ENGLISH 11A
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Transcript of ENGLISH 11A
ENGLISH 11ATHANK YOU FOR COMING BACK
Please sit in same seat from yesterday.
Please also set out your name card.
AgendaO Textbook Introduction – O Reading Strategies and PracticeO Policy reviewO Grammar Packs – some assembly requiredO Review Parts of SpeechO Pledge of AllegianceO Journals
O Learning Targets:O I will use a reading strategy to improve my ability to
understand and retain information. O I will know where important elements are in my textbook.
Textbook OverviewO What?O Where?O How?O Work through the Textbook overview.
English 11A: Thursday, Sept. 5
O AgendaO OpeningsO InferencesO Reading StrategyO Grammar Introduction and Overview
O Openings (Class starters) – put into Journal – O May be a journal – please number and put date
at top.O May be a grammar item – to copy down and
correct.O May be a discussion point
OpeningO Compose a sentence about one of
your classes. The sentence must be at least 10 words long.
Opening ContinuedO Compose a sentence about one of your classes. The sentence
must be at least 10 words long.
O For this sentence, underline and label any phrase you recognize and label its type.O Prepositional (starts with a preposition)O Infinitive (start with “to” plus a verb – to sing)O Gerund (ing form of a verb used as a noun)O Participial (ing or past participial form of a verb used as an
adjective)O Appositive (used to rename or describe a noun)O For examples, look at pages 4-6.
O Learning Target: To review phrase types and to determine which come most naturally in your writing.
INFERENCESO YES what is basis?
O Red WingsO MusicO To readO Teacher??O Organized - O Works HardO Stuffed animalsO MotivatedO Teaches upper classmenO CMU/WMUO MotherlyO Prepared
O NO - what is basis?O CookingO DivorcedO New glasses
O Smelly markersO GorillaO Fans
Class Policies and Norms
O Review the page of policies on the tableO What does each mean for this class?O What questions do you have?
O Norms – expectationsO What should be expected of each person
in the room during class?O What should be expected of the teacher
during class?
ReadingO Reading Strategies:
O Chart – what are the implications?O Why do some people “dislike” or “struggle
with” reading?O What do people who say they are good readers
do?O Practice Strategy
O Learning Target – I will use a specific reading strategy to improve my ability to read efficiently and retain what I have read.
Strategy – Close Reading
O Divide article in thirdsO For each section
O Read through itO Underline 3-4 words/phrases/sentences that seem
important to you.O Circle any word/phrase you do not understand.O At end of each section
O look at what you underlined and on right side – write a 1 sentence summary of that section.
O On left side – make a comment about the material, connect it to your own experience, or ask a question about what was said.
O Discuss
GrammarO Units 1-4O Insert pages for Unit 1O Review what you haveO Review Parts of Speech
O Nouns – What are they? What do they “do” in a sentence? Why does recognizing the noun matter?
O Prepositional and appositive phrasesO Page 4-5
Friday, Sept. 6O Debrief Reading ArticleO Journal 1O Grammar Pages 1-4O Intro to Tragic HeroO Overview of Oedipus