Today 1.9.17 Grammar Work: Monday Week 2 Read Chain Novel Day 1 Chapters 1-3 Use your Annotation Bookmark: Make at least 6 different marks per chapter read daily! Character Analysis Started: Due Thursday at the end of class. Vocabulary to look for: Vocabulary without page numbers, you will need to find on your own.
Chapters 1-3 Vocabulary Silhouette (5) Passel (6) Mewl (12) Fanciful (14) Proprietor (15) Flinty (19) Addlepated (20) Insolence (21) Tally (23) Impudence (23) Kerchief Indentured
Today 1.10.17 Day 2 Grammar Work: 10 minutes Read Historical Timeline (10 minutes) Mini Lesson: Figurative Language, Foreshadowing, Flashback(10minutes) Receive Vocabulary Template Read, Listen and Annotate Chapters 4-7 Copy or take a picture of the vocabulary below Brackish Somber Vexing/Vexatious Beholden Nattering Nuisance Tarnished Gentry Cahoots Prickly Cistern
Literary Devices Simile- Compare using like or as. Metaphor-Comparison Personification- Giving human characteristics to non- human items Idiom- word combinations that kids use which have a different meaning than the literal meanings of each word Oxymoron-contradictory terms appear in conjunction Imagery-represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses Hyperbole-exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Onomatopoeia-the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named Symbolism- use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities Assonance-repetition of the sound of a vowel. Alliteration-the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Foreshadow- refers to the use of indicative word or phrases and hints that set the stage for a story to unfold and give the reader a hint of something that is going to happen without revealing the story or spoiling the suspense. Foreshadowing is used to suggest an upcoming outcome to the story. Flashback- wherein the author depicts the occurrence of specific events to the reader, which have taken place before the present time the narration is following, or events that have happened before the events that are currently unfolding in the story.
Today 1.11.17 Grammar Work 5 minutes to solve 5 minutes to complete board work Sentence Puzzles Chapters 5-7 Read Annotate Author’s Craft Compound Sentences Connections Questions Vocabulary Vocabulary for Chapter 4-7 Brackish Somber Vexing/Vexatious Beholden Nattering Nuisance Tarnished Gentry Cahoots Prickly Cistern
Today 1.12.17 Surly Spectacle Grammar Work Confuddled Vexing Privy 5 minute to solve 5 minutes on board work Class Discussion Questions Read Chapters 8-10 Get Vocabulary Surly Spectacle Confuddled Vexing Privy Pallet Whetstone Brocade Flogged
Class discussion questions
1.17.17 Chapters 8-14 Sentence Variation Notes Complete Test Complete Assignment if you have finished your test. Read Chapters 8 & 9 silently Look for Figurative Language and Types of Sentences 2 Simple Sentences 5 Compound Sentences 8 Complex Sentences 5 Transitional phrases New Vocabulary Document Settee Treason Fervently Ruckus Cravat Befuddled Fortification Inclination Parole Fervor prattle Surly Spectacle Confuddled Vexing Privy Pallet Whetstone Brocade Flogged
Sentence Variation Notes: Simple, Compound, Complex! Coordinating Conjunctions For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Subordinating Conjunctions After, although, as, because, before, if, once, since, so that, than, though, unless, when, whenever, where, whether, while, until. Relative Pronouns Who, whose, that, which SIMPLE SENTENCE EXAMPLE: The snow melted. Puddles of water formed in the streets. COMPOUND SENTENCE EXAMPLE: The snow melted, and puddles of water formed in the streets. COMPLEX SENTENCE EXAMPLE: As the snow melted, puddles of water formed in the streets. Underlined=Noun, Italicized= Verb, RED= Conjunctions, GREEN= Prepositional Phrase