Fresh English: Denotation and Connotation

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Denotation and Connotation

It's Thursday!
(in case you weren't aware yet)

We'll be reading today.

Open Socrative
You'll also need your copy of "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" open.
We're not done with it just yet!

Denotation vs. Connotation
When you look at sensory details and mood within the story, you are using the author's word choice to figure out how you're supposed to feel within the story. When an author chooses specific words over others when they write, they are using diction to tell their story.

Diction involves knowing how words relate to each other in different contexts.

This means we have to understand the denotation and connotation of words.

Let's look at this more closely....

Important Information You Need:

The end of the grading period is next Friday 10/10. If you have not finished two books (your group novel and one choice novel), you need to spend a lot more time reading. Finish them.
Your group novel should be DONE on Monday, October 6
You can improve upon the English Journal grade you gave yourself by going back and working on the pieces that you have not yet completed or done thoroughly.
Give Mrs. Roberts or Ms. Black a fist bump (an exploding one, preferably)
If you didn't take the Newsela Quiz yesterday, go do that.

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AnonymousOctober 2, 2014 at 10:24 AM
Where can we find a list (or something like that) with all the notebook entry's in it?
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@TheJenRobertsOctober 2, 2014 at 1:52 PM
There is a chart in our classroom with the English Journal assignments listed. Ms. Black posted a picture of it on Friday 9/26, so if you scroll back a few posts you should find that. Also, we use Remind to send out a picture of the chart every few weeks. Thanks for asking.
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If you have a blank score or missing score that is not bad. Often scores are left blank when I do not grade an assignment right away. Sometimes blanks mean a student was absent for an in class experience. The point is do not panic about blank or missing scores.

Zeros however, are a real problem. Students get zeros when they do not turn in an assignment that they should have done. Zeros usually appear after I have asked the student several times to get the work finished. Students can sometimes undo a zero by turning in the work late. Some assignments can be regraded. See the button at the top of the blog to request a re-grade.

Often I do not enter many assignments until the end of the grading period when projects we have been working on for a few weeks become due. I try to enter progress grades every few weeks into the "progress category." Note that the progress category is only 10% of the total grade. Low scores on progress grades indicates that a student needs to improve their work before the final project is due.

Grade categories are weighted as follows:

50% Writing & Speaking (Essays, some in class assessments, and speaking assignments.)

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I hope this will resolve some confusion. Of course if you have questions about grades please e-mail me.

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Denotation and Connotation

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