Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?
Reading: Today we will read for five minutes.
Agenda: Leo has to balance the group and Stargirl. Attraction and influence.
- Quiz on last night's reading in GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
- Fill out the turning point section of the Stargirl plot analysis in GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
- Finish the colored section of the connotation and denotation document in GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
- Today we will read to page 121 in Stargirl.
- Listen to the audio up to 2:50:00
- Read the the PDF up to page 88
Success Criteria:
- I understand the changes happening in the book.
- I know how Stargirl gets her information and what her family is like.
Homework:
Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?
Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes while I check your vocabulary.
Agenda:
- Speed discussion: What do you think?
- Leo is really in love VS. Leo just has a crush. Why is Leo attracted to Stargirl?
- How is Leo being shaped? What changes do we see?
- Is Stargirl annoying? Would you be her friend? What positive quality would you want to influence you?
- Word choice: Connotation and Denotation on GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
- Connotation is the definition of a word.
- Denotation is the emotion behind the word.
- Authors frequently choose words because of their denotation.
- Participle practice in English Journal #5
- Today we will read to page 96 in Stargirl.
- Listen to the audio up to 2:16:00
- Read the the PDF up to page 69
Success Criteria:
- I can analyze how a character develops over the course of a text.
- I know the difference between Connotation and Denotation.
- I can create my own sentence with a participle.
- I understand what happened in Stargirl today.
Homework:
- Your homework tonight is to listen to the next 17 minutes of the novel.
- Stop listening at 2:33:00
- Your first book is due on September 14th.
- Finish your vocabulary to 100% by Monday.
