tuesday, august 20 th, 2013 after you fill out your agenda book, please clear your desk of...
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Tuesday, August 20th, 2013
• After you fill out your agenda book, please clear your desk of everything but a REGULAR PENCIL. No mechanical pencils, please.
• Agenda: – PRE-TEST– HW: Read over Job Application and fill out
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Pre-Test
• Effort grade, not correctness• Take your time!• If you finish in 30 minutes or less, I will
consider that NO EFFORT.• Read questions FIRST so you know which
story to read first.
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Tips
• Do NOT mark on your test.• Read questions FIRST so you know
which story to read.• Try NOT to erase.• Check over your answers.• When finished, turn test over and read.• Circle top three jobs on the Job
Application and begin filling out the front.
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#9 and #15• # 9 Answer on the BACK of your scantron.
MAKE SURE YOU LABEL IT.• #15 Answer on the BACK of your scantron.
MAKE SURE YOU LABEL IT.• Circle only the number #9 and #15 so that
you do NOT bubble in #9 and #15.
9 and 15
9 and 159 and 15
9 and 15
Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
• Please take out your Procedures and Guidelines handouts, your Job Application, and a pencil.
• Agenda:– How to Survive Ms. Duvall’s Class
(procedures)– Discuss Classroom Jobs
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Class Jobs• Notebook Distributor • Notebook Collector• Host/Hostess• Records Keeper• Distributor • Collector• Conductor• Caboose• Energy Saver• Office Runner:• Technology Leader
• Computer Tech• Table Inspector• Library Leader• Photographer• Substitute Assistant• Attendance Keeper• Watch Dog• Grounds Keeper• Secretary• Equipment Manager • Safety Patrol
Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
• Prompt: Writing a narrative
– Listen to the song that is playing.
– Imagine the music as background to a narrative that has a setting, characters, and plot.
– In your writer’s notebook, describe the story you envision as the song plays in the background. Be very descriptive in your writing using vivid verbs, details, and images.
• AGENDA:– Begin Literary
PowerPoint
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Literary ElementsLiterary
ElementsPlot Point of View Mood
Setting Foreshadowing Characters
Flashback Conflict Theme
Irony Motivation Suspense
Symbol
PlotPlot(Once upon a time…)
Exposition: sets up the story by telling background, setting, & characters
Rising Action: main part of the story where problems arise
Climax: point of greatest intensity; the turning point
Plot: The sequence of events that take place in a story.
Falling Action: contains dialogue & action that lead to a satisfying ending
Resolution: satisfying ending telling how problems are resolved
…and they lived happily ever after.
PlotPlot
Friday, August 23rd, 2013
• Bell ringer: Please, get out your LITERARY ELEMENT NOTES and open your composition notebook to your NARRATIVE from yesterday.
• AGENDA:– Literary Elements PowerPoint– Remember to bring money on Monday if you
would like to purchase items at the Book Fair.
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Think-Pair-Share
• Think about the narrative you envisioned during the opening song.
• In your writer’s notebook, label what you have written according to a plot diagram: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
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CharacterizationCharacterizationAuthors present believable
characters by:
•character’s actions & words
•character’s appearance
•character’s inner thoughts
•character’s background
•what other characters think & say about the character
•narrator commenting directly about a character
é The struggle that takes place between two opposing forces.
Conflict!Conflict!
EXTERNAL:
(outside the character)
person versus person
person versus nature
person versus society
INTERNAL:
(within the character’s mind)
person versus self
Point of ViewPoint of ViewWhois telling the story?1st person: a character speaks directly to the reader & refers to him/herself as “I” --this allows readers to experience the thoughts and emotions of the main character3rd person: a narrator who is not a character & refers to all characters as “he” or “she”--this allows readers to experience the thoughts and emotions of several characters
SuspenseSuspenseWhatwill happennext?
The author’s ability to make the reader uncertain or tense about what is to
happen next.
I can’t stand the suspense!
MoodMoodWhat emotion is this writing trying
to make me feel?
The atmosphere or feeling that runs
through a work of literature. Writers
create mood usually through their choice
of details & description
ForeshadowingForeshadowingThe use of clues or hints by the author to prepare the reader forfuture developments in a story
Foreshadowing helps us make predictions…and then we want to read on to see if our
predictions come true!
FlashbackFlashback
An interruption of the action in a story to
tell about something
that happened earlier in
time.
FLASH BACK
Story’s Plot Story’s Plot
Central Idea & ThemeCentral Idea & Theme
Central Idea is the universal life subject found in a work of literature (friendship, fear, love, determination, etc.)
Theme is the life lesson learned from the Central Idea, stated in sentence form.
What can I learn about
how to live my life?
What is the author trying to tell
us? What is his message?
IronyIronyA contrast between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen.
SymbolSymbol
Any person, place, or thing which has meaning in itself but which is made to
represent, or stand for, something else as well.
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Exit Slip
• If your computer number is 1-8, describe one way in which the setting of a story might affect the characters.
• If your computer number is 9-16, describe one way in which the characters of a story might affect the plot events.
• If your computer number is 17-25, describe one way in which the setting of a story might affect the conflict of a story.
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