Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Thursday, May 29

Objective: Students will be able to identify errors in parallelism in order to correct those errors and re-write sentences as parallel.  Students will be able to evaluate cause/effect relationships in order to determine how events interconnect with one another.

Do-Now: Parallelism: Test 3

Today: 1) Class will read second article on the MOVE Philadelphia bombing.

2) Cause vs. Effect

3) Evaluating Cause/Effect relationships in the MOVE bombing: What were some of the reasons the bomb was dropped?  What effects did the bombing have on the members of MOVE and the surrounding community?

4) Copy New Vocabulary Words: annihilate, expendable, depression, paradox, delirium, resilient, remit, revoke, primeval, subliminal

5) Introduce style: the particular way a writer uses language.  Style is created through diction (word choice) and sentence patterns.

6) Class will begin to read "A Sound of Thunder" and complete Yellow Block questions #1-2.

Exit Slip: Describe the style of writing the author uses in "A Sound of Thunder."

Homework: Quiz on Parallelism Monday, June 2!!!  Vocabulary Quiz Friday, June 6!!!


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