Science+Fiction+-+September+15+-+18

=Monday, September 14= = = =Tuesday, September 15= = = =Wednesday, September 16= = = =Thursday, September 17= = = =Friday, September 18=
 * ===vocab warm-up:===
 * 5. jockey
 * 1) ===(v.) – to struggle by every means available to achieve something.===
 * 2) ===(n.) – someone who rides racehorses professionally===
 * 6. regress (v. ) – to return to a former or less-developed state.
 * ===7. tendency (n. ) – an inclination toward a certain characteristic or type of behavior===
 * ===8. quaver (v. ) – to shake or tremble in speech through nervousness or emotion===
 * ===Sound of Thunder===
 * ===discussion===
 * inference worksheet
 * Eckels
 * Travis
 * ===story chart===
 * ===world building===
 * ===what is it that we don't know we're assuming?===
 * ===One of the hardest questions!===
 * ===How can we know without experiencing something different?===
 * ===Article on personal space===
 * ==="Learning the Hard Way"===
 * ==="The Pedestrian"===
 * ===reading homework!===
 * ===vocab warm-up:===
 * ===9. phlegm (n.) – the thick substance in the respiratory passages, especially produced when someone has a cold. (Extra: phlegmatic: Having an unemotional and calm disposition, because it was considered one of the four humours in the body.)===
 * ===10. graft (n.) – dishonest activities in business or politics where money is exchanged for favors . (Also in orchards – starting one twig in a slit in the bark)===
 * ===11. topography (n.) – the arrangement of natural physical features of an area (where mountains, rivers, valleys are, etc)===
 * ===12. bowdlerize (v.) – to remove parts of a text that are objectionable or obscene===
 * ===discuss "Learning the Hard Way"===
 * ===has something like this ever happened to you?===
 * "The Pedestrian"
 * inference quiz on passages
 * what's he telling us?
 * story chart
 * ===Kate Elliott on world-building===
 * ===vocab warm-up:===
 * ===13. diminish (v.) - to become smaller===
 * ===14. arable (adj.) - possible to farm===
 * ===15. binary (adj.) - polarized, something that exists in only two options, with nothing between.===
 * ===16. generic (adj.) - not specific; a general type===
 * ===notes on world building===
 * ===missing voices===
 * ===sometimes in response to using different lenses===
 * ===What does it mean to read critically?===
 * ===metacognition!===
 * ===Lens notes===
 * ===Missing voices in literature===
 * ===what about in life?===
 * ===vocab warm-up:===
 * 17. grope (v.) -
 * 1) to feel blindly with the hands: He groped in the dark for the key.
 * 2) to fondle someone for sexual pleasure, especially against their will.
 * ===18. fealty (n.) - obligation of faith and honor sworn to a lord by one of his knights===
 * ===19. perplex (v.) - to puzzle or confuse===
 * ===20. agrarian (adj.) - related to farming===
 * ===finish Lit Crit notes===
 * ===discuss Kate Elliott essay===
 * "My Word is My Sword"
 * get story chart
 * use it to keep track of characters (and their parts in the play)
 * ===no specific aliens to keep track of===
 * ===How important is it to understand your audience?===
 * ===Homework tonight:===
 * ===read to X on page 221===
 * =Vocab quiz on Tuesday, Sept. 22=
 * =Vocab warm-up:=
 * =Choose 4 vocab words=
 * =Draw a picture that uses those 4 words.=
 * =Give the picture a caption that uses the 4 words=
 * =Summary exercise - Main idea, supporting points=
 * =For the story up to the X on page 221=
 * =Write a summary=
 * =Discuss summary with other students=
 * =Revise yours=
 * =Turn in=
 * =My Voice is in My Sword=
 * =Who says this?=
 * =[|Yasser Bahjatt Ted talk]=
 * =5:45=
 * =[|Gabriel Teodoros TedX talk]=
 * =10:10=
 * =Homework: Finish "My Voice is in My Sword"=
 * =reading quiz on whole story on Monday!=