BELLRINGER:

Be sure to pick up your handout as soon as you enter.

Get seated quickly at one of the desks that corresponds to the card you were given as you entered. I reserve the right to switch you if the cards are in your favor!

Yes, we really are working today, so please be a willing participant.

Here’s what you need today: * Writing utensil * Looseleaf & orange Think-Tac-Toe sheet (Vocab. notes) **Pick up a copy of “My Papa’s Waltz” from under basket at your desks. This needs to be read, annotated, and completed for tomorrow.

OUTCOME:I can reflect on my test performance

to determinewhat skills I need to improve and

create an actionplan to help further guide my

learning.

PIG ASSESSMENT:

OUTCOME I can distinguish between nuances

in word meaning.

WHAT ARE LINEAR ARRAYS? They are ramps between antonyms. They show relationships between

adjectives or adverbs. (They are not used with nouns or

verbs.)With your partner, sort the words in the clear plasticbags from:

Most positive---------------------------------Most negative

*Use hint from above to help; be ready to defend your array.

LET’S CHECK

compassionate gentle unkind cruel spiteful

Most positive------------------------------------------------Most negative

What do all of these words describe?

Which of these words use a word part we’ve already discussed?

ONE MORE PRACTICE?With your partner, sort the words in the evelope(Ex. 2) from:

Most positive---------------------------------Most negative

*Use hint from above to help; be ready to defend your array.

MORE PRACTICE

benevolent caring benign malicious malevolent

Most positive------------------------------------------------Most negative

What do all of these words describe?

Which of these words uses a word part we’ve already discussed?

HOW DID I CREATE THEM? I thought about one of my words from

Step 3.

malevolent

Remember: mal =bad

NEXT . . . Identify an antonym. I may have to look

up the meaning.

I use dictionaries and thesauri to gather words that discuss the same topic.I then examine their denotations and connotations to create an array, or range of meaning.

Agreeable;good-

hearted

Displaying concern towards others

Intending harm

against others

CLOSUREOn an index card, record the

following:

1. One thing you must remember in

constructing your linear array.

2. Two steps you will do to start building your

own array with words from Cycle 3.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: Read and annotate My Papa’s Waltz (Must be completed

by Thursday)

Continue working on your extended metaphor poem (Rough draft due Friday!)

Work on Cycle 3 linear arrays. (You need 2!) * At least 5 words of which one word must contain a

Cycle 3 word part!

Study Cycle 3 Word parts for upcoming quiz early next week.

(We’ve been in this cycle a while; it’s time!)