/13)
During reading
1. Read all of Report 11 silently.
2. As you read, put your inference arrow where you made an inference.
After reading
1. Grab a slip of paper from the front table. Put your names on it (one slip per
group). Find an occurrence of one of the themes on the bulletin board and
record it on the slip of paper. Be sure to put the theme (friendship, love,
acceptance, treatment of people with mental challenges in society) on the paper.
3. Submit slip to bin.
4. Now, with your partner, record six key plot events in your summary packet.
5. Write your summary of report 11 in your packet.
6. Grab your homework “Point of View Switch” from the front table. Start it.
10/3/14
1.4 Types of Writing Narrative
Objective: To write a story using first person point of view
Bellringer:
1. Choose a key or best scene from the story so far. Record it in your
notebook.
EX: Charlie races Algernon and wins!
2. Now pretend you are any character from the story except Charlie.
Write two to three sentences from that character’s point of view (first
person) about his or her reactions to the scene.
EX: (Burt) Charlie has been losing against Algernon the lab mouse for ten
weeks now. He gets so frustrated, I know. Last night when we were
running the maze test, Charlie won for the first time! He jumped up and
down, knocking over my coffee. The smile on his face was ear to ear!
Action, Linking, or Helping?
1. Charlie is getting smarter every day.
2. Charlie will start learning college subjects next week.
3. Charlie had the ink blot test again.
4. Charlie discovers that he was quite feeble-minded before.
5. Everyone at work seems frightened of Charlie.
6. Charlie was given a bonus for helping line up the machines.
7. Charlie notices how beautiful Miss Kinnian is.
8. Miss Kinnian is only 34!
9. Miss Kinnian tells Charlie to be patient.
10. Charlie says that he is in love with Miss Kinnian.
10/6/14
1.5 Quality of writing
Objective: To make inferences
To use sensory details in writing
Bellringer: What is an inference?
Watch this commercial. What do you have to infer to get the
humor?
DUNKIN DONUTS COMMERCIAL
Inference Activity
For the following place, jot down what you would experience through your five senses. Be
specific and detailed. Your classmates will try to infer where you are. An inference is when
you take what a text says and what you already know to make an educated guess.
YOUR SECRET PLACE _____________________________________ Shh! It’s a secret!
I feel massaging fingers on my scalp
I see brushes
I taste Diet Coke
I smell hair spray
I hear the latest gossip
I feel the hairdryer's warm breeze
I see combs
I taste hair spray
I smell mousse
I hear the trigger spraying water
I feel a tugging on my hair
I see sinks
I taste Hershey's miniatures candy bars
I smell nail polish
I hear a phone ringing non-stop
10/7/14
1.1 Learning to read independently
Objective: To read and summarize a passage
BR: (IQ test sample)
Choose the number that is ¼ of ½ of 1/5 of 200.
Now list three action verbs, three linking verbs, and three
helping verbs in your notebook.
10/8/14
1.1 Learning to read independently
Objective: To read and make inferences and
summarize a passage
BR: (IQ test sample)
Which number should come
next in the series?
1-1-2-3-5-8-13-_
Get your Progress Report summaries
out. These are due completed FRIDAY.
You will have the last summary as
homework tonight.
In yesterday's summary (Progress
Report 5), circle a linking verb, box a
helping verb, and draw an arrow to the
verb that's being helped, and underline
two action verbs.
Now, go to page ____.
10/10/14
1.4 Types of Writing: Narrative
Objective: To creatively present Charlie’s future
BR: Hand in PROGRESS REPORTS
(IQ test sample) What phrases do the pictures below represent?
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2.
SCHOSTAYOL
GROUND
PIPES
Where did Charlie end up after the story?
Create a postcard for him to send to another character in the story.
Requirements:
1. Colored picture and your name on the blank side (5 points)
2. Fictitious address on the lines in front consisting of character's name (title
{Mr., Ms., Dr., etc.} first and last names- make them up not given in story)
street address (house number, street name~ make it up) city, state, and zip
code (again make them up, but we do know that are all in NY) (5 points)
3. A paragraph from Charlie's point of view about what and how he's doing.
Do not use improper English! (5 points) Incorporate at least one linking
verb, one helping verb, and three action verbs. Circle the linking verb, box
the helping verb and draw an arrow to the verb that’s helped, and
underline the three action verbs. (5 points)
TEST TUESDAY
Study the following:
--lit terms notes from 9/26
--linking verbs notes from 10/1
(memorize list)
--helping verb notes from 10/2
(memorize list)
--theme notes from BB
Math problem:
This is the Algernon-Gordon Effect- the rate Charlie obtained his
intelligence is proportional to the rate he will lose it.
When did Charlie start his education after the operation?
March 19 (re-took tests)
When was Charlie's intelligence at its greatest?
May 20 (own research)
When will Charlie's intelligence be completely gone (date)?
July 21st
How many days does it take Charlie to gain his intelligence?
62
And how many days does it take him to lose it?
(this is the same answer)
10/16/14
1.2 Reading critically in all subject areas
Objective: To review and define PSSA terms
To review paragraph response writing
BR: TAKE A NOTEBOOK QUIZ