ELA Seminar

ELA SeminarQuarter 2

2012-2013

Drill 11/7Objective: Students will learn about drama in

order to analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.

Drill: What do you think of when you hear the word “theater?”

Drill 11/8Objective: Students will learn about drama in

order to analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.

Drill: List at least three fairy tails that you know well. What is it about these stories that you enjoy?

Fairytales in a minute!1. Each group picks one fairytale.2. First come first serve. Once a fairytale is chosen

no other group may use the fairytale.3. Don’t tell any other group which fairytale you

pick.4. You will have ten minutes to create a skit which

tells the entire fairytale. 5. Your skit can only be one minute long.6. Other groups will try to guess your fairytale.7. Think about performance elements that will help

communicate your fairytale.

Drill 11/9Objective: Students will learn about drama in

order to analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.

Drill: What did you learn about communicating in the fairytales in a minute activity?

What do you think you could do to improve your communication skills?

How toGet with your 9:00 partner.The actor begins acting out the how to

activity.The actor pauses every few steps so the

interpreter can explain what is happening.Continue the scene until you have completely

explained how to do the activity.

Drill 11/12Objective: Students will cite the textual evidence that

most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Drill: Science fiction is a type of fiction that is based on real or imagined scientific and technological advancements. Sometimes set in futuristic worlds or on other planets and may include time travel or extraterrestrial beings.

Create a list of books, movies, or television programs which you think fit this definition.

Drill 11/13Objective: Students will cite the textual

evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Drill: Which drama element do you think is the most important for communicating mood during a theatrical production?

Explain your answer.

Drill 11/14Objective: Students will cite the textual

evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Drill: Write a short summary of Act I of “The Trouble with Tribbles.”

Make a prediction about what you think will happen next.

Drill 11/15Objective: Students will cite the textual

evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Drill:Make a prediction about what you think will

happen next in the teleplay “Trouble With Tribbles.”

Drill 11/16Objective: Students will cite the textual

evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Drill: Write a short summary of Act 4 of “The Trouble with Tribbles.”

Drill 11/19Objective: Students will analyze the extent to

which a filmed drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.

Drill: Complete the Main Idea practice sheet.

Drill 11/26Objective: Students will analyze the extent to

which a filmed drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.

Drill: Compare the written and television version of the “Trouble with Tribbles.”

You can make a T-chart or Venn Diagram. Then write at least two sentences.

Drill 11/27Objective: Students will analyze how

particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.

Drill: Copy these definitions down.Cause: The reason events happen in a story.

Ask: Why did it happen?Effect: What happens. Ask: What happened?

Drill 11/28Objective: Students will cite the textual

evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text in order to understand characterization.

Drill: Complete your cause and effect paragraph. Remember a proper heading, write in pen, include a complex sentence.

Drill 11/29Objective: Students will write narratives to

develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

Drill: What do you think happened to the Tribbles once they were beamed to the Klingon ship?

(Write two to three sentences)

Drill 11/30Objective: Students will complete the DRP in

order to assess reading levels.

Drill: Sit at a table by yourself. Move a desk if you need to. Put your ELA project book on your desk. Have a pencil ready to use.

We are finishing the DRP today.

Drill 12/3Objective: Students will use organizers to

establish a context and point of view in order to engage the reader.

Drill: Copy these definitions:Predicate noun: Completes or compliments

the subject. Follows the verb “to be.”This is milk.

Predicate adjective: Modifies the subject.This is milky.

Drill 12/4Objective: Students will use technology to

produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently in order to write a short story.

Drill: Get a computer, log on and set up a document with a proper heading.

Use your organizer to begin drafting your story.

Drill 12/5Objective: Students will use technology to

produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently in order to write a short story.

Drill: Get a computer, log on and set up a document with a proper heading.

Use your organizer to begin drafting your story.

Drill 12/6Objective: Students will cite the textual

evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text in order to determine theme.

Drill:

Drill 12/7Objective: Students will cite the textual

evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text in order to determine theme.

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