1. Warm-up: Have a seat and wait for instructions… *Turn in vocabulary homework on the stool please.

2.  Homecoming!  Last call for homework…  Bring textbook all week.  Bring silent reading book TOMORROW and Friday. (Receipt needed to receive credit for mail- bound silent reading books).  If you don’t have one yet, see me after class.  Is there anybody who does not have their physical portfolio in this classroom? (i.e. it is still in your old teacher’s classroom?)  Homework: Active vs. Passive Voice worksheet— due tomorrow.  I’ll distribute it at the end of the class period.

3.  Written and Oral English Language Conventions 1.3: Demonstrate an understanding of proper English usage and control of grammar, paragraph and sentence structure… and syntax.  Reading 3.9 Explain how voice [and] persona… affect characterization and the tone…

4.  Write a sentence about what I just did (include both me and the kitty cat in the sentence).

5.  Now, write a sentence in which the kitty cat is the main subject (rather than my action with the kitty cat).

6. Take notes:  Active voice: “Ms. Pierce pet the kitty cat”  Passive voice: “The kitty cat was pet by Ms. Pierce”

7.  Active voice occurs when the person or object performing the action (the doer) is the main focus of the subject.  Ex: Napolean ate all his tots.  Ex: Later, Pedro broke the pinata that looks like Summer.  Ex: The prime rib hit him in the face.

8.  Passive voice occurs when the receiver of the action becomes the focus, or the subject of the sentence.  Ex: All of the tots were eaten by Napolean.  Ex: The pinata of Summer was broken by Pedro.  Ex: His face was hit by the prime rib.

9.  Get out your tone practice from yesterday…

10.  Turn to page 983 and let’s prepare to read “And of Clay are We Created”  Volunteer to read “Build Background”?  Volunteer to read “Focus Your Reading”?  Volunteer to read “Active Reading”?  Volunteer to read “Connect to your life”?

11.  Complete the worksheet on Active vs. Passive Voice.  Due tomorrow.