1. heed: pay attention to (V): Heed my advice and go to college. Pay attention to my advice and go to college.....what else might you heed? How many people here heed their parents’ advice?
2. haughty: arrogant (ADJ): Some people can be haughty. Some people can be arrogant...do you know anyone who is haughty? why are they haughty?
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3. evasive: using tricks to avoid (ADJ).....It would have been better if the student had been honest and not evasive. It would have been better if the student had been honest and not using tricks to avoid...when is the last time you were evasive? why?
4. shifty: not trustworthy (adj): Some people think that used car salesmen are shifty. Some people think that used car salesmen are not trustworthy. Why do people think this?
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5. animatedly: with great liveliness (adv): The teacher spoke animatedly. The teacher spoke with great liveliness. Do you have any teachers who speak animatedly? When?
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6. queuing up: lining up (V): Those attending Wimbledon queue up. Those attending Wimbledon line up.
http://photos.igougo.com/images/p204629-London-Wimbledon_Queue.jpg
7. docile: obedient (adj): Some classes are more docile than others. Some classes are more obedient than others. Which of my classes do you think is the most docile?
8.remnants: traces or pieces: I cleaned my condo of all remnants of my girlfriend. I cleaned my condo of all traces of my girlfriend...when you break up with someone do you keep remnants of the relationship?
http://studorgs.bowdoin.edu/craft/images/remnants.jpg
9. profusely: abundantly: (adj): something was wrong with my dad because he was sweating profusely. Something was wrong with my dad because he was sweating abundantly.
10. preening: careful grooming (n): I don't do a lot of preening in the morning. I don't do a lot of careful grooming in the morning.
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1. heed: pay attention to (V):
2. haughty: arrogant (ADJ)
3. evasive: using tricks to avoid (ADJ)
4. shifty: not trustworthy (adj):
5. animatedly: with great liveliness (adv):
6. queuing up: lining up (V):
7. docile: obedient (adj):
8.remnants: traces or pieces: (N)
9. profusely: abundantly or a lot: (adj):
10. preening: careful grooming (n):
kinesics
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Thursday, April 15
1.What is LOTD and how can knowing this help you on the ACT
2.What is POE and how can knowing this help you on the ACT
3.What are the 4 Cs? Define each of them. How can knowing this help you on theACT
4.What is the vertical-line test and how can knowing this help you on the ACT
5.What does POOD mean and how can knowing this help you on the ACT
6.Define a complete idea. Define an incomplete idea.
7.What is STOP punctuation? Write five sentences, each with an example of thefive kinds of STOP punctuation
8.What is GO punctuation? Write two sentences, each with an example of the twokinds of GO punctuation
9.What is the BREATH test?
10.Describe Comma Rule 3
11.Describe Comma Rule 4
12.Describe Comma Rule 5
13.Describe Comma Rule 6
14.What is the horizontal line test?
15.What is a conjunction? List the conjunctions used on the ACT
16.What is a noun? Give me at least five examples and tell me why those examplesare nouns
17.What is a verb? Give me at least five examples and tell me why those examplesare verbs
18.What is a pronoun? Give me at least five examples and tell me why thoseexamples are pronouns
19.What is a subject? Give me at least five examples and tell me why thoseexamples are subjects
20.What is a preposition? Give me at least five examples and tell me why thoseexamples are prepositions
21.What is a misplaced modifier? Give me two examples
22.When do you use fewer? When do you use less?
23.What is passive voice? What is active voice? Give me two examples of passive.Give me two examples of active voice
24.When do you use ‘s? When do you use s’?
25.What is a contraction? What does apostrophe in a contraction stand for?
26.When do you use who? When do you use whom?
2.What is POE and how can knowing this help you on the ACT
3.What are the 4 Cs? Define each of them. How can knowing this help you on theACT
4.What is the vertical-line test and how can knowing this help you on the ACT
5.What does POOD mean and how can knowing this help you on the ACT
6.Define a complete idea. Define an incomplete idea.
7.What is STOP punctuation? Write five sentences, each with an example of thefive kinds of STOP punctuation
8.What is GO punctuation? Write two sentences, each with an example of the twokinds of GO punctuation
9.What is the BREATH test?
10.Describe Comma Rule 3
11.Describe Comma Rule 4
12.Describe Comma Rule 5
13.Describe Comma Rule 6
14.What is the horizontal line test?
15.What is a conjunction? List the conjunctions used on the ACT
16.What is a noun? Give me at least five examples and tell me why those examplesare nouns
17.What is a verb? Give me at least five examples and tell me why those examplesare verbs
18.What is a pronoun? Give me at least five examples and tell me why thoseexamples are pronouns
19.What is a subject? Give me at least five examples and tell me why thoseexamples are subjects
20.What is a preposition? Give me at least five examples and tell me why thoseexamples are prepositions
21.What is a misplaced modifier? Give me two examples
22.When do you use fewer? When do you use less?
23.What is passive voice? What is active voice? Give me two examples of passive.Give me two examples of active voice
24.When do you use ‘s? When do you use s’?
25.What is a contraction? What does apostrophe in a contraction stand for?
26.When do you use who? When do you use whom?
Friday, February 19, 2010
Friday, February 19
1. advertisement: a paid announcement: (N):
2. bombarded: attacked: (V):
3. Brand: a name that identifies a product (N):
4. Consumerism: attachment to material goods (N):
5. Demographic: a statistic describing a particular section of the population. (N):
6. Logical: agreeing with reason (adj):
7. Susceptible: easily influenced (adj):
8. Valuable: having great worth (adj):
2. bombarded: attacked: (V):
3. Brand: a name that identifies a product (N):
4. Consumerism: attachment to material goods (N):
5. Demographic: a statistic describing a particular section of the population. (N):
6. Logical: agreeing with reason (adj):
7. Susceptible: easily influenced (adj):
8. Valuable: having great worth (adj):
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Tuesday, Feb. 2
Periods 1-5
1. articulate: clear and well-spoken (ADJ): Obama won the election because he was articulate. Obama won the election because he was clear and well-spoken.
2. Meticulous: paying attention to details (adj): Most women are meticulous. Most women pay attention to details.
3. Venue: region or area (NOUN): The venue for the trial was moved. The region or area for the trial was moved.
4. Metamorphosis: a transformation or change (N): Udonis Haslem underwent a metamorphosis before entering the NBA. Udonis Haslem underwent a transformation or change before entering the NBA.
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http://www.gatorzone.com/basketball/men/images/bioimg2001/haslem.jpg
5. Winsome: charming and attractive: (ADJ): The winsome puppy loves getting dressed up for Halloween. The charming and attractive puppy loves getting dressed up for Halloween.
http://www.gotbrainy.com/flashcards/show/3078
6. intangible: not able to be touched (ADJ): The Dolphins won the game because they have qualities that are intangible. The Dolphins won the game because they have qualities that are not able to be touched.
Tebow's intangibles remain strong and his measurables are solid.
7. mesmerized: held as if in a trance (V): I was mesmerized by my girlfriend when I first met her. I was held as if in a trance by my girlfriend when I first met her.
8. vernacular: the everyday language of the people (N): “Who dat” has made it into the vernacular. “Who dat” has made it into the everyday language of the people.
9. Visceral: arising from strong feelings rather than rational ideas (ADJ): Her reaction to Miguel’s poetry was visceral. Her reaction to Miguel’s poetry arose from strong feelings rather than rational ideas.
1. articulate: clear and well-spoken (ADJ): Obama won the election because he was articulate. Obama won the election because he was clear and well-spoken.
2. Meticulous: paying attention to details (adj): Most women are meticulous. Most women pay attention to details.
3. Venue: region or area (NOUN): The venue for the trial was moved. The region or area for the trial was moved.
4. Metamorphosis: a transformation or change (N): Udonis Haslem underwent a metamorphosis before entering the NBA. Udonis Haslem underwent a transformation or change before entering the NBA.
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http://www.gatorzone.com/basketball/men/images/bioimg2001/haslem.jpg
5. Winsome: charming and attractive: (ADJ): The winsome puppy loves getting dressed up for Halloween. The charming and attractive puppy loves getting dressed up for Halloween.
http://www.gotbrainy.com/flashcards/show/3078
6. intangible: not able to be touched (ADJ): The Dolphins won the game because they have qualities that are intangible. The Dolphins won the game because they have qualities that are not able to be touched.
Tebow's intangibles remain strong and his measurables are solid.
7. mesmerized: held as if in a trance (V): I was mesmerized by my girlfriend when I first met her. I was held as if in a trance by my girlfriend when I first met her.
8. vernacular: the everyday language of the people (N): “Who dat” has made it into the vernacular. “Who dat” has made it into the everyday language of the people.
9. Visceral: arising from strong feelings rather than rational ideas (ADJ): Her reaction to Miguel’s poetry was visceral. Her reaction to Miguel’s poetry arose from strong feelings rather than rational ideas.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Thursday, January 7
Words for exam
Fathom: understand or comprehend
Scanning: to look at with great care
Diffuse: spread out
Nocturnal: occurring at night
Resolve: break into parts
Entertain: to consider
Meridian: highest point
Contention: claim or belief
Prime: best
Formulate: express precisely
Evaluate: determine the value of
Extinction: the process of no longer existing
Justify: show to be correct
Explain: make clear with details
Habitat: place where a plant or animal lives
Estimate: to make a rough calculation
Ecosystem: collection of plants and animals that depend on one another
Inhabit: to live in
Endangerment: threatened with extinction
Analyze: to examine in detail
Evolved: to develop to a higher state or condition
Contrast: to note the differences
Compare: to note the similarities
Surpass: to be greater than
Organic: related to living organisms
Sediments: the stuff that settles to the bottom
Nutrients: sources of food or nourishment
Vents: openings used as outlets for gas or air
Microscopic: tiny
Precautions: safety measures
Perseverance: continuing in a course of action
Extensive: far-reaching
Sensationalize: to create high interest or high drama
Competitors: people who compete
Debilitating: exhausting or crippling
Estranged: out of contact
Precipitating: to cause the beginning
Prevalent: widespread
Malady: sickness or illness
Tenuous: thin or slight
Acute: intense or severe
Metaphysical: having to do with the study of the basic nature of things
Mutilate: to cut, tear, or break a body part
Opaque: not letting in light
Amateur: nonprofessional
Spectators: people who watch or view an event
Featured: given particular significance
Incorporate: to combine
Premier: leading in status or importance
Commitment: a promise
Disrespectful: impolite
Evident: able to be seen
Tolerate: to allow
Bombardment: attack
Dedication: devotion
Fathom: understand or comprehend
Scanning: to look at with great care
Diffuse: spread out
Nocturnal: occurring at night
Resolve: break into parts
Entertain: to consider
Meridian: highest point
Contention: claim or belief
Prime: best
Formulate: express precisely
Evaluate: determine the value of
Extinction: the process of no longer existing
Justify: show to be correct
Explain: make clear with details
Habitat: place where a plant or animal lives
Estimate: to make a rough calculation
Ecosystem: collection of plants and animals that depend on one another
Inhabit: to live in
Endangerment: threatened with extinction
Analyze: to examine in detail
Evolved: to develop to a higher state or condition
Contrast: to note the differences
Compare: to note the similarities
Surpass: to be greater than
Organic: related to living organisms
Sediments: the stuff that settles to the bottom
Nutrients: sources of food or nourishment
Vents: openings used as outlets for gas or air
Microscopic: tiny
Precautions: safety measures
Perseverance: continuing in a course of action
Extensive: far-reaching
Sensationalize: to create high interest or high drama
Competitors: people who compete
Debilitating: exhausting or crippling
Estranged: out of contact
Precipitating: to cause the beginning
Prevalent: widespread
Malady: sickness or illness
Tenuous: thin or slight
Acute: intense or severe
Metaphysical: having to do with the study of the basic nature of things
Mutilate: to cut, tear, or break a body part
Opaque: not letting in light
Amateur: nonprofessional
Spectators: people who watch or view an event
Featured: given particular significance
Incorporate: to combine
Premier: leading in status or importance
Commitment: a promise
Disrespectful: impolite
Evident: able to be seen
Tolerate: to allow
Bombardment: attack
Dedication: devotion
Monday, November 30, 2009
Monday, Nov. 30
10/27 What did you learn today while using Read-On?
10/29 What is a topic sentence and what is its function?
10/30 How do you define success?
11/3 What sport should be added to the Olympics?
11/4 What did you learn today while using Read-On?
11/9 Why do people ‘depersonalize’ from themselves?
11/10 What is a double-blind study
11/13 What did you learn today while using Read-On?
11/17 What did you learn today while using Read-On?
11/18 What is ‘amnesia’? what does the word mean to you?
11/20 what is the olympic motto and what does it mean to you
11/24 Describe Greece’s influence on the Olympics.
11/30 Why has track-and-field remained so popular?
10/29 What is a topic sentence and what is its function?
10/30 How do you define success?
11/3 What sport should be added to the Olympics?
11/4 What did you learn today while using Read-On?
11/9 Why do people ‘depersonalize’ from themselves?
11/10 What is a double-blind study
11/13 What did you learn today while using Read-On?
11/17 What did you learn today while using Read-On?
11/18 What is ‘amnesia’? what does the word mean to you?
11/20 what is the olympic motto and what does it mean to you
11/24 Describe Greece’s influence on the Olympics.
11/30 Why has track-and-field remained so popular?
Friday, November 13, 2009
Tuesday, November 10
Periods 1-5
1. Fluency
2. Word wall
3. Complete anticipation guide
4. Teacher read
5. Begin Main idea/details activity
6. Closure
1. Fluency
2. Word wall
3. Complete anticipation guide
4. Teacher read
5. Begin Main idea/details activity
6. Closure
Monday, November 2, 2009
Friday, Nov. 6
Periods 1-5
Daily topic/question: Why do people 'depersonalize' from themselves?
Objective: Students will be able to ...
1. Identify cause-effect relationships
2. Determine main idea through inferring, paraphrasing, summarizing and identifying relevant details
Activity:
1. Fluency
2. Word wall
3. Teacher read
4. During-reading activity
5. Closure
Daily topic/question: Why do people 'depersonalize' from themselves?
Objective: Students will be able to ...
1. Identify cause-effect relationships
2. Determine main idea through inferring, paraphrasing, summarizing and identifying relevant details
Activity:
1. Fluency
2. Word wall
3. Teacher read
4. During-reading activity
5. Closure
Thursday, Nov. 5
Daily topic/question: No essential question today
Periods 1-5
Activity
1. Fluency
2. Review MC answers
3. Review anticipation guide (hang anticipation guides)
4. New vocab
5. Complete anticipation guide
6. Closure: Word wall
Daily topic/question: No essential question today
Objective: Students will be able to:
1. Apply strategies to access background knowledge
2. Use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught directly
Periods 1-5
Activity
1. Fluency
2. Review MC answers
3. Review anticipation guide (hang anticipation guides)
4. New vocab
5. Complete anticipation guide
6. Closure: Word wall
Daily topic/question: No essential question today
Objective: Students will be able to:
1. Apply strategies to access background knowledge
2. Use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught directly
Wednesday, Nov. 4
Daily topic/question: What did you learn today while using Read-On
Objective: Students will be able to practice those FCAT areas in which they are weak
Activity:
1. Read-aloud
2. Read-On
3. Closure
Closure: Students will answer daily question in their notebook
Objective: Students will be able to practice those FCAT areas in which they are weak
Activity:
1. Read-aloud
2. Read-On
3. Closure
Closure: Students will answer daily question in their notebook
Tuesday, Nov. 3
Periods 1-5
Daily topic/question: How do you organize data in reading?
Objective: Students will be able to ...
1. Evaluate relevant details and organize information to show relationships
2. Read fluently
Activity:
1. Read-aloud
2. Complete questions pages 51-52
3. Complete chart on Page 55 AND questions 27-28
4. Closure
Closure: Students will answer daily question in notebook
Daily topic/question: How do you organize data in reading?
Objective: Students will be able to ...
1. Evaluate relevant details and organize information to show relationships
2. Read fluently
Activity:
1. Read-aloud
2. Complete questions pages 51-52
3. Complete chart on Page 55 AND questions 27-28
4. Closure
Closure: Students will answer daily question in notebook
Monday, Nov. 2
Periods 1-5
1. Fluency
2. Word wall
3. Review rubric for essential questions
Rubric for essential questions
You used at least two details – and you numbered them – when answering each question
YES (2 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
Your answers were the required length of a half-page
YES (10 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
I could read your handwriting
YES (2 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
You left enough space between questions to make your paper easy to read
YES (2 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
Your answers made sense
YES (2 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
Your answers were grammatically correct
YES (2 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
You did not use your opinion, but instead used information from the story
YES (10 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
You took advantage of the time given in class to complete the questions
YES (10 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
You wrote out the questions
YES (2 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
You only included two questions per page
YES (2 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
4. Review during-reading activity
1. She has 17 gold medals, one for each of the heptathlons in which she has competed.
2. Carolina Kluft, relatively unknown in the U.S., is one of the best athletes in the world.
3. Her attitude about her sport and about life in general set her apart from other competitors.
4. Carolina thinks that having fun is important.
5. Carolina works hard.
6. Rest has helped Carolina overcome injuries.
7. Preparation and determination have also helped Carolina overcome injuries.
8. She has taken advantage of her golden opportunities, while becoming the best athlete and best person she can be.
5. CLOSURE: No closure activity today
1. Fluency
2. Word wall
3. Review rubric for essential questions
Rubric for essential questions
You used at least two details – and you numbered them – when answering each question
YES (2 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
Your answers were the required length of a half-page
YES (10 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
I could read your handwriting
YES (2 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
You left enough space between questions to make your paper easy to read
YES (2 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
Your answers made sense
YES (2 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
Your answers were grammatically correct
YES (2 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
You did not use your opinion, but instead used information from the story
YES (10 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
You took advantage of the time given in class to complete the questions
YES (10 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
You wrote out the questions
YES (2 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
You only included two questions per page
YES (2 POINTS) NO (0 POINTS)
4. Review during-reading activity
1. She has 17 gold medals, one for each of the heptathlons in which she has competed.
2. Carolina Kluft, relatively unknown in the U.S., is one of the best athletes in the world.
3. Her attitude about her sport and about life in general set her apart from other competitors.
4. Carolina thinks that having fun is important.
5. Carolina works hard.
6. Rest has helped Carolina overcome injuries.
7. Preparation and determination have also helped Carolina overcome injuries.
8. She has taken advantage of her golden opportunities, while becoming the best athlete and best person she can be.
5. CLOSURE: No closure activity today
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Friday, Oct. 30
Periods 1-5
1. Fluency
2. Vocab quiz
3. Finish during-reading activity
4. Closure
Objective: SWBAT evaluate relevant details and organize information to show relationships
Closure: How do you define success?
1. Fluency
2. Vocab quiz
3. Finish during-reading activity
4. Closure
Objective: SWBAT evaluate relevant details and organize information to show relationships
Closure: How do you define success?
Thursday, Oct. 29
Periods 1-5
1. Word wall
2. Read-On
3. Closure
Closure: What did you learn today while using Read-On?
1. Word wall
2. Read-On
3. Closure
Closure: What did you learn today while using Read-On?
Tuesday, Oct. 27
Periods 1-5
Objective: SWBAT determine the main idea through paraphrasing and organizing information
Closure: What is a topic sentence and what is its function?
Agenda: 1. Read-aloud
2. During-reading activity (will complete with partner)
3. Closure
Assessment: Pair work with organizer; test on vocab; end-of-lesson multiple choice test
Objective: SWBAT determine the main idea through paraphrasing and organizing information
Closure: What is a topic sentence and what is its function?
Agenda: 1. Read-aloud
2. During-reading activity (will complete with partner)
3. Closure
Assessment: Pair work with organizer; test on vocab; end-of-lesson multiple choice test
Monday, Oct. 26
Periods 1-5
Essential questions that were collected on Wednesday, Oct. 28
10/13
Do you think Jupiter has life? (use book)
10/14
Is your fluency improving?
10/15
What must planets have, if we know they have water? (use book)
10/16
What did you learn today while using Read-On?
10/19
In paragraph 18, what are ‘convection currents’? (use book)
10/20
Would you live on another planet? Why or why not?
10/21
What did you learn today while using Read-On?
10/26
What are the mental characteristics of a champion?
Objective: SWBAT read a paragraph while identifying MI and one detail; apply strategies to access BG knowledge; preview text; set purpose; understand new vocab
Closure: What are the mental characteristics of a champion?
Agenda: 1. Fluency
2. Word wall
3. New vocab
4. BG Knowledge with video
5. Closure
Assessment: Pair work with organizer; vocab test; MC test
Essential questions that were collected on Wednesday, Oct. 28
10/13
Do you think Jupiter has life? (use book)
10/14
Is your fluency improving?
10/15
What must planets have, if we know they have water? (use book)
10/16
What did you learn today while using Read-On?
10/19
In paragraph 18, what are ‘convection currents’? (use book)
10/20
Would you live on another planet? Why or why not?
10/21
What did you learn today while using Read-On?
10/26
What are the mental characteristics of a champion?
Objective: SWBAT read a paragraph while identifying MI and one detail; apply strategies to access BG knowledge; preview text; set purpose; understand new vocab
Closure: What are the mental characteristics of a champion?
Agenda: 1. Fluency
2. Word wall
3. New vocab
4. BG Knowledge with video
5. Closure
Assessment: Pair work with organizer; vocab test; MC test
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Thursday, Oct. 22
Objective: SWBAT use strategies to comprehend grade-level text; determine the main idea or essential message in grade-level or higher texts through inferring, paraphrasing, summarizing and identifying relevant details; use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught directly
Activity: RAFT
1. RAFT: You are an astronaut on the U.S.S. Colt and have just exited the spacecraft to explore Europa, which is one of Jupiter’s moons. Report back to those of us on Earth Jupiter’s chances to sustain life.
2. Finish main idea/questions activity from yesterday
3. Read-aloud
4. Closure
Activity: RAFT
1. RAFT: You are an astronaut on the U.S.S. Colt and have just exited the spacecraft to explore Europa, which is one of Jupiter’s moons. Report back to those of us on Earth Jupiter’s chances to sustain life.
2. Finish main idea/questions activity from yesterday
3. Read-aloud
4. Closure
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