October 17 AM and October 18 PM Lessons for RW3 Classes
Hello to our RW3 classes! At this point, I hope you are well into your October Writing Prompts! Please remember that five full-length paragraphs are due on October 31 for our AM class AND on November 1 for PM class (and by full-length, I mean five sentences or more, as I'm sure you know by now)! Please feel free to add more sentences OR complete more prompts!! Your teacher would certainly love this!!:) The following lessons are meant to provide you with more review work as well as with new, introductory material I know you will enjoy!! Note: When our evening class reads this on Wednesday night, October 18, please thank Pam for stepping in to teach you all tonight! Thank you so much, Pam!! You're the best! Part One. Idiom of the Day Idiom: a piece of cake Directions #1: Sorry if the latest idiom makes you hungry, but because it's an idiom, it is a type of figurative language. To review, this means we have to figure it out! If we did not have to figure it out, and we were really speaking about cake, we would be using literal language! Literal language means exactly what it is written. Let's look at some examples of each. Literal Language: Everyone in the class received a piece of cake in honor of Jack's birthday. (There is no hidden meaning in this sentence; everyone is about to eat a delicious dessert!) BUT Figurative Language: After passing the HiSET with a high grade, Jack said that the test was a piece of cake. (Now let's make an inference about this sentence's meaning by looking at the rest of the sentence first.) Think Out Loud: Jack not only passed the HiSET, but he did so with a high grade. Do you think Jack had much difficulty with this test? Is the fact that Jack passed the test with a high grade positive or negative? Based on your answers to these, what word could replace "a piece of cake" to show that the test was NOT difficult? If you answered with the word "easy" or any word that is similar (or a synonym), you understood this idiom. Yay! Now let's go back and see if the word easy (or another word you may have chosen) makes sense in the sentence: After passing the HiSET with a high grade, Jack said that the test was easy. It worked! Directions #2: Now let's see if we can tell the difference between figurative and literal language! Take your time to read each of the following sentences carefully. Decide if there is a hidden meaning in each one. If the sentence makes sense just the way it is, please circle the word literal. If the sentence has hidden meaning that has to be figured out, please circle the word figurative! Have fun! 1. literal figurative The basketball game lasted for more than two hours. 2. literal figurative One player scored 32 points; he said that winning that game was a piece of cake. 3. literal figurative The players then congratulated each other and left the court. 4. literal figurative Their coach said that winning this game was actually a blessing in disguise. 5. literal figurative He explained that if the team had not won, they would not have made it to the finals. 6. literal figurative He said that he had not told the players about this; he had kept it under his hat. 7. literal figurative He knew if he had told them the truth, they may have been too nervous to play! 8. literal figurative In the end, this team hit the jackpot and won the state championship! Part Two. Our Greek and Latin Root Review Directions: We have discussed the differences between the roots anti- and pro- during these last few classes. Please select true or false, depending on whether the word containing a root is being used correctly! 1. Sue shared her anti-violence belief; she wanted everyone to live together peacefully. true false 2. He was a prolific writer; he only wrote one book in ten years. true false 3. She was proficient at her job; she was able to do all tasks required of her. true false 4. Jim used an antiseptic on his cut; this medicine was used to keep bacteria away. true false 5. Sam was the antagonist in the story; he was on the protagonist's side. true false (Note: This last one is a bonus! Who is the protagonist in a story? If you answered main character, you may be able to figure out the rest of the sentence!) Part Three. Grammar Fun Directions: Let's review that a noun is a person, place, thing, or idea!! An example of each could be the following: girl, school, desk, happiness (common nouns) OR Jana, Somerville High School, Ford Mustang (proper nouns) Now, let's decide which noun in the following sentences is the subject (the main person, place, or thing that is doing the main action)! 1. Deshawn applied for a job at the local bank. _________________________________________________________ 2. Sam really enjoyed the movie. ____________________________________________________________________ 3. Even though it was nearly midnight, Marsha typed the rest of her story. ________________________________ 4. The bottle of water fell on the ground.___________________________________________________________ 5. Without even reading the entire story, Tomas knew what would happen. ________________________________ 6. Many boys at the Boys Club enjoyed the sports offered there. ________________________________________ 7. Have you heard the latest news? _________________________________________________________________ 8. Massachusetts, a state located in New England, is a nice place to live. __________________________________ 9. Where in the world did Lisa go? __________________________________________________________________ 10. Happiness is something we all want. _____________________________________________________________ Part Four Punctuation Marks Directions: Let's review the semicolon before we begin this exercise. For one thing, it looks like this ; For another, it is a lot like a period, except that it is used to join two sentences that have similar ideas, creating one long sentence. Example: October is such a fun month; you can visit craft fairs, pick apples, or even select a pumpkin for your home. (As you can see, the second part of the sentence, which follows the semicolon, could be a sentence on its own. The reason why we decided to join it to the first part is that they both contain information about October and how fun this month is!) Now let's see an INCORRECT Example: October is such a fun month; Tim bought new shoes yesterday. (In this case, the second part of the sentence that follows the semicolon has nothing at all to do with how much fun October is.) For each of the following sentences, decide whether the semicolon is used correctly! Choose yes or no! 1. I got home late last night; Sue's car is such a nice bright color. yes no 2. This class is wonderful; it is a pleasure to teach here every night! yes no 3. Autumn is a lovely time of year; Trini needs to take the train to work. yes no 4. Thanksgiving is on its way; turkeys are already on sale. yes no 5. Sign your name on the dotted line; be sure you use black ink. yes no 6. Working out is good for you; I may bake cupcakes for dessert tomorrow. yes no 7. She walked four miles every day; Cape Cod is a fun place to visit. yes no 8. Sean has a vacation home; it is located in Lake Winnipesaukee. yes no 9. I hope you are all enjoying the semicolon; it is a fun punctuation mark. yes no Part Five. Question and Answer Directions: I will provide the answer for you. Take a moment to think up a question that could go with this answer. There may be many possible questions! Answer: It will only take five minutes to do! Question: ????? _________________________________________________________________________________? Note: To check to see if your question works, simply read the question your created first, and then read the answer already listed second. Does it make sense? If not, reword your question so that it does! Part Six. Writing Directions: I have provided three sentences as your story starter to jumpstart your story. Please be sure to use complete sentences and parallel structure to continue this tale. Maintain the point of view used in the beginning of the story, as well! Remember that you can decide whether the story is humorous, sad, serious, or happy. You can also add characters or other situations if you'd like! Be sure to add at least seven sentences of your own!! As always, enjoy the process!! Ruth thought she'd be staying in an expensive hotel during her vacation, but instead she found herself at a quiet inn in the middle of a wooded area. At first, she liked the peaceful nature of her surroundings; it was so different from her life in the city. But then she found a strange note under the door of her room.
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Today's skills board will begin with another quick review of our latest literary terms. I'll bet today you will display "proficiency" in all of them (and yes, I just used a word with our new Latin root)! If you want to try to fill in the blanks without using the Word Bank I provided, by all means, go for it!! But if you do get stuck, the list of words below may help you to "recall" the answer! Hmm....do you see yet another word we discussed recently?
Part One: Literary Term Review (the short version!) Directions: Please fill in the blanks below with the correct literary term. The Word Bank below contains MORE words than you will use!! Have fun!! Word Bank conflict inference dynamic narrator third first protagonist setting alliteration simile consistence static fable autobiography fiction nonfiction 1. Every work of fiction contains a problem or _______________________________that the main character has to resolve in order to reach an important goal. 2. A story that is TRUE falls under the ___________________________________category or genre. 3. A short tale that often features animals speaking to each other and ends with a moral or piece of wisdom that we can use in our own lives is known as a ________________________________. 4. If a person who was visiting SCALE was seen smiling the whole time, we might make an ___________________ that she was enjoying her visit and may sign up for classes. 5. A story that is fake (or NOT true) is known as ___________________________. 6. If you told me that you have an aunt who is "as sweet as honey," you would be using a ___________________. 7. When we read about a character who is not a very nice person at the beginning of the story but changes COMPLETELY by the end, we are reading about a _____________________________ character. 8. When we "start several words with the same sound," we are using a literary device known as _______________. 9. A book YOU write about the story of your own life is known as an __________________________________. 10. The main character in a story is also known as the ______________________________________. 11. When the narrator is NOT in the story, but instead he writes about the characters as though he is watching them through a lens (and uses pronouns such as "he" or "they"), he is using ___________________ person point of view. Quick Bonuses: 1. What is third-person omniscient point of view? 2. True False During a story, when a character has a conflict, it does not have to be with another person; it can actually be within himself. Part Two: Punctuation Fun! Directions: Yesterday we spoke about a punctuation mark that looks like this ; Do you remember its name? Check the sentences below to see if it has been used correctly or not. Circle yes if it has, and circle no if it has not! Example: Yes No I loved my trip to California last year; I baked muffins this morning. Let's discuss which answer you should pick and why! Can you fix that sentence? How about this! I loved my trip to California last year; it was filled with good times and is now a special memory. 1. Yes No It was fun playing basketball yesterday; I can't believe I scored five baskets! 2. Yes No Diandra loved going shopping; she bought something new every single week! 3. Yes No Simone bought a frozen turkey; she waited days for it to thaw out completely. 4. Yes No Fernando was a gifted artist; he had his hair cut on Broadway yesterday. 5. Yes No Sally enjoyed quiet mornings; she was going to take her MAPT assessment on Monday. 6. Yes No The semicolon is fun to use; it connects two similar ideas to each other! Part Three: Idiom of the Day: Directions: Can you figure out the meaning of the idiom in bold print? Be sure to see what is happening in the rest of the sentence first, and then make an inference about what would make the most sense! 1. The class finished the Literary Term Review quickly because it was a piece of cake!! After discussing this idiom, what else would you say is a piece of cake? Use a complete sentence in the lines below to tell us about it! _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Our definition of a piece of cake is ___________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Part Four: Question and Answer Directions: I will provide the ANSWER, and you will provide the question! Let's turn our thinking around for a moment!! Answer: It could take hours to cook. Question: ???? Remember: Any question that fits with the above answer is acceptable!! We may all be thinking of different food items for our questions, which would be fine (and possibly delicious!). Part Five: Quick Visual Literacy Question What is the FIRST thing you should look at before you try to answer questions about a table, chart, diagram, graph, or map? ___________________________________________________________. Part Six: Vocabulary Directions: Please read each sentence and circle true or false for pro- words that are used correctly. Think about the meaning of the root pro- and how it is the opposite (or antonym) of the root anti-! 1. If you are proactive, you are someone who tries to fix a problem before it arises. True False 2. Tom is proficient in football; he gets two touchdowns in nearly every game. True False 3. Since Toni was making progress, she did not get a good grade on her report. True False 4. Sammy proposed to his girlfriend; he did not believe in marriage. True False Part Seven: New Literary Term Epiphany A character experiences an epiphany when she suddenly makes a discovery that changes her point of view. She may feel she will never be the same again! An example for me is when I had my children! I had never in my life experienced such a feeling of joy. I knew everything would change in my life forever in the best possible way! Have you ever experienced an epiphany in your life? Have you ever read a book that had a character who had an epiphany? Part Eight: Cause and Effect Directions: A cause is something that happens first; an effect is the reaction from it. Example: If you study hard, and then you pass all your exams, the cause was that you studied hard because this is what happened first. The effect was that you passed. This happened second, and it happened BECAUSE you studied. Let's try just a few! Can you figure out what is the CAUSE in each group of sentences below? 1. Philippe went to the park every day during the summer to practice hitting baseballs. When his school had tryouts in the fall, Philippe was selected right away to be on the baseball team. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Sondra won a special drama award at her high school graduation. She had done a great job as the lead character in the school play! ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Hi Everyone! I thought I'd start off with a quick review of several different items we learned this week! A few people were out or will have to be late on these two days, so we want to be sure they are not missing important skills, as well!
Review Work: Directions: Since this is a page filled with skills of many different types, please simply fill in the blanks in each sentence with words found in the word bank below. This will help those of you who may have missed part of a lesson (you may be able to make an INFERENCE when making a selection!). Enjoy! Word Bank inference point of view limited conflict animal intelligence fable narrator omniscient dynamic recall protagonist first person noun static similar character third person pronoun consistent task 1. When you decide whether to write as though you are in a story or whether to write as though you are outside looking in, you are selecting your _______________________________________________________. 2. Another word for a chore is the word ____________________________. In the NOVA video clip, we saw Chase do many of these because his trainer had taught him to do them on command. 3. A _____________________________ is a story in which animals often speak, it is very short, and there is a moral at the end that teaches us something about life. 4. Every piece of fiction must have a _______________________________________ or problem that the main character has to overcome to reach his or her goal. 5. A _______________________________ character is one who changes COMPLETELY from the beginning to the end of a story. 6. The main character is known as the _____________________________________________. 7.. The ________________________________________ is the one who is telling the story. 8. In the NOVA video, Chase was able to remember, or _______________________, 1000 stuffed toys when asked to find them by name. 9. This video taught us that dogs' brains are more ____________________________ to ours than was first thought! 10. The point of view, which is characterized by using pronouns such as I or me, is ___________________________________. 11. The point of view, which is characterized by being outside the story in general and uses pronouns such as we or he, is ___________________________________________________________________ 12. The main idea of the NOVA video we watched today had to do with the importance of understanding ___________________________________________________________. 13. A character in a story who NEVER changes throughout the tale is known to be _________________________________. 14. A character in a story who reacts a certain way throughout the story BUT we have the feeling that if someone bothered his family or someone precious to him, he would not be as nice is an example of a ________________________________ character. 15. When you analyze information based on your own past experiences and knowledge, you are making an assumption that is also known as an _____________________________________. 16. If the author decides to write in third person point of view, and only wants us to hear the thoughts of one character in the story, this is known as third person ________________________________________. 17. If the author decides to write another book using third person point of view, but this time, he wants us to hear the thoughts of everyone in the story, he is using third person ________________________________. 18. A part of speech that names a person, place, thing, or idea is known as a _____________________________. 19. Sometimes a _________________________________ can be major or minor in a story, depending on whether he or she has a major role to play in the main action. 20. The part of speech that includes words such as I, me, your, our (and several more!) is called a ________________________; its job is to take the place of a noun in a sentence. BONUS: Which skill did we start to use while viewing the video clip today?____________________________________________ IMPORTANT NOTE: RW3 AM Class, please stop here (if you are using the website tonight!). We will go over the next section together in class tomorrow (Friday, 10/6), so you don't need to continue (but if you do, be prepared to do it again tomorrow!)! PART TWO. LITERARY TERM: SIMILE Let's look at an example of a simile and see if you can figure out what makes it different from how words are used in other sentences. Her cheeks were as red as a rose after she ran the Boston Marathon. What do you notice is happening in this sentence? Is there a comparison being made? If so, which two things are being compared? Why are they being compared? Why would we use a simile like this in our writing? Take a moment to jot down your ideas on the lines below. Remember to use complete sentences, as always! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is our definition of a simile, based on all your ideas above? ____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Part Three. Greek and Latin Roots Today's root is: pro- Directions: Remember last week, when we had the root anti- and we found out it meant to be against something? Well, we now have the root that is its exact opposite (an antonym!). Meaning: forward, forth, toward the front, to bring before, in favor of, on behalf of Note: While "anti-" is often seen as a negative word (depending on what you are against, I guess!), pro- is often seen as more positive because you are for something. You want something to happen! Origin: Latin Examples: prolific: to grow Sentence: James Patterson is a prolific writer; he seems to have a new book out in the stores every single month! proficient or proficiency: to accomplish, to make progress Sentence: Sara showed proficiency in all of her subject areas; she had worked hard all year and had done well. There are many more words! Can you think of any right now? We will add to this list all week! Part Four Q & A: Answer: It is a literary term used to describe when an author or poet uses the same sound to start several words. Question: _________________________________________________________________________________________ Part Five: Vocabulary (related to our Science Video!) random resembles evolve recall sophisticated Charles Darwin Your task: Please find the dictionary meaning of each of the above words and write these definitions in your notebooks. Then, show you understand the meaning by using the word in a sentence of your own! in the end, you should have two sentences for each word, totaling twelve sentences! Part Six: Writing Directions: Here is our latest story starter--but this time, I have provided three sentences instead of just one. Please continue the story in a way that makes sense according to the INFERENCE you make from the sentences I have provided! The store had closed two hours earlier, yet Sam was still there, working hard. He knew he had better hurry; he was supposed to meet his friends from college at the local diner very soon. Sam decided to pack up, and was just putting on his coat when he heard a strange sound coming from the back room. ________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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