Instructional Handouts

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Writing:

     First, Second, and Third-Order Elaboration

     Practice Using First, Second, and Third-Order Elaboration

Power Point version of Practice Using First, Second, and Third-Order Elaboration

ISAT Ranking Essays for “The Gift of the Magi”

 

Writing Projects:

     Writing Project #1 for September/October

     Writing Project #2 – Letters about Literature

           Contest Entry Form

           Model Task 1

           Model Task 2 (Outline)  OR  Model Task 2 (Brain Web)

           Model Task 3

                Letter Generator

                Letter Format

           Peer_Response_Form

    

     Writing Project #3:

          Task 2 Rough Drafts:  Page 1, Page 2, Page 3.

           Task 3 During Reading Worksheet for “Zebra.”

           Task 6 Rough Draft:  Page 1.

           Task 7 Rough Draft:  Page 1 and Page 2.

          

 

Language Awareness (Grammar and Punctuation):

 

     Fragments:  Introduction

·      Fragment Worksheet – Guided Practice:  Homework for 9/18/9.

Punctuating Possessives Worksheet

     Answer Key

 

Pronouns and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement:

·      Maintaining Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

·      Subject Pronoun Test Review

 

Literature/Reading:

 

Introductory Unit: 

 

Read Magazine, September 3, 2010, Volume 60, Number 1, pages 12-15, “’You Think You Better Than Us?’”

 

Cloze Text Exercise

 

“The Big Question” and Genres

     The Big Question Assignment

     Notes on Genres

     Practice Quiz on Genres

 

Unit 1:  “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto, pages 26-30

Vocabulary List for “Seventh Grade”

Word Sorts for “Seventh Grade”

Cloze-Text Exercise with contextual sentences for “Seventh Grade”

Antonyms and Misfit Words for “Seventh Grade”

Vocabulary Project for “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto

Reading Pace for “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto

Author Study for Gary Soto

Analyzing Plot of “Seventh Grade”

·      Puzzle pieces.

·      Graphic organizer.

Reading Check for “Seventh Grade”

On-Line Vocabulary flashcards and game for “Seventh Grade”

Vocabulary Review Packet for “Seventh Grade”

Elements of Plot

Point of View Introduction

·      Point of View Review

·      First-Person Narrator Reliability

Reading Practice Test for “Seventh Grade”

·      Answer Key for Mr. C’s portions of the practice test.

 

Unit 2:  “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes on pp. 62-71

 

     Vocabulary Project for “Thank You, Ma’am”

     Contextual Sentences for “Thank You, Ma’am”

     Vocabulary Review Packet for “Thank You, Ma’am”

     Plot Analysis of “Thank You, Ma’am”

     Reading Review Jeopardy game for “Thank You, Ma’am”

    

Unit 3:  “Abuela Invents the Zero” by Judith Ortiz Cofer (Xeroxed Copy)

    

     Vocabulary List for “Abuela Invents the Zero”

           Practice with Analogies for “Abuela Invents the Zero”

           Antonym Puzzle for “Abuela”

           Vocabulary Workshop for “Abuela”

           Practice Test for Spelling/Vocabulary of “Abuela” and Viv, Vit, Val

    

     Pre-Reading Problem Email

     Problem-Solution Response Outline, Scaffold, and Rubric

     Flashback and Epiphany Definitions

     Plot Analysis for “Abuela Invents the Zero”

     Idiom Worksheet

     Idiom Worksheet 2

     Reading Review Packet for “Abuela Invents the Zero”

 

Unit 4:  “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” on pages 670-685 of Literature

 

     Suffixes That Form Adjectives Worksheet

     Notes on Genres:  Myth, Legend, Fable, Tall Tale

           Key

     Notes on Cultural Values and “John Henry”

           Key

     Name That Genre

     Vocabulary List for “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”

     Vocabulary Project for “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”

     Easily Confused Words worksheet

     Literary Terms for “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”

           Literary Terms Puzzle

     Reading Notes/Stopping Points for “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”

     Code of Chivalry and Other Terms

     Reading Review Packet for “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”

     Reading Review Jeopardy for “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”

 

Sub-Unit:  from Young Arthur” retold by Robert D. San Souci, pp. 662-668

     Vocabulary Study

     Vocabulary Practice

     Timeline        Possible Answers

     Analysis of Legend

 

Unit 5:  “The Gift of the Magi” Xeroxed Copy and Online Text

 

     Online Text and Audio Version of “The Gift of the Magi”

     Text of the short story “The Gift of the Magi”

     O. Henry’s Biography and Questions

     Vocabulary List for “The Gift of the Magi”

     Vocabulary Project for “The Gift of the Magi”

                “The Gift of the Magi” Games:

Ø “Gift of the Magi” Vocabulary

Ø “Gift of the Magi” Definitions

Ø “Gift of the Magi” Matching

Vocabulary Review for Test

 

     Types of Irony

           Types of Irony with THE NANNY

           Review of Types of Irony and Allusion with OUR MISS BROOKS

     Literary Terms:  Irony, Allusion, Metaphor, Simile

     Writing:  Most Cherished Possession

                           Pre-Writing

                           Model Paragraph 1

                           Scaffold Paragraph 2

                           Peer-Response Rubric

     Study Guide for "The Gift of the Magi"

     Portfolio Checklist for "The Gift of the Magi"

     Jeopardy Reading Review for "The Gift of the Magi"

 

Unit 6:  Edgar Allan Poe and “The Raven”

     Vocabulary Project for “The Raven.”

     Vocabulary Review for “The Raven.”

    

     Edgar Allan Poe’s Biography:

           Biography Active Reading Worksheet

                Online Biography of Poe

           Active Viewing Worksheet for Biography of Poe

           Review of Poe’s Biography

 

     Poetry Lessons and Notes:

           Introduction to Poetry Packet  (Reading Poetry Packet)

                Word Search Puzzle

           Poetry Menu Review Project

           Review for Poetry Test  (Answer Key)

          

     “The Tell-Tale Heart”

           On-Line Recording

           On-Line Text with Vocabulary Support

           On-Line Study Guide with Literary Terminology Support

 

     “The Raven”

           Audio Version of “The Raven.”

           Online Interactive “The Raven.”

 

Unit 7:  TANGERINE by Edward Bloor

PART 1:

     Reading Anticipation Guide for pages 1-4

     Introductory Notes for Tangerine

     Vocabulary Project for Part 1

           Vocabulary Puzzle for Part 1.

           Vocabulary Test Review

     Study Guide for Part 1 of Tangerine

     Character Web for Paul

 

PART 2:

     Study Guide for Part 2 of Tangerine

 

Spelling/Vocabulary:

 

    Antonyms as Contextual Clues:  Worksheet and Help

     Contextual Clue Strategies

     Common Prefixes and Base Words I

     Common Prefixes and Bas Words, Unit 1, Lesson 3  (Key)

     Similes as Context Clues

     Embedded Definitions as Context Clues

     Connotations and Denotations (Key)

     Words with Multiple Meanings

     The Latin Root Cred Worksheet

     The Latin Root Pel and Puls Worksheet

     Common Latin Roots I Packet

 

 

 

(Updated:  9/2/10)

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