Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Week 25

Monday

No School

Tuesday

Vocabulary 85-96


1.      interpret-to understand in a particular way. I interpreted her smile to mean that she agreed. We had to interpret a poem in English class.
2.      intuitive-of or pertaining to intuition. He had an intuitive understanding of the situation.
3.      involve-to have as a necessary part; include. Police work involves danger. Please don't involve me in your problems.
4.      isolate-to set apart in order to make alone. The doctors isolated the sick child. His house is isolated in the woods.
5.      magnetic-having to do with magnets and the way they work. Certain metals are magnetic.
6.      magnitude-size or extent. The magnitude of the universe can make us feel small.
7.      major-very important. The economy is a major issue in the campaign for president.
8.      manipulate-to handle or operate skillfully with the hands. He manipulated the clay to form a tiny sculpture. Do you know how to manipulate the controls?
9.      mathematics-the study of numbers, amounts, and shapes, and the relationships among them.
10.  method-a regular or proven way of doing something. He has his own method of working.
11.  minimum-the smallest possible amount or number. There is an age minimum for this movie.
12.  modify-to change in some way; alter. They modified the language of the play so that the younger children could understand it.


Analyzing Author's perspective
"Perspective Wheel" of Tone, Word Choice, Info included, Info excluded

Wednesday
Canines to the Rescue:  What is the author's perspective?

For the birds:  What is the author's perspective?

Thursday
Diagramming Sentences
Perspective Discussion
Review


     
Friday
Quiz
-Vocab
-Diagramming
Here is the web page for practice:  http://1aiway.com/nlp4net/services/enparser/

-Discerning Author Perspective


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