Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

  • Pick up your composition book.
  • If you handed in a hard copy of the book assignment, pick it up from the bottom wire basket for your class. Revise and resubmit as needed. 
  • Did you receive the new book assignment?
  • Have you signed up for and been approved for your September/October book? 

Happy October!  Ms. Dorsey loves this time of year!

Link: Something You May Not Have Known About Ms. Dorsey


 1. Individual Reading Time
     -- a few more students to the media center? 

 2.           




CSI  American Fork



Now Investigating:  Conventions in Sentences Investigation 

4. Investigation by Imitation!   
Your task:
a. Label the page with today's date and copy this sentence into your composition book:


Nick Allen had plenty of ideas, and he knew what to do with them.
                           -- Andrew Clements, Frindle (1998)


 What do you notice?   





Nick Allen had plenty of ideas, and he knew what to do with them.
                           -- Andrew Clements, Frindle (1998)
The Pattern: 
Subject     predicate (verb)  ,  (coordinating conjunction)  subject      predicate (verb).

Here is one imitation: 
Mr. Farnsworth had a case of candy bars, so he gave it to Ms. Dorsey's class.

And another:  
The blue dog had a long tail, but he didn't know how to wag it. 


Now, make your own imitation: 



Nick Allen had plenty of ideas, and he knew what to do with them.
                           -- Andrew Clements, Frindle (1998)
Subject     predicate (verb)  ,  (coordinating conjunction)  subject      predicate (verb).


Reason #4 to Use a  Comma:  Use a comma between two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction. 

 But -- 
DO NOT use a comma in sentences with one subject and two verbs:
Ex. Jay lay awake that stormy night and listened to the thunder crashing.


3. About Theme 

Check for Theme



               
4. The Outsiders
B5   page 106. iTunes chapter 6,  37:37

 B6 to   page 125  iTunes, p. 110 Nightmare. . . 

27:07

 B7 to top of page 109,  iTunes chapter 6 ,  40:55

 B8 to page 117,   p.110 Nightmare ,  12:39

Links about theme:

Words By Heart: Topics and Themes

Topic and Theme 
 More About Theme

Another example of Theme

Examples of Theme from Movies

Student Examples for Themes

More Examples of Theme from Students

 Student Example for Essay about Theme

Additional Themes in Literature

Theme and Symbolism in The Outsiders:

Gender Issues: 
Gender does not play an overt role in The Outsiders, but the very absence of 
females could be considered an issue. The only females that play a part in the novel are 
Cherry, a sympathetic Soc, and Sandy, Sodapop’s girlfriend . . . . 
Females are not an important part of the story, but while Sandy is not a great female 
role model, Cherry is a heroine who readers can admire.


 

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