First Thing First: Tuesday, October 9 Tell this story. 5 sentences.

Today Library Fly By 15 minutes of SSR Grammar Lesson Homework: The Five Brush Strokes Homework: Final copy of poem (typed & in MLA format) due tomorrow Vocab squares due Thursday Brush Stroke quiz on Tuesday, October 16

Painting with Words (from Image Grammar) The Five Brush Strokes of Writing Adding an Absolute Brush Stroke Adding an Appositive Brush Stroke Adding a Participle Brush Stroke Adding an Adjectives-Out-of-Order Brush Stroke Adding an Active Verb

1. Adding an Absolute Brush Stroke: The car went into the parking lot. Engine smoking, gears grinding, the car went into the parking lot. An absolute contains a noun and an –ing verb. Usually, you can add one or two absolute brush strokes to the beginning or end of a sentence. But if you add three, or if you drop these into the middle of a sentence, they lose some of their power. The car went into the parking lot, wheels squeaking, bumper dragging.

1. Adding an Absolute Brush Stroke: The flowers began to bloom. An absolute contains a noun and an –ing verb. Write two sentences of your own: One with the Absolute Brush Stroke at the beginning of your sentence. One with the Absolute Brush stroke at the end of your sentence.

The car, a 1936 Ford, went into the parking lot. 2. Adding an Appositive Brush Stroke: The car went into the parking lot. An appositive adds another noun, offset by commas, after a noun (or noun phrase) to capture the same subject with images from two different perspectives. The car, a 1936 Ford, went into the parking lot.

2. Adding an Appositive Brush Stroke: The hippo emerged from the river. An appositive adds another noun, offset by commas, after a noun (or noun phrase) to capture the same subject with images from two different perspectives.

Sliding on the loose gravel, the car went into the parking lot. 3. Adding a Participle Brush Stroke: The car went into the parking lot. A participle adds an –ing word (or –ing phrase) to the beginning or end of a sentence. Use one phrase or three – ing words Bouncing, clanking, rattling, the car went into the parking lot.

3. Adding a Participle Brush Stroke: The snake appeared. A participle adds an –ing word (or –ing phrase) to the beginning or end of a sentence. Use one phrase or three –ing words

The old car, dented and rusty, went into the parking lot. 4. Adding an Adjectives-Out-of-Order Brush Stroke The car went into the parking lot. The adjectives-out-of- order technique positions one adjective before the noun & two consecutive adjectives after the noun. The old car, dented and rusty, went into the parking lot.

4. Adding an Adjectives-Out-of-Order Brush Stroke The puffins take a break during their flight. The adjectives- out-of-order technique positions one adjective before the noun & two consecutive adjectives after the noun.

5. Adding an Active Verb The car went into the parking lot. Active verbs remove being verbs (is, was, were, are, am, and other forms of to-be) from the writing. Use the four previous techniques to remove these being verbs.

5. Adding an Active Verb The parrot was stretching its wings. Active verbs remove being verbs (is, was, were, are, am, and other forms of to- be) from the writing. Use the four previous techniques to remove these being verbs. Use any of the previous techniques to make this sentence better.

Go back to your journal prompt. Revise two sentences by utilizing the brush stroke techniques. Underline and label them.

Extra Practice: Choose one of the following images as inspiration Extra Practice: Choose one of the following images as inspiration. Use the five brush strokes.