Tuesday/ Wednesday
Quick News…
• 6 weeks to review for the CST!!!
– Between my class and Mr. Harry’s class, you will go over every
single thing you have learned this year… get excited and you’re
welcome!!!!!
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65 days until the end of the school year
46 school days
27 more times that you have to go to each class
Monday Roots  you will get three new roots and create a
root diagram for each one where you will find words that
contain the root
• CST Mini-Quiz every other Thursday/Friday
• Vocab Quiz every other Thursday/Friday (same day as CST
mini-quiz)
Agenda
1.
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3.
4.
Roots
Outlining and Note Taking
Info Text Jackie Robinson
The Giver Ch 1-12 Recap
24 R -Root Diagram
• Root: BENE• Meaning: good
• Examples: benefit; benefactor
• Root: AUDI• Meaning: hear
• Examples: audience, audible
• Root: MAL• Meaning: bad
• Examples: malevolent; malicious
24R- Let’s chart out the first root
together…
Benefactor: a
person who helps
or supports
another
Benevolent:
characterized
by goodwill or
kind feelings
Root: BeneMeaning:
Good
Benefit:
something that
is an advantage
or good
Benediction:
an utterance
of good
wishes
24L – Root Diagram--Assignment: Working
with a partner you will have 10 minutes to
chart out the roots AUDI- and MAL--Use a dictionary to help you find words
that contain your root.
Word #1
with
definition
Word #4
with
definition
Root:
Meaning:
Word #3
with
definition
Word #2
with
definition
Outlining and Note Taking (page 25R)
NOTE TAKING!!
 Note
taking is a skill you need when taking
class notes, so that they are organized and neat.
This way, you can review and study better!!
 Note taking is also useful while reading, in
order to improve reading comprehension. If you
take effective notes while you read, you will
understand the story better, and be able to
identify the main idea!!
 Let’s take a look at what it should look like…
EFFECTIVE NOTE TAKING
Title
•One main point•Detail of the main point
•Detail of the main point
•Another main point•Detail of this main point
•A more specific detail
•Another main point
Details get more
specific as they are
indented. Make a
space between your
main points, so you
can read them more
clearly!!
As you can
see, the notes
are very
organized.
They are not
just one
continuous
sentence, nor
are they just
written down
wherever
there is room
on your
paper!!
WHAT NOTE TAKING SHOULD NOT LOOK LIKE
Do Now
1.) noun
2.) noun
3.) verb
The main idea is the most
important point that the author is
writing. You must find the
important details. For example:
The main idea of the story
Twilight is that a human falls in
love with a vampire, but the
relationship can be dangerous.
How to find main idea read the
passage carefully, identify the
topic, ask what big ideas the
author is trying to tell you based
on the topic, see if the rest of the
passage refers to the big idea.
This may have all
the information,
but it is not
organized. It is
much easier to
read bullet points,
than to read one
long paragraph.
It should look like
this…
Main idea
•The main idea is the most important
point that the author is writing.
•You must find the important
This is much details.
•For example: The main idea of
more
the story Twilight is that a
organized
human falls in love with a
vampire, but the relationship
and easier to
can be dangerous.
read/study!!
•How to find main idea•1.) read the passage carefully
•2.) identify the topic
•3.) ask what big ideas the author is
trying to tell you based on the
topic
•4.) see if the rest of the passage
refers to the big idea.

The Lady and the Spider
The narrator’s neighbor, who is a ladyShe comes out of her door
 Screams loudly because she sees a spider web
 Freaks out, then runs to the back door of her house
Always add
the title!!

This outline gives you the
points from the story in
 The main
spider’s view A an
lady spider,
who has been working
on her web
ORGANIZED
way!!
It for a while
 Everything is going well, until her web is torn loose, and something is
makes
easier to go back and
making
a loud it
noise
 The spider realizes she has caught a human being
re-read for the main idea,
 The lady believes the spider is hugerather
than
reading
the
whole
 Will
probably take
a shower
to make sure
the spider
is gone
 Spiders
as creaturesstory
again. Also, it is clear
 They have been around 350 million years
enough
who has
 There
are a lot offor
them someone,
around
 There
to make
webs
is amazingto
notability
read
the
story,
 The eensy-weensy spider songunderstand what it is about!!
 Many people know the song


The song puts the spider’s adventures in simple terms
Living things are survivors
OUTLINING!!
Outlining is used as a prewriting activity when you are
about to write a paper.
 Outlining is very similar to note taking. The structure is
almost identical!!
 When you outline, you organize your ideas from the main
ideas to the specific details.
 Let’s take a look at an example…

Title (Theme)
I. Main Idea #1 (Broad)
A.) Topic A (General)
Notice that with
1.) Sub Topic A (Specific)
each indent,
your information
a.) Detail A (Very Specific)
becomes more
2.) Sub Topic B
specific.
II. Main Idea #2
-Some
outlines may have different
numbering techniques, but the idea is
still the same.
-You have your most general idea at the
top, then write more specific details the
more you indent!!
-This method is the same for note taking!!
BRAINPOP
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http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/outlines
/
(PAGE 25L) AFTER YOU READ ABOUT JACKIE ROBINSON,
YOU WILL TAKE NOTES IN AN OUTLINE FORMAT.
I. Early Life
A.
B.
C.
II. Breaking the Color Barrier
A.
B.
C.
III. Baseball Hero
A.
B.
IV. A Voice for African-American Athletes
A.
B.
V. Causes and Legacy
A.
B.
THURSDAY/ FRIDAY
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
VOCAB PRACTICE
Info text
Chapter presentations
The Giver-chapter 15-16
Superlatives
(page 23R) New Words #6
Word
POS
Definition
Courage
Noun
the quality that enables a person to face difficulty,
danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.
Dangerous
Adjective
able or likely to cause physical injury
Middle
adjective
equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central
Arrangement
Noun
the manner or way in which things are arranged or
ordered
Gasp
Verb
a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise
Permitted
Verb
allowed to do something
Components
Noun
An essential part, element, or ingrédient
Astonishing
Adjective
causing astonishment or surprise; amazing
Complain
Verb
to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure,
resentment, or grief; find fault:
Apologize
Verb
to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult,
failure, or injury amoung among fgdfg er
Vocabulary Practice (page 26L)
• You will work in pairs to create sentences with
your vocabulary words and the sentence strips
particles.
• Each sentence strip particle must be used once
and only once.
• When you think you have all of the sentences
constructed correctly, raise your hand to have to
check your sentences.
• Once I have checked your sentences, write the
complete sentences in your interactive
notebooks on page 26L.
INFORMATIONAL TEXT PRACTICE (PAGE 27L)
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS BASED ON
THE TWO ARTICLES ABOUT JACKIE ROBINSON.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
What is JR best known for?
How old was JR when he died?
Why was JR forced to leave UCLA before he
graduated?
When was JR’s debut game with the Dodgers?
Why was this game so important?
Why was JR considered a baseball hero? Cite
evidence from the text.
What marches did JR participate in?
How did JR help black business owners?
“JR was an important civil rights activist.” Cite
two pieces of evidence to either support or
disprove this quote.
CHAPTER 1-12 RECAP (PAGE 26R)
You will work in groups of 3 or 4 to summarize
one of the chapters from The Giver.
 You will fill in your chapter’s box and then
present the box to the class and everyone will fill
in their box.
 You will fill in the rest of your boxes as your
classmates present their chapters.
 You will have 15 minutes to fill in your box, and 1
minute to present it to the class.
 Chapter Box Requirements

3 bullet points outlining the main points
 1 quick drawing/symbol with a 1 sentence
explanation.
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SUPERLATIVES (PAGE 27R)
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1.
You need to create a
comparative or
superlative for the
following adjectives
based on our class novel,
The Giver.
You can compare people
of things from the story.
The first one is done for
you below…
Jonas is the most
honest person in
Sameness.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Honest
Curious
Quiet
Pretty
Happy
Hard
Confusing
Comfortable
Beautiful
Serious