7th Grade English Language Arts DATE RESOURCES Monday (9/9) Bell Ringer: List 3 antonyms for electrify, gruesome, succumb Wordly Wise 3000, Book 8 Handout(s): Tuesday (9/10) Log into your macbook Wordly Wise 3000, Book 8 Handout(s): 1. Figurative 1. Figurative Language and Irony Project!!! 2. Irony Project Rubric Sept. 16 – 20, 2013 ASSIGNMENTS Review “Figurative Language of O. Henry” Discus how the figurative language adds humor to the story. Pick one example from your three column notes. Write a paragraph thoroughly explaining how the element added humor to the story. When you refer to event in the story, use the MLA citation at the end of the sentence (author page number) before the punctuation. HW: finish figurative language and humor paragraph Language and Irony Project!!! 2. Irony Project Rubric Wednesday (9/11) Log into your macbook Vocabulary Game: Taboo Rewrite “The Wise Old Woman” as a graphic short story HW: Wordly Wise Lesson 2 Wordly Wise 3000, Book Vocabulary Game: Spelling Scavenger 8 Rewrite “The Wise Old Woman” as a graphic short story – Handout(s): 1. Figurative Language and Irony Project!!! 2. Irony Project Rubric Thursday (9/12) Bell Ringer: quietly study your vocabulary words with someone at your table or by yourself Friday (9/13) Wordly Wise 3000, Book 8 Handout(s): Wordly Wise Pretest Wordly Wise 7.2 Test Journal: A watched pot never boils Wordly Wise Pretest No School for Students Objectives:
Students will acquire new vocabulary.
Students will rewrite a folktale adding irony
and figurative language to make it humorous.
Standards:
W.8.3: Write narratives to develop real or
imagined experiences or events using
effective technique, relevant descriptive
details, and well-structured event sequences.
W.8.3.a: Engage and orient the reader by
establishing a context and point of view and
introducing a narrator and/or characters;
organize an event sequence that unfolds
naturally and logically.
W.8.3.d: Use precise words and phrases,
relevant descriptive details, and sensory
language to capture the action and convey
experiences and events.
L.8.2.c: Spell correctly.
L.8.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of
unknown and multiple-meaning words or
phrases based on grade 8 reading and
content, choosing flexibly from a range of
strategies.
L.8.5.c: Distinguish among the connotations
(associations) of words with similar
denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded,
willful, firm, persistent, resolute).
L.8.6: Acquire and use accurately gradeappropriate general academic and domainspecific words and phrases; gather
vocabulary knowledge when considering a
word or phrase important to comprehension
or expression.
7th Grade Literature DATE RESOURCES Monday (9/9) Elements of Literature, 2nd course Handout(s): Figurative Language and Irony Project!!! Tuesday (9/10) Elements of Literature, 2nd course Handout(s): Figurative Language and Irony Project!!! Log into your macbook Log into your macbook Wednesday (9/11) Log into your macbook Thursday (9/12) Elements of Literature, 2nd course Handout(s): Figurative Language and Irony Project!!! Sept. 16 – 20, 2013 ASSIGNMENTS Rewrite “The Wise Old Woman” as a graphic short story – use irony or figurative language to add humor to the story; you may develop the characters further, but you cannot take out characters. If a character’s personality changes you must show how the character changes, and the theme of the story must remain intact. Rewrite “The Wise Old Woman” as a graphic short story – use irony or figurative language to add humor to the story; you may develop the characters further, but you cannot take out characters. If a character’s personality changes you must show how the character changes, and the theme of the story must remain intact. Rewrite “The Wise Old Woman” as a graphic short story – use irony or figurative language to add humor to the story; you may develop the characters further, but you cannot take out characters. If a character’s personality changes you must show how the character changes, and the theme of the story must remain intact. DUE TODAY!! Background study of “The Pearl” Objectives: Students will understand the significance of literary elements to the study of literature by: Analyzing how elements impact a story Adding irony and figurative language to an established literary piece to create a new version. Standards:  Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.  Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade 9 topics, texts, and issues, building on other’s ideas and expressing their own clearly.  Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-­‐chosen details, and well-­‐
structured event sequences.  RL.8.2: …Provide an objective summary of the text. Bell Ringer: Friday (9/13) Bell Ringer: none Handout(s): No school for students