WELCOME
I trust you to know where you
need to sit, so choose wisely and
have a seat.
When the bell rings you should
be seated and ready to begin.
AGENDA
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Warm-up
Housekeeping
Learner Poll and Reflection
Who Are We?
Goals
AUGUST 26
Warm-up: Looking Back
Where were you at this time last
year? Describe yourself and
how you have changed since
last year. (Think deeper
than…well, I used to have long
hair, but now it’s short.)
Make sure to write a full paragraph.
Warm-up continued:
Looking Forward
Where will you be at this time
next year? Describe how you
think your life will be different.
If you don’t think it will be
different, explain why.
Make sure to write a full paragraph.
WHAT TYPE OF LEARNER
ARE YOU?
Visual
Auditory
Read-Write
Kinesthetic
ARE YOU A VISUAL LEARNER?
They tend to be fast talkers.
 They exhibit impatience and have a tendency to
interrupt.
 They use words and phrases that evoke visual
images.
 They learn by seeing and visualizing.
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ARE YOU AN AUDITORY LEARNER?
They speak slowly and tend to be natural
listeners.
 They think in a linear manner.
 They prefer to have things explained to them
verbally rather than to read written information.
 They learn by listening and verbalizing.
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ARE YOU A READ-WRITE LEARNER?
They prefer for information to be displayed in
writing, such as lists of ideas.
 They emphasize text-based input and output.
 They enjoy reading and writing in all forms.
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ARE YOU A KINESTHETIC LEARNER?
They tend to be the slowest talkers of all.
 They tend to be slow to make decisions.
 They use all their senses to engage in learning.
 They learn by doing and solving real-life
problems.
 They like hands-on approaches to things and
learn through trial and error.
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REFLECT
How do you know what type of learner you are?
What is your evidence? What does this mean for
you in the classroom? What does this mean for
your teacher? Knowing this information about
yourself, what do you need to do to be successful
in this class?
BODY BIO
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Heart: Who or what do you hold near and
dear to your heart?
Spine: What is your goal? What drives
you…your thoughts…your actions?
Feet: Where are you going? What journey
are you on?
Mirror: How do people see you? Is this
how you see yourself?
Color: What color is a symbol of you and
why?
REFLECTION
 Write
at least 3 goals for this class and a
to do list of how to accomplish them.
AUGUST 27
Warm-up: Freedom
What is freedom? What does it
mean to be free? What can be some
obstacles to freedom?
AGENDA
Academic Vocabulary
 Poe’s background
 Fall of the House of Usher
 Finding Unity of Effect
 Theme Analysis
 Reflection
 HW
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Quiz Friday
 Info sheet due Friday
 AA form due Aug 30
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ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
Unity of effect – When all the elements of a story
– plot, character, setting, imagery, and other
literary devices – work together to create a single
effect
 Mood – the feeling or atmosphere that a writer
creates for the reader. The writer’s use of
connotation, imagery, figurative language, sound
and rhythm, and descriptive details all contribute
to the mood.
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POE – PG 410
Read assigned section.
 Write down interesting facts.
 Share one with class.
 Responsible to keep info shared in day book.
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REFLECTION
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Explain the obstacles to freedom found in The
Fall of the House of Usher.
AUGUST 28
Warm-up: How do people handle loss?
At some point in our lives, we all face
loss—of someone we love, our
favorite pet, or even a cherished
dream. But even though the
experience of loss is universal, people
can choose many different ways to
cope with the sadness and grief they
feel. What do people need to do to
face their grief and move on?
AGENDA
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Unity of Effect Analysis of House of Usher
Academic Vocab
Read The Raven – pg 436
Finding sound devices in The Raven
Theme Reflection
HW: Modern Day Raven
UNITY OF EFFECT
Setting
 Character Traits
 Plot Development
 Imagery
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ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
Rhyme
 Repetition
 Alliteration
 Onomatopoeia
 Stanza
 Rhyme scheme
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HW: MODERN DAY
 On
a dark, foggy, creepy night around
midnight, I laid in depression thinking
about curious books about legends that
have been long forgotten. While I was
almost asleep, I started to doze,
suddenly I heard a knock, a very light
knocking at my bedroom door. This was
strange but I thought to myself, “Must
be some visitor knocking so late at my
bedroom door. Yes, this is what it is
and nothing else.
AUGUST 29
Warm-up: Describe the
obstacles to freedom in The
Raven.
AGENDA
Sound Devices in The Raven
 Think, Pair, Share – Price of Freedom – pg 573
 Hyeonseo Lee’s Obstacle to Freedom
 Academic Vocabulary
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ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
Internal conflict
 External conflict
 Suspense
 Characterization
 Tone
 Figurative language
 Dialogue
 Author’s purpose
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AUGUST 30
-Take out a sheet of paper (can
be a half sheet).
-Name and Date.
-Clear your desk.
AGENDA
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl – pg 572
 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass – pg
558
 Text Analysis
 Venn Diagram
 Reflection
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TEXT ANALYSIS HARRIET JACOBS
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T-Chart Conflicts
Conflict Description
and pg #
Conflict Type and
Explanation
Mrs. Flint won’t let Linda
bring in her bed.
External
TEXT ANALYSIS FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Find at least two examples of: tone, figurative
language, and dialogue.
 Be sure to find specific quotes and give page
numbers.
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REFLECTION
Can you set yourself free?
SEPTEMBER 3
Warm-up:
What does friendship mean to
you?
AGENDA
Visitor from King’s College
 Vocab words – HW due Wednesday; Quiz Friday
 Preposition Quiz Friday September 6
 Day Books due Friday September 6
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VOCAB WORDS
Sub – below, under
 Trans – across, over
 Subconscious
 Subdue
 Subjugate
 Subsidize
 Subterranean
 Transcribe
 Transfer
 Transform
 Translucent
 transplant
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SEPTEMBER 4
Warm-up: What dreams do you
have? How can they fail? How
can they succeed?
AGENDA
Vocab words – HW due Thursday; Quiz Friday
 Prepositions
 Of Mice and Men vocab
 Read Section One Of Mice and Men
 Complete Reading Questions
 Preposition Quiz Friday September 6
 Day Books due Friday September 6
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PREPOSITIONS
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Position in time and place
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The book is on the table.
Describe a relationship between other words in a
sentence
 Links nouns, pronouns, and phrases to other
words in a sentence
 Object of the preposition is the word of phrase
the preposition introduces.
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The book is on the table.
Prepositional phrase is made up of the
preposition, its object and any associated
adjectives or adverbs.
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The book is on the table.
ACAD VOCAB
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Antagonist – main character in opposition with
protagonist
Protagonist – hero or one the audience identifies with
Modernism – modernists saw mass society as threat
to individual. Features: nontraditional subject matter
and themes; focus on alienated individuals rather
than heroes; use of understatement and irony to
reveal emotions and ideas; use of symbols and images
to suggest meaning; experimentation with style and
language
Personification – object, animal, or idea is given
human characteristics
Simile – compares two things that have something in
common with like or as
READING QUESTIONS
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Identify two passages that are particularly descriptive.
Find an example of personification and simile. For
example, “Evening of a hot day started the little wind to
moving [personification] among the leaves. The shade
climbed up the hills [personification] toward the top. On
the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray,
sculptured statues [simile]”
Describe (citing specific examples) what type of
relationship George and Lennie have (parent/child,
brothers, best friends, and so on). What is the source of
George’s frustration with Lennie?
Identify (citing specific examples) how Steinbeck describes
the characters of George and Lennie. For example animal
imagery is used to describe Lennie). “Lennie dabbled his
big paw in the water and wiggled his fingers so the water
arose in little splashes…”
Identify the “dream” and why it is so important to Lennie
and George.
SEPTEMBER 5
Warm-up: How important is it to
have a place where you belong?
AGENDA
Review Vocab
 Review Day Book entries
 Read Photo Essay: The Grapes of Wrath pg 1026
 Analyze photos and text.
 Preposition Practice
 Reflection
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VOCAB:
SUB – BELOW, UNDER; TRANS – ACROSS, OVER
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Subconscious – n: the part of the mind’s function of which
you are not aware
Subdue – v: to conquer or bring under control
Subjugate – v: to conquer or bring under control by force
Subsidize – v: to furnish money or to assist with the
payment of money
Subterranean – adj: beneath the earth’s surface
Transcribe – v: to make a written copy
Transfer – v: to carry or send from one person or place to
another
Transform – v: to change in form or appearance
Translucent – adj: permitting some light to pass through
but giving an unclear image
Transplant – v: to plant in another place
PREPOSITION PRACTICE
Dean thinks that he is smarter than everyone in
the class.
 Will you put these cookies on the tray?
 His doctor read through his chart and looked
down his throat.
 His idea will not work after sunrise.
 She peered slowly around the doorway before
crossing the threshold.
 The champion will compete against other dogs
from the club.
 At a minimum, you will spend three hours on
each assignment.
 During the debates, Alfred was feeding his turtle
in the yard.
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Which word is NOT a preposition?
Between
 Against
 For
 Better
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In which sentence is a preposition in bold type?
I stepped into the tent.
 The rain was coming down hard.
 I could hear thunder in the distant mountains.
 We chose a bad time for this camping trip.
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He made his escape by jumping _____ a window
and jumping ______ a waiting car.
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Over/into
Between/into
Out of/between
Out of/into
Up to/out of
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He drove _____ me without stopping and drove off
____ the centre of town.
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From/into
Towards/over
Along/up
Past/towards
In/next to
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In which sentence is a prepositional phrase in
bold type?
I researched my report on the internet.
 I wanted information about sharks.
 I started reading about shrimp instead.
 Then I changed my report topic to the life of the
shrimp.
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Which prepositional phrase in bold type is an
adjective phrase?
I walked through the field and saw something
amazing.
 A huge red-tailed hawk was soaring across the sky.
 It swooped near the ground very close to me.
 I could see the bright color on the hawk’s tail.
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Which prepositional phrase in bold type is an
adverb phrase?
The dandelion is a useful plant for cooking.
 I like the taste of the leaves, whether raw or cooked.
 The dandelions on our lawn are growing thickly.
 The name comes from French and means “tooth of
the lion.”
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REFLECTION
What does the mouse in the first section tell you
about Lennie? Think about why Lennie insists on
carrying it around with him.
SEPTEMBER 6
-No warm-up.
-You have 5 minutes to review your
vocab and prepositions.
-The handout on the stool has
common prepositions for your
review before the quiz.
-If you are loud, you will lose your 5
minutes.
AGENDA
Vocab Quiz
 Preposition Quiz
 Great Depression Background
 Of Mice and Men Compare/Contrast
 Return Work
 Grade Tracking
 Turn in Day Books
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KWL
What do you know about The Great Depression?
What do you have questions about?
SEPTEMBER 9: WARM-UP
*Write agree/disagree for each. Then, pick one & explain why?
People that are poor should rely on their
friends, family, or church for help, not the
government.
2. A true friend will tell you the truth, even when
you don’t want to hear it.
3. The n-word is more offensive than other racial
slurs because of the history of hate behind it.
4. Women today are more often treated by men as
equals rather than objects.
5. When people are a victim of a crime, they
should be able to take the law into their own
hands.
6. States with the death penalty have lower
murder rates.
7. The best place for justice to be determined is in
a court of law.
8. Being rich is more important than having close
friends.
9. Sometimes a person has to break the law to
make sure justice is served.
10.Life today is more difficult than it was in the
1930’s
1.
AGENDA
Return Work
 Start Grade Tracker
 Review Vocab Quiz
 Review Preposition Quiz
 Write down new vocabulary – HW due Wed
 Obstacle of Freedom Connections
 Read Section Two Of Mice and Men – Pg 17
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HYPER – ABOVE, OVER, MORE
SUPER, SUPR, SUR – ABOVE, OVER, MORE
Hyperbole
 Hypercritical
 Hypertension
 Hyperthermia
 Superimpose
 Superlative
 Supernatural
 Supervise
 Surcharge
 Surplus
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SEPTEMBER 10
Write the sentence. Underline
preposition. Circle object.
1. Both of the trolls lived under the
bridge.
2. Some of the elves refused to help
Santa make the toys.
3.One of the dragon's eggs cracked!
4.Two of the baby dragon's claws
stuck through the shell.
5. Many of the ogres had blood
dribbling down their chins.
AGENDA
OMM Quiz Section 2
 Citations Research – Purdue OWL
 Topic Research
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SEPTEMBER 11
Underline the preposition. Circle the object.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
I’ve loved animals since I was
small.
After the movie we went to
McDonalds for some burgers.
Without sugar the blueberries were
too sour for the dinner guests.
Sally worked from midnight to
noon on her science project.
He ate three boxes of popcorn with
butter during the movie.
AGENDA
Turn in Vocab HW
 Write down vocab definintions
 Media Center for Ms. Stokes presentation
 Complete Research Focus Assignment
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VOCAB
Hyperbole – n; an intentional statement of
exaggeration
 Hypercritical – adj; excessively critical
 Hypertension – n; extreme tension; high blood
pressure
 Hyperthermia – n; high temperature
 Superimpose – v; lay one item atop another
 Superlative – adj; of the highest order; best; greatest
 Supernatural – adj; beyond the laws of nature
 Supervise – v; oversee
 Surcharge – n; additional charge or tax
 Surplus – n; more than what is needed
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SEPTEMBER 12
Good morning!
Grab a prepositions
worksheet from the stool
and begin working.
OMM BROCHURES
Grading for
 _____/25 Content: Have you thoroughly covered
the information? Have you provided enough
detail? Can we gain an understanding of the
topic from your brochure?
 _____/25 Appeal: Does it look nice? Is it neat? Do
you have pictures?
 _____/25 Organization: Does your brochure
have a logical progression? Is the material easy
to follow? Are similar topics grouped together?
 _____/25 Grammar and Mechanics: Have you
checked your spelling and punctuation? Have
you written in complete sentences?
SEPTEMBER 13
Agenda:
•Discuss OMM Projects – Due Wed
•Schoology - QRQD3-VFTS3
•Review Prepositions/Vocab
•Take Vocab/Preposition Quiz
•Read Sections 3 and 4 of OMM
•Complete Reading Questions
•Begin Writing Circle Prompts
•Must read sections 3-4 by Monday,
September 16
•OMM Test Monday, September 23
SEPTEMBER 16
Fill in the blank with the correct verb.
-To find – Everyone in the class ______the video to
be entertaining.
-To be – Each of the options _______unacceptable.
-To feel – All of the people at the party, with the
exception of Tiffany, _______it is a good idea.
-To need – Everyone, including the people of
conservation-conscious California, _____to do
more to recycle.
-To reward – Success ______hard work.
-To be – Three-fourths of the cake ____gone.
-To be – The team _____going to play on Saturday.
-To pass – Time ______quickly.
-To make – Enough time and enough money
_______ a great vacation.
-To know – Jenny or Audrey _______ where to find
him.
AGENDA
Lottery Drawing
 Vocab List 3
 Discuss Obstacles to Freedom among different
texts – Raven, Usher, Jacobs, Douglass, Lee, and
OMM
 OMM Review Sections 1-3
 Continue Questions for 3-4; Finish Writing
Prompt
 HW – Schoology due Wed night; Vocab due Wed;
read through section 4 OMM; OMM Final Project
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FORE – BEFORE, TOWARD
PRE – BEFORE, TOWARD
POST – AFTER, BEHIND
Forecast
 Forethought
 Forewarn
 Posterior
 Posthumous
 Postpone
 Preamble
 Precaution
 Premature
 Premier
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CHARACTER LIST
Lennie
 George
 Candy
 Curley
 Curley’s wife
 Crooks
 Slim
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SECTION 1
What are Lennie and George doing as the novel
opens? Where are they going? Where are they
coming from?
 Why did they have to leave?
 What happened to the mouse?
 What does George say his life would be like
without Lennie?
 What is the dream Lennie and George share?
 What instructions does George give Lennie in the
clearing in the woods?
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SECTION 2
What is wrong with Candy?
 Why does George speak for Lennie when
speaking to the boss?
 Curley wears a vaseline filled glove on one hand
and high-heeled boots. What does this say about
him?
 Why does Curley like beating up big guys?
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SECTION 3
In his story to Slim, what is George ashamed
about?
 What is Candy regretting in the section and why?
 How does the dream change in this section?
 Why does Curley attack Lennie?
 What happens to Curley?
 What is Slim’s response to Curley?
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SEPTEMBER 17
Write the sentence with the correct verb.
-In her spare time, the art student
(restore/restores) old paintings.
-The Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Civil
Rights Memorial (was/were) designed by Maya
Lin.
-The short stories in this anthology (is/are) by
various contemporary American Indian writers.
-The people across the hall, as well as the man
in the next apartment, (has/have) lived in the
building since the mid-1980s.
-Either of these videos (is/are) suitable for a
four-year-old.
-Each of the boys (do/does) his own cooking.
-Several of the students (has/have) transferred.
-All of the exercises (seem/seems) simple.
AGENDA
Section 3-4 Reading questions due
 OMM Review Section 4
 Editorial – acad vocab - argument,
counterargument, claim, tone, and theme
 HW – Schoology due Wed night; Vocab due Wed;
read through section 5 OMM; OMM Quiz
tomorrow
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SECTION 4
Why won’t Crooks let Lennie in his bunk?
 What does Curley’s wife start talking to the men
about?
 What is the story the men tell her about Curley’s
hand?
 How is she rude to the men? She says something
derogatory to all of them and to Crooks.
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SEPTEMBER 18
Write the sentence with the correct verb.
-More of the Senate (was/were) in favor of the
highway funding bill than (was/were) against
it.
-A jacket or a sweater (is/are) warm enough
for tonight.
-Either the singer or the musicians (is/are)
off-key.
-Here (is/are) the books you reserved.
-When (is/are) your finals?
-The team (has/have) won the semifinals.
-Twenty-seven dollars (is/are) all we have
raised so far.
-Eight hours (was/were) set aside for that
week-long miniseries about the Civil War.
AGENDA
Vocab HW due today; Schoology due today
 OMM Quiz
 OMM Review Section 5
 OMM Section 6
 Editorial – academic vocab
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VOCAB
Forecast –v: to predict or estimate in advance
 Forethought – n: a thought that comes beforehand,
a prediction
 Forewarn – v: to warn beforehand
 Posterior – n: the back side
 Posthumous – adj: happening after someone’s death
 Postpone – v:put off until a later time
 Preamble – n: an introduction or introductory
explanation
 Precaution – n: care taken beforehand
 Premature – adj: happening or ripening before the
natural or proper time
 Premier – n: the first performance or showing
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SECTION 5
What happens to Lennie’s puppy?
 What happens to Curley’s wife?
 Where does Lennie go?
 What is Curley’s reaction?
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EDITORIAL
Work with a partner
 Look up the academic vocab
 Write the definitions in your day book
 Read the editorial
 Annotate as you read
 Answer the questions together – each in your
own book
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SEPTEMBER 19
Write sentence with correct verb.
-To illustrate books for young readers
require/requires a vivid imagination.
-One junior, as well as four seniors,
has/have been invited to attend the
Milford Youth Council next month.
-Each one of these computers is/are on
sale.
-A few in my class help/helps the coach
set up the bleachers.
-None of the people in the theater
was/were sitting in the first two rows.
-Public relations and advertising is/are
exciting but often stressful work.
AGENDA
OMM Review Section 6
 OMM Four Corners – Sort of
 OMM Film Guide
 Acad Vocab Research
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SECTION 6
What visions does Lennie have?
 What transpires between Lennie and George?
 What is Slim’s response?
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SEPTEMBER 20
•Who
is the most positive character in
OMM? Why?
•Who is the guiltiest character? What
are they guilty of?
•Who is the most naïve character? Why?
•Who is the most marginalized
character? Why?
•Who is the character with the most
obstacles to freedom? What are they?
AGENDA
Vocab Quiz
 OMM Trial
 OMM Study Guide – Test Monday
 Academic Vocab Study Guide – Test Friday
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SEPTEMBER 24
1. One hundred and fifty gallons
(is/are) the amount of liquid the
average living room rug can absorb.
2. Someone-perhaps Emmanuel or
Paul – (know/knows) the right wine
to serve with earthworm lasagna.
3. These scissors (is/are) so dull that
I’m not sure you could slice butter
with them!
4. Physics (has/have) proven to be
Jerry’s easiest subject this semester.
He brings Carol, the lab assistant, an
oatmeal-raisin cookie, and as his
reward, she finishes his report.
AGENDA
OMM Trial Prep – 10 min
 OMM Trial
 Harlem Renaissance Intro
 Create visuals and paraphrase “I, Too,” and “The
Weary Blues.”
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TRIAL AGENDA
Prosecution Opening Statement
 Defense Opening Statement
 Prosecution witnesses.
 Defense cross examines witnesses.
 Defense witnesses.
 Prosecution cross examines.
 Defense questions defendant.
 Prosecution cross examines defendant.
 Prosecution closing statements.
 Defense closing statements.
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SEPTEMBER 25
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Before the show, the (performer,
performers) practice lines.
When my (dog, dogs) eat, I also
have a snack.
At the sound of the lifeguard’s
whistle, the (swimmer, swimmers)
exit the pool.
The lost (bill, bills) are in my coat
pocket.
The art (gallery, galleries) down
town displays amazing paintings.
AGENDA
Finish OMM Trials
 Harlem Renaissance Intro
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Music
 Poetry
 Art
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Create visuals and paraphrase “The Weary
Blues”
TRIAL AGENDA
Prosecution Opening Statement
 Defense Opening Statement
 Prosecution witnesses.
 Defense cross examines witnesses.
 Defense witnesses.
 Prosecution cross examines.
 Defense questions defendant.
 Prosecution cross examines defendant.
 Prosecution closing statements.
 Defense closing statements.
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POETRY VISUALS
“The Weary Blues” – pg 884
 Title
 Author
 Paraphrase
 Visual Representation – drawn or collage
 Your Name
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SEPTEMBER 26
What shapes your identity? What are
the qualities that are essential and
unique to your personality? What
makes you YOU?
AGENDA
Finish “The Weary Blues” paraphrase and
visual.
 Return Work.

Add Day Book Grade to Tracker.
 Add Test Grade to Tracker.
 Add Progress Report Grade to Tracker.
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
Begin Museum Exhibit Project.
AGENDA SEPTEMBER 27
-5 minutes to review – use it
wisely
-Acad Vocab Test
-New Novel Selection and
Reading
WHEN YOU FINISH…
Turn in test
 Grab a sheet from the stool and read.
 Then, read page 876 of your lit book.
 In your day book list ten examples of our current
mass culture and explain the effects you see on
our society.

SEPTEMBER 30
If you did not get to it on Friday,
write down 10 examples of current
mass culture and explain what the
positive and negative effects of mass
culture are.
If you did, did you also get an
independent reading assignment and
a Harlem Renaissance Research
Assignment? If not, see me.
AGENDA
Return Work – Complete Grade Tracker
 Review Acad Vocab Test
 Vocab 4 Words
 Independent Reading Assignment and Schoology
 Harlem Renaissance Research Assignment
 Harlem Renaissance and Modernism Notes
 Subject Verb Agreement Notes and Practice
 Day Book Check Two - Friday

VOCAB 4
Procrastinate
 Profess
 Prologue
 Promontory
 Propensity
 Retroactive
 Retrofire
 Retrogress
 Retrospect
 Retrospective

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
1.
Subjects joined by and use a plural verb.
a.
b.
2.
Singular subjects joined by or or nor use a singular
verb.
a.
b.
3.
She and her friends are going to the mall.
Paul and Gary have baseball practice.
The book or the pen is on the desk.
Elaine or Sophia sings at the home games.
When a singular and plural subject are joined by or or
nor, the verb should agree with the closest subject.
a.
b.
The boy or his friends run every day.
His friends or the boy runs every day.
SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
4. Do not be misled by a phrase between a subject and verb.
Cross it out and make the subject agree with the verb.
a.
b.
c.
One of the boxes is open.
The people who listen to that music are few.
The team captain, as well as his players, is anxious.
5. Each, Each one, either, neither, everyone, everybody,
anybody, anyone, somebody, someone, and no one are
singular – always – and take a singular verb.
a.
b.
c.
Everybody knows Mr. Smith.
Either is correct.
Each one gives his all.
OCTOBER 1
SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
1.
Nouns such as civics, mathematics, dollars*, measles,
and news use singular verbs.
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
The news is on at six.
Civics requires a prerequisite.
Five dollars is a lot of money.
*Seven dollars are sitting on the table.
Nouns such as scissors, tweezers, and shears use plural
verbs.
a.
b.
The scissors are dull.
The tweezers are sharp.
SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
3. Sentences beginning with there is or there are, the
subject follows the verb.
a. There are many questions.
b. There is a question.
4. Collective nouns are words that imply more than one
person but are considered singular and take a singular
verb – group, team, committee, class, and family.
a. The team travels on Friday.
b. The committee decides what to purchase.
SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
5. Expressions such as with, together with,
including, accompanied by, in addition to, or as
well do not change the number of the subject.
a. The President, accompanied by his wife, is
traveling to India.
b. All of the books, including yours, are in that
box.
READ PG 864
What challenges were Americans facing at this
time?
 Why would the writers of the time been
motivated to search for new truths?

A WORLD AT WAR PG 865

A World at War

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


Influence on writers
Affected millions
New kind of war – weapons and resources
Destroyed ideals
Hedonism – the pursuit of pleasure as a way of life
THINK ABOUT IT
How was World War I different from previous
wars?
 How does the quotation from A Farewell to Arms
illustrate the effect new methods of warfare had
on people’s beliefs?

JAZZ AGE PG 865 - 866

Jazz Age
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
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

Entertainment was an escape
Roaring twenties = good economy
Fun and freedom
19th amendment
Flapper
Prohibition
THE GREAT DEPRESSION – PG 866
Stock market crash – October 1929
 25% unemployment (currently 7%, 2009 10%)
 Dust Bowl – drought and damaged farms



John Steinbeck - OMM
FDR’s New Deal – aid programs
THINK ABOUT IT
What were the two main causes of the Great
Depression?
 How was FDR’s New Deal a different approach to
solving the nation’s economic problems?

CULTURAL INFLUENCES – PG 867
Mass media – luxury to necessity
 Mass production
 Conformity and materialism
 New ideas




Freud – the unconscious drives human behavior
Marx – struggle between classes
Einstein – theory of relativity changed science
THINK ABOUT IT
What effect did advertising have on Americans?
 What does Lewis mean by the comment that it’s
“the fellow with…an automobile and a nice little
family” who’s ruling America?
 Is Marx correct in his theory that history is a
constant struggle between classes?

NEW POETRY – PG 868
Industrialization
 Urbanization
 “this-ness”

“THE RED WHEELBARROW”

What ideas does the poem convey?
MODERN SHORT – PG 870
Why did the short story become popular in the
early 20th century?
 What did Stein mean when she called young
Americans a “lost generation?”
 Explain whether Hemingway’s principle of
writing is a good one.

HARLEM RENAISSANCE – PG 871
Great Migration
 “flowering of African-American arts”
 “the New Negro” – condescending?
 Exploration of identity

THINK ABOUT IT
Despite differences in their backgrounds, what
did the writers of the Harlem Renaissance share?
 What did Langston Hughes mean when he said
that “jazz is a heartbeat.”
 Is writing literature an effective means of
creating a cultural identity?

JOURNALISM – PG 872
How did many modern American writers develop
their craft?
 How might reporting on war or labor help writers
develop their fiction?
 Which is more valuable for humanity – literature
or journalism? Explain.

OCTOBER 2
AGENDA
Subject Verb Agreement
 Lab

Research
 Harlem Renaissance
 Make-up

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
1.
Plural indefinite pronouns use plural verbs – both, few,
many, and several.
a.
b.
2.
Few of the papers were good enough for an A.
Several of the students write well.
Some indefinite pronouns can be singular or plural – all,
any, either, none, some, more, and most. Use the object
of the preposition to help determine the correct verb.
a.
b.
Most of the work is finished.
Most of the books are out of date.
SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
3. With words that indicate portions – percent, fraction –
look at the noun of your phrase to determine whether a
singular or plural verb is needed.
a. Fifty percent of the pie has disappeared.
b. Fifty percent of the pies have disappeared.
4. The number is singular. A number is plural.
a. The number of people we need to hire is thirteen.
b. A number of people have written about the subject.
5. Use a singular verb with sums of money or periods of
time.
a. Ten dollars is a high price to pay.
b. Five years is the maximum sentence for that offense.
OCTOBER 3
AGENDA
Subject Verb Quiz Tomorrow
 Vocab Quiz Tomorrow
 Lab

Research
 Harlem Renaissance
 Make-up

OCTOBER 4
How do you capture a
moment?
AGENDA
Subject Verb Quiz
 Vocab 4 Quiz
 Exploring Imagism
 Write an imagist poem

OCTOBER 7
NEW VOCAB – Week 5 – Write these down
Circuit
Circulatory
Circumnavigate
Circumstance
Circumvent
Period
Periodic
Perigee
Periphery
Periscope
AGENDA
Harlem Renaissance Presentations
 Presentation Notes
 Vocab

OCTOBER 8
Write down 10 words that
come to mind when you
hear the word war.
RESPOND
What words did you hear repeated? What words
stuck with you? What words did you use that
someone else used? Did someone use a word you
thought was strange? What was it? Why do you
think it did not fit? Did someone use a word you
thought was striking? What was it? Why was it
striking? What does that mean about our
definitions of war?
AGENDA
Looking at Modern Warfare – pg1149
 Acad Vocab – tone, imagery, and deductive
reasoning
 Reading Why Soldiers Won’t Talk – pg 1172
 The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner – pg 1175
 Stories of War
 Reflection

TAKE NOTE
Oct 11 – MSL similar test/Daybook Check
 Oct 28 – Draft due to advisor
 Nov 8 – Draft with corrections due to me
 Nov 12 – Dec 6 – Conferences
 Dec 16 – Final Draft DUE

TAKE ANOTHER NOTE
Independent Reading Extra Credit
 Oct 11 - Favorite Lines
 Oct 16 - Trading Places
 Oct 20 - Compare and Contrast
 Oct 24 - The End
 Oct 25 - Test
MODERN WARFARE – PG 1149
World War II
 Pearl Harbor

 The
opening paragraph concludes with “many Americans still
clung to the dream of isolation – until Pearl Harbor woke them
from their illusions.” What does the writer mean?

Holocaust


The Cold War


In what ways was WWII “a catastrophe of epic
dimensions”?
In what sense did the Cold War directly affect even
more people than previous “hot” wars?
The Vietnam War
ACAD VOCAB
Tone – author’s attitude toward subject
 Imagery – the descriptive words and phrases
used to re-create sensory experiences
 Deductive reasoning – drawing a specific
conclusion from a general principle or idea

WHY SOLDIERS WON’T TALK – PG 1172
Have you ever felt a physical response to an
emotional situation? Describe what you felt.
 Why won’t soldiers talk about combat?
 What analogy does Steinbeck make toward the
end of the piece?

THE DEATH OF THE BALL TURRET
GUNNER – PG 1175
What is the author’s tone?
 How do you know?
 What imagery do you see?

STORIES
War Tapes
PREVIEW FOR TOMORROW
Revisiting Harlem Renaissance
 Working with a partner
 Creating a dialogue between your characters
 Embracing the character – becoming them
 Using online software to create a story board
 Alternate Assessment for those not prepared

REFLECTION
Why do we fight for freedom? Why do we go to
war? How does war make us free? How can war
confine us? What message or messages do you
get from the pieces we studied today? How can
man justify inhumanity toward fellow man?
OCTOBER 9
Write a paragraph from the
perspective of the Harlem
Renaissance individual you
researched. Who are you? What do
you want people to know about you?
What do you represent? Why should
we remember you? Why should we
talk about what you did?
AGENDA
Choose a song to annotate – determine the
theme, tone, imagery, and mood.
 Connect the modern piece to the piece you
studied.
 Discuss and create your dialogue.
 Collaborate and Create your Storyboard.
 Storyboard Sample

REFLECT
1)
Take on the persona of the person your partner
researched. Who are you? What do you want
people to know about you? Why should we
remember you?
2)
Switch. Did they get it right? Is there
anything they left out that you thought was
important?
OCTOBER 10
Reflect on yesterday’s class.
You were supposed to analyze a
text and discuss the text as if
you were your Harlem
Renaissance characters. Were
you successful? Why or why
not?
AGENDA
Vocab Quiz tomorrow
 Test tomorrow
 Last look at the dialogues
 Stories of war
 Reflection
 Fundreds

STORIES
Emmanuel Jal
Children of the Taliban
OCTOBER 11 AGENDA
-Test
OCTOBER 14
5 minutes to review vocab 5
words
MID-TERM STUDY GUIDE
Setting
 Social context
 Rising action
 Inference
 Connotation
 Theme
 Conflict
 Naturalist idea
 Thesis
 Gerund
 Tone
 Resolution

Irony
 Simile
 Sensory detail
 Descriptive language
 Composition of photos
 Depth of field
 Subject Verb Agreement
 Present tense verbs
 Passive voice
 Active voice
 Pronoun Antecedent
Agreement

AGENDA
Cumulative Root Words Vocab Quiz Friday
 Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
 Skepticism Scenarios
 New Acad Vocab

PRONOUN ANTECEDENT NOTES
Pronouns are used to replace nouns.
 Simple Pronouns



Compound Pronouns


Myself, someone, anybody, everything, itself,
whatsoever
Phrasal Pronouns


I, you, he, she , it, we, they, who, what
One another, each other
Antecedent is the noun that the pronoun refers to
or replaces.

The woman loves her new shoes.
PRONOUN ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT

A personal pronoun takes the place of a noun.


Our coach made her point without raising her voice.
A reflexive pronoun is formed by adding self or selves
to a personal pronoun.
Aaliyah loves herself. (direct object of love)
 Billy does not seem himself today. (predicate nominative)
 Cole will read to himself. (object of the preposition)
 Toddlers usually cannot give themselves a bath. (indirect
object)


An intensive pronoun is a reflexive pronoun that
emphasizes the noun or pronoun it refers to

The dessert the children baked themselves tasted –
interesting.
SKEPTICISM SCENARIOS
Have you ever been skeptical about something you
have heard? Was someone telling you an
unbelievable story about an event from the
weekend? Was someone telling the teacher a story
about what happened to their homework? Was
someone telling you about the time they played
basketball with Michael Jordan? Was someone
telling you they were related to someone famous?
What made their story believable or unbelievable?
Why were you skeptical? How did they tell the
story?
With a partner, write up an unbelievable story
(true or not). Then, we will decide if we should be
skeptical or not.
ACAD VOCAB
Regionalism – writing that tried to capture the
customs, character, and landscapes of the
nation’s distinct regions
 Local color – writing that brings a region alive by
portraying its dress, mannerisms, customs,
character types, and speech
 Dialect – language spoken in a geographic area
or by a particular group

ACAD VOCAB
Hyperbole – figure of speech exaggerating a
point; I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
 Understatement – downplaying the significance
of the outlandish, often to ironic or humorous
effect



We didn’t do very well…after losing 47 - 0
Overstatement – saying something is greater
than it actually is

I’m going to die…after getting a papercut
ACAD VOCAB
Tall Tale – features outlandish characters and
events; aims to fool or impress the listener; based
on oral tradition
 Frame story – story within a story
 Setting
 Inference

OCTOBER 15
Write down two truths and a lie.
Don’t share them yet.
AGENDA
Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Practice
 Mark Twain – pg 658
 Reading Jumping Frog – pg 684
 ID Acad Vocab during reading
 New Acad Vocab

PRONOUN ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT

Possessive Pronouns show ownership.
Personal Pronouns Singular
Plural
First Person
I, me (my,
mine)
We, us (our,
ours)
Second Person
You (your,
yours)
He, him, she,
her, it (his, her,
hers, its)
You (your,
yours)
They, them,
(their, theirs)
Third Person
PRONOUN PRACTICE
UNDERLINE PRONOUNS ONCE; POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS TWICE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
…and one day that you see him
‘til they walk in his footsteps and try to be him
The devil is alive, I feel him breathin’
Claiming money is the key, so keep on dreamin’
…lottery tickets, just to tease us…
His job try to claim that he too niggerish now
Is it ‘cause his skin blacker than liquorish now
I can’t figure it out, I’m sick of it now…
And nothing last forever but be honest babe
It hurts but it may be the only way
MARK TWAIN – PG 658
1835-1910
 Samuel Longhorne Clemens
 Grew up on the Mississippi River
 Rumor behind his name
 He was a deserter.
 He was in debt when he died.

JUMPING FROG – PG 684
Examples of dialect
 Examples of overstatement

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Lines 45-49
Line 70
Lines 85-88
Lines 97-98
Lines 111-113
ACAD VOCAB
Theme – author’s message
 Thesis statement – states a claim to an argument
 Plot – sequence of events in a story
 Rising Action – conflict develops towards climax
 Climax – turning point in the story; or when readers’
interest reach its peak
 Resolution – final outcome; ties up loose ends
 Active Voice – subject performs the verb



Passive Voice – subject receives the verb (less direct,
less forceful, less concise)


Zora Neale Hurston wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Their Eyes Were Watching God was written by Zora Neale
Hurston.
Tone – writer’s attitude
OCTOBER 16
Returned Graded Work
OCTOBER 17
Agree or Disagree
--The man is the head of the household.
-Married people are not free to be
themselves.
-Married people are the happiest people.
-Being alone is better than being married.
-Marriage is forever.
-Love and marriage are two different things.
-Marriage is about money.
-You can stop loving your spouse.
-Love conquers all.
-Your spouse doesn’t need to know
everything about your past.
AGENDA
Story of an Hour – page 782
 Desiree’s Baby
 Reading and ID acad vocab
 Root Word Vocab Cumulative Quiz Tomorrow
 School Pictures

STORY OF AN HOUR – PG 782
Active vs Passive Voice
 Rising Action
 Climax
 Theme

OCTOBER 18
What if no one took you
seriously? How would you
react if no one took you
seriously?
AGENDA
Cumulative Vocab Quiz
 New Acad Vocab
 Reading The Yellow Wallpaper – pg 798

ACAD VOCAB
Narrator – character or voice that relates the
story
 First-person narrator –character in the story,
telling the story
 Setting – where the story takes place
 Social context – the social conditions that
inspired or influenced the author
 Present tense – more effective writing; places
reader directly into action
 Past tense – distances readers from the events;
less effective

OCTOBER 21
At the time the story was published
(1892), most critics read it as a horror
tale about madness, or an exposé of
women’s medical treatment. Only a
few saw what feminists in the 1970’s
would interpret as Gilman’s political
assumptions. Feminists read the
story as a criticism of marriage and
the oppression of women. Which do
you favor…citing evidence from the
text?
AGENDA
Review Yellow Wallpaper
 Discuss Social Context
 Revising Past Tense to Present Tense
 Looking Ahead

Lab Day Wednesday for Research Paper Writing
 Day Book Check 3 Wednesday
 Mid Term Review Thursday
 Guest Speaker Friday
 Mid Term Monday
 Extra Credit Test Tuesday

DAYBOOK CHECK 3 – WED OCT 23
1. 9/13 – OMM writing prompt
2. 9/17 – OMM Reading Q’s Chap 3-4
3. 9/20 – OMM Character Superlatives
4. 9/26 – Identity
5. 9/27 – Mass Culture
6. 9/30 – SV Notes
7. 10/1 – SV Notes
8. 10/1 – Harlem Notes
9. 10/2 – SV Notes
10. 10/4 – Capturing a moment
11. 10/8 – Words of war
12. 10/9 – Harlem Ren – Who are you?
13. 10/10 – Storyboard reflection
14. 10/15 – 2 truths and a lie
15. 10/18 – What if no one took you seriously?
SOCIAL CONTEXT OF YELLOW WALLPAPER
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Wives were expected to obey their
husbands.
Women had much easier lives back then.
Women were denied meaningful work.
Men treated women like children.
Ugly rooms can make you mad.
After childbirth, wives got sick.
REVISE TO PRESENT TENSE
They lived in a forlorn-looking house that stood alone,
and had an air of starvation. A few straggling savin
trees, symbols of sterility, grew near it; no smoke ever
curled from its chimney; no traveler stopped at its
door. A miserable horse, whose ribs were as
connected as the bars of a gridiron, stalked about a
field, where a thin carpet of moss, scarcely covering
the ragged beds of pudding stone, teased and
frustrated his hunger; and sometimes he would lean
his head over the fence, look sadly at the passer-by,
and seem to ask for freedom from this land of famine.
OCTOBER 22
OCTOBER 23
Lab Day for working on Research Papers
OCTOBER 24
OCTOBER 25
OCTOBER 28
Mid Term Today
OCTOBER 29
Look back at your notes. We started a unit called
“Fight for Freedom.” We read Why Soldiers Won’t
Talk, The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner. We
watched the stories of Emmanuel Jal and his
story of being a child soldier in the Sudan. We
watched War Tapes and Children of the Taliban.
We heard from a soldier who is a combat artist.
What do you remember from these experiences?
What stands out? Describe it and explain why.
AGENDA
Extra Credit Test Today
 Survival from Auschwitz – pg 1188

FROM SURVIVAL IN AUSCHWITZ – PG 1188
How can you connect Levi’s story to another story
you know about the Holocaust?
 What is the author’s tone?

REFLECT
Describe Survival in Auchwitz. Talk about the
tone, imagery, mood, and theme as you
understand it from the piece. How does the piece
fit our unit – Fight for Freedom?
THE EXPERIMENT
The Clarks
 Modern Doll Test
