B6 English 10--Thursday, January 10

Objective: How do I identify the different types of silence?
Four types are:

• family silence
• friendship silence
• school silence
• self silence

1- Each student checked out his or her own copy of Speak which they will take home and bring back to class each day.

2- Watch the opening scene from the movie Speak to identify types of silence that you saw in this clip.
3- Defined the four types of silence--

• Self Silence--The absence of emotion, confidence, love, respect, feelings, 
• Family Silence--The absence of concern, support, belonging, care, fun
• Friend Silence--The absence of friends, companionship, trust, communication, belonging
• Family Silence--The absence of knowledge, equality, respect, confidence 

Next, Students spent time categorizing examples into the specific type of silence.

4- Reviewed how to do the homework--Read pages 3-22 and complete reading questions. Remember to use specific quotes from the text.  Also complete note card.  See example below for specific instructions.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B56Yxn-bJzoVOHRLaWphbkU0U1k

How to do a Note Card?

 1- Find an example of your specific type of silence (each student was assigned one of the four types in class)
2- Follow the correct format.
3- Write out the quote from the book with the page number.
4- Write 2-3 sentences that explains why that quote is an example of your type of silence.






Homework: See link above for extra directions

Read pages 3-22 of the book speak and complete reading questions
https://docs.google.com/a/alpinedistrict.org/file/d/0B56Yxn-bJzoVRDJ6MlNoaXJPOTQ/edit

Also complete 1 note card.