1. Quiet reading time. (Preparation time for those presenting their confusing words today or next time.)
Assignment: In your composition book, on the pages for "Books I've Read," write today's date, the name of your book, the author, what the setting is (time and place), who the protagonist and antagonist are, and what the main conflict is.
1. Date 2. Title of Novel 3. Author 4. Setting (time and place) 5. Protagonist 6.
Antagonist 7. Main conflict (the biggest problem).
2. Presentations on Confusing Words -- Bored/Board (if not done last time), and on Break/Brake.
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3. More on colons! Today we'll "edit," comparing sentences that are all based on a model sentence. Right now we're working with using colons to introduce lists. Try it!How'd They Do It? -- Colons -- Compare the model sentence with each of the following sentences that are ALMOST like it, but NOT QUITE. Find the differences, and think about how they change the sentence. The changes in most of them make the sentence less effective. Why?
Model sentence:
On Saturdays, my cousins and I buy candy from the ice cream truck: sour worms, Jolly Ranchers, and Snickers.
-- Jeff Anderson
1. On Saturdays, my cousins and I buy candy from the ice cream truck; sour worms, Jolly Ranchers, and Snickers.
2. On Saturdays, me and my cousins buy candy from the ice cream truck: sour worms, Jolly Ranchers, and Snickers.
3. On Saturdays, my cousins and I buys candy from the ice cream truck: sour worms, Jolly Ranchers, and Snickers
4. On Saturdays, my cousins and I buy candy from the ice cream truck -- sour worms, Jolly Ranchers, and Snickers.
5. On Saturdays, my cousins and I buy candy from the ice cream truck.
Note on Dashes: The dash does the same job a colon can do. It says to the reader, "Here comes something!" You can use a dash almost any way you want. Colons have more rules, but we want to use only a dash of dashes.
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xt time, think about the candies you enjoy. What kinds do you like? Why? Where do you get them? How? Are there special candies you enjoy at holidays or other special occasions? What else do these questions make you think of? (If you can't eat candies, think about some other category of food you enjoy.)4. Vocabulary -- Conflict -- What are the types of conflict we talk about in literature?
This teacher provides a great discussion of the importance of conflict, and of the difference between internal and external conflict: http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Terms/conflict.html
See if you can answer the questions in the quiz, but you don't need to send her your score!
The main types of conflict that we study could include
man vs. man Literary example: The Outsiders
man vs. nature Literary example: Hatchet
man vs. society Literary example: Among the Hidden
man vs. the unknown (or the supernatural) Literary Example: Dracula, Frankenstein, War of the Worlds. The Odyssey
man vs. technology Literary example: parts of 2001: A Space Odyssey
man vs. himself Literary example: Words By Heart (deciding whether to forgive)
Copy these main types of conflict into your composition book under vocabulary.
5. The Outsiders
We continued reading The Outsiders.
B1 --from page 11? -- Let me know if this is right, please. to page 15 -- 1/3 of the way down "yelled 'Grease' at us."
B2 --from page 17, top of page to page 27 "Okay, greasers, you've had it."
B4 -- from page 14, top of page (Read on 9/9/09) to page 19 to page 27 "Okay, greasers, you've had it."
A1 -- from page 10 1/2 to page 16, top of page.
A2 -- from page 14 1/4 to page 21, bottom of page
A4 -- from page 12 1/3 to page (Not read today.)
