Welcome! English 9

Review of last time• Continue “Reading Strategies” discussion.• Journal # 3• Speak: Overview and Expectations

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Today’s Agenda• Vocabulary and reading strategies quiz!

You’re welcome!• Connotation vs. denotation• The last few conferences…

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Vocabulary Quiz• You’ll have about 10 minutes to work on

the quiz.• Quiz conditions!• When you’ve finished the quiz, please

read Speak quietly on your own.

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Connotation vs. Denotation• Have you heard these words before?• Can you use your word-decoding super

powers to figure out what they might mean?

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Connotation vs. Denotation• Denotation is the literal or “dictionary

definition of a word or phrase.

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Connotation vs. Denotation• Connotation refers to the subjective

cultural or emotional meaning that goes along with the literal definition.

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Connotation vs. Denotation• Denotation is typically neutral.• Connotation is usually qualified – i.e.

people generally refer to a phrase having a positive or negative connotation.

• Um, huh?

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Connotation vs. Denotation• Denotation is typically neutral.• Connotation is usually qualified – i.e.

people generally refer to a phrase having a positive or negative connotation.

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Connotation vs. Denotation• Lisa: "A rose by any other name smells as

sweet."Bart: "Not if you call them 'Stench Blossoms.'"(The Simpsons)

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Connotation vs. Denotation• Which is better?

– Slim, trim, scrawny• Which would you rather be called?

– youngster, child, kid, little one, small fry, brat, urchin, juvenile, minor.

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Connotation vs. Denotation• Take a few minutes to work on the

connotation worksheet.

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Homework• Finish the connotation vs. denotation

worksheet.• Read Speak according to the schedule

you’ve set for yourself.• You need your “field notes” for your first

descriptive paragraph for the first block next week.

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Bye!• Come back soon!