October 8, 2013

1. October 8, 2013 Journal “It is better to live one day as a lion than a thousand days as a lamb.” Agree or disagree? Quote “Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.” –Edward Vernon Rickenbacker Word of the Day He was dressed in a very flamboyantsuit. It was lime green with golden sparkles.

2. Flamboyant (adjective) • Strikingly bold; elaborately styled; flashy or colorful

3. Announcements/Reminders • Grammar Textbook is due on Friday. • Don’t Throw Away… • Homophones Sheet • Prefix and Suffix Sheet • Editing Marks Sheet

4. Conventions • Grammar • When do you use “me” and “I”? • Spelling • Paragraphs

5. Affix Any addition to a word that adds meaning to the word.

6. Prefix An addition at the beginning of the word that adds meaning to the word. Examples: pre-, anti-, pro-, etc.

7. Suffix An addition to the end of the word that adds meaning to the word. Examples: -ed, -ing, -ment, etc.

8. When to Paragraph • When you begin a new idea or point. • If you have an extended idea that spans multiple paragraphs, each new point within that idea should have its own paragraph. • Example: When describing a room, you would change paragraphs every time you describe a new object or use a new sense.

9. When to Paragraph • To contrast information or ideas.

10. When to Paragraph • When you are ending your introduction or starting your conclusion.

11. When to Paragraph • For dialogue – when a new person is speaking. • Example: He told them, “I’m doing good.” The other man stared at the first and then shouted, angrily, “No, you’re doing WELL!”

12. Denote The dictionary meaning of the word. What does it mean?

13. Connote The emotional overtones that the word has that are not necessarily described in the dictionary.

14. Pacing • In books, it is how fast the story moves. • When you are writing an essay, it’s how fast you write.

15. Onomatopoeia This is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes.

16. Synonym • A word that means the same thing as another word. • Examples: • Big; large • Small; little • Miss Salisbury; awesome

17. Antonym • A word that means the opposite of another word. • Examples: Big; Small/Fat; Skinny/Interesting; Boring

18. Fractured Fairytales and Your Assignment Sign up for a fairytale that you are going to re-write. You will change some element of the story. You will receive a rubric, along with the information that I need on this paper. This is worth 100 points! Make sure that it is well done. You can hand write it or type it, but it needs to be at least 1000 words long (that’s about 2 pages double-spaced). If you hand write it, I need to be able to read it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP7Cv8ubwTs

19. Synonym Stories • For every word that is underlined, replace it with a synonym.

20. Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived a little girl named Red Riding Hood. She liked to go on adventures. One day, the little girl’s mother asked her to take a basket of food to her grandmother. The girl walkedhappily through the woods where she met a very smart wolf. When the wolf found out that she was going to her grandmother’s house, he convinced the little girl to stay in the woods and pick some flowers. The smart wolf ran ahead and ate the little girl’s grandmother in one big bite. He put on the grandmother’s clothes and got in her bed. When the little girl got to her grandmother’s house, she saw the old lady lying in her bed. “Well, Grandma, what big eyes you have,” said the little girl. “All the better to see you with, my dear,” said the wolf. “Why Grandma, what big ears you have,” said the little girl. “All the better to hear you with, my dear,” said the wolf. “Why Grandma, what big –” the little girl stopped short, “Wait a second! You’re not my Grandma!” With that, she took out a weapon and killed the wolf. She would have saved her grandmother but the old lady was already partially digested. After all, you can only do so much in a fairy tale.

21. An Antonym Ending • Replace the underlined words with an antonym.

22. Once upon a time, there lived a sweetold lady who was very lonely. So, she decided to make a friend for herself. She made a friend out of gingerbread dough and gave him raisins for eyes and gumdrop buttons. She hoped he would be the most wonderfulfriend ever. After the gingerbread man had been baked, he popped out of the oven and shouted, “Hi there, you oldhag!” The old lady was startled. “Well, that was very rude!” she yelled. The gingerbread man giggled and ran away from the old lady. He didn’t get very far before the neighborhood dog, a mean, scary Rottweiler named Brutus, ran after him and attacked him with his sharp teeth. Brutus ate the gingerbread man whole and went running back to the sweetold lady who was very happy that the rudelittle gingerbread man had been eaten and that she had made a new friend in the big dog, Brutus.