Monday
This Week’s Vocab:
Rhetoric- The art of writing or
speaking effectively
Simile-A direct comparison using like
or as
Stanza -A poetry term for
paragraph; a section of a poem
Example:
1. During school, students should
give more attention to their
rhetoric when writing or speaking,
2. She is as fast as a cheetah is an
example if a simile.
3. When writing poems, writers use
stanzas instead of paragraphs as
their chosen format.
Vocab Review
1. “My heart is a drum that
constantly beats” is an
example of
A. Hyerbole
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Personification
2. “ I went to Catina Laredo for
dinner last night” is an
example of which point of
view?
A. first person
B. second person
C. third person
Tuesday
1.
Keeping busy at important tasks is
much more motivating than having
too little to do. Today's employees
are not afraid of responsibility. Most
people are willing to take on extra
responsibility in order to have more
variety in their positions. In addition,
along with that responsibility should
come more authority to
independently carry out some
important tasks.
The main idea of the paragraph is that
A. variety and independence on the job
increase employee motivation.
B. to avoid boredom, many people do
more work than their jobs require of
them.
C. today's employees are demanding
more independence than ever
before.
D. office jobs in the past have carried less
responsibility.
2.
Women business owners are
critically important to the
American economy, yet women
still face unique obstacles in the
business world. The U.S. Small
Business Administration offers a
variety of programs and services
to help women-owned
businesses succeed and to
advocate for women
entrepreneurs.
This paragraph best supports the
statement that women
business owners
A. have more success in the United
States than in other countries.
B. cannot succeed without outside
help.
C. may find the Small Business
Administration a useful resource.
D. should not make any major
decisions without seeking the
advice of the Small Business
Administration.
WEDNESDAY
For FOA you will write an I am poem using the given template.
I AM template
I Am example
I am (two special characteristics)
I wonder (something you are actually curious
about)
I hear (an imaginary sound)
I see (an imaginary sight)
I want (an actual desire)
I am (the first line of the poem restated)
I am sharp and focused
I wonder what the camera really sees
I hear the buzzing bee
I see flowers in early morning light
I want to stop time in a box
I am sharp and focused
I pretend (something you pretend to do)
I feel (a feeling about something imaginary)
I touch (an imaginary touch)
I worry (something that really bothers you)
I cry (something that makes you very sad)
I am (the first line of the poem repeated)
I understand (something you know is true)
I say (something you believe in)
I dream (something you actually dream about)
I try (something you make an effort to do)
I hope (something you actually hope for)
I am (the first line of the poem repeated)
I pretend to be a statue
I feel the shakes inside
I touch the shutter button
I worry about the blurry result
I cry that the moment has forever
passed
I am sharp and focused
I understand moments in time
I say let's freeze them forever
I dream of watercolor effects coming to
life
I try to see all the soft muted edges
I hope it happens someday
I am sharp and focused
Thursday
The spider constructed her web,
using the inborn talent of her kind.
The morning dewdrops shone like
diamonds on it. But she didn’t feel
pride. She was a hunter, and a patient
one. Perhaps she would catch an
insect in her trap today; perhaps not.
She could go for days without food,
but when she did catch her prey, she
would quickly paralyze it with her
poison and eat.
1. Which of these statements is the best
summary?
A. Spiders construct webs by
instinct.
B. Spiders can go without food for
days.
C. The morning dew makes webs
beautiful.
D. Spiders build webs to trap
insects.
By the year 2025, people had
invented machines to do most of
the work. No one had a job. It
was considered old-fashioned to
work. There was all the time in
the world to play. Sometimes
when people got really tired of
playing, they would take a
vacation to place where they
could pay to work. They really
looked forward to those vacations
from play.
2. Which of these would be the
best summary statement?
A. In the future, people will not
take vacations.
B. People will someday invent a
machine that will think.
C. Machines will soon rule the
world.
D. Machines allowed people to
play all the time.