BELL RINGER
• 17. to understand history better the students
have went to see shakespeare’s play Julius
caesar
• 18. after the play rod and saku were
discussing the action when rod said i didnt
think romans fighted hard enough
Corrections: Proper nouns, comma, verb, underline, capitalization,
quotation marks, verb, apostrophe
BELL RINGER
• 19. irregardless of who wins this game
i still think miguel is the best of the too
players
• 20. we bought the following items a
stove a tent and three sleeping bags
• Comma, capitalization, colon, homophone, comparative degree
SUMMER READING MAKE-UP
• If you still need your summer reading I will be hosting make-up sessions
here in my classroom until 5pm on:
• Tuesday Sept. 23rd
• Thursday Sept. 25th
• Tuesday Sept. 30th
• Buses and Dinner are provided
• We will first read the book and work on the dialectical journal entries
and OER
• If we have time we will watch the movie and answer the 10 questions
**Be sure to inform your parents if you will be staying!!!!
BUZZ WORD
Exotic (exótico) Adj: strikingly unusual or strange in effect or
appearance; different; alluring
Line: “viewed by Anglos as perhaps exotic,
Perhaps inferior, definitely different (lines 9-10)”
ANAPHORA
the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of two
or more clauses or lines
• Anáfora: repetición de la misma palabra o grupo de palabras al
comienzo de una o más cláusulas o versos
• Example: My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration
METAPHOR
a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is spoken of as if
it were another; for example, the moon was a crisp white cracker
• Metáfora: comparación entre dos cosas diferentes en la que se habla de
una cosa como si fuera otra; por ejemplo, la luna era una galletita blanca
crujiente
• Example: The assignment was a breeze.
PERSPECTIVE
a way of looking at the world or a mental concept about things or events,
one that judges relationships within or among things or events
• Perspectiva: manera de visualizar el mundo o concepto mental de las
cosas o sucesos, que juzga las relaciones dentro o entre cosas o sucesos:
POINT OF VIEW
the perspective from which a narrative is told; i.e., first person, third person
limited, third person omniscient
• Punto de vista: perspectiva desde la cual se cuenta un relato; es decir,
primera persona, tercera persona limitada, tercera persona omnisciente
• Example: “I felt like I was getting drowned with shame and disgrace.” (first
person)
RHYTHM
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken or written language,
especially in poetry
• Ritmo: patrón de sílabas acentuadas y no acentuadas en lenguaje hablado
o escrito, especialmente en poesía
Example:
DOU-ble, / DOU-ble / TOIL and / TROU-ble;
FI-re / BURN, and / CAL-dron / BUB-ble.
(Macbeth by Shakespeare)
These two lines are taken from Macbeth. The chorus of the witches’ spell shows
a perfect example of trochees. Stressed pattern is shown in capitals.
SPEAKER
the imaginary voice or persona of the writer or author
• Orador: voz o persona imaginaria del escritor o autor
• Example: The speaker in the poem is a young boy.
STEREOTYPE
an oversimplified, generalized conception, opinion,
and/or image about particular groups of people.
Estereotipo: concepto generalizado, opinión y/o
imagen demasiado simplificada acerca de grupos
específicos de personas.
Example: Guys are messy and unclean. Girls are not
good at sports.
SYMBOL
• Symbol: anything (object, animal, event, person, or place) that represents
itself but also stands for something else on a figurative level
• Símbolo: cualquier cosa (objeto, animal, evento, persona o lugar) que se
representa a sí misma, pero también representa otra cosa a nivel
figurativo
• Example: A red rose or red color stands for love or romance.
“SURE YOU CAN ASK ME A PERSONAL
QUESTION”
BY DIANE
BURNS PG. 44-45
• What are some common
stereotypes?
• Read the poem silently
• Highlight in orange any culture words
• Circle any words that stand out to you
(diction)
• Highlight in yellow any imagery
•We will do the TWIST graphic
organizer together for this poem
“LEGAL ALIEN” BY PAT MORA
• Read the poem silently
•Highlight in orange any culture words
•Circle any words that stand out to
you (diction)
•Highlight in yellow any imagery
•https://vimeo.com/35465895
“LEGAL ALIEN” BY PAT MORA PG.
30
• Each group will complete a piece of the TWIST chart and
present it to the class
• Remember you need both a response (assertion) and textual evidence
(line from the poem)
• With your group, choose roles:
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Presenter-presents the group’s answers to the class
Secretary-writes the group’s answers down neatly so it can be read when presented
Response finder-finds the answer for the response section
Text evidence finder-finds the answer for the text evidence section
Commentary developer-creates commentary for the response and text evidence: Why does your group think this?
Why did the author choose this element?
• Fill out your portion of the TWIST chart
• Make sure everyone has their part filled out
• You have 15 minutes to do this and then you will present to the class under the document reader
• Everyone will copy down the answers so that your TWIST chart is full
PAIRED PASSAGE SAR PRACTICE
• With your group answer this question:
• How is the tone of “Legal Alien” and “Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question”
similar? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
• Frame statement:
The tone in “Legal Alien” and “Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question” is
_______________________ which ___________ because ____________________
(assertion)
(marker verb) ____________________________________
as shown on line __ “______________
(commentary)
________________________________________” and line __ “________________
(text evidence passage #1)
________________________________________________”
(text evidence passage 2)
COLOR CODE IT:
• Assertion=yellow
• Commentary=pink
• Text Evidence #1=orange
• Text Evidence #2=green or blue
***You will ALWAYS color code your SARs
before turning them in***
it is an automatically -15 points if you do not do so