November 17/18

TOPICS:  expository text features, academic vocabulary for expository text, important social issues, identifying the controlling idea and most important supporting details, and using connotation to understand the author's purpose and important vocabulary within a text

STRATEGY:  TPdCATTT

                                                 

T-What associations do you make with the TITLE?

P-PARAPHRASE the text in your own words.

d-What DEVICES does the writer use to create meaning?

C-What CONNOTATIONS does the author want you to make? 

A-Why did the AUTHOR write the text?  (AUTHOR'S PURPOSE)

T-What is the TONE?

T-What new connections do you make with the TITLE?

T-What is the THEME or THESIS? (message)

ACTIVITIES:

1. Introduce Vocabulary Booklet due December 10 (2 test grades)

2.  Expository Notes and Social Issues Discussion

2.  Read "School Cancels Graduation for Cheaters" and discuss/make notes using TPdCATTT

3.  Read a variety of articles through "Poetry Grocery Shopping"

Grades for today:  

(1) discussion and group work participation; (2) Poetry Grocery Shopping Table