DAILY LESSONS WEEK 8
Dec 17, 2015
Abrasive rough; coarse; harsh
Bilk cheat; defraud
Covert hidden; undercover
Engender cause
Hangarstorage area (like garage) for a plane
JOURNAL #11
How would individuals or society be harmed if people believed everything they read without evaluating issues such as credibility and evidence?
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT JACKIE ROBINSON?
Make a list of at least five things you know about Jackie Robinson!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqGdZ1y5o0g
JACKIE ROBINSON AND THE INTEGRATION OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Read the articleAnswer the questionsThis will be started in class, but must be finished for homework
Knottycomplex; difficult to solve
Nuancesomething subtle; a fine shade of meaning
Plagiarismtaking credit for someone else's writing or ideas
Renown fame
Tangentgoing off the main subject
SHORT STORY UNIT REVIEW AND DISCUSSION
“The Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket”“The Leap”“Two Kinds”“The Masque of the Red Death”“Everyday Use”
GRAMMAR
Who OR Whom??? http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3aEGrmsZ5c&list=RDx3aEGrmsZ5c
WHO/WHOM REVIEW!
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/who_whom/quiz3329.html
TAKE SHORT STORY UNIT TEST
If you finish early…begin reading in your Literature Book, p. 566 – 568Work on your journalsReview HSAP rubric for constructed responseRead your independent reading book
FINISH…1. PART 1 of the Short Stories Test
2. Begin/Finish the Constructed Response Part of the test
IF YOU FINISH EARLY…
3. STUDY FOR VOCAB QUIZ TOMORROW
4. begin reading in your Literature Book, p. 566 – 568
5. Work on your journals
6. Review HSAP rubric for constructed response
7. Read your independent reading book
“FREE MINDS AND HEARTS AT WORK”BY JACKIE ROBINSON
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKDjTaBiK00Literature Book, p. 566 – 568http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4536142
“FREE MINDS AND HEARTS AT WORK”Tone?
Credibility? (What makes Robinson “credible”?)Firsthand experience with prejudiceIntegrity
Evidence?
DUE FRIDAY! PRINT OUT RESULTS SHEET! http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2006/grade11/ela/11ela.htm
CLIMBING MT. EVEREST
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBvM6lBNEWA
QUICK WRITE
Do you enjoy physical or mental challenges of any kind? What types of challenges do you enjoy? Are they dangerous? Why do you enjoying doing activities such as these?
RESEARCH HOMEWORK
Tonight, go home and find a non-fiction article about a person what enjoys and activity even tough they know it could be dangerous or an article about a person getting hurt doing something they enjoy that but that doesn’t stop them from doing it.