Brighton Beach Memoirs Act 2

and Vocab. Unit 68 April 2013

Miss Rice

Warm-UpHow do you think you can become

more comfortable, confident, and successful at speaking in front of groups of people?

*Thank you for Friday COOKIES

*Mohap Money and make-up work due ASAP!

Agenda

Public speaking

Vocab. unit 6

BBM Act 2

ENG. 10 Objectives 4/8To review public speaking techniques.

To understand vocabulary unit 6 words.

To read and analyze act 2 of Brighton Beach Memoirs from page 98.

To reflect on the presence of racism in Brighton Beach Memoirs and personal lives.

Public SpeakingHow do you think you can

become more comfortable, confident, and successful at speaking in front of groups of people?

Congrats Kyra, Dustin, and Cindy

David and Stephen

Exit slips

Seat Change

Let’s change seats!

Wait to move until I read the whole set-up

“I” Statements

How are you feeling today?Does not need to be class

relatedDoes need to be school

appropriate

Survey Time!

Mrs. Mohap

Vocab. Unit 6

HW due WednesdayWrite about a conflict in Brighton

Beach Memoirs using at least 7 of your vocab. words

You can describe the conflict, offer a solution, and/or say what you would do in the situation

15 wordsTest Friday!Star the words you already

know**

Banish

Conspicuous

Dismal

Grueling

Hasten

Jabber

Malleable

Monotonous

Obscure

Pristine

Repugnant

Restitution

Terse

Versatile

Vigilant

Vocab. Unit 6

Draw one of the wordsShare with the class

HW due Wed.Who can remind me what it is?

Brighton Beach MemoirsWhat last happened?

Stanley’s gambling and KateBlanche’s dateNora’s actions

Page 98Reading comprehension

questions

Journal #4

Write your definition of racism. Where else do you think racism exists? Is racism different from stereotyping? Explain your opinion. Do you consider yourself a racist? Why or why not?

Homework

Journal #4 due tomorrow

Reading comprehension questions #1-12 due tomorrow

Vocab. HW due Wednesday