1. TODAY (FLEX 7 = Continue Grammar Activity) (FLEX 7 = Continue Grammar Activity) Grammar: Parts of Speech & Fixing Sentences Reading: Elements of Fiction

2. ARTICLES COMMON NOUN's Three little words you often see Are ARTICLES: a, an, and the. A COMMON NOUN's the name of anything, As: school or garden, toy, or swing. PRONOUN ADJECTIVES VERBS ADVERBS A PRONOUN replaces any noun: I, he, she, it, and you are found. ADJECTIVES tell what kind of noun, As: great, small, pretty, white, or brown. VERBS tell of something being done: To read, write, count, sing, jump, or run. How things are done the ADVERBS tell, As: slowly, quickly, badly, well. CONJUNCTIONS PREPOSITION PROPER NOUN PARTS of SPEECH CONJUNCTIONS join the words together, As: men and women, wind or weather. The PREPOSITION stands before A noun as: in or through a door. A PROPER NOUN gives a proper name such as: Michael Jordan of basketball fame. The whole of these are the PARTS of SPEECH, Which reading, writing, and speaking teach. “Like, the Parts of Speech, Man…” (A Poem)

3. Warm Up: Parts of Speech Poetry 1.Review the parts of speech. epic poem 2.Write an epic poem in a group. 3.Pass poems to a different group. 4.On the poem your group receives, note the parts of speech used in the poem. 5.Share the poems

4. Warm Up: Parts of Speech Poetry There once was a hero named ________, and he (or she) was the bravest warrior in the land. There was also a monster killing all of the people, so the hero, _____, had to make a stand.

5. Grammar Lesson: Grammar Lesson: Parts of Speech DIRECTIONS: 1.Write an epic poem as a group (WRITE YOUR NAMES ON TOP) 2.Exchange with another group (REVIEWED BY: YOUR NAMES) 3.Identify the parts of speech (with a RED pen): a.circle verbs, b.underline nouns once, c.circle adverbs twice, d.underline pronouns twice, e.Underline proper nouns three times f.place a star above prepositions 4.Return to the writer group (do you agree with the reviewers?) 5.Turn the assignment in to the basket up front

6. Name_______ Block_______ Date________ Video Notes: (5) Things About Types of Nouns 1.The first thing I learned from the video about nouns was_____. 2.The second thing I learned from the video about nouns was ______. 3.The third thing I learned from the video about nouns was ________. 4.The fourth thing I learned from the video about nouns was _______. 5.The fifth thing I learned from the video about nouns was _______.

7. Lesson: Lesson: The Parts of Speech & Fixing Sentences Definitions Definitions: 1) The parts of speech are the different types of words used in languages; 2) We fix sentences by looking at the parts of speech that are missing or misused (i.e. subjects & verbs) Examples Examples: Susanna’s fast car. sped This sentence is a fragment because it lacks a verb. [Correction: Susanna’s fast car sped past me.] Activity [Editing] Activity [Editing]: (Group) Annotate a group’s epic poem for the parts of speech used and (Individual) complete a fixing sentences worksheet.

8. Lesson: Lesson: The Elements of Fiction Definition Definition: The elements of fiction are those parts of a story that are the same across stories, even if different people wrote them. Examples Examples: All stories have characters, settings, themes, a point of view, and a structure to the plot Plot structure = expository (background), rising action, climax, falling action, resolution (ending) Activity Activity: While we read, take notes and compare & contrast different cultural stories using the EoF as an analytical tool

10. Elements of Fiction Notes: Analyzing Cultural Texts [ELEMENTS OF FICTION] 1.CHARACTERS a.PROTAGONIST b.ANTAGONIST 2.SETTING a.PLACE (CULTURE) b.TIME PERIOD 3.THEME (CENTRAL MESSAGE) 4.PLOT a.MAIN CHARACTER’S GOAL b.CENTRAL CONFLICT & TYPE c.RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT d.CENTRAL PLOT DEVICE [EXAMPLES IN “GENESIS: THE FLOOD”] 1._________________________ a._____________________ b._____________________ 2._________________________ a._____________________ b._____________________ 3._________________________ 4._________________________ a.______________________ b.______________________ c.______________________ d.______________________ [EXAMPLES IN“GILGAMESH”] 1._________________________ a._____________________ b._____________________ 2._________________________ a._____________________ b._____________________ 3._________________________ 4._________________________ a.______________________ b.______________________ c.______________________ d.______________________

11. Elements of Fiction Notes: Analyzing Cultural Texts [ELEMENTS OF FICTION] 1.CHARACTERIZATION (MAIN) a.INDIRECT b.DIRECT 2.SETTING a.PLACE (CULTURE) b.TIME PERIOD 3.THEME (CENTRAL MESSAGE) 4.PLOT a.MAIN CHARACTER’S GOAL b.CENTRAL CONFLICT & TYPE c.RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT d.CENTRAL DEVICE USED TO MOVE THE PLOT FORWARD [EXAMPLES IN YOUR INDEPENDENT READING] 1._________________________ a._____________________ b._____________________ 2._________________________ a._____________________ b._____________________ 3._________________________ 4._________________________ a.______________________ b.______________________ c.______________________ d.______________________

12. Next Time: Word Analysis & Sentence Corrections 1.Flex –> vocab and grammar work in the lab 2.Lesson: Parts of Speech, active/passive sentences, sentence fragments 3.Activity: Worksheets, group activities, individual practice, PSAT practice

13. PSAT Video Notes PSAT Video Notes: Test Taking Strategies [SPEAKER’s PURPOSE] The purpose of this video was to inform high school students about _________________________. [AUDIENCE EFFECT] After watching this video, students are expected to know the following things about the PSAT: 1. 2. 3. After watching this video, students are expected to know the following things about the PSAT: 1. 2. 3.. [EVALUATION] This video was (or was not) very helpful in helping me (as a high school student) know more about the PSAT because I needed to know_____________.

14. Unit 1:Plot, Setting & Mood End Goal Write an expository essay explaining why literature from two different cultures would share a similar theme of a devastating flood as a plot device.