Monday
February 23, 2009
Agenda
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HOMEWORK STRIKE SYSTEM IN EFFECT (7):
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Composition notebook, writing utensil
[3 min] Warm up: “Last Week Review.”
[3 min] Discussion
[2 min] Review: Missed Last Week?
[2 min] Preview: This Week In Advance
[5 min] Welcome to FCAT Bootcamp Day 4!
[15 min] Mastering FCAT: pg. 210, “With all
flags flying.”  Answering as a class.
[15 min] Mastering FCAT: pg. 214, “The
Blanket.”  Answer in notebook.
Objective(s):
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Apply knowledge of plot
structure by answering
questions on the two
passages today in under
30 minutes.
Important Dates:
2/25: Early Release Day/Film Club
meeting
2/27: Film Club Viewing
3/4: FCA #7
3/10: FCAT
2/23/2009 [3 min]
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Define Freytag’s triangle. What
are the four (4) parts? Define
each of those parts. What is
setting? What is P.A.D., or postapocalyptic dystopia mean?
Look at the following sentences:
– Mr. Hampton went to the store. He
picked up a gallon of milk.
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Are these sentences in 1st person
or 3rd person point of view?
What is the theme of a story?
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Review: Missed Last Week?
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Makeup needed?
What YOU missed…
Tuesday
YES. Read “The Bet” and answer
questions at the end.
Wednesday
YES. Read, “There will come soft
rains” and answer questions at end.
Thursday/Friday
YES. Read, “The Vegitarian
Philosophy” and “Why I stopped
being a vegetarian.” Questions at
end of presentation.
Preview: This Week in Advance
What are we doing?
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Monday
PLOT ELEMENTS: Mastering FCAT—
reading two stories, one together
as class, one on your own.
Questions answered in notebook.
Tuesday
CAUSE AND EFFECT: “How to Fight
Monsters” story and answered
questions at end of presentation.
Wednesday
CONTEXT CLUES: Notes taken on
how to find context clues to find
word meanings.
Thursday/Friday
QUIZ. COMPARE AND
CONTRAST/POV: Read “Flipped,”
answered questions at the end of
the PP.
Today…
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• We’ll be reviewing over PLOT ELEMENTS by
taking one slide of notes and answering
questions in Mastering FCAT.
– Pg. 210, “With all flags flying”  Popcorn reading as
class—answer questions as class.
– Pg. 214, “The Blanket”  Read by yourself –answer
all questions in your notebook by yourself.
• Your ability to shift between group and silent
work is important today.
• Questions?
Plot Elements, Day the 4th:
Characterization
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• Direct characterization: what the narrator says
about a character.
• Indirect characterization: what the narrator
implies about a character.
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Imply: to roundaboutly suggest to the reader
Plot Elements, Day the 4th:
Characterization
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• Direct characterization: what the narrator says
about a character.
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“Mary was a fat woman.”
Plot Elements, Day the 4th:
Characterization
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• Indirect characterization: what the narrator
implies about a character.
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“Mary was a woman who sat around the house all
day eating chocolate bars and Bon-Bons—in fact,
she had done this for 10 years straight.”
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What does this IMPLY?
Let’s Read
• Turn to pg. 210 in your book.
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– Popcorn reading
– 4 minutes: Answer MULTIPLE CHOICE
questions together or by yourself
– We’ll review over the correct answers.
Let’s Read
• Turn to pg. 214 in your book.
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– Work SILENTLY by yourself: answer questions
1-8 in your notebook.
– We’ll review over them if time remains