Tuesday+October+29+Pre+AP

Today's Learning Objective
Students will read and comprehend an essay, noting style, tone, and writing strategies specific to the author's audience.

Unscramble to Imitate
In the model and the scrambled list, identify the appositive phrase. Next, unscramble and write out the sentence parts to imitate the model. **Finally, write your own imitation of the model and identify the appositive phrase.**

-John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
 * MODEL: The proprietor, a little gray man with an unkempt mustache and watery eyes, leaned on the counter, reading the newspaper.**

a. a tall thin blonde b. walked down the runway c. with a long mane and long legs d. the model e. eyeing the audience

Sharing
Share your current events with the class.

Thinking About Language and Cultural Identity
Read and annotate Amy Tan's essay, "Mother Tongue." Think about how many versions of English you speak. Why? How is language a part of our identity? Answer the questions together in partners.

Homework: Tone Words!
Complete the crossword puzzle with the tone words. These tone words are vocabulary that we will practice with and quiz on next week.

Words:

 * 1) snarky
 * 2) sardonic
 * 3) caustic
 * 4) indignant
 * 5) disdainful
 * 6) incensed
 * 7) irreverent
 * 8) ribald
 * 9) vehement
 * 10) laudatory
 * 11) reverent
 * 12) nostalgic
 * 13) didactic