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Graded Assignments, First Nine Weeks, Mid-term:
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Synonyms/Antonyms/Homophones
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Denotation and Connotation
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Listening
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Notetaking
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Recognizing and Using Similes
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Recognizing and Using Metaphors
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Deciphering Analogies
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TEST
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Lit: "Raymond's Run" by Toni Cade Bambara. Reading Check, using all writing skills
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Lit: "Mrs. Flowers" by May Angelou
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Lit: "Broken Chain" by Gary Soto
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Writing: Autobiography; Using simile, metaphor, and imagery in writing
Second Nine Weeks
Vocabulary:
"The Landlady" footnotes and "Words to Own." "The Listener" poem footnotes.
The Pigman: novel words
Grammar: Action Verbs: Transitive and Intransitive; Linking Verbs; Comparative and Superlative Adjectives; Prepositional Phrases: Adjective and Adverb Phrases; Appositive Phrases; Gerund Phrases; Infinitive Phrases.
Lit: The Pigman. Use literary skills: i.e. foreshadow, conflict; characterization;
"The Medicine Bag" Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
"The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs
"The Tell-tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe.
Writing: Audience, Descriptive Verbs, Character Analysis; Opinion Essay; Compare/Contrast Essay; Cause and Effect Essay.
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