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Give one. Get one. 1. Pick your favorite your verb. 2. Give a partner one of your adjectives. Get an adjective from that partner. 3 . Find a new partner Give a partner one of your nouns. Get an nouns from that partner. 4 . Now make a sentence using all three. .
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Give one. Get one. • 1. Pick your favorite your verb. • 2.Give a partner one of your adjectives. • Get an adjective from that partner. • 3. Find a new partner • Give a partner one of your nouns. • Get an nouns from that partner. • 4. Now make a sentence using all three.
Objective: I can understand and use the Chain System for picking quotes Goal: Analyze the characters in “The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber”
Agenda • Notes on “The Chain System” for picking quotes • Read and take notes on “The Short, Happy life..” • Discuss with a partner • Whole class discussion
The Chain System Academic writing requires that we use evidence while we write. Generally this is textual evidence. Picking strong textual evidence can be found using the Chain System.
The whole system Read 2.Notes 3. Think 4.opinion 5. Select quotes to use in your writing
1. Read • Read closely. • We know we are looking at the characters. • Pay attention to: • What they say • What they do • How they interact with others • How others react to them
2. Notes • As you read take NOTES • Write down quotes that: • Seem interesting • Provided insight into a character or plot • Seem to change the course of the plot • Respond to the quote so you remember why you wrote it down. • Respond in another color so it is easy to find.
3. Think • When you have FINISHED reading and noting • Think about all the information you have. • What does it say about _________.
4. Opinion • Based on the thinking you do create an opinion. • This opinion is what you are going to prove with evidence.
5. Select Quotes to Use • Once you have an opinion • Go back to the quotes you wrote down, which ones will help show that your opinion is correct.
Read: • We will be reading “The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber” • Written by Earnest Hemingway in 1936
Notes: Macomber Mrs. Wilson
Continue to Fill out Notes • Work with a partner or by your self to fill out your notes for the next five pages of the story. • Remember: • Write down quotes that: • Seem interesting • Provided insight into a character or plot • Seem to change the course of the plot • Respond to the quote so you remember why you wrote it down. • Respond in another color so it is easy to find.
Share your choices with your partner • Discuss the quotes you chose • Why did they stand out to you? • Does your partner have any quotes that you want to add to your list?