1. Day 22 – “Life’s not Fair, get over it,” Indirect objects, and Author’s perspective

2. Agenda Warm Up Boys vs. Girls Indirect Objects
Pair Practice
“Life’s not fair, get over it”
Closure

3. Objectives: Homework:
Understand and analyze the author’s perspective in a work of Poetry
Understand and identify indirect objects.
Homework:
Have a great weekend!
Grammar Quiz Wednesday

4. Warm up I want to go to the mall.
Molly and Jon are hunting deer on Thanksgiving.

5. Author’s Perspective

6. Girls Vs
Boys

7. Individually
Take a copy of the poems. Read the poems and annotate for author’s perspective.
Annotate examples of tone, details, language, and the title.
Below the readings, compare and contrast the perspectives present in the readings. How did they affect the purpose? What is the author’s purpose?
Annotate words or groupings of words that demonstrate author’s purpose. Use one sentence in the margin to explain how these words contribute to the purpose.

8. Get into your pairs! Compare your annotations.
What was each poem about?
What was the author’s perspective in each?
How did that influence the purpose?
What is the tone the author takes towards girls or boys? Give evidence through annotations.

9. Synthesis – Answer the following in a google doc and submit
What is the author’s purpose in each work? How do you know?
In “Hanging Fire”, what does the author think about girls and their lives?
How much time has passed from the beginning of the poem to the end?
In “Fifteen”, what does the author think about boys and their aspirations or thoughts?
Which poem illustrates what it’s like to be a boy or girl the best? Why?

10. Indirect Objects

11. The
Indirect
Object

12. Indirect Objects Indirect Objects Must follow an action verb
 Must come before a direct object

13. How to Find:
1.     Eliminate all prepositional phrases and infinitive phrases.
2.     Ask “who?” or “what?” after the verb
3.    Circle and label the DO
          * may be compound
4.  Ask if anyone or anything receives the DO.  If so, that someone or something is the IO.

14. Andy brought me a flower.
Indirect Object
A noun or a pronoun.
Tells to whom or to what or for whom or for what the action of the verb is done.
subj. action verb direct obj.
Andy brought a flower.
subj action verb indirect obj direct obj.
Andy brought me a flower.

15. Sarah showed the class her new glasses.
Indirect Object
A noun or a pronoun.
Tells to whom or to what or for whom or for what the action of the verb is done.
subject action verb indirect object direct object
Sarah showed the class her new glasses.
Sarah showed her new glasses to whom?
Jeff gave Caroline a chess set.
Jeff gave a chess set to whom?

16. If there is an indirect object, there must be a direct object.
Please Note…
If there is an indirect object, there must be a direct object.
However, you can have a direct object without an indirect object.

17. Linking verb: Zachary was a silly boy.
**ONLY ACTION VERBS HAVE INDIRECT OBJECTS and DIRECT OBJECTS**
Linking verbs do NOT have indirect objects or direct objects
Linking verb: Zachary was a silly boy.
Action verb: Zachary saw a silly boy.
d. o.

18. Examples: You gave me a dollar. Aunt Susan knit us socks and sweaters.
I baked my guests cookies and brewed them coffee.
Jesse gave a black eye to his sister.

19. Pair Practice
Go onto Google classroom and download the Indirect Objects 1 file.
Make sure you are working with your partner.
Whatever isn’t finished is homework.
*Always check the verb (is-am-are-was-were)*

20. 1.  Lisa made her boyfriend a homemade card for his birthday.
2.  Sawyer gave his brother a dollar for a candy bar.
3.  Sylvia wrote her teacher a letter of appreciation.
4.  I stole my brother’s money from this wallet and gave him Monopoly money in its place.
5.  Prehistoric animals have left us messages about ancient times.
6.  At museums, tour guides show visitors huge skeletons of dinosaurs.
7.  These skeletons offer the world evidence of ancient life.
8.  Fossils provide scientists with even better specimens for study.

21. 9.  Natives of the North gave a museum a frozen Mammoth.
10.  Fossils give us information about ancient changes in climate.
11.  Fossil footprints have given experts a great deal of information.
12.  Study of some footprints can tell an observer the size of the dinosaur.
13.  The museum charges people $20 to see various fossils.
14.  I asked Grandpa many questions about his past.
15.  On the soccer field, the player gave the ball a strong kick.
16.  The farmer fed his pigs mush.

22. 17.  Janice told Lynn a secret.
18.  Tom ordered us pizzas for the tailgate party.
19.  The boss gave his staff a lecture about office safety.
20.  The principal gave the freshman class a special treat.
21.  Santa brought the naughty children coal for their stockings.
22.  Deborah ordered her mom flowers for her birthday.
23.  The groom gave the bride a big smooch at the end of the wedding.
24.  I left the man a message about my broken washing machine.

23. Life’s Not Fair, Get over it
Discussion Board

24. On your own… Download the text and annotate for the following: Tone
Author's perspective concerning the current generation
Main idea
Author’s purpose
After you have annotated complete the questions on the next document.
Submit both to receive credit!

25. Discussion Board - Online
Answer the discussion questions as a class comment on the discussion board assignment. You will need to respond to two classmates with substantial posts.
Be respectful! If you disagree with someone, then explain why and prove your point.
Use the text for your answers.

26. Discussion Questions:
1. Do you agree or disagree with the statement, “If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them”? What would be the counterargument to this assertion? 2. The author believes that the concept of “fairness” is not a useful term, and that it makes people feel entitled to good outcomes. Make an argument for the opposite—how would you convince someone that the concept of “fairness” is an important one. 3. Where do you fall in the “life isn’t fair, deal with it” debate? Is this a good or bad way of thinking about your life? Explain your answer.

27. Closure 3, 2, 1
Write:
3 things you have learned about author’s perspective.
2 examples of DO and IO.
1 question you still have regarding today’s lesson.