Homework Packet One Notes Plot Diagram

Parts of speech- Focus on nouns Noun- names a person, place, or thing Subject- who or what the sentence is about Object- a noun that completes the verb’s meaning. There are two kinds of objects: direct objects and indirect object.

Practice together Noun Search Underline the nouns. Here’s some help: In each sentence, there will be three or four nouns and they will always be in alphabetical order. 1. Charlie feeds his cows a cool selection of vitamins. Charlie feeds his cows a cool selection of vitamins. Person Place Thing Idea or Concept Charlie Cows selection vitamins

Practice together 1. The brown and green turtle hides in its shell. The complete subject of a sentence tells who or what the sentence is about. Example: The huge, green, slimy, alien from Mars waved to us. The simple subject also tells who or what the sentence is about, but it doesn’t have all of the descriptive words. The simple subject is usually just a single noun. Underline the complete subject of each sentence below. Then, circle the simple subject. 1. The brown and green turtle hides in its shell. 1. The brown and green turtle hides in its shell.

Plot diagram The turning point of the story You will be filling in a plot diagram based on reading the short story “Charles” by Shirley Jackson. https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/plot-elements/video/

Using Text Evidence There is a question in your homework packet that will ask you to use text evidence.

Foreshadowing One of the questions in your homework packet will ask about FORESHADOWING.