The final draft of your personal narrative, double spaced with all parts of the rubric done, and with the rubric stapled to the back is due today!
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Today:
Podcast of Grammar Girl! -- Lie/Lay
Read from Ice Story
B1 -- Starting at chapter 3, read through chapter 8.
B2 -- Starting at chapter 5, read through chapter 8.
B3 -- Starting at chapter 3, read through chapter 8.
A1 -- Starting at chapter 3, read through chapter 8.
A2 -- Starting at chapter 2, read through chapter 8.
If you are absent, follow these instructions as you read to catch up:
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Ice StoryInternal Text Structure: Sequence
Last time in class we talked about the differences between Internal Text Structures and External Text Features.
By the end of the discussion it was clear to us that External Text Features were things that could be found (most likely) outside of the text and they stood out on the page. We compared them to “right there” questions on the QAR chart. Internal Text Structures, we decided, were not so easily found.
We compared Internal Text Structures to “think and search” questions from the QAR chart because they are harder to find, and we realized that, just like a structure such as a building, they need to be built out of key characteristics. During reading we looked for some key words that would help us see that the author employed a chronological internal text structure.
In today’s activity, we will similarly be looking for key words, but this time we are looking for key words that signify that the author might be employing a sequential internal text structure. See the posts in this blog that describe internal text structure. We will also be looking for unknown words that we can add to our vocabulary list.
List key words that signal that the author might be employing a sequential internal text structure.
List any vocabulary words that are unfamiliar to you or that get in the way of understanding what is going on.
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Lie/Lay -- Perfect Tense
Overhead to Help You Understand:
LIE -To lie down is an act that can be attributed to the subject.
There is no object of this verb, as the subject is doing the action without a receiver.
(Hint: substitute "recline." If "recline" works, then "lie" is also correct)
Conjugation of LIE:
lie (present tense)
lay (past tense)
will lie (future tense)
lain (perfect tense) (use with have, had, has)
LAY - Lay must have a direct object. One lays something down.
(Hint: substitute "put." If "put" works, then "lay" is also correct.)
Conjugation of LAY:
lay (present tense)
laid (past tense)
will lay (future tense)
laid (perfect tense) (use with have, had, has)
Practice: (If you were absent, copy this, complete it, and hand it in.)
For each of these sentences tell whether the verb past, present, future, or perfect.
Then change the verb to the correct lie or lay verb.
Harold reclines in the arm chair.
Harold puts his sister in a car seat.
Leslie reclined on the Spongebob Squarepants chair.
Leslie put her purse on the Spongebob Squarepants chair.
Mark will recline in his hotel room.
Mark will put his briefcase in his hotel room.
Jimmy has reclined by the pool way too much this summer.
Jimmy’s friends have put firecrackers under his lounge chair.
