1. English 9 and Bible Miss McCoy Lesson 3: Adjectives, Setting, and Cain & Abel

2. Grammar Time Today’s Lesson: Adjectives

3. Review Parts of Speech Nouns- person, place or thing Verbs- show action of the noun

4. Adjectives Adjectives describe nouns. How does the noun look, sound, smell, and feel ?

5. Adjectives The red ball bounced. 1.Find the noun 2.Find the verb. 3.Look for a word or words describing a noun.

6. Adjectives The red ball bounced. Noun- BALL Verb- BOUNCED Adjective- RED

7. Adjectives Noun- person, place or thing A ball is a THING, so it is a NOUN. Verb- shows what the noun is doing The ball is bouncing, so it is a VERB. Adjective- describes what the noun is like The ball is red, so red is an ADJECTIVE.

8. Adjectives The girl put on her blue sweater.

9. Adjectives The girl put on her blue sweater. What are the nouns in this sentence?

10. Adjectives The girl put on her blue sweater. Girl is a person. Sweater is a thing.

11. Adjectives The girl put on her blue sweater. Are there any words that describe the girl or the sweater? Words that describe what they look like, or sound like, or how they feel?

12. Adjectives The girl put on her blue sweater. We know that the sweater is blue. Therefore, BLUE is an adjective.

13. Adjectives The big dog chased the black cat. 1.Find the nouns 2.Find the verb 3.Find the adjectives

14. Adjectives The big dog chased the black cat. Dog is a thing, so DOG is a NOUN. Cat is a thing, so CAT is a NOUN.

15. Adjectives The big dog chased the black cat. The dog is chasing the cat, so CHASED is a VERB.

16. Adjectives The big dog chased the black cat. Big describes the dog, so BIG is an ADJECTIVE. Black describes the cat, so BLACK is an ADJECTIVE.

17. Adjectives Common Adjectives 1.Quantity- how much is there of something five, many, few, some 2.Quality- the condition of something broken, well-made, cheap

18. Adjectives Common Adjectives 3. Size big, small, tall 4. Age old, new, young 5. Shape round, square, skinny

19. Adjectives Common Adjectives 6. Color red, green, purple 7. Material cotton, wooden, silk 8. Purpose work, fishing, sleeping

20. Adjectives Five tall girls tried to fix the broken fishing pole. 1.Find the nouns. 2.Find the verb. 3.Find the adjectives.

21. Adjectives Five tall girls tried to fix the broken fishing pole. Girls are people. Pole is a thing. = NOUNS.

22. Adjectives Five tall girls tried to fix the broken fishing pole. What did the girls do? They tried, so TRIED is the VERB (the action of the noun).

23. Adjectives Five tall girls tried to fix the broken fishing pole. Are there words that describe girls or pole? FIVE, TALL describe girls. BROKEN, FISHING describe pole. FIVE, TALL, BROKEN, FISHING are ADJECTIVES.

24. Adjectives The young boy ate the juicy red apple and read the interesting book. Find the nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

25. Adjectives The young boy ate the juicy red apple and read the interesting book. Boy is a person = noun. Apple is a thing = noun. Book is a thing = noun.

26. Adjectives The young boy ate the juicy red apple and read the interesting book. The boy (a noun) ate and read. Ate and read are verbs showing what the noun did.

27. Adjectives The young boy ate the juicy red apple and read the interesting book. Find the words that describe boy, apple, book. Young, juicy, red, interesting.

28. Adjectives The young boy ate the juicy red apple and read the interesting book. Young shows age. Juicy shows quality. Red shows color. Interesting shows quality.

29. Review: ADJECTIVES Adjectives describe nouns. They show age, color, quality, quantity, purpose, appearance, etc. Adjectives make our language more specific and interesting.

30. Elements of Literature The Short Story: Setting

31. The time and location in which a story takes place is called the setting. For some stories the setting is very important, while for others it is not.

32. Setting There are several aspects of a story's setting to consider when examining how setting contributes to a story (some, or all, may be present in a story)-

33. Setting a) Place - geographical location. Where is the action of the story taking place?

34. Setting b) Time - When is the story taking place? (historical period, time of day, year, etc)

35. Setting c) Weather Conditions - Is it rainy, sunny, stormy, etc?

36. Setting d) Mood or Atmosphere - What feeling is created at the beginning of the story? Is it bright and cheerful or dark and frightening?

37. from “A Very Short Story” by Ernest Hemingway One hot evening in Padua they carried him up onto the roof and he could look out over the top of the town. After a while it got dark and the searchlights came out.

38. from “A Very Short Story” by Ernest Hemingway The others went down and took the bottles with them. He and Luz could hear them below on the balcony. Luz sat on the bed. She was cool and fresh in the hot night.

39. Setting What were some elements of SETTING? HotRoof EveningDark PaduaFresh

40. Setting Review The setting tells you where and when the story takes place. Helps set the mood of the story. The language of the story helps establish the setting.

41. Story Time Cain and Abel Genesis Chapter 4

42. Recall God created the Universe. God created man. God created The Garden of Eden for man. God created woman from man. Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge and knew sin. God cast Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden.

43. So God sent Adam and Eve out of the garden…

44. Eve had two babies…

45. Adam and Eve had other children…

46. Cain became a farmer.

47. Abel became a shepherd.

48. Cain and Abel make sacrifices to God.

49. Cain was angry!

50. Cain was angry with his brother.

53. God saw what Cain had done to his brother.

54. And God was no longer with Cain.

55. Why didn’t God like Cain’s offering? ~ God cared about the thoughts behind the gifts. ~Abel DID and GAVE his BEST. ~God’s loving reminder made Cain mad at his brother instead of himself.

56. Am I my brother’s keeper? ~ We all feel jealous. ~We all make mistakes. ~God doesn’t make mistakes! ~God does not have a favorite. ~We must take responsibility for our actions.

57. Setting? When? Earth was new. Where? Near the Garden of Eden. Land? Fields. Can grow crops and raise sheep.

58. Memory Verse

59. Resources http://www.christiananswers.net/ http://www.suite101.com/ http://www.dltk-bible.com/ http://www.israelnationalnews.com/ Gustave Doré- Cain Kills Abel Peter Paul Rubens- Cain Slaying Abel Chagall- Cain et Abel Titian - Cain and Abel