1. Mentor Sentence
Copy the sentence (exactly as is it appears) below into your notebook:
“He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees-very gradually-I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever” (Poe 78).

2. GREEN: Punctuation BLUE: Verbals RED: Verb Mood Orange: Verb Voice
“He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees-very gradually-I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever” (Poe 78). On your own…
GREEN: Punctuation
circle and identify what KIND of punctuation
is in the sentence…
make a list
BLUE: Verbals
make a list of verbals…look it up if you do not know
RED: Verb Mood
make a list of possible moods…look it up if you do not know
Orange: Verb Voice
write definitions for
Active and Passive Voice…
look it up if you do not know

3. GREEN: Punctuation BLUE: Verbals RED: Verb Mood Orange: Verb Voice
“He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees-very gradually-I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever” (Poe 78). With your dot group…
GREEN: Punctuation
Make sure the following words are on your list: dash, semicolon, comma, period, quotation marks, parenthesis
DEFINE all the words in your list and EXPLAIN why the author would use this technique
BLUE: Verbals
Make sure the following words are on your list: gerund, infinitive, participle
DEFINE each. Underline and identify what KIND of verbals are in the sentence
RED: Verb Mood
Make sure the following words are on your list: indicative, imperative, interrogative, subjunctive
DEFINE each. Box and identify what KIND of mood is in each sentence
Orange: Verb Voice
Star and identify what KIND of voice is used in the sentence

4. BLUE: Verbals GREEN: Punctuation RED: Verb Mood Orange: Verb Voice
“He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees-very gradually-I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever” (Poe 78). With your one of each group
BLUE: Verbals
Share your findings
with the group
Take notes when other team members are sharing
GREEN: Punctuation
Share your findings
with the group
Take notes when other team members are sharing
RED: Verb Mood
Share your findings
with the group
Take notes when other team members are sharing
Orange: Verb Voice
Share your findings
with the group
Take notes when other team members are sharing

5. “He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it
“He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees-very gradually-I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever” (Poe 78).
Punctuation:
dash (-):
semicolon (;):
comma (,):
period (.):
quotation marks (“”):
parenthesis ( ):

6. “He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it
“He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees-very gradually-I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever” (Poe 78).
Verbals:
gerund
infinitive
participle

7. “He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it
“He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees-very gradually-I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever” (Poe 78).
Verb Mood:
indicative
imperative
interrogative
subjunctive

8. “He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it
“He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees-very gradually-I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever” (Poe 78).
Verb Voice:
Active Voice
Passive Voice