Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Bell Work: Many writers write under a pen name, or a name other than their real name. Samuel Clemens wrote under the name Mark Twain. Washington Irving wrote under the name Jonathan Oldstyle. Write reasons why you might use a pen name rather than your own pen name. Invent a pen name for yourself.
- It is a NEW six weeks, this means you need to write 70 words for the entry.
- You must use two of the current's week SAT words.
- Don't forget to underline every tenth word and box in your SAT word.
- Please do this on a separate sheet of paper and then we will put them in your spiral when you get them back.
- Using popcorn method (as a class) read "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving on page 228.
- Work on "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving--Vocabulary and Literary Terms from yesterday.
- You will have a quiz over this story tomorrow.
- If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at cavalos@godleyisd.net or tweet me @AvalosEnglish.
- Be good for the sub and I can't wait to see you all on Thursday!
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