1. April 21-24, 2014 BLUE DAYS 4/22 and 24/14 Mrs. Nabulsi
Lesson Plans for ESL 7Q4W2 .
April 21-24, 2014
BLUE DAYS 4/22 and 24/14
Mrs. Nabulsi

2. BLUE DAY SCHEDULE 7:30-9:25 - Planning 9:30-10:55 – ESL 7
10:55-11:35- LUNCH
11:40-13:05- ESL 8
13:10-14:35- ESL 6

3. ESL 7 –BLOCK 2 9:30-10:55 blue day 4/ 22 and 24/14
SUMMARY; Go over the epic characteristics and compare to the Medieval Romance. Begin writing your play
ESL 7 –BLOCK 2 9:30-10:55 blue day 4/ 22 and 24/14

4. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: In each of us there is an acorn which by the way it is NUTURED determines what kind of oak tree you become. The acorn is in the oak.
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2014

5. TAKE ROLL 9:30-10:55 –Block 2 - ESL7 Take Roll Selina Armstrong
Hannah Engelbrecht
Samuel Ercenk
Darron Raab

6. CSI Goals for all classes

7. Wiesbaden Middle School Vision Statement
The entire WMS community will provide a positive school climate through which all students can mature academically, socially, emotionally, and physically while developing a lifelong love of learning.

8. Wiesbaden Middle School Mission Statement
The entire WMS community strives to provide a positive school climate through which all students can mature emotionally, socially, academically, and physically, while developing a lifelong love of learning.

9. CSI GOALS
#1 All students will increase reading comprehension scores in analyzing text and reading/writing strategies.
#2 All students will increase scores in math computation, word problems, and problem solving.

10. STANDARDS AND OBJECTIVES
7E1c.1: Discuss the purposes and characteristics of different forms of written text, such as the short story, the novel, the novella, and the essay.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE MEDIEVAL ROMANCE.
Component: Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Literary Text
7E1c.2: Identify events that advance the plot and determine how each event explains past or present action or foreshadows future action.
7E1c.3: Analyze characterization as shown through a character’s thoughts, words, speech patterns, and actions, the narrator’s description, and the thoughts, words, and actions of other characters..
7E1c.4: Identify and analyze themes (such as courage, loyalty, friendship, and loneliness) which appear in many different works.
7E1c.5: Contrast points of view in literary text (such as first person, third person third perrson limited and third person omniscient, and subjective and objective)
and explain how they affect the overall theme of the work.
a. First Person: The narrator tells the story form the “I” perspective.
b. Third Person: The narrator tells the story form an outside perspective.
c. Limited Narration: The narrator does not know all thoughts of all
characters.
d. Omniscient Narration: The narrator knows all thoughts of all characters.
e. Subjective: The point of view involves a personal perspective.
f. Objective: The point of view is form a distanced, informational perspective, as in a news report.

11. Do the following: Edit It 108-109
Go to computers and correct this sentence
Mr. wong wants them to watch the special television show at 800 p.m. next thursday. +4
Vocabulary 29- copy in notebook NOW.
Go over characteristics of an epic and read the myth of Perseus.

12. Vocabulary 29 Language Arts Math Social Studies Science
1.fallacy of division
1.x-axis
1.upstream
1.meiosis
2.gambler’s fallacy
2.y-axis
2.valley
2.mentrual cycle
3.genetic fallacy
3.x-coordinate
3.volcano
3.menstruation

13. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014

14. CSI Goals for all classes

15. Wiesbaden Middle School Vision Statement
The entire WMS community will provide a positive school climate through which all students can mature academically, socially, emotionally, and physically while developing a lifelong love of learning.

16. Wiesbaden Middle School Mission Statement
The entire WMS community strives to provide a positive school climate through which all students can mature emotionally, socially, academically, and physically, while developing a lifelong love of learning.

17. CSI GOALS
#1 All students will increase reading comprehension scores in analyzing text and reading/writing strategies.
#2 All students will increase scores in math computation, word problems, and problem solving.

18. SUMMARY: Watch the videos to prepare for blog
ESL 7 –BLOCK 2 9:30-10:55

19. TAKE ROLL 9:30-10:55 –Block 2 - ESL7 Take Roll Selina Armstrong
Hannah Engelbrecht
Samuel Erenck- Ask to see his voc. Notebook to see if he did lessons up to 18.
Darron Raab

20. STANDARDS AND OBJECTIVES
7E1c.1: Discuss the purposes and characteristics of different forms of written text, such as the short story, the novel, the novella, and the essay.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE MEDIEVAL ROMANCE.
Component: Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Literary Text
7E1c.2: Identify events that advance the plot and determine how each event explains past or present action or foreshadows future action.
7E1c.3: Analyze characterization as shown through a character’s thoughts, words, speech patterns, and actions, the narrator’s description, and the thoughts, words, and actions of other characters..
7E1c.4: Identify and analyze themes (such as courage, loyalty, friendship, and loneliness) which appear in many different works.
7E1c.5: Contrast points of view in literary text (such as first person, third person third perrson limited and third person omniscient, and subjective and objective)
and explain how they affect the overall theme of the work.
a. First Person: The narrator tells the story form the “I” perspective.
b. Third Person: The narrator tells the story form an outside perspective.
c. Limited Narration: The narrator does not know all thoughts of all
characters.
d. Omniscient Narration: The narrator knows all thoughts of all characters.
e. Subjective: The point of view involves a personal perspective.
f. Objective: The point of view is form a distanced, informational perspective, as in a news report.

21. Daily Activities – Do the following
Edit It 109
Idiom cast iron stomach
If you can eat all sorts of food and drink
what you like, without any indigestion,
discomfort or bad effects, it is said that
you have a cast-iron stomach. I don't know how you can eat that spicy food. 
You must have a cast-iron stomach.
Analogy - See next slides

22. WARM-UP #5 FLIPPANCY: INTENSE:: Recognition: achievement
Practice: expertise
Camaraderie: combativeness
Insolence: pride
Politeness: behavior

23. Place in a sentence that shows the relationship of the stem
FLIPPANCY is the opposite of INTENSE.
A. Recognition is the opposite of achievement
B. Practice is the opposite of expertise
C. Camaraderie is the opposite of combativeness
D. Insolence is an opposite of pride
E. Politeness is the opposite of behavior

24. ANSWER C
CONTINUE TO WORK ON POWERPOINT

25. From the medieval romance to the epic

26. Characteristics of a Medieval Romance 1
Code of Chivalry
The hero-knight lives and abides by this code of honor, loyalty to his lord and word, courage, respect, bravery, selflessness, gentlemanly behavior
An idealized Noble Hero-knight
A Hero-knight is idealized for his noble, chivalrous behaviors and his daring deeds
Women held in high regard
Women are idealized and held in high regard by hero-knight; put on a pedestal, respected, and often have some power of men
Mystery and Supernatural Elements
There are supernatural beings and creatures (i.e. witches and wizards), and mysterious elements in the plot; some characters identities are covered up/hidden

27. Characteristics of MR (cont.)
Imaginative, vast, fairytale-like setting
Setting of tales is highly imaginative, and seems fairytale like (not real); and there is a vastness to them (hero-knight has to journey far away from home)
Repetition of 3's and 7's
There is a motif or pattern of characters and events occurring in 3's or 7's...these were magical, mythical numbers connected to ideas of fate and faith
Simple, predictable plot
The plot line is very obvious in these tales...you can predict where the story is heading and there are inevitable events; it's not complicated
Quest for love and/or adventure
Hero-knight sets out on a quest (journey) for love and/or adventure in order to fulfill or claim his hero status. Along the way he faces obstacles and performs daring deeds.

28. Characteristics of the Hero-Knight 1
Characteristics of the Hero-Knight 1. Birth of a great hero is shrouded in mystery 2. He is reared away from his true home in ignorance of his real parents. 3. For a time his true identity is unknown 4. After meeting an extraordinary challenge, he claims his right 5. His triumph benefits his nation or group.

29. Characteristics of an Epic Link to flashcards and game
6. the epic poet recounts the deeds of his hero with objectivity 7. poets open by invoking a muse to inspire and instruct him 8. poets open by stating his theme 9. poet opens in medias res 10. poet includes a journey to the underworld for his hero 11. poet includes catalogues of warriors, ships, armies: he gives extended formal speeches; and he makes frequent use of the epic simile. Often the hero will boast of past or future accomplishment
12. use of epithet
1. the hero is a figure of heroic stature, of national importance, or international prominence, and of great historical or legendary significance 2. the setting is vast in scope, covering great nations, the world, or the universe 3. the action consists of deeds of great valor or requiring great courage 4. supernatural forces interest themselves in the action and intervene from time to time 5. poem is written in a style of sustained elevation and grandeur

30. Epic Hero
6. many quest tales supply friends, servants, or disciples as company for the hero 7. the hero has a guide or guides 8. the hero descends into darkness and is not the same after emerging form the darkness 9. what the hero seeks is usually no more than a symbol of what he really finds 10. with few exceptions, mythological heroes are male
1. hero is often of obscure or mysterious origin 2. heroes are neither fools nor invincible 3. heroes are called upon to make a difficult journey 4. the hero's way is not always direct or clear to him 5. the hero's way is beset with dangers, loneliness, and temptation 

31. COMPARE/CONTAST THE MR WITH THE EPIC

32. COMPARE/CONTAST THE MR HERO WITH THE EPIC HERO

33. ANSWERS

34. Correct this sentence
Mr. wong wants them to watch the special television show at 800 p.m. next thursday. +4
Mr. Wong wants them to watch the special television show at 8:00 p.m. next Thursday. +4

35. IDIOM cast iron stomach If you can eat all sorts of food and drink
what you like, without any indigestion,
discomfort or bad effects, it is said that
you have a cast-iron stomach. I don't know how you can eat that spicy food. 
You must have a cast-iron stomach.

36. ANALOGY A is the opposite.
Comradelier is the opposite of combativeness.