Minecraft Mindset Consult  See Week 3 PPT

Indirect Characterization  Characteristics or traits of a person or character found through words or actions. S T E A L

Direct Characterization  Characteristics or traits of a person or character given by the author. “Batman’s evil nemesis, Joker…”

STEAL: tool for character analysis

SPEECH WHAT THEY SAY (VOICE, WORD CHOICE) – What verbal language is used ? – If the language is complex, may be they’re intelligent. HOW THEY SAY IT (PITCH, VOLUME, TONE) – What additional qualities or quirks the verbal language? Accent? Dialect? – EX: Stuttered speech may reveal nervousness or deception

THOUGHT WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? – What are the characters BELIEFS ? – What DECISIONS do the characters make? – Do they ARGUE ? Are they PASSIVE ? HOW DO THEY FEEL? – What body language is used? – What type of underlying emotions are exposed?

EFFECT HOW DO THEY INTERACT? – Are they a POSITIVE influence? Or do they stir up trouble? – How do others react to character’s EMOTIONS? – Who do they befriend/antagonize ?

ACTIONS HOW DO THEY ACT WITH OTHERS? – How do they behave in public ? – What happens to the character when UNDER STRESS or PRESSURE ? – Ex: Always tweets about how much her best friend bothers her.

LOOKS HOW DO THEY LOOK? –What is the character’s PHYSICAL APPEARANCE ? – BE CAREFUL! Appearances can be deceiving. DID YOU SEE THAT? –What facial expressions do the character’s make? –What are they wearing ? Clothes and costumes tell a lot about a character.

Joker Character Analysis

Journal #6: Game Changer What event has left a lasting impression on you. Altered your life. Changed you forever for the good or the bad.

SAY, MEAN, MATTER TOPIC SENTENCE SAY : give a quote MEAN : describe what the quote means MATTER : tell why the quote is important CONCLUDING SENTENCE

Joker Character Analysis TOPIC SENTENCE: _________________________________ In the scene in The Dark Knight, the Joker passively allows Batman to throw him around the room, all along, laughing at Batman’s rage. This means________________ This matters/shows because ____________ Concluding Sentence: ______________________________

Joker Character Analysis BAD TOPIC SENTENCES:  This paragraph is about…  The topic is…

Joker Character Analysis GOOD TOPIC SENTENCES:  The Joker is a malicious man.  The Joker’s evil character is seen in the way he disregards pain.

Joker Character Analysis BAD CONCLUDING SENTENCES:  That is what this paragraph is about.  That is the topic of this paragraph.

Joker Character Analysis GOOD CONCLUDING SENTENCES:  The Joker is not a character that cares for others.  The Joker’s true nature is one of evil.

Tuesday DAILY 1.HOMEWORK: Parallel Structure Practice + Finish Annotations (both due Tmrw)! 2.ANNOUNCEMENTS: READING QUIZ on FRIDAY covering CH 1 – 5, 4 random Sketch & Stretch Words, & Parallel Structure 3.ESSENTIAL SKILLS: Parallel structure 4.WRITING WORKSHOP:  STYLE 101: What makes a reader great? Descriptive Writing

JOURNAL #7 “Nobody would miss me if was gone” (16). How are people who aren’t considered “normal” in our school community mistreated?

NOTES: PARALLEL STRUCTURE SENTENCE STRUCTURE PARALLEL STRUCTURE The organization and format of a sentence. A sentence is made of a SUBJECT & PREDICATE. Ms. Vance is awesome because she is. (NOUN)(VERB) Using the same format when creating a list. Ms. Vance is awesome because she is hilarious, kind and talented. (ALL ADJECTIVES )

NOTES: PARALLEL STRUCTURE PARALLEL STRUCTURE

NOTES: PARALLEL STRUCTURE PARALLEL STRUCTURE GERUND Vs. PARTICIPLE NOT PARALLEL = mixed adjectives, verbs and nouns. Ms. Vance is awesome because she is hilarious, makes it rain and goes shopping everyday. (NOT ALL ADJECTIVES ) PARRALLEL STRUCTURE doesn’t mix tenses or gerunds/participles. GERUND = -ing verbs (running, jumping, singing) PARTICIPLE = to verbs (to run, to jump, to sing) CORRECT THAT: MS. Vance is awesome at running, to jump, and singing.

PRATICE: Write correct or incorrect in your notebook. If it is incorrect, re-write the sentence correctly.

CATALYST CHOOSE THE CORRECT PARRALLEL STRUCTURE 1.To protect his delicate hands, Domo will not glue his papers into his notebook, cut paper or __________. a.refuses to scrub the tables b.won’t scrub the tables c.scrub the tables 2.Not only did Ms. Vance despise the way Lua chewed with his mouth open, __________, finding his trash in his seat. a.but also disliked b.but also disliking c.but she also disliked

 Objective: DESIGN a visual dictionary box for each Root Word & Vocab Word.  Do this in your VOCAB section of Subject Notebook.  You need the following:  the definition of the word  create a picture or image that illustrates the concept of your word  2-3 synonyms  Learnersdictionary.com & Thesaurus.com STRETCH & SKETCH- DUE TODAY

Wordinfo.info AMBUL Latin Root: to walk, take steps, move around; from "to wander, to go astray"  EXAMPLES OF THE ROOT WORD:  Ambulance: walking hospital  Ambulate: to walk from one place to another

STRETCH & SKETCH- DUE TODAY 1.Susceptible 2.Impediment 3.Inseparable 4.Testified 5.Decrepit 6.Contemplating 7.Confessing 8.Ambul (root word) find examples that host the root word 9.Bene (ben) find examples that host the root word

PERSONAL NARRATIVE DRIVING QUESTION  How do family values, societal expectations and personal struggles impact one’s identity? PROJECT DESCRPTION  Students will… write an AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVE (five-paragraph story), modeled after Sherman Alexie’s: “Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian,” addressing one or more element of the driving question.

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