Thursday,+April+10

Today's Objectives
RL.9-10.6, RI.9.10.3

Bell Work: Thinking About Names
On a sheet of paper, write your full name. Make a thought map to brainstorm what you know about your name. After a few minutes of silent mapping, you will share this with a partner.
 * Origins
 * Meanings
 * How you got it!
 * Etc.

A Look at Russian Names
The complete **Russian name** is formed of a [|__given name__], [|__patronymic__] , and a [|__family name__] , in that order. The given names can each have several different [|__diminutives__]. For example for [|__Anastasiya__] there is Nastya, Stasya, Tasya, Nastenka, and more. Russian given names are often taken from the names of [|__saints__], especially those from Eastern Orthodox tradition, which are often of [|__Greek__] origin. In the last century traditional [|__Slavic names__] have again come into use. See [|__European names__]. Russian names are normally written in the [|__Cyrillic alphabet__], the usual alphabet of the [|__Russian__] [|__language__]. When they are represented in the [|__Latin alphabet__] (of English and other western European languages) they are [|__transcribed__], which can result in multiple spellings for a single name depending on the transcription. For example [|__Дмитрий__] can be rendered Dmitriy, Dmitri, or Dmitrii. The word // [|__name__] // in Russian is //имя (imya)//, plural //имена (imena)//.

===Look at the information on the printout and at the links you can find with the following QR codes to find out more about Russian names. Give yourself a Russian name! Write on and decorate a namecard to place on your desk for the duration of this Russian unit. On the inside of the namecard, explain your choice in this name.===

Look here to see a HUGE list of Russian names and their meanings: media type="custom" key="25603732" []

Look here to find out how to pronounce names: media type="custom" key="25603800" []

Homework
Remember that your 1st lit circle is tomorrow! You need to: Sample for Pre-AP Sample for English 10
 * Make sure you have read pg.1-52 (intro-chapter 2)
 * Make sure you have 2 chunks ready (Pre-AP) OR 3 journal entries ready (English 10)
 * Complete the prep notes for Lit Circle 1