Today, I want to give you some time to finish your work from yesterday and then I want each group to present what it has to the class. If you finish go here
Dates to Remember:
Tuesday 12/3 - Vocabulary/Grammar Quiz
Friday 12/6 - NIGHT/FAREWELL Test
We will also be moving on to the novel Fahrenheit 451 next Monday.
Warm-up:
Each of the following sentences needs either a comma or a semicolon. Put in the necessary punctuation.
1. Many companies make sugar-free soft drinks, which are flavored by
synthetic chemicals the drinks usually contain only one or two
calories per serving.
2. Mr. Leyland played the viola professionally for many years and he now conducts a community orchestra.
3. The crab grass was flourishing but the rest of the lawn, unfortunately, was dying.
4. The hill was covered with wildflowers it was a beautiful sight.
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Monday, 25 November 2013
Review - NIGHT, FAREWELL TO MANZANAR
Today - we need to discuss your vocabulary and when you want to have a vocabulary quiz. We also need to go over your Grammar Rules and review for the test on NIGHT and FAREWELL TO MANZANAR.
In your groups, I want you to
1)outline your books.
2) write a summary to present to class
3) find one important quote and analysis what it means or discuss why it is important to the book as a whole
4) write out the major theme (WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA OF THIS BOOK)
5) discuss why the author wrote it
6) List and discuss the meaning of one important symbol
In your groups, I want you to
1)outline your books.
2) write a summary to present to class
3) find one important quote and analysis what it means or discuss why it is important to the book as a whole
4) write out the major theme (WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA OF THIS BOOK)
5) discuss why the author wrote it
6) List and discuss the meaning of one important symbol
Monday, 18 November 2013
Tuesday 11/19 and Wednesday 11/20
Tuesday - you have a quiz on punctuation marks.
Wednesday - in your groups read pages 91-100 in your novels and write a summary of the pages with a list of characters and literary devices.
Wednesday - in your groups read pages 91-100 in your novels and write a summary of the pages with a list of characters and literary devices.
Monday
Today, we are going to do some grammar practice. Then - if you don't
have them done - work on your short stories and turn in the final
draft. Note: You need to finish your books by next Monday.
Combine the following sentences into one sentence:
Breakfast is my favorite meal. I like hot food for breakfast. I prefer
eggs and bacon to oatmeal. A good breakfast always starts my day off
right.
Put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, and Italics (use an
underline), wherever they are needed in the
following sentences.
1. Whoever thought said Helen that Jack would be elected class president?
2. In baseball, a show boat is a man who shows off.
3. The minister quoted Isaiah 5 21 in last Sunday's sermon.
4. There was a very interesting article entitled The New Rage for Folk Singing in last Sunday's New York Times newspaper.
5. Whoever is elected secretary of the club Ashley, or Chandra, or Aisha must be prepared to do a great deal of work, said Jumita, the previous secretary.
6. Darwin's On the Origin of Species 1859 caused a great controversy when it appeared
2. In baseball, a show boat is a man who shows off.
3. The minister quoted Isaiah 5 21 in last Sunday's sermon.
4. There was a very interesting article entitled The New Rage for Folk Singing in last Sunday's New York Times newspaper.
5. Whoever is elected secretary of the club Ashley, or Chandra, or Aisha must be prepared to do a great deal of work, said Jumita, the previous secretary.
6. Darwin's On the Origin of Species 1859 caused a great controversy when it appeared
Rules for Commas:
1) They divide items in lists, but are not require before the “and” on the end.
Example: The four refreshing fruit flavors of Opal Fruits are orange, lemon, strawberry and lime.
The rule here is that the comma is correct if it can be replaced by the word “and” or “or”.
Example: The four refreshing fruit flavors of Opal Fruits are orange and lemon and strawberry and lime.
Note: It is not incorrect to put a comma before the “and” at the end.
Example: The four refreshing fruit flavors of Opal Fruits are orange, lemon, strawberry, and lime.
2) Commas are used when two complete sentences are joined together using such conjunctions as “and”, “or”, “but”, “while”, and “yet”.
The boys wanted to stay up past midnight, but they had a race to run the next day, and their coach told them “no”.
Note: A comma splice occurs when you use a comma when a semi-colon is called for.
Example: It was the Queen’s birthday on Saturday, she received a lot of presents.
It should be written: It was the Queen’s birthday on Saturday; she received a lot of presents.
Or: It was the Queen’s birthday on Saturday, and she received a lot of presents.
3) Commas fill gaps where other words might go.
Example: Annie had dark hair; Sally, fair.
4) Commas before direct speech.
The queen said, “It’s my birthday and I want lots of presents.”
Note: Many authors use colons: these days. Joyce used dashes –.
5) Commas set off interjections.
Stop, or I’ll scream.
6) Commas set aside non-essential information.
John Keats, who never did any harm to anyone, is often invoked by grammarians.
1) They divide items in lists, but are not require before the “and” on the end.
Example: The four refreshing fruit flavors of Opal Fruits are orange, lemon, strawberry and lime.
The rule here is that the comma is correct if it can be replaced by the word “and” or “or”.
Example: The four refreshing fruit flavors of Opal Fruits are orange and lemon and strawberry and lime.
Note: It is not incorrect to put a comma before the “and” at the end.
Example: The four refreshing fruit flavors of Opal Fruits are orange, lemon, strawberry, and lime.
2) Commas are used when two complete sentences are joined together using such conjunctions as “and”, “or”, “but”, “while”, and “yet”.
The boys wanted to stay up past midnight, but they had a race to run the next day, and their coach told them “no”.
Note: A comma splice occurs when you use a comma when a semi-colon is called for.
Example: It was the Queen’s birthday on Saturday, she received a lot of presents.
It should be written: It was the Queen’s birthday on Saturday; she received a lot of presents.
Or: It was the Queen’s birthday on Saturday, and she received a lot of presents.
3) Commas fill gaps where other words might go.
Example: Annie had dark hair; Sally, fair.
4) Commas before direct speech.
The queen said, “It’s my birthday and I want lots of presents.”
Note: Many authors use colons: these days. Joyce used dashes –.
5) Commas set off interjections.
Stop, or I’ll scream.
6) Commas set aside non-essential information.
John Keats, who never did any harm to anyone, is often invoked by grammarians.
USES:
1) Introduce a List.
Example: Bob excels in the following activities: wrecking his car while driving blindfolded; drinking bottles of hot sauce; watching football and scratching his ringworm foot bloody; and flunking English 060.
WARNING: A list must be introduced to use a colon. A similar sentence could be written: Bob excels in football, baseball and basketball. There is no introduction of a list and therefore a colon could not be used. It would be wrong to write: Bob excels in: football, baseball, and basketball.
2) After a statement that introduces a quotation.
Example: He began the meeting with this warning: “Gentlemen, Art Bell says the world will end in three years!”
We were at the pizza station when John shouted: “That girl is in my class.”
3) Many writers use the colon to define or expand on some object or subject within a sentence. Here is an example from Eudora Welty’s story “Powerhouse” (from Hot and Cool: Jazz Short Stories): “Powerhouse reads each one, studying with a secret face: that is the face which looks like a mask—anybody’s; there is a moment when he makes a decision.”
Here Welty is defining “secret face”. Another example from James Joyce’s “The Dead”: “So she had had that romance in her life: a man had died for her sake.” Here Joyce is defining
DASH – (an informal mark of punctuation used for stylistic effects)
USES:
1) Set off a word or group of words introduced unexpectedly.
EX: That looks like smoke coming from – help! Fire!
2) Abrupt breaking off of one thought into another, or the discovery of an unexpected thought or idea.
EX: When you see Ann—here she comes—act as if nothing had happened.
You drink Brawls—you do, don’t you?—you’ll love Spike; it has 33,333% of daily B12.
From Eudora Welty: “Powerhouse is not a show-off like the Harlem boys, not crazy—he’s in a trance; he’s a person of joy.”
3) Use a dash to separate two identical or almost identical words.
Ex: I can do the job—the job of gangstering the Brady Bunch.
Dole and Nixon—these men where his idols.
4) Use a dash before a list that explains in detail some word or phrase in the first part of the sentence.
EX: Bring some romantic item—among other things roses, champagne, and candles.
5) Many authors use the dash as a method of a pause when a character is speaking. An example from Rudolph Fisher’s “Common Meter” exists: “Oh, her got her the job, did he?—Well, I’m going to fix it so she won’t need any job.”
6) James Joyce uses the dash instead of quotations.
--O, Mr. D’Arcy, cried Mary Jane, it’s downright mean of you to break off like that when we were all in raptures listening to you.
USES:
1) Set off a word or group of words introduced unexpectedly.
EX: That looks like smoke coming from – help! Fire!
2) Abrupt breaking off of one thought into another, or the discovery of an unexpected thought or idea.
EX: When you see Ann—here she comes—act as if nothing had happened.
You drink Brawls—you do, don’t you?—you’ll love Spike; it has 33,333% of daily B12.
From Eudora Welty: “Powerhouse is not a show-off like the Harlem boys, not crazy—he’s in a trance; he’s a person of joy.”
3) Use a dash to separate two identical or almost identical words.
Ex: I can do the job—the job of gangstering the Brady Bunch.
Dole and Nixon—these men where his idols.
4) Use a dash before a list that explains in detail some word or phrase in the first part of the sentence.
EX: Bring some romantic item—among other things roses, champagne, and candles.
5) Many authors use the dash as a method of a pause when a character is speaking. An example from Rudolph Fisher’s “Common Meter” exists: “Oh, her got her the job, did he?—Well, I’m going to fix it so she won’t need any job.”
6) James Joyce uses the dash instead of quotations.
--O, Mr. D’Arcy, cried Mary Jane, it’s downright mean of you to break off like that when we were all in raptures listening to you.
Friday, 15 November 2013
Frida's Day
Learning Goal: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the
text says and to help determine theme (main idea) and the author's
purpose in writing the text.
Objective: Students will be able to write a summary of the text along with descriptions of characters and a symbol as the first step in determining meaning in Night or Farewell Manzanar.
Objective: Students will be able to write a summary of the text along with descriptions of characters and a symbol as the first step in determining meaning in Night or Farewell Manzanar.
Today, we are going to review the sentence corrections that you made yesterday (on the board) and discuss them. We will then try another batch of sentences. Finally, in your groups you will begin reading 71-80. Note: I've read all your journals (some of you are behind) - make sure you are not only giving the summary, but listing the part of plot, literary elements and characters found within the pages you are writing about.
Combine the following Sentences:
A) John owns a hat. John loves to wear hats. John's girlfriend likes to see John in cowboy hats. John's hero is John Wayne.
B) My shoes are Nikes. My Nike shoes are designed to play tennis. My Nikes have air soles. I like their weight.
Put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, and Italics (use an underline), where ever they are needed in the following sentences.
7. There was only one thing to do study till dawn.
8. Montaigne wrote the following A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
9. The following are the primary colors red, blue, and yellow.
10. Arriving on the 8 10 plane were Liz Brooks, my old roommate her husband and Tim, their son.
11. When the teacher commented that her spelling was poor, Lynn replied All the members of my family are poor spellers. Why not me?
Thursday, 14 November 2013
THE DASH (and it's not a sprint)
Today, we will take notes on the proper use of the DASH. Then review the comma, semi-colon, colon and dash by doing the exercises below, and lastly, in your groups you will finish the study guides I handed out yesterday. Note - your homework for tonight is to CATCH UP with your journals. You have seven journal entries.
Combine each of the following into one sentence.
1) The bear was big. The bear broke open the garbage. The bear ate the left over pizza. Dan's father shot the bear. Dan cried.
2) Espionage is the secret collection of intelligent information. The history of espionage goes back over two thousand years. Espionage was started in China by Sun Tzu.
For the following correct the punctuation:
Put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, where ever they are needed in the following sentences.
1. Several countries participated in the airlift Italy, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.
2. Only one course was open to us surrender, said the ex-major, and we did.
3. Judge Carswell later to be nominated for the Supreme Court had ruled against civil rights.
4. In last week's New Yorker, one of my favorite magazines, I enjoyed reading Leland's article How Not to Go Camping.
5. Yes, Jim said, I'll be home by ten.
Combine each of the following into one sentence.
1) The bear was big. The bear broke open the garbage. The bear ate the left over pizza. Dan's father shot the bear. Dan cried.
2) Espionage is the secret collection of intelligent information. The history of espionage goes back over two thousand years. Espionage was started in China by Sun Tzu.
For the following correct the punctuation:
Put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, where ever they are needed in the following sentences.
1. Several countries participated in the airlift Italy, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.
2. Only one course was open to us surrender, said the ex-major, and we did.
3. Judge Carswell later to be nominated for the Supreme Court had ruled against civil rights.
4. In last week's New Yorker, one of my favorite magazines, I enjoyed reading Leland's article How Not to Go Camping.
5. Yes, Jim said, I'll be home by ten.
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Woden's Day
Learning Goal: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the
text says and to help determine theme (main idea) and the author's
purpose in writing the text.
Objective: Students will be able to write a summary of the text along with descriptions of characters and a symbol as the first step in determining meaning in Night or Farewell Manzanar.
Objective: Students will be able to write a summary of the text along with descriptions of characters and a symbol as the first step in determining meaning in Night or Farewell Manzanar.
Today we will see your skits after the words of the day. We will also be taking notes on the use of Colons and review rules for Commas and Semi-Colons.
Last, in groups you will begin to fill out study guides for your respective books.
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Grammar and Skits
Learning Goal: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the
text says and to help determine theme (main idea) and the author's
purpose in writing the text.
Objective: Students will be able to write a summary of the text along with descriptions of characters and a symbol as the first step in determining meaning in Night or Farewell Manzanar.
Objective: Students will be able to write a summary of the text along with descriptions of characters and a symbol as the first step in determining meaning in Night or Farewell Manzanar.
Today, after the words of the day, we will be taking notes on the rules for semi-colons. Please keep these next to your rules for commas. There might be a quiz on all these rules next week.
We will also be creating skits from the pages that you read last night, so each group will create a skit from a scene that their read last night and practice acting it out. Your scene must contain actually dialogue or narration from the book (use specifics from the text). This skits should be 1-2 minutes and will be presented tomorrow.
NOTE: I have read and made comments on your journals. Most of you have really good journals, but some of your are behind. Please catch up. Also, you should be reading pages 51-60 tonight.
Monday, 11 November 2013
Comma Rules
Rules for Commas:
1) They divide items in lists, but are not require before
the “and” on the end.
Example: The four
refreshing fruit flavors of Opal Fruits are orange, lemon, strawberry and lime.
The rule here is that the comma is correct if it can be replaced
by the word “and” or “or”.
Example: The four refreshing fruit flavors of Opal Fruits
are orange and lemon and strawberry and lime.
Note: It is not incorrect to put a comma before the “and” at
the end.
Example: The four refreshing fruit flavors of Opal Fruits
are orange, lemon, strawberry, and lime.
2) Commas are used when two complete sentences are joined
together using such conjunctions as “and”, “or”, “but”, “while”, and
“yet”.
The boys wanted to stay up past midnight, but they had a
race to run the next day, and their coach told them “no”.
Note: A comma splice occurs when you use a comma when a
semi-colon is called for.
Example: It was the Queen’s birthday on Saturday, she
received a lot of presents.
It should be written: It was the Queen’s birthday on
Saturday; she received a lot of presents.
Or: It was the Queen’s birthday on Saturday, and she
received a lot of presents.
3) Commas fill gaps where other words might go.
Example: Annie had
dark hair; Sally, fair.
4) Commas before direct speech.
The queen said, “It’s my birthday and I want lots of
presents.”
Note: Many authors use colons: these days. Joyce used dashes –.
5) Commas set off interjections.
Stop, or I’ll scream.
6) Commas set aside non-essential information.
John Keats, who never did any harm to anyone, is often
invoked by grammarians.
Memoirs and Grammar
This week we will be reviewing some basic punctuation: comma, semi-colon, colon and dash. You'll need to take notes and memorize the rules. I will be giving you exercises this week to reinforce the notes. Today - we will be dealing with the Comma!
After we take notes, you need to get in your groups and read pages 41-50. Please make sure your first four journal blogs (summaries and notes) are up. I will be checking them for a grade today.
FINAL drafts of stories will be due next Monday.
If you need to retake a test, retakes will be tomorrow after school.
HW: Make sure you are caught up in your reading.
After we take notes, you need to get in your groups and read pages 41-50. Please make sure your first four journal blogs (summaries and notes) are up. I will be checking them for a grade today.
FINAL drafts of stories will be due next Monday.
If you need to retake a test, retakes will be tomorrow after school.
HW: Make sure you are caught up in your reading.
Friday, 8 November 2013
It's FRIDAY
Learning Goal: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the
text says and to help determine theme (main idea) and the author's
purpose in writing the text.
Objective: Students will be able to write a summary of the text along with descriptions of characters and a symbol as the first step in determining meaning in Night or Farewell Manzanar.
Objective: Students will be able to write a summary of the text along with descriptions of characters and a symbol as the first step in determining meaning in Night or Farewell Manzanar.
Today, after the words of the day, you will each be required to draw your favorite scene from the book and label it. This drawings will be put on the wall.
The drawing is worth 20 points: 10 for an accurate drawing of a scene from the book, and 10 for an accurate description.
The drawing is worth 20 points: 10 for an accurate drawing of a scene from the book, and 10 for an accurate description.
You also need to read 31-40 in your books and post your journal entry. Most of you are doing well in your journals.
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Night and Farewell
Learning Goal: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the
text says and to help determine theme (main idea) and the author's
purpose in writing the text.
Objective: Students will be able to write a summary of the text along with descriptions of characters and a symbol as the first step in determining meaning in Night or Farewell Manzanar.
Objective: Students will be able to write a summary of the text along with descriptions of characters and a symbol as the first step in determining meaning in Night or Farewell Manzanar.
We are starting our unit on nonfiction. The class will be either reading Night or
Farewell Manzanar. Both
are memoirs of events that happened during World War II. You have the
option to choose your book (unless you are Trevor or Richard), but I do
have groups listed below. If you change books you must find someone to
switch with you.
You will be keeping a
journal that records summaries, descriptions of characters, parts of plot,
major symbols every 10 pages. This
journal will be posted on your blog every night and is to help you
determine the author's main theme and the author's purpose in writing
the memoir.
Today's Assignment:
Students need to read pages 11-20 and record the
following:
List of characters with descriptions of who they are and/or
what they look like
One Major image or symbol
Summary of what happened
At least one vocabulary word that you needed to look up
NOTE: You will need to do this every 10 pages
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Vocabulary Words and Grammar Exercises
Please look up the following words and write sentences with them. Also do the grammar exercises on the use of semi-colons, commas, colons below.
Apathy
Appease
Ensued
Imperceptible
Peremptory
Undulation
Imperative
Reiterate
Conjectual
Poignant
Go here for grammar exercises. Also post the answers to the following:
The following are from the book EATS SHOOTS & LEAVES by Lynne Truss. Please move the punctuation, add punctuation or quotations to correct the sentence.
1) Leonora walked on her head, a little higher than usual.
2) The driver managed to escape from the vehicle before it sank and swam to the river-bank.
3) Don't guess, use a timer or watch.
4) The convict said the judge is mad.
To review comma rules go here
I'll be back towards the end of class, so if you have problems ask.
Apathy
Appease
Ensued
Imperceptible
Peremptory
Undulation
Imperative
Reiterate
Conjectual
Poignant
Go here for grammar exercises. Also post the answers to the following:
The following are from the book EATS SHOOTS & LEAVES by Lynne Truss. Please move the punctuation, add punctuation or quotations to correct the sentence.
1) Leonora walked on her head, a little higher than usual.
2) The driver managed to escape from the vehicle before it sank and swam to the river-bank.
3) Don't guess, use a timer or watch.
4) The convict said the judge is mad.
To review comma rules go here
I'll be back towards the end of class, so if you have problems ask.
Monday, 4 November 2013
Informational Texts
Learning Goal: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says and to help determine theme (main idea) and the author's purpose in writing the text.
Objective: Students will be able to write a summary of the text along with descriptions of characters and a symbol as the first step in determining meaning in Night or Farewell Manzanar.
Objective: Students will be able to write a summary of the text along with descriptions of characters and a symbol as the first step in determining meaning in Night or Farewell Manzanar.
We are starting our unit on nonfiction. The class will be either reading Night or
Farewell Mannzanar. Both are memoirs of events that happened during World War II. You have the option to choose your book (unless you are Trevor or Richard), but I do have groups listed below. If you change books you must find someone to switch with you.
You will be keeping a
journal that records summaries, descriptions of characters, parts of plot,
major symbols every 10 pages. This journal will be posted on your blog every night and is to help you determine the author's main theme and the author's purpose in writing the memoir.
Today's Assignment:
Students need to read the first 10 pages and record the
following:
List of characters with descriptions of who they are and/or
what they look like
One Major image or symbol
Summary of what happened
READING GROUPS:
Farewell Manzanar
Trevor
Ethan
Richard
Night Group 1
Colton
Kiara
Alex
Night Group 2
Dainean
Dominique
Hailey
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