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Bell work 1/18/11

Bell work 1/18/11. Describe the picture above in 5-8 sentences. What do you see? How does it make you feel? What do you think is happening?. Conventions 1/18/11. What is a pronoun?

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Bell work 1/18/11

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  1. Bell work 1/18/11 Describe the picture above in 5-8 sentences. What do you see? How does it make you feel? What do you think is happening?

  2. Conventions 1/18/11 What is a pronoun? Pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun. The word that a personal pronoun refers to is call its antecedent.

  3. Personal pronouns, such as I, we, he, and them change their forms to reflect person, number, and case. • Person - Personal pronouns have different forms for first person, second person, and third person. • Number - pronouns can be singular or plural • Case - Personal pronouns change their forms depending on how they are used in a sentence. Each pronoun has three cases: subject, object, and possessive.

  4. Underline each personal pronoun in the following sentences. 1. My favorite vacation is a trip to Williamsburg. 2. Williamsburg is a special place that reflects our colonial history. 3. You feel as though you are living long ago. 4. The people dress the way they did in colonial times. 5. Ladies wear their long skirts and gowns. 6. Men carry three-cornered hats with them. 7. You might watch a cook as she stirs her stew at the fireplace. 8. Candlelight casts its soft glow over the kitchen.

  5. Sun bleached • Made lighter by the sun • Dom blanqueada

  6. Cistern • Well • cisterna

  7. task • Job • tarea

  8. A generous dash • A lot • Unapizcagenerosa

  9. pouches • Bags • bolsas

  10. Sweeping away their tiny patch of corn • Destroying • Barriendo el parche de maiz

  11. crumble • Break into pieces • desmoronarse

  12. Caved in • Fallen to the ground • cedio

  13. Set off • Left • partir

  14. Put her right to work • Gave her work to do • Pusosuderecho al trabajo

  15. noble • Wealthy • noble

  16. scowled • Said with an angry voice • Fruncio de ceno

  17. prized • Favorite, important • apreciado

  18. Reading 1/18/11 Predictions • What do you think is going to happen in this story?

  19. Writing 1/18/11

  20. Dream My dream is true When I touch the sand… When I see the blue Sky…., like my eyes And the water on my feet. I was think about Me And Life I put my problems in the water And I say good-bye! The blue sky, the blue water, and the Brown sand… is my life Is my dream. The air makes me feel alive. And I think, this is not a dream This is me in a true dream. By Nadia Orozco

  21. Bell work 1/19/11 • What is the dream about? • What does Nadia mean by this is me in a true dream? • What would your dream like be?

  22. Underline pronoun in the following sentences Have you ever been to Jamestown? It was the first permanent English settlement in our country. The first colonists were men and boys who thought they would find gold. Their dream of finding treasure never came true. A man had to use all his skills just to survive. Life was very hard for them. When women joined the colony, they brought the other skills with them. They tended the garden and preserved its produce.

  23. Main Character • Who is the main character? • What does the main character look like? • What does the main character do? • What can you tell me about the main character?

  24. Setting • Setting • Where does the story take place? • When does the story take place?

  25. Writing 1/19/11

  26. Bell work 1/20/11 http://www.channelone.com/video/ Describe anything you understood about the news cast in 5-8 sentences.

  27. Replace the underlined nouns in this paragraph with personal pronouns. Write the pronouns on the lines below. Squanto was a Pawtuxet Indian man who came to the aid of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony. The Pilgrims were near starvation after a very bad winter. Squanto taught the Pilgrims how to plant corn. Squanto showed the Pilgrims the best places to hunt and fish. Squanto's ability to speak English came in quite handy for the Pilgrims. Squanto acted as the Pilgrims' interpreter with the Indian chief Massasoit when the two groups were working out a treaty. Squanto proved Squanto's friendship with the Pilgrims many times. The Pilgrims were grateful.

  28. Reading 1/20/11 • Do every task with care, and always add a generous dash of love. • What does that mean? • How did the storm change the lives of Domitila and her family?

  29. Writing 1/20/11

  30. JOHN LENNON"Imagine" Imagine there's no heavenIt's easy if you tryNo hell below usAbove us only skyImagine all the peopleLiving for today... Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peace... You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will be as one Imagine no possessionsI wonder if you canNo need for greed or hungerA brotherhood of manImagine all the peopleSharing all the world... You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will live as one

  31. Bell work 1/21/11 • What is the artist saying? • What is his message? • What does he wish the world was like?

  32. Rewrite this paragraph , using personal pronouns to replace some of the nouns that have been used too often. Food was plentiful in the colonies. Food came from many sources. The colonists grew grains, fruits, and vegetables on the colonists' farms. The colonists raised cattle, hogs, and chickens as well. A man could hunt for wild game in the fields or a man could fish in the river or ocean. Usually, a woman used ground wheat or corn to make bread. A woman selected herbs from a nearby garden. A woman's kitchen was filled with delicious aromas.

  33. Reading 1/21/11 • Plot mountain!

  34. Writing 1/21/11

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