Week+19+~+Jan+13+-+17,+2014

=BAT TESTING THIS WEEK. GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP EVERY NIGHT AND COME TO SCHOOL RESTED AND ALERT! =



= Monday - Report to your designated room at 9:30. Regular Math students, please report to Room 917 =

=__ Monday __ - Mathematics, Algebra, Geometry (Sessions 1 and 2) =

=__ Tuesday __ Reading Session 1 (70 minutes) =

=__ Wednesday __ Reading Session 2 (70 minutes) =

=__ Thursday __ - **Civics (7th grade) and Science (8th grade) **=

__ **Friday**: __** Back to Normal **

 * Warm Up: Propaganda & Persuasive Techniques **
 * Agenda **
 * Slam Chapters 15-17 **
 * Comprehension/Discussion Questions **
 * 1)What does Slam learn from Willie King? **
 * 2) Find an example of allusion this chapter. (14) **
 * 3) Why is Slam disappointed in Ice's game even though Carver beats Trinity? **
 * 4)Slam uses several slang expressions in the following passage. What is Slam saying about the game with Hunter? **
 *  //"The truth is that my game is my fame and when I made the scene with my gangster lean I knew I was crazy good and on the money."// (pg. 201) **
 * 5) Find an example of an interesting simile in Chapter 16. **
 * 6) Find an incident that illustrates the following theme: //Drugs ruin the lives of the people who sell them as well as the lives of the people who use them.// **
 * //7)// Why does Slam nearly punch Mr. Parrish? Why does he decide to find him and apologize later? **
 * 8) Based on context, define each of the following slang expressions or words: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">i) tough **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ii) puts his mouth on you **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">iii) hawk **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">iv) dig it **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">v) rock his jaw **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">vi) sky **