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 * A Day 04.09.09**

__**Objectives**__ Each student will be able to
 * Use the agree/disagree strategy to find evidence in the text to support an opinion
 * Use the agree/disapree strategy to find evidence (sources?) to support an opinion about a controversial topic
 * State reasons to explain his/her test performance on the last test (pronouns and //TKaM//)
 * Identify the simple subject.
 * Identify the complete subject.
 * Identify the simple predicate.
 * Identify the complete predicate.
 * State the main subject-verb agreement rule: Every verb must agree with its subject.
 * Apply the rules of subject-verb agreement to a variety of sentence patterns.
 * Define nourish.
 * Define literary terms related to //Romeo and Juliet//.
 * Define vocabulary words from Act I of //Romeo and Juliet//: adjacent, retain, tragedy, perverse, and rancor.

1. __**Entrance Ticket**__ After looking at the last test grade (Third Nine-Weeks Test), explain your test performance.

2. __**Bellringer 65**__ __**Vocab. 65**__ nourish (v.): to help grow or develop; to feed and provide the other things necessary for growth

__**AHSGE Practice 65**__ LSI-3 Recognize correct subject-verb agreement. Directions: Correct the following: John and Charlie (is/are) sitting in the front row.

3. __Centers__



1. Unscramble the sentences. 2. Identify the complete subject. 3. Identify the simple subject. 4. Identify the simple predicate. 5. Identify the complete predicate.
 * Center 1: Simple and Complete Subjects and Predicates**

Unscramble the sentences selecting the correct verb to complete each sentence.
 * Center 2: Subject-Verb Agreement**

Make a word wall card for one of the following terms: 1. prologue 2. aside 3. monologue 4. epilogue 5. pun 6. subject 7. verb 8. subject-verb agreement 9. theme 10. simile 11. metaphor 12. literary device 13. figure of speech 14. alliteration 15. onomatopoeia 16. iambic pentameter 17. oxymoron 18. foil 19. couplet 20. adjacent: (adj.) next to or close to; neighboring 21. retain: (v.) to keep possession of 22. perverse: (adj.) deliberately unreasonable or wrong; stubborn 23. rancor: (n.) bitter resentment against someone; long-lasting spite 24. tragedy (n.): a play about a person of high social rank who suffers a fall from good fortune 25. rhythm; (n.) the pattern of beats created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables, especially in poetry
 * Center 3: Word Wall Card**

Agree/Disagree Strategy Part 1__** Have students complete the strategy on the statement: The n-word should not be used. Do not use explicit sources for this completion of the graphic organizer. As we process responses, discuss the impact and signficance of sources. How would a point of view we strengthened by the use of sources? What sources would be effective? Which would be ineffective?
 * __Reading

Have students begin the strategy with the statement: Juliet should forget Romeo and marry Paris. We will use this strategy throughout the reading of the text. Students should note words with page numbers as evidence.
 * __Part 2__**

Act I: Continue Reading
 * __Romeo and Juliet__**

Homework: None

WOW: nourish POW: -ure: process SOW: bar graph agree/disagree COW: generosity