1. English 8
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2. Bellwork—READ INSTRUCTIONS!!
Using the packet on your desk, read the first passage and answer questions in the bell work section of your notebook. DO NOT MARK ANY ANSWERS OR NOTES ON THE PACKET!!!
Your bellwork entry should look like this:
—Passage 1
1. A because….. (your reasoning)
2. B because….(your reasoning)
3. C because…(your reasoning)
ETC…

3. Notes:
Fiction: tells the story of imaginary people or animals (characters). Fiction always includes a plot
Nonfiction: gives facts about real people, places, or events or discusses ideas about the real world. Nonfiction may inform about a topic or try to convince the reader to do something.
Literary Nonfiction: uses some of the same storytelling techniques as fiction to make factual writing “come alive.” Most biographies can be considered literary non-fiction.

4. Assignment
As a group, use a textbook to find two examples of each of the following. You may put your examples on the back of your group activity:
* Fiction
* Nonfiction
* Literary Nonfiction

5. Notes (cont)
Theme: the message or insight into life portrayed by the work; the “life lesson” (fiction; some literary nonfiction)
Central Idea: the key point an author wants to make (nonfiction)
Theme and central idea are usually implied, meaning they are not explicitly stated and require some critical thinking on behalf of the reader.

6. Bellwork—READ INSTRUCTIONS!!
Using the packet on your desk, read the first passage and answer questions in the bell work section of your notebook. DO NOT MARK ANY ANSWERS OR NOTES ON THE PACKET!!!
Your bellwork entry should look like this:
—Passage 1
1. A because….. (your reasoning)
2. B because….(your reasoning)
3. C because…(your reasoning)
ETC…

7. Thursday September 12
Complete and Review any unfinished Explore bell work.
Review definitions for fiction, nonfiction and literary nonfiction
Complete practice sheet using your textbook. Turn in when complete!
REMINDER: Extension projects are due tomorrow if you chose to complete one!

8. September 16, 2013
Complete the Explore-Reading practice test (thirty minutes)
When finished, you may work on vocabulary (due Wednesday)
Review Explore Reading as a class
When finished reviewing, complete “Dictionary Detective” and “Think Thesaurus” activities from Friday

9. Bellwork
Use a literature book and classify each as fiction, nonfiction or literary nonfiction. Elements of Literature-Theme (355) The Tell Tale Heart (537) from Harriet Tubman (143) The Fog Horn (319) from No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War (224)

10. Writer’s Notebook--What are you reading?? 9-19-13
Title:
Author:
Genre:
Number of Pages: Page I’m On:
Summary: Summarize what you’ve read so far. Give details from the text and include any questions you have. You may also include a reaction to the book up to this point (do you like it? Why or why not?)

11. Terms & Definitions
Diction: The author’s specific, intentional word choice
Denotation: The dictionary definition of a word
Connotation: The primary emotions associated with a word ie: how the word makes someone feel.

12. Writer’s Notebook
Would you rather be embarrassed, self-conscious or humiliated? Explain your answer.

13. After you complete your quiz….
Turn your quiz/weekly review in
Complete Activity Two in your packet INDEPENDENTLY!
If you complete activity two, you may read quietly.

14. Bell Work
When you look for helping verbs, remember that they are simply linking and action verbs together. The linking verb becomes the helping verb and the action verb becomes the main verb. Circle any action verbs. Underline linking verbs. Put a box around helping and main verbs and label each. 1. Viking warriors were hopeful that they would die in battle. 2. They believed that if they died in battle, they would go to Valhalla.

15. Denotative Meaning When writing, be sure to use precise language!!
Consider this sentence:
The stranger wore a hat….
HAT: A Covering for the head

34. Group Task
Go back and consider this sentence again…. The stranger wore a ____________ (hat)…. Using what you’ve learned about denotative and connotative meanings, work in your group to write a short (3 paragraphs or so) story, in which you use the above sentence to develop your ideas. Be fun and creative!!

35. Homework
Complete activity three (denotation and connotation packet) independently Vocabulary Due Tomorrow

36. Bellwork
Circle any action verbs.
Underline linking verbs.
Put a box around helping and main verbs and label each.
The Vikings were Norsemen who roamed the seas from AD 700 to 1100.
The term Vikings applies to all Scandanavian sailors of this period, whether they were Norwegians, Swedes, or Danes.
Each day, the warriors in Valhalla would go out to the battlefield and would receive many wounds.

37. Bellwork
Circle any action verbs.
Underline linking verbs.
Put a box around helping and main verbs and label each.
Mary McLeod Bethune is a major figure in American history.
Bethune taught school after she had completed her education in South Carolina.
In 1904, she moved to Florida and opened a school of her own.