English 2January 5-6, 2015

I can edit sentences for mistakes in punctuation of titles.

I can demonstrate comprehension of increasingly challenging texts by answering literal, interpretive and evaluative questions.

I can understand the denotation of words that describe tone and mood.

I can generate and refine my own definition of a hero.

Punctuating Titles Use quotation marks for

Short stories Chapter titles Articles Essays Poems One-act plays Monologues Individual TV episodes Lecture, speech,

sermons Song Titles Slang, ironic use of words

Use italics or underlining for Books Epic Poems Magazine/Newspaper/

Pamphlets Play/Drama/Movie (more

than one act) TV/Radio SERIES Titles Works of art Ships/Boats/Aircraft Albums/CDs Foreign words or phrases

Edit the following sentences and titles. The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant Wildcats Win Wild One (article in a newspaper) The Herald Leader Rolling Stone (magazine) Fast and Furious Did you read Poes short story The Cask of

Amontillado? The Bells a poem by Edgar Allen Poe is a

masterful work in the practice of onomatopoeia.

Vocabulary: Tone column 2

1. Laudatory full of praise and commendation; syn:

complimentary2. Nostalgic pleasure and sadness that is

caused by remembering something from the past; syn: sentimental

3. Melancholy a gloomy state of mind; syn: depressed

4. Condescending having or showing an attitude of superiority or condescension; syn: snobby

5. Derogatory showing a critical, rude, or disrespectful attitude; syns: disparaging, demeaning, disrespectful

Complete The Year In Review You will have 7 minutes to complete it.

Review the On Demand test, Benchmark 2 test, etc.

Exemplar #1My Future Grandchildren:

The culture that I grew up in had a lot of negatives, as well as positives. We judged one another based on our looks, but then, we would realize that everything has beauty even if it does not jump out at you. We let unimportant things affect our moods, and realized later that they shouldn’t matter. My identity was influenced by my culture through music, technology, and clothing.

Music was a large part of what our generation and culture became. An example of the huge impact music can have is Ishmael Beah’s story in A Long Way Gone. When he had nothing left—no name, no family—he always had music. When he would listen to it, he would be reminded of the good times he and his family and friends shared. At one point, the music even saved his life from the rebels. It shaped who he was and made him stronger. The words may have no meaning to you, but they will always mean something to Beah and who he became.

I think the biggest influence on our culture and my identity was technology. We were so reliant on it. If we didn’t know how to do our homework, there was Google. If we couldn’t think of anything to do, there was social media. My generation was so largely impacted by technology because we used sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to get acceptance and approval from our peers. I’m not going to lie, even I did it. If you didn’t get enough “likes” on your pictures, you didn’t feel pretty; or if someone didn’t put you as their #MCM (Man Crush Monday), you would think that they didn’t like you. It all impacts who you are, your identity.

I found it crazy that something as insignificant as clothing could affect a culture and someone’s identity so much. You could go to any highschool and tell who was friends with who. If you didn’t have the money to buy $70 jeans, you couldn’t be friends with the “popular” kids. We let our judgements and the judgements of others control our lives—who we hang out with, wo we like. I’m proud to say that this didn’t affect me as much; I always tried to be friends with everyone, regardless of what they were wearing.

Exemplar #2Dear Future Grandchildren,

My culture in my generation has affected my identity in good and bad ways, just as yours will. There are very many ways that my culture has affected me. My generation has been brought up around technology. Our religion also creates and changes your identity. Also, the music that you listen to makes you your own person separate from the rest.

Technology was around me while I was growing up. Now that I am old enough to be able to understand what it is, I have noticed it has changed the way we—the children in my generation—do things. We rely on the technology to help us with everything we do. When we need to find out what something is or what it means, we use the technology to figure it out instead of using each other to figure it out. We base everything we do off of the technology, that’s how it changes and affects your identity. The past generations didn’t have technology to use they had theirselves, their imaginations, and each other.

Religion is another aspect of culture that affects your identity. I am a Baptist, which means I pray to one god. I respect my elders because with me being a Baptist that is what we believe. Depending on what type of religion you believe in will choose your identity. For example, Ishmael Beah in A Long Way Gone prays to Allah. He follows his religion and just like mine we respect our elders. Although they are different types of religion they change your identity. If you are an atheist you don’t believe in any gods, so you treat the people who do believe bad because you feel like they are lying to you and that nobody can help you.

Music is another aspect that affects your identity. Back in the past generations, music was about how to live life and teaching lessons. In today’s generation of music it is about taking drugs and having sex. This affects my identity because it is encouraging our generation to go out and party and have sex. My identity and culture is not like that because I choose to not let my life revolve around that type of music. Immature children listen to that type of music and think that they are cool, and start to do that stuff.

My identity is like past generations. I don’t let myself depend on technology for everything I do. My religion helps make me a better person and to respect my elders. Music is how I get away from the immature bunch of my generation, I listen to music that teaches us lessons and how we can live life the good way. Technology, religion, and music have changed and affected my life by making me a better person, and also helping me work harder to achieve my goals instead of partying.

On a scratch piece of paper:

Think of a hero (i.e. Superman, Spiderman, The Hulk, Batman, Wonder Woman, Black Widow, etc).

Who do you feel you are most like? Write the name of the hero at the top of your paper. List characteristics you believe make him/her a hero. List how you are like your hero. Find someone who has listed the same hero as you

have listed. Compare your list of characteristics. You may want to add to your own list.

Now find someone who has a different hero listed. Again, compare your lists of characteristics

Listen to the lyrics of the song, “I Need a Hero”, and discover characteristics of a hero.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ7fwti11RM&feature=related

List characteristics of a hero. Compare your list with someone close by.

Reading Groups

You will be placed in reading groups. You will read the story “The Man in the Water”

pages 321-325 in the Holt Reader. Within each group, each individual will have a

job. Each person must complete 1 job! You may decide within your group if your

group wants to read the text together OR have each person in the group read the text on their own.

Group Jobs

Discussion Leader: comes up with 3-5 questions about the text in order to clarify or assure comprehension for all group members

Summarizer: summarizes the text for the group to assure the same comprehension for all group members

Connector: will connect the text with self or world (must illustrate/justify this connection)

Word Wizard: will create a list of words (found within the text) that help establish the text’s mood and justify their importance

Comprehension Questions After you have read the text and finished your group

work answer these questions individually:1. What event is Rosenblatt (the author) concerned

about in his essay? What is Rosenblatt’s purpose for writing this essay?

2. What heroic thing did the man in the water do?3. Which two qualities of the man made him

fascinating in Rosenblatt’s (the author) opinion?4. What two forces are contrasted in the essay?5. What is the victory of the man in the water?6. Why were people so riveted by the disaster?7. Determine the difference between heroic altruism

and unhealthy self-sacrifice.

Using a four-square planner, define HERO.