Bitácora / Journal 1 (Units 1 & 2)

Instructions:
1. Read the story.
2. Use the given strategies to achieve your goal.
3. Then answer the questions.
.

Name : Group: Level: IV

Ability Activities
Vocabulary and Do all the proposed activities:
reading 1. What are sentence connectors?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GKrSL2u3xY

2. Types of sentence connectors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vrWK4CNvbA

3. Connectors: examples and exercises

https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/4_writingskills/writing_tuts/linking_LL
/linking3.html
SCREENSHOTS (Vocabulary and Reading links
 Read the story "Tattoo" and then answer the questions using the
strategies below.

"Tattoo"
Justin’s mom had set down the house rules with aplomb. Only the most obtuse person would have
failed to understand: no tattoos, no body piercings, and no co-ed sleepovers while living in the house
of Elaine Tucker Brown.

Still, the day Justin turned 18, he lied to his mother about where he was going and headed straight to
the tattoo parlor, as if impervious to his mother’s wrath. He got a light blue heart the size of an orange
permanently etched on his arm. Above this work of art was the word “Blessed.”

No, Justin was not stupid, but he was obstinate.

Elaine saw this as an act of sheer defiance. She was incensed, her anger exacerbated by the fact that
Justin had breezed into the house, found her in the kitchen, taken off his shirt with a smile, and said,
“Got it!”
“No, Justin. Let me tell you what you’ve got,” Elaine said angrily. “You’ve got five minutes to go
upstairs and pack a bag. I’m taking you to Pop-Pop’s.”

The ride to Pop-Pop’s house was chilly, to say the least. Elaine berated Justin for everything she could
think of, which wasn’t much because he was a straight-A senior with a full academic scholarship to his
top college pick. He had a kind heart and had started a foundation in the ninth grade, which donated
used sporting equipment to underprivileged kids in South Africa.

Elaine pulled up to her father’s door and ordered Justin out. Not 10 minutes later, her cell phone rang.

“Elaine, have you lost it? You are kicking a boy who is as good as him out of the house for a tattoo –
that says ‘Blessed,’ no less?” her father asked, incredulous. “You will miss him so much. Don’t cut off
your nose to spite your face, Elaine. Come pick this young man up.”

Elaine, having grown up obeying most of her parents’ demands, turned her car around and went back
to pick up her son. Justin was surprisingly contrite. “Sorry for being so disrespectful, Mom,” he said
earnestly. “I will try to follow house rules from now on.”
Taken from: www.readtheory.org
 Questions

1) What other title would best fit this passage? 6) As used in paragraph 4, which is the best
antonym for exacerbated?

A. “House Rules”
A. intensified
B. “Visiting Pop-Pop”
B. evened
C. "Straight A's"
C. extinguished
D. “Body Piercings”
D. decreased

2) As used in paragraph 1, which is the best

antonym for obtuse?
7) If you are only allowed to make just one tattoo
in your whole life, what would it be? Why?
A. foolhardy
B. intelligent
I don't like tattoos, but maybe I'd be a cat because
C. passionate
I like these too much
D. stubborn

3) In the final paragraph, the author writes,
"Justin was surprisingly contrite." Which of the
following is the best way to rewrite the above
sentence while keeping its original meaning the
same?
8) Where on your body wouldn’t you get a tattoo?
Why?
I wouldn't get tattoos on my ribs or neck or face,
because it would hurt me too much

A. Justin was surprisingly relaxed. 9) Do you think employers should discriminate

B. Justin was surprisingly remorseful. against tattoos? Why?
C. Justin had surprisingly lost his bad
attitude. no, tattoos are forms of expression, these shouldn't
D. Justin had surprisingly become be stigmatized
somber.
10) Are tattoos really bad for your health? Why?
4) What was Justin's attitude when he showed
his mother the tattoo?
these aren't really bad, but these need to be taken
good care of so that they don't cause infections
A. willfully defiant
B. cautiously jubilant
C. convincingly contrite
D. obviously melodramatic

5) As used in paragraph 2, which is the best

antonym for impervious?

A. elated
B. impenetrable
C. invigorated
D. vulnerable

Learning Strategies

A) Vocabulary:

Here are some strategies you can use to enrich your vocabulary.

 Listen to the right pronunciation of each connector; use verbal and written repetition.

 Make sentences creating associations and relationships (addition, contrast, comparison…)

 Pay attention to how sentence connectors are used; guess their context.
 Memorize by referring connectors you know to those you learned before.

 Control and evaluate your own learning through self-testing.

B) Reading:
Here are some reading strategies that you can use to improve your reading comprehension

Before you read:

Ask yourself:

 What do I know about this topic?

 What will it most likely be about?

 How is it likely to develop?

Remember the title and any headings will help you to make informed guesses about all of this. If you
find it helpful, read the questions before you read the passage.

As you read:

 Ask yourself: is it developing as I expected?

 Re-read paragraphs you are not so sure about

 Don't worry too much about unknown words; try to guess their meaning from the context.

After you have read:

 Ask yourself: what were the main points?

Report
A) Vocabulary:

1. What were your objectives for this ability?

I hoped to know and learn a little more about connectors so that I could build proper sentences. and
have a good pronunciation.
2. What strategies did you use to achieve your objectives?
I heard the correct pronunciation of each connector constantly repeating until I got it right, I paid
attention to how the prayer connectors are used according to the context.

3. What did you realize after doing the activities?

I realized that I still need to improve the strategies I normally use

B) Reading Comprehension Worksheet:

1. ______ 6. ______

2. ______ 7. ______
 3. ______ 8. ______

4. ______ 9. ______

5. ______ 10. _____

Vocabulary and Reading Rubric

Student’s name: Date:

Students must demonstrate their ability to perform interpretations,

Task make deductions, and infer the meaning of vocabulary words based
on the short story.

To complete this bitácora  Be able to use the reading strategies given before.
task successfully you need  Be able to perform interpretations, make deductions, and infer
to the meaning of vocabulary words based on the short story.

number 1 is the lowest scale and 5 is the highest

Evaluation Criteria:
5: outstanding 4: good 3: fair 2: needs improvement 1: poor

Needs
Outstanding Good Fair Poor
improvement

6-7
8-9 questions 1-3 questions
10 questions questions 4-5 questions
answered answered
answered correctly answered answered correctly
correctly correctly
correctly

Demonstrate Demonstrate
Demonstrate Demonstrate Demonstrate
comprehension by comprehension
partial insufficient poor
responding to all by responding
comprehension. comprehension. comprehension.
points. to major points

Comments:

Final score:___________