M&M 11)disconsolate (adj) Copy chart, definition and sent For chart: dis=not, opposite, absence of console=to lesson sorrow or grief, comfort ate=makes words verbs or adj Definition: extremely unhappy, heartbroken. After his mother's desk, Peter walked around in a disconsolate mood and he felt like sleeping all day. DO: Draw a picture illustrating this word and write a sentence using the word with context clues.
Have a peer review both your sentence and picture. Make sure they include their name with their comment.
Sign up for a group duty. Student files explained for class (5th block never explained)-black bin by basket contains each student file. This includes things like your student questionnaire, your progress reports and data. Do not remove anything from these files-they are for conferences with Ms. Batten. (4th Block-still needs to review R1-Ain't I a Woman- problems-see last blog entry for explanation of score.)
Take out Exit 1. Turn to pg 1294 OMG-Holt. Class discusses story in detail, such as
1)Author starts with a hook/anecdote 2)excerpt
Woolf-Walker’s brackets and reason 3)Ma Rainey-purpose for this allusion (student problems with
allusion reasons discussed) 4)poem by Walker and why its not an allusion 5)how her mother used gardening as an outlet for her creativity 5)Wheatley and Roberta Flack and why allusions were used-It is not acceptable to put Roberta Flack-singer, allusion used because she is a singer. This doesn't tell me why she threw a singer in the middle of a story about her mother, her becoming a writer or about unknown geniuses, 1299: Reading Focus Question 1 6)purpose Walker wrote this, purpose for her allusions to mostly famous people, and main idea(s) of the essay
Turn in Exit 1-OMG-7 points to basket-80% assessment-DO not copy. Students discuss why it is important not to copy exit slips. Exit 1 returned to students who submitted last class and asked to fix and return.
Copy Exit 2:Straw Into Gold-9 points-80%
1)What are the different purposes for writing (3 pts) 2)What is Cisneros' purpose for writing SIG? 3)How is Cisneros' story similar and different to Walker's story? (4 pts)
Class starts Straw Into Gold together pg 1310-1311. Setup R3-SIG (Straw Into Gold) just like you did R2 with allusions on the left and notes on the right. Remember the left is page number, Allusion, brief description of allusion and why the author included the allusion. Remember your reason should relate to the story's main idea somehow.. On the right, your notes should reflect details that contribute to the main idea which is about Cisnero's journey to become a writer. Ms. Batten models with class:
Allusions
1310- Straw Into Gold-title alludes to the fairy tale in which Rumpelstiltskin held a woman captive and demanded she spin straw into gold. Allusion used perhaps to show that like the woman in the fairy tale, a character in this story will have an impossible task to complete
Read through end of story to 1314 and add allusions to the left side of your chart. Make sure you follow directions. There are less allusions in this story. You may find 2-3 max.)
Notes
-While living in France, author was invited to a dinner, which she was expected to make.
-Dinner guests assumed because she was Mexican she could make Mexican food, but she had never made tortillas
-Her Mother-from country folk
-Her Father-from inland, poor
Read through the end of the story to 1314 and add notes to the right side of your chart which contribute to the main idea: her in graduate school, her as a youth, her family's influence on her writing, her accomplishments: how she became a writer.
Will finish assignment next class-15 minutes will be given to finish. If not done with R2-which was due today, you can still do for partial credit. Remember the go to the Holt book online The login is tparker806 and the password is braves. Click on the orange book and type in the page number. 1294 OMG 1310 SIG.
