ENGLISH 11A THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK Please sit in same seat from yesterday. Please also set out your name card.
Feb 24, 2016
ENGLISH 11ATHANK YOU FOR COMING BACK
Please sit in same seat from yesterday.
Please also set out your name card.
AgendaO Textbook Introduction – O Reading Strategies and PracticeO Policy reviewO Grammar Packs – some assembly requiredO Review Parts of SpeechO Pledge of AllegianceO Journals
O Learning Targets:O I will use a reading strategy to improve my ability to
understand and retain information. O I will know where important elements are in my textbook.
Textbook OverviewO What?O Where?O How?O Work through the Textbook overview.
English 11A: Thursday, Sept. 5
O AgendaO OpeningsO InferencesO Reading StrategyO Grammar Introduction and Overview
O Openings (Class starters) – put into Journal – O May be a journal – please number and put date
at top.O May be a grammar item – to copy down and
correct.O May be a discussion point
OpeningO Compose a sentence about one of
your classes. The sentence must be at least 10 words long.
Opening ContinuedO Compose a sentence about one of your classes. The sentence
must be at least 10 words long.
O For this sentence, underline and label any phrase you recognize and label its type.O Prepositional (starts with a preposition)O Infinitive (start with “to” plus a verb – to sing)O Gerund (ing form of a verb used as a noun)O Participial (ing or past participial form of a verb used as an
adjective)O Appositive (used to rename or describe a noun)O For examples, look at pages 4-6.
O Learning Target: To review phrase types and to determine which come most naturally in your writing.
INFERENCESO YES what is basis?
O Red WingsO MusicO To readO Teacher??O Organized - O Works HardO Stuffed animalsO MotivatedO Teaches upper classmenO CMU/WMUO MotherlyO Prepared
O NO - what is basis?O CookingO DivorcedO New glasses
O Smelly markersO GorillaO Fans
Class Policies and Norms
O Review the page of policies on the tableO What does each mean for this class?O What questions do you have?
O Norms – expectationsO What should be expected of each person
in the room during class?O What should be expected of the teacher
during class?
ReadingO Reading Strategies:
O Chart – what are the implications?O Why do some people “dislike” or “struggle
with” reading?O What do people who say they are good readers
do?O Practice Strategy
O Learning Target – I will use a specific reading strategy to improve my ability to read efficiently and retain what I have read.
Strategy – Close Reading
O Divide article in thirdsO For each section
O Read through itO Underline 3-4 words/phrases/sentences that seem
important to you.O Circle any word/phrase you do not understand.O At end of each section
O look at what you underlined and on right side – write a 1 sentence summary of that section.
O On left side – make a comment about the material, connect it to your own experience, or ask a question about what was said.
O Discuss
GrammarO Units 1-4O Insert pages for Unit 1O Review what you haveO Review Parts of Speech
O Nouns – What are they? What do they “do” in a sentence? Why does recognizing the noun matter?
O Prepositional and appositive phrasesO Page 4-5
Friday, Sept. 6O Debrief Reading ArticleO Journal 1O Grammar Pages 1-4O Intro to Tragic HeroO Overview of Oedipus