Class Prep: Folders, Good News, Updates

YOUR NEWSPAPER WILL NEED TO BE PUT BACK

TOGETHER NEATLY JUST AS YOU FOUND IT, SO

DON’T GET IT TOO MIXED UP WHILE

READING!

Warm-UP: October 8, 20131. Please grab a newspaper and a worksheet from

the front of the room. 2. Read the directions and begin.

Class Prep: Folders, Good News, Updates

It’s time for…

Why Bother?What How Why

Current Events

Newspaper warm-up

We are part of this world. We need to understand it in order to live well in it.

Acquire new vocab

Notes Vocab improves understanding and ability to communicate

Research Kevin’s condition

Article on Morquio Syndrome

Background knowledge helps us to understand others’ thoughts and behaviors

Vocab – Notes!The next 10 slides have your vocab for this unit.

Look Think Explain Check

Be thinking about hand motions for the words!

Ss groups will review the words and decide if they need to revamp their prediction based on the words that are in their list.  

Invincible

Part of speech: Adjective

Definition: Unbeatable

Demeanor

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: the way a person appears to be or acts towards others

Fealty

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: loyalty or faithfulness

Quest

Part of Speech: Noun or Verb (depending on use)

Definition: (to) search or journey to find or achieve something

 Damsel

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: a young woman, usually of noble birth

Vanquish

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition: to defeat or overcome

Foreshadow

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition: to hint about something beforehand

Bionic

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition: having normal body parts or abilities changed by robotics

Distress

Part of Speech: Noun (can also be a verb)

Definition: great pain, anxiety or sorrow

Cretin

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: an obnoxious or foolish person

What About Kevin?

While Kevin (Freak) is not the ‘hero’ of the quest, he is definitely a major part of the story. His point of view is very important and unique.

To understand Kevin’s perspective more, we will be reading about Morquio Syndrome (MORE-key-o SIN-drome)

http://morquio.com/

UNIT II VOCAB GAME

Ready to play?

FEALTY

The is…

VANQUISH

The is…

CRETIN

The is…

DISTRESS

The is…

BIONIC

The is…

FORESHADOW

The is…

QUEST

The is…

DAMSEL

The is…

DEMEANOR

The is…

INVINCIBLE

The is…

FORESHADOW

The is…

FEALTY

The is…

DAMSEL

The is…

CRETIN

The is…

VANQUISH

The is…

BIONIC

The is…

QUEST

The is…

DEMEANOR

The is…

DISTRESS

The is…

Morquio Syndrome

With your group: Read the article Highlight important information (definition, how

you get it, problems you recognize in Kevin’s description already, etc.)

Discuss what you think the most difficult complication would be.

If you finish early, visit the Anchor Activity Area. We will discuss what you learned in 7

minutes.

Closing Activity

Write a paragraph about how your life would change if YOU had Morquio Syndrome.

A paragraph means AT LEAST THREE SENTENCES.

NONE of those sentences should start with the word ‘and’.

Think about: Diseases are expensive.

Would your home would be easy for someone with this condition to live in?

What activities would you have to give up if you had this sickness?

What daily things do you think would be harder for you to do?

Homework and PointsDue TOMORROW:

Complete the vocab fill-in / inference sheet

Points!