Week of February 24

Monday:  ePat test in the lab

Tuesday:  Watched "Big Fish" and took notes on Tim Burton's cinematic techniques.


Wednesday:  Read the article "Hollywood Outsider" from your Springboard book. 

On C11 in your spiral, write at least two THEMES that you think Tim Burton might cover in his movies.


THEME = TOPIC + WHAT THE AUTHOR/DIRECTOR WANTS TO SAY ABOUT IT

Look at page 137 of your SB book. For each column, predict three techniques you think Tim Burton might use and why.  Write your predictions onto C11.

Thursday:  Look at page 153 of your Springboard and find the definition for TONE. On C12 of your spiral, write the definition of Tone at the very top.


Still on page C12 of your spiral, draw lines on your paper to create four large boxes.

Number the boxes 1-4. Label the boxes as follows:

1. Passage 1 – Connotation phrases

2. Passage 1 – Tone

3. Passage 2 – Connotation phrases

4. Passage 2 – Tone

Read page 154.  Look for words and phrases with a strong CONNOTATION. Underline, circle, or highlight them.

Mark them with a (+) or a (-) depending on their connotation.

In the Passage 1 Connotation box, write down the words that have the strongest connotation. Next to each word, write what is being described.


If tone is the ATTITUDE of the writer or speaker, then…

What is the TONE of passage 1?

Choose a subject/topic that the author has included. The subject may be simple or complex. It is usually a noun, but don’t forget to think about idea nouns (loyalty, poverty, etc).

Determine his TONE toward that subject.

In the TONE box, write the TONE statement we will do together and one that you will do with a partner.

Tone Statement:

Roald Dahl’s tone towards ________________ is ________________. He writes, “________________________________,” which shows that he feels ___________________.

On your own:

Read page 156 – 157. While reading:

Look for words and phrases with a strong CONNOTATION. Underline, circle, or highlight them.

Mark them with a (+) or a (-) depending on their connotation.

Fill out Box 3 in C12 of your spiral. Compare with a neighbor before moving on to Box 4.

In Box 4, write at least two tone statements.

Extra credit extended response on loose paper:

Compare and contrast the author’s tone toward Charlie’s family and Veruca’s family.

Friday:  Turn in extended response if you haven’t already.


Set up your next quickwrite:

C13: 10 minutes/ 15 lines explaining the requirements of this embedded assessment

FCAs:

Includes all 5 scoring criteria

Uses student friendly language

No runons or fragments

Read the exemplary column on page 182-183. Underline all the words you do not know. Tape or glue the Style Analysis Outline into your SB book as C14.

Get your spiral ready to be graded.

You will be unpacking this Embedded Assessment on printer paper.