1. grammar / literary elements / reading for structure
English 9: Class 19
grammar / literary elements / reading for structure

2. “‘No,’ she said and left the room.”
SAID: apologized, asserted, jabbered, minced, blubbered, mumbled, blurted, murmured, boasted, shrieked, cackled, sighed, commanded, slurred, drawled, snapped, giggled, sobbed, groaned, whispered, gurgled, whooped
LEFT: backed, bolted, sauntered, skipped, bounced, staggered, crawled, stamped, darted, stole, flew, strode, hobbled, strutted, lurched, stumbled, marched, tiptoed, plodded, wandered, pranced, whirled
“‘No,’ he/she ____________, and ____________ out of the room.”
1. An angry person
A baby
A braggart
A child
A clown
A confused person
A cowboy/cowgirl
Someone crying
A drunkard
An embarrassed person
1. an excited person
A frightened person
A happy person
Someone in a hurry
An injured person
A military officer
A sneaky person
A timid person
A tired person
A witch

3. Some silent questions to answer…
What motivates George and Lennie to stay together?
Make a two column chart, one side with George, the other, Lennie. Record ANY ADJECTIVES USED to describe either of them in the first two chapters

4. An exercise in understanding structure
Step 1: exploring a theme (friendship, the American Dream, sacrifice) or a literary device (naturalism, sentimentalism)
Step 2: Read looking for parts: trying to see where the author moves from one section or technique to another
There are usually shifts in the kind of writing, a shift in tone, or even a change in topic
Annotate the LEFT SIDE of a passage with the organization
Annotate the RIGHT SIDE of the passage with purpose
With a partner, choose TWO SCENES and practice the left/right side annotation

5. Look for patterns Stryker Scene
Tavern scene
Setting description that sets the stage and shows the men together
Dialogue that reveals Carton’s resentment
Inner thinking that shows Darnay’s confusion
Dialogue that shows a comparison between the two men
Ending inner thinking of Carton alone
Stryker Scene
Description that compares them to each other and to a lion and a jackal
Dialogue that reveals Carton has always been up and down
Dialogue that hints at Carton’s interest in Lucie
Ending scene that describes Carton going to bed miserable
Lucie and Carton scene
Dialogue that compares how different Carton is with Lucie than with anyone else
Dialogue that reveals Carton’s love and Lucie’s wish that Carton would better himself
Ending scene that reveals Carton’s idea of giving his life for Lucie

6. Sentence Frame
Use the structure of the text to discover a theme; or begin with a theme in mind and see how the parts, or scene, of a text have helped to develop it.
The _____________ (pattern of organization) that the author uses seems to ______________ (pattern of purpose)…This adds to the development of the theme of __________ (theme) by _________________ (what the structure/purpose makes you think about the theme.
The comparisons that Dickens uses in many scenes seem to reveal how bad off Carton is, how compared to everyone else he is so down on his luck and depressed. This adds to the development of the theme of sacrifice by repeating scenes over and over that show who Carton has been his whole life to ending with a scene where he becomes someone new when he makes his greatest sacrifice.

7. Homework
Read Ch. 3 for ALL OF THE THINGS