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This Week's Reading Selection: High Tide in Tucson by Barbara Kingsolver
__** Reading Instructional Focus: **__ **2) Reference and Research:** ** Informational Text Illustrations, Organizational Text Features, Arguments, Graphs, Charts ** __** #|Vocabulary Unit 3 **__
 * Genre: Essay **
 * 1) Vocabulary (Foreign Words and Phrases, Words With Foreign Origins ) **
 * __ Essential Question __** __:__ **How is nature like a mother**?
 * __ Word Of the Week: __ fluctuate: (v.) **** rising and falling **
 * __ Quote of the Week: __ "He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else." - Benjamin Franklin **
 * 1) ** __klutz__ - a clumsy person **
 * 2) ** __guerrilla__ - a member of an irregular army operating in a territory under the control of a hostile force **
 * 3) ** __je ne sais quoi__ - I know not what; an elusive quality **
 * 4) ** __enfant terrible__ - an incorrigible child; an outrageously outspoken or bold person **
 * 5) ** __lingua franca__ - common language **
 * 6) ** __joie de vivre__ - joy in living **
 * 7) ** __pro bono__ - done or donated without charge; free **
 * 8) ** __fiasco__ - total failure **
 * 9) ** __per se__ - in and of itself **
 * 10) ** __dolce vita__ - sweet life; the good life perceived as one of physical pleasure and self-indulgence **
 * 11) ** __per capita__ - per person; each **
 * 12) ** __persona non grata__ - unacceptable or unwelcome person **
 * 13) ** __faux pas__ - social blunder **
 * 14) ** __prima donna__ - temperamental entertainer **
 * 15) ** __par excellence__ - the best at something **

__** Monday 9/23/13 **__ __**Warm Up:**__ The governor formed an **//ad hoc//** committee to investigate the cause of the crisis? a) What does //**ad hoc**// mean? b) From which language does it come? c) Write one antonym and one synonym for **//ad hoc//.** **__Agenda__**  **1) Warm Up** **2) Copy Unit 3 list** **3) #|Preview "High Tide in Tucson" #|Map skills, desert characteristics, tides etc.**

__ **Tuesday 9/24/13** __ __Warm Up__: John worked so long with Robert that he has become his **alter ego.** a) What is an alter ego? b) From which language does it come? __** Agenda **__
 * 1) Warm Up **
 * 2) Power Point Presentation and note taking on Text Features **-

__** Wednesday 9/25/13 **__ a) What does //**tete-**////**a-tetes**// mean? b) From which language does it come? c) Write one antonym and one synonym for //**tete-**////**a-tete.**// __ //**Agenda**// __ __ //**Directed Reading: High Tide in Tucson pp. 134 - 138**// __
 * __Warm Up__: ** The teacher has frequent //**tete-**////**a-tetes**// with her students to discuss their progress.

__**Thursday 9/26/13**__ - Early Release - Classes End at 2:00 -Open House 6:30 p.m. - __**Warm Up**__: The chairman's **//mea culpa//** included a promise that such mistake would not happen again. a) What does //**mea culpa**// mean? b) From which language does it come? c) Write 3 synonyms for **//mea culpa.//** __** Agenda **__ __** Poetry Analysis - **** TPCASTT **** - Paired Activity **__

** P araphrase: Translate the poem in your own words. What is it about? Rephrase the difficult sections word-for-word. **

 * C onnotation: Look beyond the literal meaning of key words and images to their associations. **
 * A ttitude: What is the speaker's attitude? What is the author's attitude? How does the author feel about the speaker, other characters, or the subject? **
 * S hifts: Where do shifts in tone, setting, voice etc., occur? Look for time and place, keywords, punctuation, stanza division, changes in length or rhyme, and sentence structure. What is the purpose of each shift? How do they impact meaning? **
 * T itle: Examine the title again. What do you think in means now in the context of the poem? **
 * Theme: Think of the literal and metaphorical layers of the poem. Then determine the overall theme. The theme must be written in a complete sentence. **

__** Friday 9/27/13 **__ - =__** Reminder Character Scrap Book is due on Monday 9/30/13 **__= No warm up collect this week's warm ups Literary Analysis High Tide in Tucson Unit 3 #|Vocabulary Review: Charades/Pictionaries or #|Flash card practice on quia.com