Agenda Voice Lesson: Syntax #5 Final Thoughts on Outliers brief! Epilogue Overall Book – Pulling it all together Sample Film Clip Analysis – The Corpse Bride Vocab Quiz Unit 9 SLO grades / determine grade to replace

Reminders (12/7/17) SLO Post-Test – I will provide those for you today Don’t forget to be working on and finishing and PRACTICING your film presentations – they are due Thursday! We will draw for order of presentations or take volunteers. Success Unit Test study guide was posted last night. Vocabulary Unit 9 today

Voice Lesson: Syntax #5

Read and Think: He found that he was often angry, now: irrationally angry at his groupmates, that they were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on. -- Lois Lowry, The Giver Analyze the syntax in the passage. Consider the following hints to guide your response: Use of colon Consider order of sentence *Your response should use C-E-I format.

Responses Lowry uses syntax to communicate the emotions of the character. She places the word now after the word angry using it to emphasize the emotion and the immediacy of the character’s anger. The order of the sentence shifts the emphasis to the first part of the sentence stressing the anger rather than the reasons for the anger. Then, she uses a colon that tells the reader the depth of the character’s anger and places importance that emotion. The order of the part of the sentence that comes after the colon emphasizes the emotion more than the reasons for the anger and also places the power and focus on it. How could this response be improved?

Outliers: Chapters 8, 9, Epilogue According to Gladwell, what is the reason that Asians excel at mathematics? Discuss the cultural and educational differences that he points to as explanation. Chapter 9 What connections can you make between this chapter and Waiting for Superman? Epilogue Explain how Gladwell himself is an Outlier. Use his definition/criteria of what an Outlier is as your basis.

Outliers, Pulling it All Together What did you find most surprising, humorous or thought- provoking in Gladwell's book? Any "ah-ha!" moments? Any-thing strike you as dubious? Have you come away thinking differently than before? What, if anything, do you feel you've learned? Gladwell gives differing definitions of intelligence. Yet his definition of success is singular—"worldly" success in terms of wealth, power, and fame. Are there also differing definitions of success that Gladwell doesn't consider? If so, what are they, and what does it take to achieve those versions of success?

Sample film analysis Watch the film clip from The Corpse Bride Write down what film techniques you notice. Consider the purpose and effect of these techniques. Read the film analysis provided

Vocabulary Quiz 9 After quiz, review your SLO post test grade and complete the form if you would like it to replace a unit test. If you would like it to replace tomorrow’s unit test, you can make that decision Thursday after the test has been completed.