Weekly Objectives

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Weekly Objectives

• Utilize various reading strategies to monitor
  comprehension
• Determine the meaning of unknown words using
  context clues
• Understand literary forms and terms
• Analyze the way in which the theme or meaning of
  a selection represents a view or comment on life,
  using textual evidence to support the claim.
• Review and understand the way in which words are
  combined to form grammatical sentences.
• Understand and appreciate a memoir.
• Make inferences about events and people depicted
  in a memoir.
• Make judgments about Chinese culture.
• Understand and appreciate a short story.

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Weekly Agenda

• Quick Write
• The Piaono Assessment
• EXPLORE TESTING May 12, 2010
• Literary Terms
• Read Two Kinds p. 88
• Memoir Writing Assignment
• Assessments

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DOL-Incorrect

• My mother and father wants me to be a success in
  whatever I do, I said to her.
• She answered most parents want their children to
  succeed, but some pushes their kids to hard.

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DOL-Correct

• My mother and father want me to be a success in
  whatever I do, I said to her.
• She answered, Most parents want their children
  to succeed, but some push their kids too hard.

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Quick Write

• Do you agree or disagree with the statement,
  Parents can set expectations of their children so
  high that it can have a negative effect on their
  children ? Explain

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Research and Inquiry

• Are you familiar with Chinese/Asian Culture?
• Where is China/Asia located?
• What is their form of government?
• How would you describe the Chinese /Asian
  culture?
• How might the Chinese attitude toward family
  relationships differ from Americans?
• Why was there a influx of Chinese immigrants to
  America during the mid-1800s?

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Word Bank

• Betrayal Lament
• Devastate Prodigy
• Discordant Ream
• Fiasco Reproach
• Indignity Reverie

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Literary Terms

• Tone Simile
• Plot Allusion
• Characterization
• Internal/External Conflict
• Diction
• Theme

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Before Reading

• Build Prior Knowledge
• Review Literary Terms
• DOL
• Preview Text
• Make predictions
• Set Purpose for Reading

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During Reading

• Using the chart below, make judgments about
  the actions taken by the mother and daughter and
  record them on the chart.

Actions Reason Justified



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After Reading

• Review Chart
• Vocabulary in Action exercise
• Review and apply literary terms
• Comprehensive questions