Teacher: Mr.Amutah

 Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet                Name:_________________

Using the clues provided by each sentence, write out the meaning of the bolded word.

Example: The team's uniforms were immaculate before the game, but by the end of the first inning, they were filthy.

    ____Immaculate is the antonym of filthy. It is an adjective that means clean________________

1. The girl was churlish – rude, sullen and absolutely ill-mannered..

_________________________________

2. The boy at first thought the stranger seemed menacing, but Wilson turned out to be kind and friendly.

____________________________________

3. Rather than be involved in clandestine meetings, they did everything quite openly.

____________________________________

4. Two new girls started school this week. Beth has a gregarious personality. Jenna is rather quiet.

    ___________

Respect and Order for our Classroom Discussions

If you play a sport, then you know very well how important it is to have a set of rules to follow. It makes the game fun and interesting, instead of it being confusing and frustrating. The same thing applies to discussion.

In order for us to have productive conversations about the things we read, we have to have some rules.

      Rule #1:  Respect all points of view –

            People see the world in different ways, and this will affect the way that they read and interpret

            things. No idea is a “stupid” idea. You will treat each person’s opinion as you would want your

            own to be treated.

      Rule #2: Participate –

    &nbs

First, I go over the following handout - Class Discussion Rules (Rules and  grading rubric) with the students, so they are very clear about the expectations of a "graded discussion". The worksheet that I use is the  Discussion Organizer and students must fill it out during the discussion, and turn it in at the end for credit.

Discussion Organizer                            Name:__________________

                                                           Date:__________________

Someone I agreed with was . . . . 

When he or she was talking about . . . . 

I agreed because . . . . 

Someone I disagreed with was . . . . 

When he or she was talking about . . . .

I disagreed because . . . . . 

A point I wish I had had time to make is . . .

 Venn Diagram - This works as a fun grammar activity, but also a good "get-to-know-you" game near the start of the year.

       Split the class into pairs. Have each pair create a Venn Diagram showing their personal differences and similarities (Two circles - outsides are differences, and where they overlap are similarities).  To incorporate grammar, give guidelines about the types of things that can be listed on either side.

       For example, while teaching the perfect tenses, you could require that all information be given in perfect tense - So a completed Venn Diagram might have lists that look something like this:

The following were created by a Summer Intern as part of his project in 2008.  If they are not deemed useful, they at least may serve as a springboard for another similarly themed project.  The aim was to weave themes of human rights, politics, and social studies into the English curriculum by means of print media (specifically news and editorials), and to intertwine the "awareness" of being literate with lessons that train literacy and media literacy.

Lesson 1

L1-jefferson-writing.doc

Lesson 2

L2-factsopinions.doc

Lesson 3

L3-hiroshimaeditorial.doc

L3-hiroshimaquestions.doc

Lesson 4

L4-terms.doc

L4-punctuationguide.doc

L4-punctuationhandout.doc

Lesson 5

L5-armeniaeditorial.doc

L5-armeniaquestions.doc

Lesson 6 (review and composition)

L6-review.doc

L6-eventsummary.doc

Unit T