1. “ Brush Strokes ” by Harry R. Noden

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4. HOMEWORKHOMEWORK Find and copy a Picture/Image for tomorrow’s writing assignment. Textbooks Grammar Worksheet

5. AGENDAAGENDA  Grammar  Mini-Lesson: Brushstrokes  Practice & Present  Grammar  Mini-Lesson: Brushstrokes  Practice & Present

6. StandardsStandards Writing Strategies 1.2 Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, appropriate modifiers, and the active rather than the passive voice. Writing Strategies 1.2 Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, appropriate modifiers, and the active rather than the passive voice.

7. StandardsStandards Written and Oral English Language Conventions 1.1Identify and correctly use clauses (e.g., main and subordinate), phrases (e.g., gerund, infinitive, and participial), and mechanics of punctuation (e.g., semicolons, colons, ellipses, hyphens). Written and Oral English Language Conventions 1.1Identify and correctly use clauses (e.g., main and subordinate), phrases (e.g., gerund, infinitive, and participial), and mechanics of punctuation (e.g., semicolons, colons, ellipses, hyphens).

8. StandardsStandards Written and Oral English Language Conventions 1.2Understand sentence construction (e.g., parallel structure, subordination, proper placement of modifiers) and proper English usage (e.g., consistency of verb tenses). Written and Oral English Language Conventions 1.2Understand sentence construction (e.g., parallel structure, subordination, proper placement of modifiers) and proper English usage (e.g., consistency of verb tenses).

9. OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVE Using Cornell Notes & the Frayer Model for Concept Attainment, students will identify and apply five basic Brushstrokes and practice composing and revising sentences.

10. Quick-write: Choose TWO & Respond

18. -Did you Choose TWO? -Did you Respond with a few sentences?

19. Quick-write #2: Choose TWO & Respond

25. Finish Your Responses Pair Share

26. Using Grammatical Structures to Teach Writing Harry R. Noden Taken from Image Grammar

27. “The writer is an artist, painting images of life with specific and identifiable brush strokes, images as realistic as Wyeth and as abstract as Picasso. In the act of creation, the writer, like the artist, relies on fundamental elements.” [page 1] Main Point about Brushstrokes…

28. Andrew Wyeth

29. Pablo Picasso

31. “In the act of creation, the writer, like the artist, relies on fundamental elements.” Noden

32. The BASIC Parts of Speech Nouns Nouns Verbs Verbs Pronouns Pronouns Adverbs Adverbs Adjectives Adjectives Conjunction s Conjunction s Preposition s Preposition s Interjection s Interjection s

33. The Brushstrokes Participles Participles Vivid Verbs Vivid Verbs Inverted Adjectives Inverted Adjectives Absolutes Absolutes Appositives Appositives

34. The Brushstrokes Participles Participles Vivid Verbs Vivid Verbs Inverted Adjectives Inverted Adjectives Absolutes Absolutes Appositives Appositives

35. Painting with Participles Definition: an – ing (or –ed) verb tagged on the beginning or end of a sentence. Definition: an – ing (or –ed) verb tagged on the beginning or end of a sentence.

36. Participles painted by Hemingway in The Old Man and the Sea: Shifting the weight of the line to his left shoulder and kneeling carefully, he washed his hand in the ocean and held it there, submerged, for more than a minute, watching the blook trail away and the steady movement of the water against his hand as the boat moved. Shifting the weight of the line to his left shoulder and kneeling carefully, he washed his hand in the ocean and held it there, submerged, for more than a minute, watching the blook trail away and the steady movement of the water against his hand as the boat moved.

37. Participles painted by Angela The gorilla stared sadly at the people outside the glass. The gorilla stared sadly at the people outside the glass. Resting his chin on the rubber tire, the gorilla sat, wondering how he came to be trapped in this manmade jungle. Resting his chin on the rubber tire, the gorilla sat, wondering how he came to be trapped in this manmade jungle.

38. Guided Practice: EXAMPLE Try this Brush Stroke with the following…

39. The Brushstrokes Participles Participles Vivid Verbs Vivid Verbs Inverted Adjectives Inverted Adjectives Absolutes Absolutes Appositives Appositives

40. Painting with Vivid Verbs Definition: verbs that show action – not passive voice Definition: verbs that show action – not passive voice

41. The result was spectacular. The voltage hit his wet mouth like a sledge and stiffened him like a poker. He snarled, growling deeper, and tried to hang on, but the jolt was too powerful and slammed him back and down on his rump. The result was spectacular. The voltage hit his wet mouth like a sledge and stiffened him like a poker. He snarled, growling deeper, and tried to hang on, but the jolt was too powerful and slammed him back and down on his rump. Vivid verbs painted by Gary Paulsen in My Life in Dog Years:

42. Vivid Verbs Painted by Gloria The UFO shot across the sky leaving a trail of light. The UFO shot across the sky leaving a trail of light. The UFO hurtled across the sky splitting the sky with a trail of light. The UFO hurtled across the sky splitting the sky with a trail of light.

43. Guided Practice: EXAMPLE Try this Brush Stroke with the following…

44. “ Brush Strokes ” by Harry R. Noden

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47. AGENDA  Grammar  Mini-Lesson: Brushstrokes  Practice & Present

48. Standards Writing Strategies 1.2 Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, appropriate modifiers, and the active rather than the passive voice.

49. Standards Written and Oral English Language Conventions 1.1Identify and correctly use clauses (e.g., main and subordinate), phrases (e.g., gerund, infinitive, and participial), and mechanics of punctuation (e.g., semicolons, colons, ellipses, hyphens).

50. Standards Written and Oral English Language Conventions 1.2Understand sentence construction (e.g., parallel structure, subordination, proper placement of modifiers) and proper English usage (e.g., consistency of verb tenses).

51. OBJECTIVE Using Cornell Notes & the Frayer Model for Concept Attainment, students will identify and apply five basic Brushstrokes and practice composing and revising sentences.

52. The Brushstrokes Participles Participles Vivid Verbs Vivid Verbs Inverted Adjectives Inverted Adjectives Absolutes Absolutes Appositives Appositives

53. Painting with Inverted Adjectives Adjectives shifted out of order amplify the details of the image. Adjectives shifted out of order amplify the details of the image.

54. Adjective out of order painted by Newton Peck in A Day No Pigs Would Die: I could smell Mama, crisp and starched, plumping my pillow, and the cool muslin pillowcase touched both my ears as the back of my head sank into all those feathers. I could smell Mama, crisp and starched, plumping my pillow, and the cool muslin pillowcase touched both my ears as the back of my head sank into all those feathers.

55. Inverted Adjectives painted by Anna The kitten yawned after a hard day of chasing birds. The kitten yawned after a hard day of chasing birds. The kitten, rotten but irresistible, yawned after a hard day of chasing birds. The kitten, rotten but irresistible, yawned after a hard day of chasing birds.

56. Guided Practice: EXAMPLE Try this Brush Stroke with the following…

57. The Brushstrokes Participles Participles Vivid Verbs Vivid Verbs Inverted Adjectives Inverted Adjectives Absolutes Absolutes Appositives Appositives

58. Painting with Absolutes Definition: Noun + Participial (-ing, - ed) Definition: Noun + Participial (-ing, - ed)

59. Absolutes painted by Anne Rice in The Vampire LeStat: The mummy was moving. The mummy’s right arm was outstretched, the torn wrappings hanging from it, as the being stepped out of its gilded box! The scream froze in her throat. The thing was coming towards her – towards Henry, who stood with his back to it – moving with a weak, shuffling gait, that arm outstretched before it, the dust rising from the rotting linen covering it, a great smell of dust and decay filling the room. The mummy was moving. The mummy’s right arm was outstretched, the torn wrappings hanging from it, as the being stepped out of its gilded box! The scream froze in her throat. The thing was coming towards her – towards Henry, who stood with his back to it – moving with a weak, shuffling gait, that arm outstretched before it, the dust rising from the rotting linen covering it, a great smell of dust and decay filling the room.

60. Absolutes painted by Darrin Andrew smiled as he stared at the wrinkly figure that was to be his baby brother. Andrew smiled as he stared at the wrinkly figure that was to be his baby brother. Andrew sat, heart pounding and smile beaming, as he stared at the wrinkly figure that was to be his baby brother. Andrew sat, heart pounding and smile beaming, as he stared at the wrinkly figure that was to be his baby brother.

61. Guided Practice: EXAMPLE Try this Brush Stroke with the following…

62. The Brushstrokes Participles Participles Vivid Verbs Vivid Verbs Inverted Adjectives Inverted Adjectives Absolutes Absolutes Appositives Appositives

63. Painting with Appositives Definition: a noun that adds a second image Definition: a noun that adds a second image

64. Appositives painted by Cornelius Ryan in The Longest Day: Plowing through the choppy gray waters, a phalanx of ships bore down on Hitler’s Europe, fast new attack transports, slow rust-scarred freighters, small ocean liners, channel steamers, hospital ships, weather- beaten tankers, and swarms of fussing tugs. Plowing through the choppy gray waters, a phalanx of ships bore down on Hitler’s Europe, fast new attack transports, slow rust-scarred freighters, small ocean liners, channel steamers, hospital ships, weather- beaten tankers, and swarms of fussing tugs.

65. Appositives painted by Eduardo The woman stared at the smooth waters and dreamt of days gone by. The woman stared at the smooth waters and dreamt of days gone by. The woman, a devoted wife and mother, stared at the smooth water, the water that mystified her as a child, and dreamt of those whimsical days gone by. The woman, a devoted wife and mother, stared at the smooth water, the water that mystified her as a child, and dreamt of those whimsical days gone by.

66. Guided Practice: EXAMPLE Try this Brush Stroke with the following…

67. The Brushstrokes Participles Participles Vivid Verbs Vivid Verbs Inverted Adjectives Inverted Adjectives Absolutes Absolutes Appositives Appositives

68. Practice Painting Scenes Find & cut out a scene, image, or photograph from a magazine. Find & cut out a scene, image, or photograph from a magazine. Write out [describe] the what is going on in the image on your own sheet of paper. Write out [describe] the what is going on in the image on your own sheet of paper. Magazines or Newspapers: Magazines or Newspapers: –Sports Illustrated –Time

69. CLOSURE Any Questions? Note 1 or 2 Brush Strokes you need MORE work on for tomorrow.

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72. HOMEWORK Find and copy a Picture/Image for tomorrow’s writing assignment. Textbooks Grammar Worksheet

73. Easy Way to Practice Painting Scenes Watch a short scene from a film of which you also have the book version. Watch a short scene from a film of which you also have the book version. Write out the scene. Write out the scene. Read the author’s version of the scene and discuss. Read the author’s version of the scene and discuss. Excellent examples: Excellent examples: –In God we Trust, All Others Pay Cash –Raiders of the Lost Ark –Jurrasic Park –Lord of the Rings –Harry Potter Natural Flow: 1.Still Shots 2.Movie Clips 3.Real Life