Assignment 11/11

1. Assignment 11/11 Reading & English

2. Bell Ringer – English 11/11- Write the sentences correctly • 1. veterans day is an official united states holiday. • 2. It is a holiday which honors people who have served in armed services veterans. • 3. veterans day is a federal holiday that is observed on november 11. • 4. Veterans day is not to be confused with memorial day. • 5. veterans day celebrates the service of all us military veterans while memorial day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving.

3. Check your work! • 1. Veterans Day is an official United States holiday. • 2. It is a holiday which honors people who have served in armed services, veterans. • 3. Veterans Day is a federal holiday that is observed on November 11. • 4. Veterans Day is not to be confused with Memorial Day. • 5. Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans while Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving.

4. Subordinating Conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions connect two ideas by making one idea dependent on the other. • The subordinating conjunction always introduces the dependent clause. The dependent clause is NOT a complete sentence- example- Since we were late, … • When the dependent clause comes first, it must be separated from the independent clause with a comma. If the dependant clause comes second, no comma is needed.

5. Examples: • I did the planning after he made the date. • When he rested, he felt better.

6. Subordinating Conjunctions • After if whenever • Although in order that where • As since wherever • As if so that while • As long as than • As soon as though • As though till • Because unless • Before until • Even though when

7. Assignment- Writing Coach pg. 362 • #1-10 Answers only • 1. before • 2. because • #11-20 Write the sentence with a subordinating conjunction. • 11. I bring a book with me whenever I go on a long car ride. • 12.It’s possible to see the stars if it’s a clear night. • 13.Even though we were winning, coach called time out.

8. Writing Coach pg. 363 #1-10 Combine the sentences using subordinating conjunctions • 1. Since we are going to the store, what can we get for you? • 2. Please come over and help us before your guests leave. • 3. Because it is early, we thought we would go to a movie.

9. Check your answers! • 1. before • 2. because • 3. as soon as • 4. unless • 5.while • 6.wherever • 7.if • 8.although • 9.so • 10.whenever

10. Bell Ringer – Copy the idiom or saying and write the meaning • 1. wasn’t too bright (line21) • 2. dead as a doornail (line 38,63-64) • 3. Wolf’s honor (line 64) • 4. What a pig(line 84) • 5. go a little crazy (line 93) • 6. making a real scene (line 96) • 7. the rest is history (line 97) • 8.Jazzed up (line 101) • 9. framed (line 105)

11. Check your work • 1. was not smart • 2. very dead • 3. variation of “Scout’s honor” which means honesty • 4. an insult meaning someone is very greedy or not very nice • 5. act in a wild manner, lose self control • 6.causing a serious disturbance • 7. Everyone knows what happened next • 8. made more interesting • 9. made to look guilty

12. Use Lit. pgs. 460-466 to answer the following questions (Write the questions)Yes, this is a grade. • 1. In lines 1-3, why does the wolf think that people should know two sides of the story about the three pigs? • 2. Look at the illustration on pg. 461. What details do you notice about the wolf? • 3. In lines 1-13, what elements of the original folk tale do you find in this passage?

13. Use lines 14-22 • 4. What is your reaction to the wolf so far? • 5. Why does the wolf say that he is making a birthday cake for his granny and has a terrible cold? • 6. Before writing a story, every author must decide on the point of view from which the story will be told. How does this passage show the importance of this decision?

14. Use pg. 463 • 7. According to the wolf, what causes the death of the first pig? Create a cause –effect chain that shows the series of events. • 8. What impressions of himself is the wolf trying to create when he says that he didn’t want to just walk into the pig’s house? • 9. Why does the wolf sneeze? • 10.What could the wolf have done instead of eating the pig?

15. Cue words and phrases for cause and effect ( Copy) • Because • As a result of • Consequently • Due to • so

16. Read lines 39-44 • 11. How does the wolf justify his action of eating the pig? • 12. Think about the original version of the story. Which of the two sides do you believe?

17. Look at the visual on pg.464 • 13. How would you have illustrated the collapse of the second pig’s house. • 14. Would your image have been similar to or different from this illustration

18. Read Lit. pg.465 • 15. Reread lines 48-71. How is the wolf’s visit to the second pig similar to his visit to the first? How is it different? • 16. What words or phrases make the wolf’s reasons for eating the pigs funny? • 17. What would you have done if you were the pig? • 18. What is ironic about the insulting remarks that the wolf makes about the pig? • 19. Do you think the wolf has a right to be angry with the pig for not letting him in? Why or why not? • 20. Reread lines 90-93. What are the cause and effect identified in these lines? Use a graphic organizer to show this relationship. (cause- effect)

19. Lit. pg. 466 • 21. Look at the visual. In what way does the illustration of the newspaper add to the wolf’s tale? • 22. In lines 98-106, is it easy to know which side of this story to believe? Why or why not? • 23. How does the personality of the narrator influence which side of the story people believe?

20. Lines 98-106 • 24. This passage reveals the wolf’s motive for telling his story: he believes that the press is responsible for making him look guilty. • According to the wolf, why does the press “jazz up”his story? • 25. How does the newspaper’s version of the story affect the wolf? • 26. What does the wolf want the readers to believe about him? What do you believe about him?