Week+8+October+8+-12,+2012

__ By: Walter Dean Myers __
When Derek and Moms go to the hospital to visit grandma, Mtisha comes to visit. She has found out about Ice and Greg going out with Bianca and Kickey the night before. She confronts him about it. He has to run after her to apologize. Greg begins to work on his video taping project. He tapes various spots in his neighborhood. While he is walking around taping, he is thinking about Mtisha. He calls Mtisha when he goes home but her mother won't let him talk to her. She calls him a low life form for his behavior with Kickey. In chapter eight, Greg spends his weekend working on his video project and playing ball at the YMCA. One of the men there placed in Italy and tells Greg that a player has to......

__ Essential Question: __ What accomplishments does society esteem, or regard as successful? What does this say about our society? Explain. __ Instructional Focus: __ Vocabulary (Foreign Origins); Reference and Research Students will be able to: 1) use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught 2) use context clues to determine word meaning 3) understand the meaning of words with foreign origin 4) understand how writers use ethical and unethical means of persuasion

__ Quote of the Week __ : ** "The only disability in life is a bad attitude." ~Scott Hamilton~ **
==__Word of the Week__: mélange (noun): mixture; medley ==

The budget crisis came about because of a mélange of complex factors.
__ Unit 4 Vocabulary __
 * 1) ** a la carte ** - with a separate price for each item, printed on the menu; basically it is used to refer to the menu, as opposed to, say, a buffet
 * 2) ** alfresco ** - open air; outdoors
 * 3) ** alma mater ** - any institution one has graduated from; in other words, one’s old school or university
 * 4) ** avant-garde ** - an artist or group associated with the use of new techniques in their field
 * 5) ** bona fide ** - authentic, genuine, in good faith
 * 6) ** c’est la vie ** - that’s life; such is life
 * 7) ** de facto ** - in reality, actually
 * 8) ** déjà vu ** - the sensation of having previously experienced something that one is experiencing
 * 9) ** en route ** - on the way
 * 10) ** ergo ** - therefore; consequently

__ Monday October 8, 2012 __
__ Warm Up: __ Vocabulary Practice Test 7D (1 – 5) Word Relationships __ Agenda __ __ Homework: __
 * Warm Up
 * Copy Vocabulary Unit 4 words
 * Hand in first draft of Olympic research project
 * Persuasive and Propaganda techniques PowerPoint Presentation [[file:PropagandaPersuasive-1.pptx]] (See also Materials and Resources link for presentation)
 * Read for about 30 minutes and complete the activities for Reading Log Day 1
 * Determine the foreign language from which our vocabulary words and phrases each come. Use a dictionary to help you.
 * Work on Florida Achieves

__ Tuesday October 9, 2012 __
__ Warm Up: __ Reading Practice Test 7D (6 - 10) __ Agenda __ __ Homework: __
 * Warm Up
 * Review last night's homework, discuss word origin and review meanings
 * Type research paper into a word document for submission to turnitin.com
 * Demonstrate how easybib.com helps to create bibliography items
 * Read for about 30 minutes and complete the activities for Reading Log Day 2
 * Work on Florida Achieves

__ Wednesday October 10, 2012 __
__ Warm Up: __ Reading Practice Test 8D (1 - 5) __ Homework: __
 * Warm Up
 * Create sentences using vocabulary words and phrases in context
 * Read Chapter 7 of Slam and respond to the discussion questions:
 * One theme of this novel is the importance of a supportive family. What evidence is there that Slam has a strong, supportive family?
 * Read for about 30 minutes and complete the activities for Reading Log Day 3
 * Write sentences with this week's words and phrases
 * Work on Florida Achieves

__ Thursday October 11, 2012 __
__ Warm Up: __ Vocabulary Practice Test 8D (6-10)

__ Agenda __
 * Warm Up
 * Identify propaganda and persuasive techniques in context
 * Read Chapter 8 of Slam and respond to the discussion questions:
 * In this chapter, Slam goes into great detail explaining the reasoning process he used for the Math test. Compare and contrast this with how he described his basketball game in Chapter 6.

__ Homework __
 * Read for about 30 minutes and complete the activities for Reading Log Day 4
 * Study For Vocabulary Test Unit 3 tomorrow

__**Agenda **__
__ Homework __ Read for about 30 minutes and complete the activities for Reading Log Day 5
 * Vocabulary Unit 4 Test
 * Propaganda and Persuasive Techniques Test