Week+18+~+Dec.+17+-+Dec.+21,+2012

= __Happy Holidays! __ = __Novel Study: Slam! ____By Walter Dean Myers __ =**__Reading Instructional Focus: __** Comparisons and Contrasts; Cause & Effect (Review Figurative Language & Symbolism) = =__Quote Of The Week: __ "After climbing a hill, one finds there are many more hills to climb." Nelson Mandela = =__Word of the Week: __ accouterments ( noun) accessories; trapping, paraphernalia = Students will be able to: 1) recognize symbolism in text 2) recognize the use of comparison and contrast 3) recognize cause and effect relationships 4) identify and uses the author’s purpose and point of view to construct meaning from text __ Unit 8 Spelling and Vocabulary Lis __ Grandma is out of the hospital so Greg goes to visit her. He tells her about the video tape and how he will show it to her when it is finished. At school, he overlooks writing an English paper. Mr. Parrish taunts him and Karen stops him from punching the teacher. Greg walks out of school as the teacher goes to the principal's office. Greg goes to a restaurant down the street. Goldy comes to the restaurant to talk with him. Mr. Parrish is trying to have Greg suspended and some of the students are in the principal's office supporting Greg. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Goldy asks Greg about his self-destructive behavior. He wants to know what is happening and he will try to get Greg out of the mess he is in. Greg starts to explain what happened and what Mr. Parrish said about how...
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Essential Question: __**<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">What is the best way to celebrate the holidays?
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Objectives: __**
 * =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Word = || =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Part Of Speech = || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">Definition ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">antipathy || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">noun || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">dislike ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">antiquated || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">adjective || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">old-fashioned; obsolete ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">antithesis || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">noun || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">the opposite of ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">apathy || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">noun || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">indifference; lack of feeling ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">appease || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">verb || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">to calm; pacify ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">arbitrary || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">adjective || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">unreasonable; selected randomly ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">arcane || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">adjective || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">secret; obscure ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">archaic || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">adjective || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">out of date ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">artifice || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">noun || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">trickery ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">asceticism || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">noun || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">self-denial ||

<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Right before the start of the Carver game, Coach Nipper assigns Greg to guard Ice. Ice taunts Greg during the opening minutes of the game until Greg tells him to keep quite. Latimer doesn't look good in the opening minutes and is down eight points at half time. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">During the half time break, Coach Nipper says that his team is playing a good game against the city champions. Back on the court for the second half both teams play hard. Latimer slowly gains ground. Ice eases up on Greg half way through the second half, just as he had with brothers in the Trinity game. Both Ice and Greg are given a breather and return for the last minute of play. Latimer wins the game in the last few seconds of play. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">As they walk off the court, Ice and Greg make plans... <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">List two positive incidents from this chapter that show that Slam is good in some areas of school.
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Monday 12/17/12 __**
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Warm Up: __**<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;"> Sentence Completion 1
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Warm Up __**
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Slam! Chapter 18 __**
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Discussion Question for Chapter 18: __**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px;">After the game, the teachers and students came into the locker room to congratulate the team. Slam writes: "The thought came to me that we had won, and maybe they wouldn't be there if we had lost. Maybe that was something to think about for the off-court game, too." <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">pgs. 247 - 248 <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">What do you think Slam is saying in this passage about life in general? <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Florida Achieves
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Discussion Question for Chapter 19 __**
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Homework: __**

<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Symbolism PowerPoint & Practice <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Unit 8 Spelling & Vocabulary Test Homework: <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;"> Florida Achieves
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Tuesday:12/18/12 __**
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Warm Up: __** <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Sentence Completion 2


 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Wednesday 12/19/12 __**

**__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Chapter 20 Summary __** <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Pops and Derek are at the game and Greg is glad that he made Pops proud of him. After the game, Greg eats at home. Mtisha calls to say that Bianca invite them to a party at Ice's house. They make plans to meet there. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Greg arrives at the party before Mtisha. Ice teases him by reminding him that Latimer has to play Carver in the Tournament of Champions. A player named Latin is guarding the door to keep out party crashers. While Greg is dancing with Mtisha, there is some commotion and Latin announces that a drunk girl tried to crash the party. Greg looks for Ice but can't find him. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Greg finds Ice of the roof and watches as Ice gives the girl two plastic vials. The girl leaves and Ice puts his arm around Greg's shoulders. Greg pushes... <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">After the game, the teachers and students come into the locker room to congratulate the team. Slam writes: //<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">“The thought came to me that we had won, and maybe they wouldn’t have been there if we had lost. Maybe that was something to think about for the off-court game, too.” (Pgs. 247-248) // <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">What do you think Slam is saying in the above passage about life in general?
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Warm Up: __** <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Antonym Questions 1
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Discussion Question for Chapter 20 __**

**__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Chapter 21 Summary __** <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">The next day at school, Greg and the team are congratulated by everyone. The victory over Carver is all that everyone is talking about. Greg is preoccupied about Ice and feels no one else would understand. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">After school, Mtisha calls him to say that Ice is giving up dealing. Bianca wants the four of them to meet to talk about the situation, but Greg says no. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">When Mr. Parrish views the video, Greg has to look away from the scenes with Ice. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Greg works hard in basketball practice. The coach now calls him Slam. __<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Chapter 21 Analysis __ <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Greg is very affected by the situation with Ice. He refuses Bianca's suggestion that they all meet and talk because Ice says he will give up dealing. Greg finds that he has nothing to say to Ice. Greg is confused and upset about the situation with Ice... <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;"> **__ Discussion Question: __** <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Slam reflects on what he has learned about life in the following passage. Based on his words, briefly discuss how well the following characters from the story fulfill this view of life. //<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">“What was happening was that the clock was still running, like Goldy had said it would, and we had to keep on keeping on the best way we could.” (Pg. 265) // __ Homework __
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Thursday __**
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Warm Up: __**<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;"> Antonym Questions 1
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Agenda __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Grandmother:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Moms:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Mtisha:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Florida Achieves

__ Friday __ __ Homework: __ <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Work on Florida Achieves
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Warm Up: Check Weekly Warm Ups
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Unit 8 Vocabulary & Spelling Test
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Slam End of Book Test
 * ~ Enjoy your Holiday Break, See you on January 7, 2013~ **