Thursday/Friday, February 15/16, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Thursday/Friday, February 15/16, 2018:                           If needed, revise your book of the month project, print it, and hand it in stapled to the front of the rubric.  If you have lost your rubric, you could  download it and print it from Skyward or from here:   Jan BookoftheMonth 2018.docx If you haven't created, turned in,  and presented your slideshow yet, do that immediately! Your next book-of-the-month genre is nonfiction. DO NOT READ for Nonfiction Diary of Anne Frank Chasing Lincoln’s Killer Phineas Gage* Getting Away with Murder Recommended Nonfiction

Targets for Today: I can correctly spell commonly confused words. I can  explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences. I can choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.

Today’s  Agenda for Thursday/Friday, February 15/16, 2018:  Conventions in Sentences Investigations  1. CSI:   Investigation by Imitation Copy this sentence into your composition book.   What do you notice?  When the class was quiet, Gooney Bird began her Monday story.  -- Lois Lowry, Gooney Bird Greene  (2002) Here is the pattern:  Subordinating conjunction     subject       verb  ,  subject   verb  object.   Imitations:  After the dogs were asleep,  the cats chased the mice.  Because Sammy is responsible, he does his homework.   Now make two imitations of your own.  AAAWWEUBBIS Rule: When an AAAWWEUBBIS  is placed at the beginning of a sentence, it causes a comma -- as in this sentence. Although After As When While Even though Until Before Because If Since AAAWWEUBBIS's and Transitions                          Relationships Among the Sentences and Sentence Parts Is there a difference? 1. Because Suzie liked James, she baked him a pie. 2. Although Suzie liked James, she baked him a pie. 3. Since Suzie baked him a pie, James liked her. 4. In spite of the fact that Suzie baked him a pie, James liked her.  5. Before Suzie baked him a pie, James liked her. 6. After Suzie baked him a pie, James liked her.  Presentations  B5  Brown Delaney  Meneses Negrete Rabines Roseman Saez Taveras B7 Doerrhoefer Lacombe Lay Le Mon A2 saw only a couple of books and did not do the external text features.  Nonfiction  Nonfiction Books Text Structures B7 -- Tell us about an object that is important to you. Tell us about it in a way that will let us see it, almost feel, hear, smell, touch, taste (if that applies) it.   Example:   A Friendly Clown On one corner of my dresser sits a smiling toy clown on a tiny unicycle―a gift I received last Christmas from a close friend. The clown's short yellow hair, made of yarn, covers its ears but is parted above the eyes. The blue eyes are outlined in black with thin, dark lashes flowing from the brows. It has cherry-red cheeks, nose, and lips, and its broad grin disappears into the wide, white ruffle around its neck. The clown wears a fluffy, two-tone nylon costume. The left side of the outfit is light blue, and the right side is red. The two colors merge in a dark line that runs down the center of the small outfit. Surrounding its ankles and disguising its long black shoes are big pink bows. The white spokes on the wheels of the unicycle gather in the center and expand to the black tire so that the wheel somewhat resembles the inner half of a grapefruit. The clown and unicycle together stand about a foot high. As a cherished gift from my good friend Tran, this colorful figure greets me with a smile every time I enter my room. Descriptive Writing     Take notes in your composition book under Notes and Quick Writes. External Text Features Name That Structure! A1 through Olympic problem/solution. Key for Name that Structure Add signal words to your notes.   Your notes will provide you with words to use when you write, so get as many as you can.  Text Structure Signal Words Description/definition For example,  to illustrate, characteristics of, for instance such as…, to begin with, an example,  characteristics are, is  •It emphasizes sizes, shapes, colors, and details. *Look for the topic word (or a synonym or pronoun) to be repeated. Sequence before, after, first, second, next, then, finally, following, not long after, now, soon, when, previously, etc.  Chronological before, after, first, second, next, then, finally, following, not long after, now, soon, in the end (dates, years, times, etc.) Cause and Effect as a consequence, reasons why, so, because, since, therefore, if…then, this led to, as a result, may be due to, effect of, consequently, for this reason Compare/Contrast alike, different, same as, similar, resemble, as well as, not only…but also, both, instead of, on the other hand, different from, however, although, more than, less than, on the contrary, as opposed to Problem/Solution dilemma, question is…, the puzzle is…, to solve this…, one answer is…, issue,  Classification *Look for the overall topic word to be repeated. categories, characteristics, classes, classify, divide, dimensions, elements, features, groups, kinds, methods, aspects, (numbers),  parts, sorts, types, ways

Teacher materials:  

Text Structures and Beach Balls!

If You Were Absent: If you were not here last time or the time before, you may get caught up at home by downloading the articles and notes page, and taking your notes, or by going to MyAccess, selecting the prompt "Take a Position" and spending about an hour writing your essay. Popcorn Ethics Notes.docx Popcorn Ethics.docx Bringing Food into a Movie Theater_.docx My Access Prompt - Popcorn Ethics.docx Conventions of the Week #5.docx A WHITE BUS half sheet list of Subordinate Conjunctions.doc

Vocabulary:

Help and Enrichment  http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/subordinateconjunction.htm https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/parts-of-speech-the-preposition-and-the-conjunction/introduction-to-conjunctions/v/subordinating-conjunctions Conventions of the Week #5.docx Labeling for Types of Sentences and Types of Clauses  S Simple sentence CD Compound sentence CX Complex sentence CD-CX Compound-Complex sentence IC Independent Clause DC Dependent Clause Simple Sentence  Compound Sentence Complex Sentence Compound-Complex Sentence 1 IC (can be a simple sentence) 2 IC (can be a compound sentence) 1 IC and 1 or more DC (can be a complex sentence) 2 IC and 1 or more DC I love tomatoes. I love tomatoes, and my family dislikes them. I love tomatoes because they are delicious. Because they are delicious, I love tomatoes. I love tomatoes, and my family dislikes them because they are tired of them.  Conjunctions A WHITE BUS half sheet list of Subordinate Conjunctions.doc More About Types of Phrases