1. My friend Dana is very affable. Answer in your Writer’s NB:
Welcome back! Please read the sentences below and then answer the on a new Bell Work 3 paper
My friend Dana is very affable.
Always laughing and talking to everyone, my friend Dana is very affable.
Answer in your Writer’s NB:
In which sentence can you tell the meaning of the word “affable”?
What do you think “affable” means?

2. Context Clues Types: Definition Antonym (or contrast)
Synonym (or restatement)
Inference
The word is defined directly
in the sentence
Often signaled by the words whereas, unlike, or as
opposed to.
Other words are used in the sentence with similar meaning
Word meanings are not directly described, but need to be inferred from the context

3. Vocab 1:2 Word POS Definition Example 1 Tangible Adj
Capable of being touched; having actual form & substance 2
Quarry N
The object of a hunt; prey 3
Disarming
Removing or overcoming suspicion; inspiring confidence 4
Amenity
Something that adds to one’s comfort or convenience 5
Affable
Friendly; pleasant; easy to talk to 6
Elude V
To escape by using skill r cleverness 7
Stamina
Physical or moral strength; endurance 8
Imperative
Absolutely necessary 9
Uncanny
So remarkable as to seem unnatural 10
Zealous
Intensely devoted and enthusiastic

4. C A B D G E F H J I

5. A

6. B

7. C

8. D

9. E

10. F

11. G

12. H

13. I

14. J

15. Short Story Elements Review Stations
Conflict Review
Station 2:
Characterization
Station 4:
ACT Intro Paragraph Writing Review
Station 3:
Plot Review

16. Happy Tuesday! Please add to your BW 3 paper
Identify what each word’s P.O.S. is in the sentences below:
The buff men must have been working very hard.
Two rabbits must have destroyed the vegetable garden.

17. “The Most Dangerous Game”
More Short Story Elements
Setting: the TIME & PLACE of a story
Point of View: the perspective from which the story is told
1st person: uses “I” & “we” pronouns; narrator is a character in the story
3rd person: told by an outsider, not a character
3rd person Omniscient: narrator is all-knowing
Foreshadowing: hints or clues as to what is going to happen next

18. SURVIVAL! “The Most Dangerous Game”
SITUATION
CHARATER TRAIT
CHARACTER TRAIT
WHY
PLANE CRASH
BULLY
STRANDED in SNOWSTORM
DESERTED ISLAND
ZOMBIE ATTACK

19. “The Most Dangerous Game”
Big Q: Why do they have to die?
Demonstrate ANNOTATION of the text…
A. Read pages & annotate
Odds: Develop 5 Fact based questions based on SSE
Evens: Develop 5 Prediction based questions
Think-Pair-Share & post-its…choose 2 best
Add post-its to wall & discuss

20. “The Most Dangerous Game”
Setting:
Character & Type
Conflict & Type
Point of View:
Turn Over

21. Climax
Plot
Rising Action
Falling Action
Exposition
Resolution

22. Wednesday BelWork: Foreshadowing
Directions:
The following are key words from the end of “The Most Dangerous Game.” Using ALL of the words, craft a paragraph that predicts what will happen at the end of the story.
Key Words:
Bed Splendid Knife
Water Quarry Curtain
Luck Game Beast

23. “The Most Dangerous Game”
Big Q: Why do they have to die?
Demonstrate ANNOTATION of the text…w/Post-its
A. Read pages
Odds: Develop 5 Fact based questions based on SSE
Evens: Develop 5 Prediction based questions
Think-Pair-Share & post-its…choose 2 best
Add post-its to wall & discuss

24. “The Most Dangerous Game”
Big Q: Why do they have to die?
Finish reading “TMDG” p. 53 – 57
EXIT: Develop a Position Statement that explains your three reasons why Zaroff had to die.
In my opinion, Zaroff had to die because _____________, _______________, and __________________.

25. This may be the strangest picture ever!

26. Thursday Bell Work: Semicolons; (more than a wink!)
Please copy down the rules:
Rules for Semicolons:
A semicolon can replace a conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
EX: Using a semicolon is no big deal; I use them all the time!
A semicolon is used when sentences are closely related
EX: Using a semicolon is no big deal; they are similar to a comma.
A semicolon can be used with a conjunctive adverb
EX: The semicolon is misunderstood; consequently, it is used
incorrectly.

27. Copy Change!
#2 “A certain cool-headedness had come to him; it was not the first time he had been in a tight place.”
A certain ____________________________ had come to him; it was
not the first time _____________________________________.
A certain ____________________________ had come to him; it was
not the first time _____________________________________.
A certain ____________________________ had come to him; it was
not the first time _____________________________________.

28. Copy Change!
#3 “The stone was real enough; the massive door with a glaring gargoyle for a knocker was real enough; yet about it hung an air of unreality.”
“The ___________ was real enough; the _____________
with a ________________was real enough; yet about
it hung __________________.”
“The ___________ was real enough; the _____________
with a ________________was real enough; yet about
it hung __________________.”

29. Setting: Map of the Island
“TMDG” Group Project
Group 1 &5:
Setting: Map of the Island
Group 2 & 6:
Character Portraits
Groups 3 & 7:
Conflict Chart
Groups 4 &8:
Plot Chart

30. Vocab 1:2 Word POS Definition Example 1 Tangible Adj
Capable of being touched; having actual form & substance 2
Quarry N
The object of a hunt; prey 3
Disarming
Removing or overcoming suspicion; inspiring confidence 4
Amenity
Something that adds to one’s comfort or convenience 5
Affable
Friendly; pleasant; easy to talk to 6
Elude V
To escape by using skill r cleverness 7
Stamina
Physical or moral strength; endurance 8
Imperative
Absolutely necessary 9
Uncanny
So remarkable as to seem unnatural 10
Zealous
Intensely devoted and enthusiastic