Keystone Practive

 **THIS LESSON WILL BE TAUGHT OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD

1. Students will review the format of the Keystone exam.

2. Students will discuss previous samplers

3. Students will review techniques:  

4. Review Parallel Structure (PowerPoint on GC)

5. Commas, Semicolons, Colons:

CLICK THIS LINK TO REVIEW COMMA, SEMICOLON, COLON RULES

#Comma exercise: (turn your sentences in to www.turnitn.com before class on Wednesday, 1/11)

Write two sentences for each rule (List the rule and highlight the commas)

A. Series

B/. Coordinating Conjunction

C. Introductory Elements

D. Coordinating adjectives

E. Contrast/ Turn in sent

F. City/ State, Country, year

G. Quotes

H. Appositive

I. Interjection

6. Embedding TEXTUAL/ CONTEXTUAL EVIDENCE

CLICK ON THIS LINK TO REVIEW TEXTUAL/ CONTEXTUAL EVIDENCE

Answering multiple choice questions

Essay Response

2018 and 2019 Samplers are also in GC.

Responding to a formal prompt:

Before your begin:

READ the PROMPT

(ANSWER THE PROMPT)

ORGANIZE

• Look for the words "explain" or "describe" in the writing prompt. Expository prompts direct you to write an essay...
• Brainstorm about what the prompt is asking you to write about. Make sure you don't try to cover so much that your essay becomes unorganized and difficult to prove/ support
• Create a thesis statement. For expository essays, the thesis statement says what you will be proving in your essay.  It should always be a provable point....not just a blank statement.  

4. Include evidence

-Introduce evidence

-State/ restate evidence

-Support your evidence (give it a purpose - EMBED EVIDENCE)

5. Conclude

6. Proof

Standards:

Standard - CC.1.2.9-10.A

Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

Standard - CC.1.3.9-10.K

Read and comprehend literary fiction on grade level, reading independently and proficiently.

451 vs There Will Come Soft Rains

 

There Will Come Soft Rains- Dangerous Destinies Packet

Compare and contrast Bradbury's writing.  How is this story similar to 451?

Goals: Students will utilize assigned short story terms and apply them in context
Students will practice interpreting context clues and taking notes
Students will understand the ideas of the future as told by Ray Bradbury.

There Will Come Soft Rains link: (Audio book link)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npk8Wi73r2c&t=218s

Assignment completed in class on 11/2..To be turned in before class today, 11/3:

1. Answer the questions in Google Classroom for this story

What is the significance of the Poem?

How is it central to Bradbury's Theme?

Discuss the significance of the last line of the story/

Find all elements of personification

Find similarities to 451.

Could this house exist in today's society?  Explain with detail

Could this situation occur in today's society?  Explain with detail

2. Discuss critical thinking questions at the end of the packet

3. Complete the plot structure for this story in groups during class on Tuesday, 11/3

(Assessment)

Students/ Teacher will discuss the story:  The structure; The similarities and differences in today's society.

Students will review Critical Thinking (text) questions after the text

4. If time allows, students will work on Voc 6 (Unit and original sentences...due: 11/9)

CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

There Will Come Soft Rains

 1.. Read: This will be completed in class.

There Will Come Soft Rains- Dangerous Destinies Packet

Compare and contrast Bradbury's writing.  How is this story similar to 451?

Goal: Students will utilize assigned short story terms and apply them in context
Students will practice interpreting context clues and taking notes
Students will understand the ideas of the future as told by Ray Bradbury.

There Will Come Soft Rains link: (Audio book link)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npk8Wi73r2c&t=218s

Assignment completed in class:

1. Answer the questions in Google Classroom for this story

2. Complete the plot structure for this story

-Students will discuss the Bradbury and his contributions to Science Fiction
Students will review their notes and discuss the context
Students will discuss the possibility of the story being realistic to our current society

(Assessment)

Students/ Teacher will discuss the story:  The structure; The similarities and differences in today's society.

Students will review Critical Thinking (text) questions after the text

CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.