Quarter 1

1. Quarter 1 Vocab and Grammar

2. Complete Sentences: • Begins with a capital letter, ends with a period. • MUST contain at least one main clause. • A main clause contains an independent subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. Ie: Heplays.

3. Vocabulary, Day 3 • Enjambment—the continuation of a sentence or clause over a line break. • Genre—acategory of literature, music, or art that is characterized by a particular style, form, or content. • Major Genre—Novel, poem, drama, short story, novella. • Poetry—Literary work in which feelings and ideas are expressed through rhythm and style.

4. Sentence Variety 9/7 • Function: • Declarative—The dog bit the man. • Imperative—Go to the store. • Interrogative—Where are the apples? • Exclamatory—Watch out! • Structure: • Simple—I like to read. • Compound—I like to read, and I also like to write. • Complex—I prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

5. Vocabulary Day 4, 9/7 • Rhyme—Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words. • Alliteration—repetition of sounds in the first syllables in a phrase of words. (ie: from stem to stern). • Rhythm—A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound • Metaphor—A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. • Symbol—An object that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.

6. Vocabulary, Day 5: 9/10 • Conflict—a struggle or tension between two forces or characters. • Man v. Man • Man v. Nature • Man v. Self • Point of View—the narrator’s position in relation to the story being told. • 1st person—perspective using ‘I’ or ‘We’ • 2nd person—perspective using ‘you’ • 3rd person—perspective using ‘he/she/it,’ and ‘they’

7. Vocabulary, Day 5: 9/10 • Plot Pyramid—a tool that allows readers to chart the important events of a story chronologically. • Characterization—word picture: a graphic or vivid verbal description of a character.

8. Playing With Language 9/10 • Solve these riddles: • What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries? • A towel • What can you catch but not throw? • A cold • What goes around the world but stays in one corner? • A stamp

9. Essential Questions: 9/10 • How is a person evaluated by others throughout their life? • What does the term, “I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger,” mean?

10. Vocabulary, Day 6; 9/11 • Main Idea—The most important part of a work of literature. • Theme—a unifying or dominant idea throughout a work of literature.

11. Sentence structure/Variety 9/11 • Correct these sentences, identify the problem with each sentence. 1.) Anna walked all alone. To the store. 2.) Walking to the store. She saw an accident. 3.) Joe was happy about the raise he felt like celebrating. 4.) Although Mary has been my best friend.

12. Sentence structure/Variety 9/11 5.) The one who looks like a military officer but acts like a spoiled brat. 6.) I have a hard time understanding her lectures when I talk to her one-on-one I understand her fine. 7.) Although she studied diligently. 8.) Mary signed up because she thought the training would be interesting and help her on the job.

13. 9/13 Turn these words into a sentence: Books Cat Pebbles student

14. Clauses: • Renee reads classic literature. • Renee reads classic literature and writes historical fiction. • Renee reads classic literature that is in the genre of historical fiction.

15. Combine to make compound or complex sentences: • I got to karate late. I forgot to set my alarm. • I run marathons. I will run the Boston marathon in October. • Eight people got into the elevator. It was crowded. Three people got off.

16. 9/17 • Write a paragraph response to each question in your notebook. • Why do we build barriers? • Are boundaries necessary? Explain.

17. 9/18 • Metaphor: • A metaphor is a figure of speech that says that one thing is another different thing. This allows us to use fewer words and forces the reader or listener to find the similarities. • The word metaphor comes from the Greek word metapherin (meaning "transfer"). • The simplest form of metaphor is: "The [first thing] is a [second thing]." • Look at this example: “Her home was a prison.

18. Metaphor 9/18

19. What is the speaker’s attitude toward the action of building a wall? • Who is the actual inventor of the saying “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?” • What does this reveal about the neighbor?

20. 9/21 • Useful Vocab: • Kremlin mountaineer: Joseph Stalin Kremlin: a major fortified structure found in historic Russian cities. “Kremlin” is often used to refer to the government based in Russia, specifically, Moscow. • Chicken-necked bosses: Reference to the cowardice of the people enforcing Stalin’s rule.

21. 10/1 • Independent work expectations: • NO conversation • Work independently and diligently • Work to help yourself effectively • Only get out of your seat in the case of an emergency • All work will be collected at the end of the period, before the bell rings

22. 10/5 • Extended Answer response: An extended answer is between 3-5 paragraphs in response to a particular question.