Thursday, April 17, 2014

Monday, April 21

Objective: Students will be able to identify run-ons and comma splices in order to turn them into separate thoughts.

Students will be able to explain how the ending of a story is ambiguous in order to make inferences about character motivation to clarify the ambiguity.

Do-NowCopy new vocabulary words and definitions from pg. 297 and pg. 309: exuberant, genial, impartial, allegiance, procured, dire, retribution, fervent, aspiring, deliberation, irrational, superficial, obscure, advocates, conscientiously, affluent

Today: 1) Introduction to Run-Ons and Comma Splices: Check Your Understanding and Practice 1

2) Note-taking: ambiguity = when something can be interpreted/understood in more than one way

Example: John and Mike were driving his car Friday night when they got into an accident.  (Whose car were they driving?  John or Mike's?)

Example: I love hunting dogs.  (Do I love dogs that are used for hunting, or do I love to hunt dogs?)

Ambiguous Newspaper Headlines:

- KIDS MAKE NUTRITIOUS SNACKS
- JUVENILE COURT TO TRY SHOOTING DEFENDANT
- COMPLAINTS ABOUT NBA REFEREES GROWING UGLY
- POLICE BEGIN CAMPAIGN TO RUN DOWN JAYWALKERS

3) Read "The Lady, or The Tiger?"  pp. 298-304, completing "Inferring Character Motivation" questions #1-5.

Exit Slip: What do you believe came out of the door---the lady, or the tiger?  Support your answer using the Princess' motivation as evidence.

Homework: Vocabulary Quiz and Run-Ons and Comma Splices Quiz on MONDAY, April 28!!!

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