DEFINITION BY NEGATION STRATEGYLT: I can define something by what it is not to illustrate my understanding of the negation strategy

DO NOW: Get out your Springboard books

Title your next open notes pages: Definition by negation

Add this page number to the Negation vocab word in your glossary

Review: Create a parenthetical citation for today’s reading: “A definition of a Gentleman” by John Henry Newman on pg. 78 and 79

Answer: (Newman 78-79).

WE ARE NOW GOING TO PLAY A GAME… I will need 3 volunteers. One by one, you will be coming up, selecting a slip of paper and use the negation strategy to help the class guess your item/concept

AS WE READ (PG. 78-79) Look for words like (never, doesn’t, seldom, won’t, etc.)

Now go through a 2nd time… any standard definition of a gentleman, mark in one color and any definition by negation, mark in another.

GROUP DISCUSSION: HOW DOES THE NEGATION STRATEGY HELP US PAINT A MORE CLEAR IMAGE OF A GENTLEMAN?Discuss and be ready to share (with evidence!)

NOW YOU TRY: Respond to the following prompt:

In your journals, write about what heroism is not. Use the negation strategy to distinguish what heroism is from what it is not. Be sure to: Begin with a topic sentence that answers the prompt Provide evidence (from real life) and reasoning to explain your thinking

Use transitions to create coherence

HW if you do not finish