HOW DO YOU THINK YOU DID ON THE TEST LAST FRIDAY?

Bell Ringer 9/9

Terms for the week

1.Chaos2.Convoluted3.Ethnicity4.Initial5.Merge

6.Inevitable 7.Exotic 8.Assimilate 9.Ironic10.Specify

Make a flashcard for each of the terms for homework

Test from Friday –Question One

Your assignment is to write a well written paragraph about Roger in “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes. You must include a direct quote in your body paragraph that supports your idea. Write on your own paper or on the back.

  Paragraph Format:   Topic sentence Write a sentence that tells how Roger is characterized at the

beginning of the story and at the end. . example: Roger is a ___________person at the beginning of the story and

changes to a ________ person at the end.   Supporting details: Tell the reader what the theme is and then discuss how

Roger was a dynamic character. Describe his change from the beginning to the end and discuss your evidence from the text. Include one quote from the story. Make sure you document the quote by putting quote marks around the part you copy from the story.

Concluding Sentence: Rewrite the topic sentence

Every paragraph has…

Topic sentence – what the paragraph is about Supporting details- 3 things that back up

your topic sentence Concluding sentence- restate the topic

sentence

The questions asks…

Tell the reader what the theme is and then discuss how Roger was a

dynamic character. Describe his change from the

beginning to the endInclude one quote from the story.

Example One

This is a story about a boy named Roger. In the beginning of the story he steals a lady’s pocketbook, but she beats him up. Then she takes him home and feeds him and washes him. She gives him 10 dollars for blue suede shoes. She let him go and before he could say thank you she shut the door.

Does this answer the question?

Example Two

Roger is dirty, hungry, and weak in the beginning. In the end of the story he becomes clean, full, and trustworthy. Mrs. Jones kicked Roger’s butt and asked Roger “aint you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?” This shows that Mrs. Jones was a good, caring woman. She helped a dirty, hungry, and weak boy.

Does this answer the question

Example Three

Roger changes from a dirty, dishonest, thief at the beginning of the story to  boy who knows right from wrong. Roger was a dynamic character because of this change. The theme of "Thank You Ma'm" is that forgiveness can change a person. This theme is shown through Roger’s change. At the beginning of the story Roger tries to steal a woman's pocketbook, but this woman, Ms. Jones, takes the boy home and works to make him a better person. Ms. Jones said "I got a right mind to teach you right from wrong." This shows that she took time to make sure that he would leave her home and be a better person. Ms. Jones changed Roger from a thief to a respectable young man. 

Does this answer the question?

Time to try again

Your assignment is to write a well written paragraph about Roger in “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes. You must include a direct quote in your body paragraph that supports your idea. Write on your own paper or on the back.

  Paragraph Format:   Topic sentence Write a sentence that tells how Roger is characterized at the

beginning of the story and at the end. . example: Roger is a ___________person at the beginning of the story and changes to a ________

person at the end.   Supporting details: Tell the reader what the theme is and then discuss how

Roger was a dynamic character. Describe his change from the beginning to the end and discuss your evidence from the text. Include one quote from the story. Make sure you document the quote by putting quote marks around the part you copy from the story.

Concluding Sentence: Rewrite the topic sentence

Bell Ringer 9/10

Who chose your name when you were born? Why did they pick that name? What does it mean to you and your family?

If you do not know these answers do the best you can

OR answer the same questions about a nickname that you have.

Terms to know

Setting- place and time when the story happened

Personal essay- short form of non-fiction that expresses the author’s thoughts and feelings about one subject. Sometimes they take on the form of an autobiography.

Author’s purpose- why an author chooses to write

Authors write for a reason. This reason may be to:

• Express an opinion• Persuade• Inform or Explain•Entertain

I think that the ocean is more fun than a lake. Oceans are more fun because you can build sand castles by the beach and you can go surfing in the water. You can’t do either of those things at a lake.

Tell the reader what you think

Art class should be longer than all other specials. There never seems to be enough time to get our pictures done. If we had more time in art class everyone would do a better job on their pictures and we would learn more. Art is very important and we should have the time we need to finish a project.

Convince the reader to think or act a certain way

Making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is really easy. First, gather your ingredients (bread, peanut butter, jelly) and two knives. Spread the peanut butter on one slice of bread and your jelly on the other. Put the bread together and enjoy!

Teach the reader something

Once upon a time there was a little boy who loved to play soccer. He would run as fast as he could to the ball, but every time he got there and tried to kick it he would miss. He started to think he wasn't very good at soccer, but he didn't give up. His hard work paid off and one day he scored the winning goal for his team.Provide entertainment to the reader

Julia Alvares

Born in New York Moved to Dominican Republic- lived there

until she was 10 years old Returned to U.S.A. in the 60’s because of the

harsh government Felt very out of place in the U.S.Used writing as a way to cope with her

unhappiness

Bell Ringer 9/11

Write a paragraph about a time that you felt out of place.

If you haven’t felt out of place then write a paragraph about what it might feel like.

Reward/punishment system

5 tickets = extra bathroom pass OR candy 10 tickets= 5 points extra credit on an

assignment 15 tickets = homework pass

3 corners of isolation Copy the quote from the corner as many times as I

decide is necessary

Name/Nombres

While reading: Pay attention to what Julia’s purpose is

Pay attention to the setting

What is the main idea How does she show you what the main idea is

Connect to Literature

Finish worksheet from yesterday Answer questions 1- 4 on page 43 of the text

book. Finish vocabulary worksheet (part A and B)

Bell Ringer 9/12

Write your opinion about immigration. Do you think that anybody should be allowed to come into America, should we have rules about who is allowed, or should we build borders and not allow people to immigrate in?

Reminder Reward/punishment system

5 tickets = extra bathroom pass OR candy 10 tickets= 5 points extra credit on an

assignment 15 tickets = homework pass

3 corners of isolation Copy the quote from the corner as many times as I

decide is necessary

Notes – just write the black text.

Primary source- original accounts or information from an event ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS (excerpts or translations acceptable):

Diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, news film footage, autobiographies, official records 

CREATIVE WORKS: Poetry, drama, novels, music, art  RELICS OR ARTIFACTS: Pottery, furniture, clothing, buildings

Secondary source- descriptions based on primary sources PUBLICATIONS: Textbooks, magazine articles, histories, criticisms,

commentaries, encyclopedias  Examples of secondary sources include: A journal/magazine article

which interprets or reviews previous findings  A history textbook  A book about the effects of WWI 

Immigrant Kids pg 224

Partner read “Immigrant Kids” Use sticky notes to make the sections that

are primary sources and the parts that are secondary sources.

Think about what the main idea of this story and the supporting details

Main Idea/Supporting details

Main Idea

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Answer questions 1-3Complete sentences

Vocabulary quiz tomorrow

Bell Ringer 9/13

Study your vocabulary words

Vocabulary Quiz

Assimilation Article

Group read article Annotate text Think about the main idea and the supporting

details

U.S. citizenship test

Look at the text.

Answer the questions on the bottom of the test ON YOUR OWN PAPER.