Tuesday/Wednesday
Do Now (page 28L) Rewrite the following paragraph
and capitalize 19 words that need capitalization.
when i think of my childhood, i am reminded
of the hot days spent in huntington beach,
california. my sister, heather, and i went to the
beach with our mom almost every saturday
during the summer. one year, we traveled back
east where some of our family lived, but ohio
was nothing compared to california. california
has the mountains, hollywood, the pacific
ocean, and disneyland, all within a few hours of
one another.
Corrected Paragraph…
When I think of my childhood, I am reminded
of the hot days spent in Huntington Beach,
California. My sister, Heather, and I went to the
beach with our mom almost every Saturday
during the summer. One year, we traveled back
East where some of our family lived, but Ohio
was nothing compared to California. California
has the mountains, Hollywood, the Pacific
Ocean, and Disneyland, all within a few hours of
one another.
(separate sheet of paper)
ARITS – Act I, Scene II
Answer the following questions in complete sentences and
cite textual evidence to support your answer.
1. Who is Joseph Asagai?
2. What did Ruth find out at the doctor’s office?
3. Why is Asagai’s present to Beneatha appropriate?
4. Why is Asagai’s nickname appropriate?
5. What does Mama say is dangerous?
6. Where did Ruth actually go instead of the doctor’s
office?
7. Why did Mama call Walter a disgrace to his father’s
memory?
(page 28R) Author’s Accuracy
1. Define bias in your own words.
Bias is when a person unfairly favors one side over the other based on their
opinions.
2. What does accuracy mean?
Accuracy means how well something was done or how close to the target you
got. Accuracy means to be right or precise.
3. What does author’s accuracy mean?
Author’s accuracy is how precise an author is to what actually happened.
4. How can bias affect an author’s ability to be accurate?
If an author is biased, he is going to only be accurate to one side and he will be
unfair to the other side.
5. What is perspective?
Perspective is the point of view of a person or who is telling the story.
6. How are bias and perspective related?
Bias depends on who’s perspective the story is being told from.
(page 28R) Author’s Accuracy
1. Define bias in your own words.
2. What does accuracy mean?
Accuracy is how legit or correct/right something is. Accuracy is
how close to the truth you are.
3. What does author’s accuracy mean?
Author’s accuracy is how close to the truth or the real story the
author is.
4. How can bias affect an author’s ability to be accurate?
The author is only going to give a truthful story about one side.
5. What is perspective?
Perspective is how or who sees something and tells the story.
Perspective is the author’s point of view.
6. How are bias and perspective related?
Bias and perspectives look at only one side of the story.
Perspectives is which side you are on based on your biases.
(page 28R) Author’s Accuracy
1. Define bias in your own words.
2. What does accuracy mean?
3. What does author’s accuracy mean?
4. How can bias affect an author’s ability to be accurate?
When an author is biased, he or she only gives one side of
the story or truth.
5. What is perspective?
Perspective is the first person point of view told by one of
the characters. The story is told through the eyes of one
character.
6. How are bias and perspective related?
Bias favors one side, but with perspectives, you see the
story from another point of view.
(separate sheet of paper)
Perspective Writing Assignment
• Homework Retell a classic story from the perspective
of one of the characters. Your story should contain bias
as it will be written from the perspective of only one
character. Make sure you tell the entire story from the
beginning to the end. Your story must be at least one
full page long (front only). This assignment is due on
Thursday/Friday.
• Example: Retell the story of Goldilocks from the
perspective of the baby bear.
• You may choose any classic story or you may select one
of the following: Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood,
Cinderella, Snow White, The Tortoise and the Hare,
Thursday/Friday
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4.
Share Perspectives Homework (10 minutes)
Grade Perspectives Homework (30 minutes)
Vocabulary (40)
ARITS (40)
Grading Perspectives Homework
• Answer these questions in complete sentences
directly on your partner’s paper.
1. What is the name of the story?
2. Who’s perspective is the story told from?
3. Does the story contain bias? Give a specific
example.
4. Is the entire story told from the beginning to the
end?
5. How is this version of the story different from
the original version?
Grading Scale
4 title and perspective are clear; contains bias; entire
story is told; there are clear differences from the original;
0-4 spelling/grammar errors
3 title and perspective are clear; contains bias; most of
the story is told; there are slight differences to the
orginal; 5-8 spelling/grammar errors
2 title and perspective are somewhat clear; contains
some bias; one major part is left out; copies too much of
the original; 9-13 spelling/grammar errors
1 title and perspective are not clear; does not contain
bias; more than one major part is left out; seems too
exact to the orginal; 14+ spelling/grammar errors
Vocabulary #3
Spelling
Vocabulary
1. Slaying
1. G
2. Antipollution 2. E
3. Activities
3. C
4. Multiplying
4. J
5. Antibodies
5. H
6. Scarier
6. A
7. Multitude
7. I
8. Supplied
8. D
9. Obeyed
9. F
10. Actions
10. B
POS
1. Verb
2. Adj
3. Noun
4. Verb
5. Noun
6. Adj
7. Noun
8. Verb
9. Verb
10. Noun
Grading Scales
Spelling:
10 = 4
8 – 9 = 3.5
6–7=3
5 = 2.5
3–4=2
0 – 2 =1
Vocabulary/ POS:
20 = 4
16 – 19 = 3.5
12 – 15 = 3
10 – 11 = 2.5
6–9=2
0–5=1
Roots (page 29L)
BI = TWO
Bicycling (v): an
action done on
two wheels
Biannually(adv):
something done
every two years
Symbol/ drawing:
MAL = BAD
BENE = GOOD
Maliciously (adv):
Benefit (n):
something done out something that is
of hate or harm
an advantage or
good
Malfunctioned (v): benevolently
not working
(adv): something
properly
done to express
goodwill
Symbol/ drawing:
(page 29R) Spelling Rule #3
A silent e is dropped when adding an
ending that begins with a vowel . . .
• advance + -ing = advancing
• surprise + -ing = surprising
• . . . but kept when the ending begins with a consonant . .
• advancement, likeness
• . . . unless the e is preceded by a vowel. . . .
• argue + -ment = argument
• true + -ly = truly
(page 29R)You try…
1.) Add an –ing to the following
words:
– Face
– Hope
– Love
– Argue
2.) Add an –ment to the
following words:
– Place
– Base
– Settle
– Argue
3.) Add an –ness to the following
words:
– Same
– Like
– Shy
– Simple
4.) Add an –ly to the following
words:
– True
– Like
– Love
– Fierce
New Words (30R)
Word
POS
Definition
1. Arrangement
Noun
The way in which things are settled or
arranged
2.
Malfunctioned
Verb
Not working properly
3. Sameness
Noun
Having the quality of being the same
4. Benefit
Noun
Something that is an advantage or good
5. Bicycling
Verb
an action done on two wheels
6. Benevolently
Adverb
Something done out of goodwill
7. Truly
Adverb
Honest; true; sincere
8. Advancing
Verb
Moving or bringing forward
9. Maliciously
Adverb
An action done out of hate or harm
10. Biannually
Adverb
Something done every two years