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Wednesday's Are For

Close Reading...

Quick Review

Oral Drill/ Review

SLATE is the acronym we use to help us find character traits while reading.

What is SLATE?

Speech

Looks

Again, when we pay attention to these attributes of a character, we can learn so much about them!

SLATE defined

Actions

Thoughts

Effects

Let Me Upgrade You..

Upgrade That Vocabulary

Use a thesaurus.

Way #1

Thesaurus: a book of words and their synonyms and antonyms

Read a book

Way #2

Add that word to your vocabulary

See a word they don't know

Reading to a Bigger Vocabulary

Use context clues/ google to define it

Close Reading Prompt:

Focus

How does Steinbeck use imagery to communicate the doctor’s characterization? Use at least 2 pieces of evidence to support your response?

SLATE of the doctor.

Focus

Everybody Writes...

In the chat...

Discourse

Everybody Writes #1

Everybody Writes #1: What is the most striking imagery Steinbeck uses to describe the items surrounding the doctor, and what do they tell us about him?

Everybody Writes #2: Read the following sentence: “His eyes rested in puffy little hammocks of flesh, and his mouth drooped with discontent.” How does this sentence help characterize the doctor?

Everybody Writes #2

Put it All Together..

How does Steinbeck use imagery to communicate the doctor’s characterization? Use at least 2 pieces of evidence to support your response?

To Submit and Read:

Next Steps

  • Submit the SAR on the characterization of the doctor by 4:30pm

  • Read pages 47-57 tomorrow by your class time.
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