Warm-ups
*Almost daily as an entry activity
*Varied in task
*Students responsible to keep until
collected for grading
*Collected twice a 6 weeks
*They will be one Major Grade per 6
weeks
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Grading Standards: (5 =100%, anything less is 0%)
Number, Title, and Date at the top of each entry, (imitating the
PowerPoint prompt); stapled in order when collected
No more than 2 entries on a page, must be separated by a
drawn line
Tasks complete as assigned
Shows effort and/or creativity (Depending on topic)
Neat: no graffiti or unrelated drawing, no torn or wrinkled
paper
Warm-up #1
Names
Read:
What’s in a Name?: Names are an integral part of
who we are. They shape our sense of who we are. Are
these the names you would have chosen for yourself?
Surname (Last name), middle name, first name? Is there a
story behind your naming? Someone famous, a family
member, weird initials? Does your name have symbolic
meaning? Is it ethnic or historic or literary? Did your
parents consider other names? In short, how do you live
with your name?
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Create:
A Circle Map (See example on next slide) to explore ideas
about your name.
-In the center, put your full name.
-In the next circle outside: make notes about
your name. Consider the prompt. No wrong
answer.
--In the outer box, list your sources of information
about your name.
**Remember – this is about your name – not about you.
8/26/13
A name website I
looked up once
My Parents
(Adoptive)
My first name
came from my
birth parents My first name
means “small and
wise”
My parents considered
My original last
renaming me when I
name was Woodruff
I spelled my name
was adopted at 18
“Hogstad” in First
months old – They
grade
considered “Amy” –
My last name isYUCK!
Shannon
I knew more boy
Norwegian; Most people
M
Shannons than girl
Christine
think German
My initials are the same
Shannons growing
Haugstad
as a good friend
up
growing up: Sonja
My first name is
Caroline Hanson
My initials “SCH” also the
My adoptive
are the first part of principal river
parents gave me
“school” – so it fits in Ireland
my middle name;
my chosen
They just liked it
occupation
A picture of me in
the hospital at 1 day
My own
old with “Baby girl
memories
Woodruff” on a card
on my stomach
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Warm-up #1 (continued)
Names
Part II: a Quick write
Now, turn your paper over and
wait for directions.
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8/26/13
Warm-up #2
You, the bubble map
8/27/13
Read:
Take a look at the Personal/Character Qualities handout. Look for adjectives to
describe yourself. Choose at least 6. Find at least one word you have never used
before. Put a + by positive words (Words with a positive connotation) and a – by
negative words (Words with a negative connotation).
Create:
A Bubble Map(See template on the wall) to explore words that you think describe you.
In the center, put your Initials
In the Bubbles surrounding, put your adjectives
In the outer frame, jot down ideas about how you
know these words fit you!
Perceptive
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Loyal
urbane
Emaciated
vulgar
F.I.L.
Warm-up #3
Sentence Model #1
8/28/13
Read
(and write down on your paper):
“Ender felt his back spasm, and his body
arched violently backwards; his head
struck the bed” (Card 3).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Hmmmmm. . . I know
I’ve heard that word
diction. . . it’s almost
like dictionary. . . I
wonder if there is a
connection. . .
Answer the following
(On your paper)
What is (Card 3)?
What type of sentence is this?
Identify the subject(s) and Predicate(s)
in the sentence
What is diction?
What words seem particularly well
chosen? Choose one word and write
about its effect on the sentence.
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Warm-up #4
Sentence imitation 1
8/29/13
Re-Read and analyze
Model Compound Sentence:
“Ender felt his back spasm, and his body
arched violently backwards; his head
struck the bed” (Card 3).
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Write
Family:
Patrick unveiled the
spider dangling, and
his twin snickered
maliciously nearby;
their sister opened the
door.
Working with your table group, write
three more sentences that copy the
structure of the model sentence utilizing
the following topics
1. Your family
2. A meal
3. A favorite movie or book
Warm-up #5
Article #1 Questions
8/30/13
**Vocabulary Sentences: Hold
***Syllabus: Turn in to box
Read:
Back through the article about Facebook
trash talk
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At least four questions about the article:
Write
at least one of each level. Be sure to label
your questions with their level number!
I think I
should use my
notes that I
took in class
yesterday
Warm-up #6
Connections
9/03/13
**Greek Mythology Research: Hold
Read:
Personal Synectics makes the familiar strange and the
strange familiar. It is the basis of all metaphor and
involves the process of creative problem-solving. The
following question ask for a choice between unrelated
answers, answers which can be logically related
somehow, and yet, there is no single correct answer.
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Write
Are you more like May or December?
Be sure to support your assertion
(Claim) with specific examples and
details.
Ummm. . .
How can I be a
season?
Warm-up #7
The opposite
9/04/13
**Greek Mythology Research/Chart: Get out and hold
**Turn in your re-write of a paragraph
Read:
It is a skill to be able to effectively argue both sides of
an issue. Write an opposite opinion, and be
believable!
Write
Yesterday, you were either May or
December. Today, you will argue that
you are the opposite. Don’t forget to
be specific in detail and include stories
and examples to support your ideas.
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Ummm. . .
Wasn’t I just
December
yesterday?
How can I now
be May?
Warm-up #8
Hero Defined
9/05/13
**Greek Mythology Research/Chart: Get out and hold
Read: (from a Blog Post: “Hero- overused word of the hour.”)
Barryweber: “The absurb overuse of hero designation is a phenomenon of the media,
primarily. I do not hear, in normal conversation, the word ever being used. I think
there is an intrinsic understanding among most people that there is a hallowedness
implicit in the word and that the use of the word hero should be spare. But that is not
true of the news-spitters on Channels 4,5,6,7, or 11. Watch them tonight and you WILL
see one or more of them succumb to the apparently always-audible sirens’ song of
invitation to sing of the great Ulysses’ glorious deeds. The fireman climbing the tree
for a cat, the 7’3″ mega-rich forward going in for a layup, and the clerk who ran out of
the store and up the street to return a forgotten purse to a customer: sorry, but I’ve
seen the pictures of firemen heading up stair cases that are about to come tumbling
down. You have, too. And they are my benchmark now for defining heroism.”
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Write: (1/2 page)
What does the word hero mean to you? Agree,
disagree or find a different way of approaching the
subject from the blog post quote above.
Warm-up #9
god-like power!
9/06/13
Read: Powers of the gods of Greek mythology:
Animal manipulation
Control of water
Earth control
Electrical manipulation
Emotion manipulation
Enhanced intelligence
Enhanced marksmanship
Enhanced strength
Fire manipulation
Flying
Healing
Invisibility
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Light control
Lunar manipulation
Plant manipulation
Precognition
Shape-shifting
Sonic scream
Sound manipulation
Super speed
Telepathy
Teleportation
Turning people into animals
Weather /season manipulation
I choose
precognition!
Then I could see
into the future!
Wait, now I need
to tell a story
about when that
would have been
nice to have.
Write
A paragraph in which you identify and explain
which Greek god power you would most like to
have and why?
Homework for Monday: You tube video!
Title: (to search)
The Hero's Journey / Monomyth
URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=SB_Q1gFsvIw
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**Link is on my webpage
**Sent out over Remind 101
Warm-up #10
Addicted to tech?
9/09/13
Read:
1. According to Dictionary.com, Addiction is defined as “the
state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something
that is psychologically or physically habit-forming. . .”
2. Consider: Are teenagers addicted to their technology such as
phones, social media (Twitter, etc.), computers, and gaming
systems?
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Write:
1. A paragraph in which
you explain whether or
not, based on the above
definition, you think
teens are addicted to
technology.
Warm-up #11
Unscramble!
9/10/13
At your table are sentence pieces. Unscramble to
form one complex sentence. You do not need
any extra words; However, you may need some
punctuation to make it work! Good luck
Write:
1. Your newly unscrambled sentence in today’s
entry,
then,
2. Create one more sentence that has the same
structure (pieces); In other words, imitate this
sentence using a topic of your own choosing.
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Unscrambled answer: (the original, anyway –
yours may be equally valid an answer!)
When his father, who was old and
twisted with toil, made over to him the
ownership of the farm and seemed
content to creep away to a corner and
wait for death, he shrugged his
shoulders, and he dismissed the old
man from his mind.
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From Winesburg, Ohio (a novel)
by Sherwood Anderson
Warm-up #12
Odyssey translations
9/11/13
**Greek Mythology Research/Chart: Get out and hold
**Remind me to talk about the c-notes, embedding quotes, APES, article
Read:
Your handout
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Listen:
to the Odyssey translation
read by Sir Ian McKellan
Write:
After listening to the Fagles translation and reading
both translations, which do you prefer? Be specific in
your choice, and reference the text!
Warm-up #13
Description of Cyclops
Read:
Skim back through the first 155
lines from The Odyssey
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Write:
A paragraph in which you use
at least two embedded quotes
from last night’s reading,
describing
1. Odysseus (Last names A-M)
2. The Cyclops (Last names NZ)
9/12/13
Two eyes are definitely
better than one! I might
“Care not a whistle” for
“Thundering Zeus or all
the gods in bliss”, too, if
I was only given one eye!
Wait, did I just EMBED a
quote in my thoughts???
Warm-up #14
Vocabulary Test Prep
9/13/13
Read:
From Yahoo Answers
Question: What's the best way to study vocabulary?
I want to study [some] vocabulary words. . . for [a] test. Which methods work best . . . when you study a lot of
vocabulary words? (And better yet, which methods are most effective for retaining those words?)
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker
I used to be an actress and learning page after page of script was not easy. I found that utilizing all parts of the
brain is what makes the learning process faster.
So write out a sentence, while saying it out loud ( so that you hear the word as well as speaking it), and ( I don't
know why this matters but it does!), try to be moving around at the same time! That's why you see actors
pacing around a lot!
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Another idea is to record the words and listen to them while doing other things (like jogging or drawing).
Also approach each word from both directions ... that is, have someone give the definition and see if you can
remember the word, then do it the other way round with someone giving you the word and see if you can
remember the definition. Gradually eliminate the words you are getting right and focus on those you continue
to have trouble with.
Write:
A brief description of how you prepared for
today’s test! Then, respond to the suggestions
above, embedding at least one quote!
I studied
so hard,
my other
eyeball fell
out!
Warm-up #15
Review of Warm-up Standards
09/16/13
Read:
As you look over your returned warm-ups: Please note that these
standards still apply. This time, I focused on #1,3,4,5
I did not count off for #2; Next time, I will count off for #2 as well.
Write: each standard in your own words.
Grading Standards: (5 =100%, anything less is 0%)
1. Number, Title, and Date at the top of each entry,
(imitating the PowerPoint prompt); stapled in
order when collected
2. No more than 2 entries on a page, must be
separated by a drawn line
3. Tasks complete as assigned
4. Shows effort and/or creativity (Depending on
topic)
5. Neat: no graffiti or unrelated drawing, no torn or
wrinkled paper
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Oh, yeah!
I
remember
this. I
should
write it
down.
Warm-up #16
Synectics 2
09/17/13
Read:
Hammer: a tool with a heavy metal head mounted at right angles
at the end of a handle, used for jobs such as breaking things and
driving in nails.
Nail: a small metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven
typically into wood with a hammer to join things together or to
serve as a peg or hook.
**Definitions from dictionary.com
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Are you a hammer or a nail?
Write:
Remember, there are no wrong answers.
Make connections between you and one
of these items in some way and
EXPLAIN why it fits you. Be creative.
Minimum: 5 sentences.
I’m kind of
skinny, so
maybe a nail. . .
But I like to hit
things, so maybe
I’m a hammer.
Warm-up #17
Author’s purpose
09/18/13
Read: from the purple literature book, pages 1220-1221,
lines 355-374.
Write:
About the author’s purpose for this
section of the episode by answering one
of the following:
1. What does it accomplish in terms of
intended effect on the audience?
2. What does it reveal about the
character of Polyphemus?
Explain. Minimum 5 sentences.
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I’m the audience,
right? So how do I
feel in the story right
now? That’s probably
how Homer wanted
me to feel. How did
he do that? And, how
about Polyphemus at
this point in the story,
what do I think about
him? Did Homer do
that on purpose, too?
Warm-up #18
Hero’s Journey and Odysseus
09/19/13
Have out/Read: Your handouts on the Hero’s Journey
Write:
About which stages of the
Hero’s Journey you have read
about so far in the sections we
have read. Feel free to either
draw the circle, or simply list
each stage in a list
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Hmmmm, Call
to adventure:
Could this be
the call from
Agamemnon to
come to the
Trojan War?
Warm-up #19
Theme
09/20/13
Read:
Theme can be defined as the underlying message
about life or human nature that a writer wants the
reader to understand. Consider the following list of
Topics:
revenge/retribution
loyalty/disloyalty
Home
courage/cowardice
cruelty/violence
custom/tradition
Death
defeat/failure
chance/fate/luck
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Write:
A paragraph about what
Homer might be saying about
one of the theme topics
through the story of The
Odyssey.
Warm-up #20
Underworld
09/23/13
**Turn in your Vocabulary Unit 4 sentences
Consider this list:
the Acheron
Elysian Fields
Hades
Tantalus
Persephone
Sisyphus
Charon
Cerberus
Hermes
Tireseis
Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Aeacus,
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Write:
Write down each name and what you know
about them. What area of Greek Mythology are
these names from? Fill in what you did not know
as we discuss
Warm-up #21
Review
09/24/13
**No Vocabulary for this week; Take the opportunity to study all vocabulary**
Read:
Grab a purple book. Thumb back
through the episodes, looking for
the names of characters and places.
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Write:
Write down each name and briefly
describe each one.
9/26/13: No Warm-up!
Clear your desk and take
out your notes, a piece of
paper and a writing utensil
{ APES/SUMMARY
for your
re-test. Separate your desk
from your neighbor and
mentally prepare to test!
Warm-up #22
Knight’s Tale, part one Questions
09/27/13
**No Vocabulary for this week; Take the opportunity to study all vocabulary**
Read back through your notes for “A Knight’s Tale,”
part 1.
Write:
1. Questions you had from
the text, (Include line #)
or
2. Use your levels of
questions notes and create
two level two questions we
can consider as a class. Be
prepared to share.
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How do you pronounce
“Arcite?” Does it rhyme with
fight? Or is the “e”
pronounced, so that it rhymes
with day? And is the “c”
supposed to be an “s” or a
“k” sound?
Warm-up #23
Knight’s Tale, news!
09/30/13
**No Vocabulary for this week; Take the opportunity to study all vocabulary**
Read back through your notes for “A
Knight’s Tale,” part 1 and 2.
Write a one to two sentence newspaper lead
as if the story we are reading was a news
event happening now (yesterday, today).
Cover to where we are in the story. The 5
W’s (Who, what, when, where, why, and
how) must be addressed: (Make a chart if
necessary). Include a catchy title.
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Warm-up #24
Rock, Paper, Scissors 1
10/01/13
READ:
In 2006, American federal judge Gregory Presnell from the Middle District of
Florida ordered opposing sides in a lengthy court case to settle a trivial (but lengthily
debated) point over the appropriate place for a deposition using the game of rockpaper-scissors. The ruling in Avista Management v. Wausau Underwriters stated:
Upon consideration of the Motion - it is ORDERED that said Motion is
DENIED. Instead, the Court will fashion a new form of alternative dispute resolution, to
wit: at 4:00 P.M. on Friday, June 30, 2006, counsel shall convene at a neutral site
agreeable to both parties. If counsel cannot agree on a neutral site, they shall meet on the
front steps of the Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse. Each lawyer shall be entitled to be
accompanied by one paralegal who shall act as an attendant and witness. At that time
and location, counsel shall engage in one game of "rock, paper, scissors." The winner of
this engagement shall be entitled to select the location for the 30(b)(6) deposition to be
held somewhere in Hillsborough County during the period July 11–12, 2006.
The public release of this judicial order, widely circulated among area lawyers,
was seemingly intended to shame the respective law firms regarding their litigation
conduct by settling the dispute in a farcical manner.
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Write: Your opinion of this judge’s ruling.
½ page minimum
Warm-up #25
Rock, Paper, Scissors 2
10/02/13
Read:
Rock blunts or breaks scissors:
rock defeats scissors.
Scissors cut paper:
scissors defeats paper.
Paper covers, sands or captures rock:
paper defeats rock.
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Write: Are you Rock, Paper, or Scissors?
½ page minimum