English I September 8, 2014

Welcome Back! Take out a sheet of paper and make 5 sections for your weekly warm-up 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th: Hold on to your homework 6th: Make your warm up sheet and make sure your name is on it

Grammar Knowledge of the Week Take out a sheet of paper and create a new warm up sheet! Make 5 boxes and put your name, date, unit 1, and week 3 on it. Call it Warm Ups Week 3! Grammar Knowledge of the Week A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun (I, me, we, you, us, our, them, they, etc.). The antecedent of a pronoun is the noun which the pronoun replaces or to which it refers. (Underline all pronouns and their antecedents.) All your warm-ups should be in one place: behind the “Warm-ups” divider in your binder. Add all warm-ups below the previous warm-up with the current date at the beginning.

Prefix: Sentence Example: Anti- =against, opposite Sentence Example: Jim was very antisocial; he refused to talk to anyone.

FYI We are going to be spending Tuesday and Wednesday in the media center so you can learn about its resources! You will meet there tomorrow, do not come here!

So…..What Good News Do We Have This Week? How you doing?

6th Period: Let’s Look At…. “An American Story” by Anthony Lewis p. 262 and “Ex-Refugee is Nominated for Justice Post” by Dena Bunis and Anh Do p. 265

You will look at two documents today…..

Diction: The writer’s choice of words; a stylistic element that helps convey voice and tone.

Homework… You will complete the SOAPSTONED model tonight for your summer reading book (Speaker, Occasion, and Audience) Tomorrow you will complete the SptoneD (Purpose, Subject, Tone, and Diction)

1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th: Turn In Your HW 1st Period: You will complete the PSTONED part of your hw. DUE THURSDAY!!!! Get out your “Comparing Genres Across Themes Sheet” and turn to pg. 262 Take 3-4 minutes to fill in information from “An American Story” as your next story

Title Genre Author’s Purpose Theme or Main Idea How writer uses characteristics of genre to develop theme or main idea The New Colossus Immigrants in our own Land

Narrative Techniques Ambiguity – offers several conflicting consequences or meanings “Foreigners are hunting dogs.” Irony: what we expect vs. what actually happens Verbal irony: someone says one thing but means the opposite; “This mattress is soft like a brick.” Situational irony: an event that is surprising and opposite of what we expect; Posting on Facebook complaining how useless Facebook is Dramatic irony: in plays, when we know what is going to happen to the character but they do not; In a scary movie, the character walks into a house and the audience knows the killer is in the house.  

The Gift of the Magi In your groups, you will be assigned a narrative technique 1.“plot with plot mountain”, 2.“setting and characters”, 3.“what the conflict was and the type of conflict”, 4.“the narrator and POV”, 5.“mood and tone of story and author”, 6.“what is the irony and what type”; 7.“what is the theme or main idea (message we should get out of reading the story)”, 8.”Use of figurative language” (metaphors, similes, personification, imagery, vivid details, etc.) I will place you in groups! On your sheet you need to make a visual representation AND choose two quotes that support your point.

2 Mins Left Put up your crayons, markers, and pencils!!! You will present these tomorrow. Your homework is due tomorrow.

English i September 11, 2014

Prefix: Sentence Example: Circum-/Cir- = around Sentence Example: Jim Bob was very proud of his accomplishment of circumnavigating the globe.

Prefix: Sentence Example: Circum-/Cir- = around Sentence Example: Jim Bob was very proud of his accomplishment of circumnavigating the globe.

SWRP TIME!!!! 20 minutes!!!

6th Period: Turn In Your HW: SOAPSTONED I am passing back your “Comparing Genres Across Themes Sheet” and turn to pg. 262 Take 3-4 minutes to fill in information from “An American Story” as your next story

Title Genre Author’s Purpose Theme or Main Idea How writer uses characteristics of genre to develop theme or main idea The New Colossus Immigrants in our own Land An American Story

Narrative Techniques Ambiguity – offers several conflicting consequences or meanings “Foreigners are hunting dogs.” Irony: what we expect vs. what actually happens Verbal irony: someone says one thing but means the opposite; “This mattress is soft like a brick.” Situational irony: an event that is surprising and opposite of what we expect; Posting on Facebook complaining how useless Facebook is Dramatic irony: in plays, when we know what is going to happen to the character but they do not; In a scary movie, the character walks into a house and the audience knows the killer is in the house.  

The Gift of the Magi In your groups, you will be assigned a narrative technique 1.“plot with plot mountain”, 2.“setting and characters”, 3.“what the conflict was and the type of conflict”, 4.“the narrator and POV”, 5.“mood and tone of story and author”, 6.“what is the irony and what type”; 7.“what is the theme or main idea (message we should get out of reading the story)”, 8.”Use of figurative language” (metaphors, similes, personification, imagery, vivid details, etc.) I will place you in groups! On your sheet you need to make a visual representation AND choose two quotes that support your point.

2 Mins Left Put up your crayons, markers, and pencils!!! You will present these tomorrow. Your homework is due tomorrow.

1st, 2nd,4th, and 5th: Comics

Parts of a Comic Script: all the written directions for how the comic book will get put together; the dialogue for the comic Pages: parts in the script where the writer tells what should be on each page Panels: rectangles or squares where the action of the script will go Frame: The lines and borders that contain the panels Gutter: the space between the panels

Parts of a Comic Word balloons: to show where people speak Thought balloons: to show when people are thinking Narrative/caption blocks: little rectangles or squares where a narrator, maybe a character from the story, shares special information with us Open panels: panels where one or more, or even all, of the sides are open to help show dramatic effect Splash page: usually a panel that takes up the whole page, used to help introduce stories or give special attention to battles or particular events

We will look at comics and talk about the parts of them and how they integrate story telling with history.

Discussion Questions At what point do they note changes in the gutters? Why does the artist choose to alter the gutters at this time? What emotions do such gutter changes evoke? How many panels are there? How are the panels the same? How do they differ? Why do they think the author made these choices? What do we learn from captions? What do we learn from speech bubbles? What kind of information is provided in the captions versus in the things the characters say? What images stand out? What do the images communicate?

In Groups…. Look at the comics further and read about them Use sticky notes to label the parts of the comic Take 5 minutes to read and label the parts

Writing Assignment * The excerpt’s theme and writer’s purpose Everyone take out a sheet of paper and put your name, date, unit 1, week 3 at the top You can talk to one another but each of you should turn in the writing assignment, do NOT copy one another Write1-2 paragraphs that addresses the following: * The excerpt’s theme and writer’s purpose * A 1-2 sentence summary of the excerpt * An explanation of how the writer blends a historical event with personal narrative using comic vocabulary and specific details from the text. Pick at least three comic terms and talk about how it helps contribute to the historical event or advances the person’s story in the time period

Before You Leave Write your name on a piece of paper and tell me which summer reading book you chose

English I September 12, 2014

Take Out A Sheet Of Paper Put your name, date, and period number on top and title it warm up quiz 3

Quiz 3: 1. What is “antifreeze” used for? 2. What does “circum” mean? 3. If “scribe” means “write”, what does “circumscribe” mean? 4. Label the pronoun and its antecedent in the following sentence The old lady was looking at pictures of her cats and thinking of the good old days

6th: Parts of a Comic Script: all the written directions for how the comic book will get put together; the dialogue for the comic Pages: parts in the script where the writer tells what should be on each page Panels: rectangles or squares where the action of the script will go Frame: The lines and borders that contain the panels Gutter: the space between the panels

Parts of a Comic Word balloons: to show where people speak Thought balloons: to show when people are thinking Narrative/caption blocks: little rectangles or squares where a narrator, maybe a character from the story, shares special information with us Open panels: panels where one or more, or even all, of the sides are open to help show dramatic effect Splash page: usually a panel that takes up the whole page, used to help introduce stories or give special attention to battles or particular events

We will look at comics and talk about the parts of them and how they integrate story telling with history.

Discussion Questions At what point do they note changes in the gutters? Why does the artist choose to alter the gutters at this time? What emotions do such gutter changes evoke? How many panels are there? How are the panels the same? How do they differ? Why do they think the author made these choices? What do we learn from captions? What do we learn from speech bubbles? What kind of information is provided in the captions versus in the things the characters say? What images stand out? What do the images communicate?

In Groups…. Look at the comics further and read about them Use sticky notes to label the parts of the comic Take 5 minutes to read and label the parts

Writing Assignment * The excerpt’s theme and writer’s purpose Everyone take out a sheet of paper and put your name, date, unit 1, week 3 at the top You can talk to one another but each of you should turn in the writing assignment, do NOT copy one another Write1-2 paragraphs that addresses the following: * The excerpt’s theme and writer’s purpose * A 1-2 sentence summary of the excerpt * An explanation of how the writer blends a historical event with personal narrative using comic vocabulary and specific details from the text. Pick at least three comic terms and talk about how it helps contribute to the historical event or advances the person’s story in the time period

Before You Leave Write your name on a piece of paper and tell me which summer reading book you chose

For the rest of class and HW Complete the comic planning sheet and decide what you want on each panel. You may talk to each other in groups but no panels should be the same!!!

Take out your “Comparing Themes Across Genres” worksheet We will complete the last boxes together Take out a sheet of paper and put your name, date, Unit 1 and Week 3. Title it “Comparing Themes Across Genres” Take 5-7 minutes to write a paragraph that identifies techniques in both fiction and non-fiction that can be used to write a narrative. Identify at least three techniques that can be used

Your Upcoming Project You work with a team of writers at Marvelous Comics. Marvelous Comics’ characters are ordinary citizens who live news-worthy lives. Part of your responsibility is to scan newspapers and television news for stories of such people as inspiration for your stories. Your assignment is to locate a story and transform it into a short comic. Your comic must include: * At least two characters * A plot line with a beginning, middle, and end. * Word balloons for dialogue between characters that advance the plot line. * Caption blocks that set the scene or provides special information. * Landscape and props that establish the setting. Creative words and details that establish tone and mood

Today, you will begin planning your comic! Get into groups based on your summer reading and complete the graphic organizer Look at your SOAPSTONED sheet for your summer reading Also, talk about the important scenes in your book that stood out Take 20 minutes to do this

For the rest of class and HW Complete the comic planning sheet and decide what you want on each panel. You may talk to each other in groups but no panels should be the same!!!