Wednesday, September 11 Cultural Iceberg written graphic organizer




I can integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.

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This is posted at the front of the class. 
Make sure that this is bookmarked on your chromebook

Coming up: Signed criteria sheet due tomorrow. Thursday, September 12 for 100 points.
 My Last Duchess vocabulary by Robert Browning..quiz on Tuesday, September 17 (class handout yesterday/ copy below)

                      Graphic organizer on the Cultural Iceberg. Due at the start of class on Thursday. You will be using your notebooks next Tuesday! You must have a designated ELA notebook. No exceptions. It will primarily be left  in the classroom.

 In class: you are working on the written graphic organizer.
Take out your finished drawing and and begin filling in the written graphic organizer. (class handout / copy below). You will have today in class to work on this. It will be due at the close of class tomorrow.  Make sure to write complete sentences. This will save you time in writing your essay.
Remember that you will need your chromebook on Friday this week.




Name________________________________________________ Cultural Iceberg
Please reflect upon the following, as related to you PERSONALY. You will be using this to write your essay.
1.In your own words, write a complete sentence that defines an iceberg.
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2.In a complete sentence, define the difference between surface and deep culture.
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3. List five foods that are associated with your culture.
1.  ____________________________________             2. ______________________________________
3._____________________________________              4.______________________________________
5._____________________________________
4. Name three traditions associated with a festival and/ or holiday in which you participate and in a complete sentence what you do within these.
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5.  Write two sentences that explain the games or music that are associated with your culture. Explain specifically why you enjoy these.
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6.  Look at your cultural drawing. Under each of the five topics- communication styles and rules, notions of, concepts of, attitudes towards, approaches to- you should have listed 4 items.   Write five sentences, selecting one item from each of the five topics, explaining your choice and how it reflects or impacts your culure.
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My Last Duchess by Robert Browning  vocabulary                Quiz on Tuesday, September 17
1.   countenance-(noun)  - face, visage
2.   mantle (noun)- a cloak, coat with no sleeves
3.   bough (noun)- a main branch of a tree
4.   trifling (adjective)-trivial, unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, petty, minor
5.   officious (adjective) -assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, especially with regard to petty or trivial matters.
6.   munificence (noun)- generosity  altruism,  beneficence,  bounteous, charitableness, largesse, unselfishness, great-heartedness
7.   dowry (noun)- marriage settlement
8.   to avow (verb)-to acknowledge, proclaim, admit, declare
9.   earnest (adjective) -showing sincere and intense conviction

10.                     dramatic monologue (noun) -poetry written in the form of a speech of an individual character

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