Week+25+to+29+September+2017

Monday September 25, 2017 Warm-up – Read and summarize the background and biography of Barbara Kingsolver on page 51. Opening – What do I know – figurative language, Connotative language, technical words and phrases, objective summary Work Session - Read “Called Out” Begin working on guiding questions. Due On Monday October 2 Closing - summarize the day’s activities Homework: Grammar Worksheets due Wednesday September 27

Pre-AP Warm-up – Have students design a book cover (front and back and inside flaps) for //Gulliver's Travels.// Opening – Author’s Purpose Level-up Tutorial Work Session – Work on Guiding Questions due Wednesday September 27 Closing – Summarize Day’s activities

Tuesday September 26, 2017 Warm-up – Complete Critical Vocabulary on page 57 Opening – Grammar Work Session – Work on guiding questions Due On Monday October 2 Closing – Summarize the day’s activities Homework: Grammar Worksheets due Wednesday September 27

Pre-AP Warm-up – Work on Vocabulary 3 Opening – Author’s Perspective Level-up Tutorial Work Session – Work on guiding questions due Wednesday September 27 Closing – Review and Summarize

Wednesday September 27, 2017 Warm-up – Re-read lines 26-49. How does this passage help develop a central idea of Kingsolver’s essay? Explain that central idea in an objective summary. /Turn-in Grammar work sheets Opening – Bracken bat Cave – Nature at its Best Work Session – Work on Guiding questions Due On Monday October 2 Closing – Plicket out the door

Pre-AP Warm-up – Turn – in Guiding Questions and peripheral assignments Opening – Author’s Style Work Session – Receive new guiding questions and begin working on them. Closing - Plicket out the door

Thursday September 28, 2017 Warm-up – Complete Vocabulary Strategy on page 57 Opening – Prose Forms level-up Tutorial Work Session – Work on Guiding Questions due On Monday October 2 Closing – Summarize the day’s activities Homework - Grammar exercises due Oct 4

Pre-AP Warm-up – Design a new land for Gulliver to visit. Describe the people, the location of the country, and the physical characteristics of the country. Describe the views on politics, education, government, and war. Opening – Level up Tutorial Irony Work Session – Work on Guiding Questions Closing – Summarize Day’s activities Homework - Grammar exercises due Oct 4

Friday September 29, 2017 Warm-up – Draw a Conclusion Reread the last paragraph of the essay. Why does the author conclude by stating that the flowers will go on mystifying us”? Opening – Grammar Understanding verb tense Work Session – Work on guiding questions due Monday October 2 Closing – Summarize the day’s activities Homework - Grammar exercises due Oct 4

Pre-AP Warm-up – Continue working on Gulliver’s new land Opening - Grammar Work Session – Work on guiding questions Closing - Summarize day’s activities Homework - Grammar exercises due Oct 4