1. Couch potatoes; December 10, 2012 AM: Holden, Summer, and Samantha PM: Nekayla, Bailey, and Jay

2. Review for Case 21 Reading Test: December 10, 2012 Complete hand outs bout volcanoes and islands to review text structure, context clues, main idea, text features

3. Review for Case 21 Writing Test: Find the adjective or adverb clause in each sentence. Write the sentence, put the clause in brackets, and label.

4. Pete opened his back door because he heard a crying cat.

5. Before Pete could blink, the cat was in his kitchen.

6. The little boy who has on a red shirt is my brother.

7. My new purse, which I found on sale, is black and pink.

8. I rode my bicycle before I ate breakfast.

9. The vegetables that people leave uneaten are often the most nutritious.

10. I hurried home because I was hungry.

11. Bathroom Break!

12. Ironic by Alanis Morissette! An old man turned ninety-eight He won the lottery and died the next day It's a black fly in your Chardonnay It's a death row pardon two minutes too late And isn't it ironic... don't you think It's like rain on your wedding day It's a free ride when you've already paid It's the good advice that you just didn't take Who would've thought... it figures

13. Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye He waited his whole … life to take that flight And as the plane crashed down he thought "Well isn't this nice..." And isn't it ironic... don't you think

14. It's like rain on your wedding day It's a free ride when you've already paid It's the good advice that you just didn't take Who would've thought... it figures Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you When you think everything's okay and everything's going right And life has a funny way of helping you out when You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up In your face

15. A traffic jam when you're already late A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife It's meeting the man of my dreams And then meeting his beautiful wife And isn't it ironic...don't you think A little too ironic...and, yeah, I really do think...

16. It's like rain on your wedding day It's a free ride when you've already paid It's the good advice that you just didn't take Who would've thought... it figures Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out Helping you out

17. Isn’t it ironic…. “Irony requires an opposing meaning between what’s said and what’s intended. Sounds simple, but it’s not. A paradox, something that seems contradictory but may be true, is not an irony. The Times stylebook, which, believe me, can be harsh, offers useful advice: The loose “use of irony and ironically, to mean an incongruous turn of events, is trite. Not every coincidence, curiosity, oddity and paradox is an irony, even loosely. And where irony does exist, sophisticated writing counts on the reader to recognize it.”

18. Isn’t it ironic…. Alanis Morissette’s song “Ironic” is equally useful. If it rains on your wedding day, that’s a coincidence, not an irony. If you win the lottery and drop dead before claiming the money, it’s good luck followed by bad luck. If you meet the man of your dreams and then meet his beautiful wife, it’s a bummer. But if a song called “Ironic” contains no irony, is that in itself ironic? Nope. It may just be … dumb. It depends on the creator’s intent. So, as has been suggested, if Morissette purposely wrote a song called “Ironic” that contained no irony at all, is that ironic? We may be getting closer. Do you know irony when you see it?

19. What is irony? http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=11851 http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=247074

20. “The Gift of the Magi” See if a ppt makes it clearer…. Now, let’s read the play!

21. “The Gift of the Magi”—Identify Irony Pair one: Jim buying Della’s gift, with a thought bubble showing what he expects will happen when he gives it to her, and Jim finding out that Della has cut her hair, with a thought bubble showing what he thinks about his gift for Della now. Pair two: Della buying Jim’s present, with a thought bubble showing what she expects will happen when she gives it to him, and Della just after Jim tells her that he sold his watch, with a thought bubble showing what she thinks about her gift for him now.

22. “A Modern Day Gift of the Magi” http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LI VING/wayoflife/07/02/hunger. house/#cnnSTCOther1 http://tedxatlanta.com/videos/ 01262010-repurpose/kevin- and-hannah-salwen/

23. SSR…Even celebrities have to be able to read!