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Sentence Types, Setting, and MAP

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First period read in class for the most part: many students were out finishing up their MAP testing from earlier in the year, so I decided not to go further without them.

Second and sixth periods began a new story, “Tears of Autumn.” It’s a challenging story about a young Japanese woman heading to America for an arranged marriage. We use it to look at two things:

  1. The effect of word choice on mood
  2. How setting affects characters and mood

Fourth period continued working on sentence types. We’ll start Dickens tomorrow.

Homework
  • First period: read chapters six and seven but do not read ahead to chapter eight.
  • Second and sixth periods:
    • finish reading “Tears of Autumn”;
    • be prepared for quiz on the reading tomorrow.
  • Fourth period:

Characters, Symbols, and Sentences

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First period worked on symbols and symbolism. We looked at the apple as a symbol of shame from the story of the Garden of Eden to its role in The Giver. Second and sixth periods had a quick review of  character types before applying the knowledge to “Raymond’s Run,” which we read yesterday. Fourth period almost finished up sentence types.

Homework
  • First period:
    • read chapters four and five of The Giver;
    • work on symbol mini-project.
  • Second and sixth periods: none.
  • Fourth period: work on Mockingbird newsletter project-let.

The Giver, Narrative Structure, and Sentence Types

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Second and sixth periods finished “Raymond’s Run,” a story students generally enjoy.

First period continued with The Giver. We’ll begin working on symbolism tomorrow.

Fourth period complete clauses and had an introduction to sentence type.

Homework
  • First period:
    • read chapters two and three from The Giver;
    • continue working on the Vocabulary Sheet;
    • make chapter notes (Things that Shock Me)
  • Second period: complete narrative chart for film
  • Sixth period: none.
  • Fourth period:
    • complete the online practice;
    • Once you complete these online, please copy them onto a Word document and identify the type of clause (adjective, adverb, noun). Print it out and bring it to class.

Freytag Review, The Giver, and Clauses

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The Giver

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The two English Strategies classes (second and sixth periods) began a three-week short story unit. We’ll be going over lots of literary elements as well as some reading skills, focusing once again on inferences.

First period (English Studies) began The Giver. It’s an initially confusing book, but students should begin making sense of it within a couple of chapters.

Fourth period went over clauses today in preparation for Great Expectations.

Homework
  • First period: complete chapter one of The Giver.
  • Second and sixth periods: finish reading “Raymond’s Run.”
  • Fourth period:
    • write five sentences that contain adjective clauses; you must use each relative pronoun once:
      • that
      • which
      • who
      • whom
      • whose
    • Extra credit: write a sixth sentence that has an independent clause slip by a dependent clause.

Writing and Review

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First and seventh period wrapped up the first fifty pages of The Glory Field. We’ll have a vocab quiz on Friday.

Second period went over the chapter in The Giver in which Jonas learns that he is to be the new Receiver of Memory.

Fourth period took a break from Great Expectations and began applying previous information about clauses. We’ll continue it tomorrow during the second half of the hour.

My related arts class — creative writing — began today. We did some initial writing for me to get a baseline for future lessons.

Homework
  • First and seventh periods: study for vocab quiz.
  • Second period:
    • read chapters eight and nine;
    • reader’s journal: “Based on what we read in class about the Receiver of Memory, what do you anticipate this job being like?”
  • Fourth period:
    • read chapters nineteen and twenty;
    • use the forms on the “Courses” site to evaluate participation and starters.

Grammar Day

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First, second, and seventh periods went over linking verbs in a desperate attempt to get subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement finished before the PASS writing test next week. We should finish up working on verbs tomorrow.

Fourth period went over clauses, both independent and dependant/subordinate. This is in preparation for Great Expectations, when one of the grammar focuses will be on sentence type.

Homework
  • All classes: journal.

Grammar and Flowers

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First and second period both worked on grammatical topics. First period learned about simple and compound sentences. We’ll be adding complex and compound-complex later in the year.

Second period began with a vocabulary quiz on Antigone. We then reviewed prepositional phrases and began working on verbals: participles and gerunds.

Fourth and sixth periods continued with Algernon. We watched a bit of the film and discussed Charlie’s intellectual and emotional development.

Homework
  • First period: complete handout on simple/compound sentences (for Wednesday).
  • Second period:
    • read through page 129;
    • finish working on parsing out the passages, using this forum;
    • revise the starter “It is justifiable for a citizen to break the law when…” (available here).
  • Fourth and sixth periods: none.