• I CAN EDIT SENTENCES FOR MISTAKES IN MECHANICS (COLONS)

• I CAN MAKE INFERENCES FROM A VISUAL TEXT, SUPPORTING MY INFERENCES WITH SPECIFIC EVIDENCE FROM THE IMAGE

• I CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPREHENSION OF INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TEXTS BY ANSWERING LITERAL AND INTERPRETIVE QUESTIONS.

• I CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPREHENSION OF THE DENOTATION OF WORDS

• I CAN DEVELOP MY OWN DEFINITION OF CULTURE

English 2October 27-28

Rule 1. Use a colon to introduce a series of items. Do not capitalize the first item after the colon (unless it's a proper noun).

Examples:You may be required to bring many things: sleeping bags, pans, utensils, and warm clothing.I want the following items: butter, sugar, and flour.I need an assistant who can do the following: input data, write reports, and complete tax forms.

Grammar

Our tool box contains the following a hammer, a wrench, and a chisel.

The garden is filled with the following flowers violets, daisies, and roses.

In English we read the following plays Our Town, The Glass Menagerie, and A Raisin in the Sun.

Our tour included the following a wax museum; an art gallery; and a library.

1. Reverent feeling or showing deep and solemn respect

2. Brusque short, abrupt, dismissive

3. Defile to make unclean

4. Rebuke to scold; criticize

5. Pugnacious quarrelsome and combative

6. Irreverent showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken serious

Vocabulary

Inferencing (B Block only 10/28) Observation: Describe

what you see in the photograph. As you write, keep the following questions in mind: What people and objects do you see? How are they arranged? What other details do you see?

Knowledge: Summarize what you know about the situation and time period shown in the photograph.

Interpretation: Describe the action in the photograph. Based on your observations, what can you conclude about this event or time period?

Additional questions: What is missing or not shown in this photograph? What would you like to see? What cannot be captured in the medium of photography?

Small groups

Rotate through pictures/ analyze two pictures

More Inferencing through visual media and music

Listen to the song “Brother Can You Spare a Dime” and analyze the lyrics for theme, allusions, tone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eih67rlGNhU

How much is your identity shaped by your culture? How is your identity different from that of your parents’? How do you think the Great Depression shaped the identity of your grandparents/great-grandparents?

Journal

culture

1. the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.2. that which is excellent in the arts, manners, etc.3. a particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period:Greek culture.4. development or improvement of the mind by education or training.5. the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group:the youth culture; the drug culture.6. Anthropology. the sum total of ways of living built up by a group of human beings and transmitted from one generation to another.