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““Brush Brush StrokesStrokes””

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Find and copy a Find and copy a Picture/Image for Picture/Image for tomorrow’s writing tomorrow’s writing assignment.assignment.

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GrammarGrammarMini-Lesson: Mini-Lesson: BrushstrokesBrushstrokes

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Writing StrategiesWriting Strategies1.2 Use precise 1.2 Use precise language, action language, action verbs, sensory verbs, sensory details, appropriate details, appropriate modifiers, and the modifiers, and the active rather than the active rather than the passive voice.passive voice.


StandardsStandardsStandardsStandardsWritten and Oral English Language Conventions 1.11.1 Identify and correctly Identify and correctly use use clausesclauses (e.g., main and (e.g., main and subordinate), subordinate), phrasesphrases (e.g., (e.g., gerund, infinitive, and gerund, infinitive, and participial), and participial), and mechanics of mechanics of punctuationpunctuation (e.g., semicolons, (e.g., semicolons, colons, ellipses, hyphens). colons, ellipses, hyphens).

Written and Oral English Language Conventions 1.11.1 Identify and correctly Identify and correctly use use clausesclauses (e.g., main and (e.g., main and subordinate), subordinate), phrasesphrases (e.g., (e.g., gerund, infinitive, and gerund, infinitive, and participial), and participial), and mechanics of mechanics of punctuationpunctuation (e.g., semicolons, (e.g., semicolons, colons, ellipses, hyphens). colons, ellipses, hyphens).

StandardsStandardsStandardsStandardsWritten and Oral English Language Conventions 1.21.2 Understand Understand sentence sentence constructionconstruction (e.g., (e.g., parallel structure, parallel structure, subordination, proper subordination, proper placement of modifiers) and placement of modifiers) and proper English proper English usageusage (e.g., (e.g., consistency of verb consistency of verb tenses).tenses).

Written and Oral English Language Conventions 1.21.2 Understand Understand sentence sentence constructionconstruction (e.g., (e.g., parallel structure, parallel structure, subordination, proper subordination, proper placement of modifiers) and placement of modifiers) and proper English proper English usageusage (e.g., (e.g., consistency of verb consistency of verb tenses).tenses).

OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVEOBJECTIVEOBJECTIVEUsing Using Cornell Notes & Cornell Notes & the Frayer Model for the Frayer Model for Concept AttainmentConcept Attainment, , students will identify students will identify and apply five basic and apply five basic Brushstrokes and Brushstrokes and practice composing and practice composing and revisingrevising sentences. sentences.

Using Using Cornell Notes & Cornell Notes & the Frayer Model for the Frayer Model for Concept AttainmentConcept Attainment, , students will identify students will identify and apply five basic and apply five basic Brushstrokes and Brushstrokes and practice composing and practice composing and revisingrevising sentences. sentences.

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Finish Your ResponsesFinish Your Responses

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Using Using Grammatical Grammatical Structures Structures to Teach to Teach WritingWritingHarry R. NodenHarry R. Noden

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““The writer is an artist, The writer is an artist, painting images of life painting images of life with specific and with specific and identifiable brush strokes, identifiable brush strokes, images as images as realisticrealistic as as Wyeth and as Wyeth and as abstractabstract as as Picasso. In the act of Picasso. In the act of creation, the writer, like creation, the writer, like the artist, relies on the artist, relies on fundamental elements.”fundamental elements.” [page 1][page 1]

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““In the act of In the act of creation, the creation, the

writer, like the writer, like the artist, relies on artist, relies on

fundamental fundamental elementselements.” .”

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The BASIC Parts of The BASIC Parts of SpeechSpeechNounsNouns

VerbsVerbsPronounsPronounsAdverbsAdverbsAdjectiveAdjectivess

ConjunctiConjunctionsons

PrepositiPrepositionsons

InterjectInterjectionsions

The BrushstrokesThe Brushstrokes

ParticiplesParticiplesVivid VerbsVivid VerbsInverted Inverted AdjectivesAdjectives

AbsolutesAbsolutesAppositivesAppositives

Painting with Painting with ParticiplesParticiples

Definition: an –Definition: an –ing (or –ed) verb ing (or –ed) verb tagged on the tagged on the beginning or end beginning or end of a sentence.of a sentence.

Participles painted by Hemingway Participles painted by Hemingway in in The Old Man and the SeaThe Old Man and the Sea::

Shifting the weight of the Shifting the weight of the line to his left shoulder and line to his left shoulder and kneeling carefully, he washed kneeling carefully, he washed his hand in the ocean and held his hand in the ocean and held it there, submerged, for more it there, submerged, for more than a than a minute, watching the blook minute, watching the blook trail away and the steady trail away and the steady movement of the water against movement of the water against his hand as the boat moved.his hand as the boat moved.

Participles painted by Participles painted by AngelaAngela

The gorilla stared The gorilla stared sadly at the people sadly at the people outside the glass.outside the glass.

Resting his chin on Resting his chin on the rubber tire, the rubber tire, the gorilla sat, the gorilla sat, wondering how he wondering how he came to be trapped came to be trapped in this manmade in this manmade jungle.jungle.

Guided PracticeGuided Practice: EXAMPLE: EXAMPLETry this Brush Stroke with Try this Brush Stroke with

the following…the following…

Painting with Painting with Vivid VerbsVivid Verbs

Definition: Definition: verbs that show verbs that show action – not action – not passive voice passive voice

The result was The result was spectacular. The voltage spectacular. The voltage hit his wet mouth like a hit his wet mouth like a sledge and stiffened him sledge and stiffened him like a poker. He snarled, like a poker. He snarled, growling deeper, and tried growling deeper, and tried to hang on, but the jolt to hang on, but the jolt was too powerful and was too powerful and slammed him back and down slammed him back and down on his rump.on his rump.

Vivid verbs painted by Gary Vivid verbs painted by Gary Paulsen in Paulsen in My Life in Dog YearsMy Life in Dog Years::

Vivid Verbs Painted by Vivid Verbs Painted by GloriaGloria

The UFO shot The UFO shot across the sky across the sky leaving a trail leaving a trail of light.of light.

The UFO hurtled The UFO hurtled across the sky across the sky splitting the splitting the sky with a trail sky with a trail of light.of light.

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StandardsStandardsWritten and Oral English Language Conventions 1.11.1 Identify and correctly Identify and correctly use use clausesclauses (e.g., main and (e.g., main and subordinate), subordinate), phrasesphrases (e.g., (e.g., gerund, infinitive, and gerund, infinitive, and participial), and participial), and mechanics of mechanics of punctuationpunctuation (e.g., semicolons, (e.g., semicolons, colons, ellipses, hyphens). colons, ellipses, hyphens).

StandardsStandardsWritten and Oral English Language Conventions 1.21.2 Understand Understand sentence sentence constructionconstruction (e.g., (e.g., parallel structure, parallel structure, subordination, proper subordination, proper placement of modifiers) and placement of modifiers) and proper English proper English usageusage (e.g., (e.g., consistency of verb consistency of verb tenses).tenses).

OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVEUsing Using Cornell Notes & Cornell Notes & the Frayer Model for the Frayer Model for Concept AttainmentConcept Attainment, , students will identify students will identify and apply five basic and apply five basic Brushstrokes and Brushstrokes and practice composing and practice composing and revisingrevising sentences. sentences.

Painting with Inverted Painting with Inverted AdjectivesAdjectives

Adjectives Adjectives shifted out of shifted out of order amplify order amplify the details of the details of the image.the image.

Adjective out of order painted Adjective out of order painted by Newton Peck in by Newton Peck in A Day No A Day No Pigs Would DiePigs Would Die::

I could smell Mama, I could smell Mama, crisp and starched, crisp and starched, plumping my pillow, and plumping my pillow, and the cool muslin the cool muslin pillowcase touched both pillowcase touched both my ears as the back of my ears as the back of my head sank into all my head sank into all those feathers.those feathers.

Inverted Adjectives painted Inverted Adjectives painted by Annaby Anna

The kitten yawned The kitten yawned after a hard day after a hard day of chasing birds.of chasing birds.

The kitten, The kitten, rotten but rotten but irresistible, irresistible, yawned after a yawned after a hard day of hard day of chasing birds.chasing birds.

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Painting with Painting with AbsolutesAbsolutes

Definition: Definition: Noun + Noun + Participial (-Participial (-ing, -ed)ing, -ed)

Absolutes painted by Anne Rice inAbsolutes painted by Anne Rice in The Vampire LeStatThe Vampire LeStat::

The mummy was moving. The The mummy was moving. The mummy’s right arm was outstretched,mummy’s right arm was outstretched, the torn wrappings hanging from it, the torn wrappings hanging from it, as the being stepped out of its as the being stepped out of its gilded box! The scream froze in her gilded box! The scream froze in her throat. The thing was coming towards throat. The thing was coming towards her – towards Henry, who stood with her – towards Henry, who stood with his back to it – moving with a weak, his back to it – moving with a weak, shuffling gait, that arm shuffling gait, that arm outstretched before it, the dust outstretched before it, the dust rising from the rotting linen rising from the rotting linen covering it, a great smell of dust covering it, a great smell of dust and decay filling the room.and decay filling the room.

Absolutes painted by Absolutes painted by DarrinDarrin Andrew smiled as Andrew smiled as

he stared at the he stared at the wrinkly figure wrinkly figure that was to be his that was to be his baby brother.baby brother.

Andrew sat, heart Andrew sat, heart pounding and smile pounding and smile beaming, as he beaming, as he stared at the stared at the wrinkly figure wrinkly figure that was to be his that was to be his baby brother.baby brother.

Painting with Painting with AppositivesAppositives

Definition: a Definition: a noun that adds noun that adds a second imagea second image

Appositives painted by Appositives painted by Cornelius Ryan in Cornelius Ryan in The The Longest DayLongest Day::

Plowing through the choppy Plowing through the choppy gray waters, a phalanx of gray waters, a phalanx of ships ships bore down on Hitler’s bore down on Hitler’s Europe, Europe, fast new attack transports, fast new attack transports, slow slow rust-scarred freighters, rust-scarred freighters, small small ocean liners, channel ocean liners, channel steamers, steamers, hospital ships, weather- hospital ships, weather-beaten tankers, and swarms of fussing tugs. beaten tankers, and swarms of fussing tugs.

Appositives painted by Appositives painted by EduardoEduardo

The woman stared at the The woman stared at the smooth waters and smooth waters and dreamt of days gone by.dreamt of days gone by.

The woman, a devoted The woman, a devoted wife and mother, stared wife and mother, stared at the smooth water, at the smooth water, the water that the water that mystified her as a mystified her as a child, and dreamt of child, and dreamt of those whimsical days those whimsical days gone by.gone by.


ParticiplesParticiplesVivid VerbsVivid VerbsInverted AdjectivesInverted AdjectivesAbsolutesAbsolutesAppositivesAppositives

Practice Painting ScenesPractice Painting Scenes Find & cut out a Find & cut out a scene, image, or scene, image, or photograph from a photograph from a magazine.magazine.

Write out [describe] Write out [describe] the what is going on the what is going on in the image on your in the image on your own sheet of paper.own sheet of paper.

Magazines or Magazines or Newspapers:Newspapers:–Sports IllustratedSports Illustrated–TimeTime

CLOSURECLOSURE

Any Questions?Any Questions?

Note 1 or 2 Brush Note 1 or 2 Brush Strokes you need Strokes you need MORE work on for MORE work on for tomorrow.tomorrow.

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Easy Way to Practice Painting Scenes

Watch a short scene from a Watch a short scene from a film of which you also have film of which you also have the book version.the book version.

Write out the scene.Write out the scene. Read the author’s version of Read the author’s version of

the scene and discuss.the scene and discuss. Excellent examples:Excellent examples:

– In God we Trust, All Others In God we Trust, All Others Pay CashPay Cash

– Raiders of the Lost ArkRaiders of the Lost Ark– Jurrasic ParkJurrasic Park– Lord of the RingsLord of the Rings– Harry PotterHarry Potter

Natural Flow: Natural Flow:

1.1. Still ShotsStill Shots

2.2. Movie ClipsMovie Clips

3.3. Real LifeReal Life

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