Final

December 11, 2019

Today you will take the final.

Make sure to answer all multiple choice questions and the free response.

You may listen to music, but it must be at a reasonable volume. 

When you finish, you may work on something silently.

Make sure you do not change screens while taking the benchmark.  

Please log in to usatestprep and begin. 

Good luck!

Battle Royale

December 10, 2019

Standards

All

Starter

Create a meme based on any story we read this year.

We will have a gallery walk to show off your creations.

Meme Creator

Vocabulary 

Word;Characterization

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: a description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.

Your Definition: 

Activity: What does STEAL stand for?

Activity

1. Battle Royale

Today we will play a projector game through usatestprep.

Create teams to work with for the game. 

Closure

What is one thing you realized playing the game?

Think or Swim

December 9, 2019

Standards

All

Starter

Go to PowerSchools and check what your current grade is in the class.

Reflect on your performance this quarter.

Write down what you are proud of and what you would do differently.

Additionally, check to see if there is anything you want to revise or submit.

All revisions are due on December 13.  

Vocabulary 

Word;Characterization

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: a description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.

Your Definition: 

Activity: What does STEAL stand for?

Activity

1.  Gallery Walk

We will have a gallery walk to view the characterization from last week. 

2. Think or Swim

Today we will play a projector game through usatestprep.

Create teams to work with for the game. 

Closure

What is one thing you realized playing the game?

Characterization in the Fall of the House of Usher

December 6, 2019

Standards

RL.9-10.3 Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

L.9-10.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9–10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.

Obj: I can analyze complex characters.

I can determine the meaning of words using context clues. 

Starter

Free Write Friday 

Vocabulary 

Word;Characterization

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: a description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.

Your Definition: 

Activity: What does STEAL stand for?

Activity

1.  Fall of the House of Usher 

Read the story individually or with a partner.

Pay attention to characterization.

Class Discussion Questions

In a storyboard or concept map, create what one of the characters look like.

Then include the following: 

Description of the Appearance

Description of the Personality

Relation to Others

Important Quotes with Explanations

You should have at least three examples for each 

Closure

How confident do you feel identifying characterization?

Fall of the House of Usher

December 5, 2019

Standards

RL.9-10.3 Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

L.9-10.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9–10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.

Obj: I can analyze complex characters.

I can determine the meaning of words using context clues. 

Starter

What's Going on in This Picture?

• What is going on in this picture?

• What do you see that makes you say that?

• What more can you find?

Vocabulary 

Word;Figurative Language 

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition:language that is different from the literal.

Your Definition: 

Activity: How confident do you feel identifying and creating figurative language?

Activity

1.  Fall of the House of Usher 

Read the story individually or with a partner.

Pay attention to characterization.

Class Discussion Questions

In a storyboard create what one of the characters look like.

Then include the following: 

Description of the Appearance

Description of the Personality

Relation to Others

Important Quotes with Explanations

You should have at least three examples for each 

Closure

Based on TPCASTT what is the easiest part?

most difficult?

Annabel Lee

December 4, 2019

Standards

L.9-10.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9–10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.

Obj: I can determine the meaning of words using context clues. 

Starter

Rhetorical Speeches Returned and Remediated

I will give you 15 minutes to go over your rubric and begin making revisions to your project.
This will allow you to ask me any questions who may have.

Vocabulary 

Word;Figurative Language 

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition:language that is different from the literal.

Your Definition: 

Activity: How confident do you feel identifying and creating figurative language?

Activity

1.  TPCASTT Analysis

Individually, analyze the poem Annabel Lee by Poe.

Additionally, identify the meaning of the following words: 

seraph

sepulchre

2.  Fall of the House of Usher 

Read the story individually or with a partner.

Pay attention to characterization.

Class Discussion Questions

In a storyboard create what one of the characters look like.

Then include the following: 

Description of the Appearance

Description of the Personality

Relation to Others

Important Quotes with Explanations

You should have at least three examples for each 

Closure

Based on TPCASTT what is the easiest part?

most difficult?

Poetry and Figurative Language

December 3, 2019

Standards

L.9-10.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9–10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.

Obj: I can determine the meaning of words using context clues. 

Starter

Identify one example of figurative language in the poem below. 

The Rose That Grew From Concrete

Did you hear about the rose that grew

from a crack in the concrete?

Proving nature's law is wrong it

learned to walk with out having feet.

Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams,

it learned to breathe fresh air.

Long live the rose that grew from concrete

when no one else ever cared.

Vocabulary 

Word;Figurative Language 

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition:language that is different from the literal.

Your Definition: 

Activity: How confident do you feel identifying and creating figurative language?

Activity

1.  Figurative Language Creation

Find an image that you like.

(This can be from a magazine or online)

Based on that image you must create the following examples: 

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Personification

Alliteration

Imagery

2.  TPCASTT Analysis

Individually, analyze the poem Annabel Lee by Poe.

Additionally, identify the meaning of the following words: 

seraph

sepulchre

Closure

Based on TPCASTT what is the easiest part?

most difficult?