Monday
Holiday - No School
Read 30 minutes.
Tuesday
Complete writing prompt.
Revisit the article "Where I Find My Heroes" by Oliver Stone on pages 63-64 of your Springboard. State Stone’s definition of heroism in one concise statement.
Word Root Quiz
New Roots
anti-against
cand – glowing, iridescent
carn-flesh
contra-against, opposite
corp-body
dict-speak
ego-self
jud-law
junct-join
kilo-thousand
lip-fat
neo-new
ocu-eye
omni-all
peri-around, enclosing
pod-foot
reg-guide, rule
rhine-nose
sci-know
sol-sun
temp-time
tox-poison
urb-city
ver-truth
Quick Research
Each pod will complete a quick research assignment on the person assigned to your pod. Be prepared to share the following information:
Who the person is
Why he or she is famous
Why he or she is a hero
An interesting fact most people did not know about the person
Topic Assignments
Row 1 Mahatma/Mohandas Ghandi
Row 2 General George Custer
Row 3 Teddy Roosevelt
Row 4 Clara Barton
Row 5 Florence Nightingale
Back Row Joan of Arc
Putting it to Practice
Draft a paragraph of definition that establishes the function of the concept of proving why your assigned person is a hero. Continue by completing an outline with each of the strategies of definition addressed for this person.
Think-Pair-Share
Share your paragraph and outline with a partner.
Identify that the outline has a definition by example, definition by negation, and a definition by function. (how a hero functions in our society)
Read 30 minutes.
Wednesday
Complete writing prompt.
Tell what you know about the following topics: The Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, The Emancipation Proclamation, and Frederick Douglass.
White House Funeral Sermon for Abraham Lincoln
Prep - Diffuse the text on page 68 of your Springboard.
Read 30 minutes.
Thursday
Be sure you have answered question 1 on page 67.
Diffuse the text on page 68 of your Springboard.
Read "White House Funeral Sermon for Abraham Lincoln."
Answer questions 2-4 on page 67.
What is parallel sentence structure?
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/parallel-structure-examples.html
http://www.towson.edu/ows/parallelism.htm
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/623/01/
Let's look together. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/gettysburg.htm
Read the following example sentences and revise any that do not use parallel structure. Remember that there are
many ways to revise a sentence to reflect parallel structure; if possible, rewrite each incorrect sentence in more than one way.
Some helpful hints on how to revise sentences for parallel structure:
1) Figure out what parts of the sentence are being compared.
2) Decide whether they are parallel, i.e. arranged or constructed in the same way.
3) If they are not, make them parallel by making the grammatical construction the same in each part.
I would rather eat potatoes than to eat rice.
Global warming affects humans, the environment, and is scary.
It's harder to do long division than dividing with a calculator.
Pirates ransacked the mansion, but they didn’t steal all the silver.
Merchants receive either money or trade goods with their clients.
Bruce Wayne enjoys donning his Batman costume, answering the Commissioner's phone calls, and saving
Gotham City from cruel villains like the Penguin.
Look for parallel sentence structure in White House Funeral Sermon for Abraham Lincoln as we read.
What are the causes Lincoln fought for?
How does Lincoln's connection to Liberty make him heroic?
Why is Lincoln's cause considered larger and more important than himself?
Explain the following phrase: "Liberty itself is immortal."
Read 30 minutes.
Friday
No School - Mandatory Teacher Workday
Read 30 minutes.