In this PowerPoint… Victorian Poetry (Brownings) Grammar Patterns and Rules (DO, IO, PN, PA) Protest Article ArcGIS and VR Discussion Oliver Twist Chapter 1 Oliver Twist Vocabulary Oliver Twist Chapters 2 and 3 Overview Matrix Time

Advanced English 6 February 13-14 6.1 The student will participate in and contribute to small-group activities. a) Communicate as leader and contributor. b) Evaluate own contributions to discussions. c) Summarize and evaluate group activities. d) Analyze the effectiveness of participant interactions. 6.7 The student will write narration, description, exposition, and persuasion. a) Identify audience and purpose. b) Use a variety of prewriting strategies including graphic organizers to generate and organize ideas. c) Organize writing structure to fit mode or topic. d) Establish a central idea and organization. e) Compose a topic sentence or thesis statement if appropriate. f) Write multiparagraph compositions with elaboration and unity. g) Select vocabulary and information to enhance the central idea, tone, and voice. h) Expand and embed ideas by using modifiers, standard coordination, and subordination in complete sentences. i) Revise sentences for clarity of content including specific vocabulary and information. j) Use computer technology to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writing. 6.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and paragraphing. a) Use a variety of graphic organizers, including sentence diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence formation and paragraph structure. b) Use subject-verb agreement with intervening phrases and clauses. c) Use pronoun-antecedent agreement to include indefinite pronouns. d) Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphs. e) Eliminate double negatives. f) Use quotation marks with dialogue. g) Choose adverbs to describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. h) Use correct spelling for frequently used words.

To Do Today: Discuss grammar patterns and rules. Interview a protester, and compose an article about the protest. Discuss findings from the ArcGIS maps and VR experience. Read and discuss Oliver Twist chapter 1. Have matrix time. You need: your Chromebook, a pencil, your journal, your planner, and your purple portfolio.

Victorian Poetry: What do you think? Robert Browning (1812-1889) Elizabeth Browning (1806-1861)

Grammar-Parts of Sentences Who or what the sentence is about Subject What the subject is doing or joining the rest of the sentence to the subject Predicate Singular vs. Plural Singular subjects need singular verbs. Plural subjects need plural verbs. Prepositional phrases ARE NOT included in the subject. A group of fifty musicians is here. Agreement in Number Doing vs. being or joining Action vs. Linking

Grammar-Parts of Sentences Direct Object (DO) Noun or pronoun Receives the action of the verb Answers Whom? or What? Popeye eats spinach. She greeted you and me. Indirect Object (IO) Located between the action verb and the DO Answers To whom?, For whom?, To what?, or For what? I handed the dog a bone. Picasso taught you and me a new understanding of the world.

Grammar-Parts of Sentences Action Verb (AVP) Subject is doing something Direct Object (DO) Noun or pronoun Receives action of verb Indirect Object (IO) Between AVP and DO Joins subject to predicate Is comparable to an equals sign Subject=complement Linking Verb (LVP) Completes the sentences Predicate Nominative (Noun)-PN Predicate Adjective-PA Subject Complement (SC)

Predicate Adjective (PA) Subject Complements Predicate Adjective (PA) The pie smells delicious. Predicate Nominative (PN) Charles Dickens was a journalist.

Grammar Patterns and Rules If I were you, I would ask the emperor for forgiveness. Mrs. Fritzinger handed the students Oliver Twist.

Protest and Journalism You are either a British (red) or American (blue) reporter. The British will be reporting for The London Times and the Americans will be reporting for The Virginia Gazette. Develop at least 5 interview questions to ask a colonist about the protest. Interview someone by asking him or her the questions and writing down their responses. Write an article with at least three paragraphs about the protest. Be sure to include responses from the person you interviewed and to write from the perspective of your newspaper. Turn it in on Schoology when you are finished.

ArcGIS and VR Explorations What did you notice and/or learn? What would Dickens have seen, heard, smelled, tasted, and touched? Why would Dickens have written about the topics he chose? Discuss Victorian England—hone in on why it is called “Victorian”. Also, discuss installments and make sure to tie that into reading the book. Students may not read ahead.

Questions/Predictions Oliver Twist Chapter 1 Important Events Characters Setting Questions/Predictions Vocabulary

Matrix: Complete from left to right. Vocabulary Activity 1 due TODAY! Remember to read ALL of the directions carefully. Spelling counts! Read Oliver Twist chapter 2 and take notes on the chart (due NEXT CLASS)! Quarter 3 Creative Journal: 1 due Wednesday, February 26-A and Thursday, February 27-B and 1 due Wednesday, March 20-A and Thursday, March 21-B Finish ANY AND ALL unfinished Advisory work and VLD work by February 19. Digital Portfolio “Where I’m From” poem-6th grade page “Where I’m From” reflection-6th grade page Reader paragraph-Home page Writer paragraph-Home page Personal Narrative-6th grade page Personal Narrative reflection-6th grade page Character Analysis-6th grade page Character Analysis reflection-6th grade page Eminent Person Page Derivatives Activities on vocabulary.com ONLY if you finish everything else, you may Work on anything in Schoology under the Grammar Resources folder. Make and play a Vocabulary Jam on vocabulary.com. Record your “Where I’m From” poem on Seesaw.