The 14th Goldfish Cross Curricular wk 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Next time...

Show scasi examples

Have kids share scasi examples

do discussion qu's from the studyguide!!

Lesson aim

Making links between myself and the story

Understanding what assignment we are working towards

Welcome to year 2!

Today

Aim: What are we doing this term?

Book introduction!

Start reading 14th Goldfish

Homework

What you need

Notebook - write the date of the lesson at the top

Keep notes - you are responsible for this

Complete homework - it's to help you!

This term

Book: 14th Goldfish - write and perform poem (formative)

Checkpoint test: reading comprehension, article/letter writing

grammar and punctuation (counts x2)

The assignment this term

A free verse poem

Based on your 14th Goldfish

Containing literary devices (more on that later)

Presented to the class

Choose 1!

• Poster collage: Cut out pictures, words, phrases, and quotes from magazines to create a collage that represents you.

• Alphabet book: Write a word that describes you for each letter of the alphabet (A: artistic, B: beautiful, C: craves chocolate, D: dancer, E: enthusiastic reader, and so on).

• Poetry: Write a poem about yourself.

• Music: Write an original song or find a song that represents you, and write about why it is an appropriate choice.

• Autobiography: Write your life story or choose one moment to explore.

• Self-portrait: Draw a picture of yourself; include details that tell who you are. 

Read Chapters 1-2

• Reading chapters 3-7

• Due 7th September

Today

AIM: What is scasi?

What I need to note while reading the book

Classmate check in

Homework

This smiley shows how much I understand the assignment this term

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Making connections – Text to...

• Text-to-self connections: How does this story relate to your life? Do the characters remind you of yourself or anyone you know? Does this story make you think of something that has occurred in your life?

• Text-to-text connections: Can you think of another book, poem, or play that is similar to this story? How are the two texts alike? How are they different?

• Text-to-world connections: Does this story make you think of something that is happening in the real world right now? Does it make you think of anything that has happened in the past? How could this story impact our world? 

Text connections

Take your copy of the book

Which parts of the book do you relate to?

Brainstorm with a partner

Ever had a babysitter? Ever had a pet that's died? Do your parents embarass you? Thinking about your future?

Take note!

In your notebook keep note of the following critera and fill in while reading the story.

SCASI

SETTING, CHARACTER, ACTION, STYLE, IDEAS

Expository - analytical/ explaining something

Motif - something which recurs in writing to support the theme

• Read chapters 8-12 

• Write an acrostic poem: Write each letter of your first and last name vertically on paper. Then write a word that begins with each letter to describe yourself. (Example in Magister)

• Due 9th September

Today

Aim: To learn different ways of performing poetry

Classmate check in

Kahoot - the story so far

How is scasi going?

Performed poetry

Your poem turned into performed poetry

Performances

Homework

Classmate check-in

Read over what your partner has written on SCASI

What do you have the same?

What is different?

Change what you think is necessary

Kahoot

Talking

in groups I tell (numbers)

3 places they've lived

films they've seen

favourite foods

subjects

things about the book they like

book they don't like

things they are feeling today

What makes something 'performed poetry'

Poem 1- IF

Poem 2 - Wake up

Draw a table in your notebook. Note the differences between poem 1 and 2

Poem 2

Assignment

Take out your acrostic poem

How can you perform this (use the ideas you wrote down while watching the other two

Add small bits of text to help it flow (if you need it)

You have 10 minutes

This will help you prepare for the test

Finished? Practise your poem out loud - 1 minute max length

Performances

In groups of 4

Each person performs their poem

Audience: write down what you liked about the poem e.g the language they used, how they performed it

Back up what you have written by explaining why.

What did you most enjoy about the poem(s) you heard?

• Finish reading chapters 13-17 

• Finish the SCASI writing to accompany what you have read so far 

• Due 13th September