WEEK 15 English 9 B

WEEK 15 English 9 B April 14-17 No School Friday April 18

Monday, April 14 Enter quietly & SILENT READ 20 minutes (don’t forget to record goals and pages & times)

Are you Done??? A Letter to a person in The Pearl Due Thursday April 3 on Eli Review

Monday, April 14 After recording pages read… Write hard copy: Ticket out the door: Copy these directions; then respond. 1. Describe the setting of the book you are reading. Remember what you learned about setting with To Kill a Mockingbird consider not just location(s), but also culture, traditions, historical impact ( fiction or nonfiction)

ACT Preparation  The Reading section of the ACT measures your comprehension skills by providing a passage from which you should extract information as follows: what is directly stated or implied, main ideas, significant details, and sequencing of events. You may be asked to make comparisons, comprehend cause-and-effect relationships, draw generalizations, analyze author voice and method, or use context in determining words, phrases, or statements. The passages are representative of first-year college courses and may be chosen from social studies, sciences, literary narrative, or the humanities.

ACT English The English section of the ACT covers two areas: Usage/Mechanics and Rhetorical Skills. The Usage/Mechanics part consists of the following subtopics: Punctuation (13%), Grammar and Usage (16%), and Sentence Structure (25%). You may be asked to answer questions about conventions of punctuation, sentence convention, subject and verb agreement, pronoun usage, modifiers, adjectives, adverbs, or idioms. The Rhetorical Skills part consists of the following subtopics: Strategy (16%), Organization (15%), and Style (16%). Questions may cover development of topics, essay audience and purpose, developing and evaluating supporting material and relevance of statements. You may also be asked about organization of writing ideas, opening and closing sentences, or transitions in a text. Style questions may address tone, precision of word, and image usage, or identifying redundancy or ambiguity.

GRAMMAR Punctuation ACT Go to: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/566/01/ Read the Brief Overview of Punctuation page under writing lab: Understand commas, semicolons, colons and how they are used with independent clauses and dependent clauses. Today as you read notice how your author uses punctuation. Be prepared to write about this as a ticket out the door.

Tuesday Sooo 3 thing s to do.  Catch up old Eli Review Assignments!! 1. READ looking for author’s use of commas. 2. Ticket out the door is: Author and title Required 3. Eli Review Comments on logic of writer for choice of town to live. See next slide more info… SILENT READ LAST  1. Find 2 sentences with commas. 2. Underline the phrases and or clauses 3. Identify them as dependent or independent 4. Tell whether the author used commas correctly according to rule on Purdue Owl.

Assignment on Eli Review: REVIEW READ RESPOND Read each group member’s response to the difference between La Paz and Maycomb. Respond by guiding them how to improve their position . If you feel they did an outstanding job, cite exactly what was done well and why that logic works. You do not have to agree! You are reading to see if they supported their position with logic.

Wednesday, April 15 Use commas to separate independent clauses when they are joined by any of these seven coordinating conjunctions: and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet. The game was over, but the crowd refused to leave. The student explained her question, yet the instructor still didn't seem to understand. Yesterday was her brother's birthday, so she took him out to dinner. 2. Use commas after introductory a) clauses, b) phrases, or c) words that come before the main clause. a. Common starter words for introductory clauses that should be followed by a comma include after, although, as, because, if, since, when, while. While I was eating, the cat scratched at the door. Because her alarm clock was broken, she was late for class. If you are ill, you ought to see a doctor. When the snow stops falling, we'll shovel the driveway.

Notes from Purdue Owl Independent Clause An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. An independent clause is a sentence. Jim studied in the Sweet Shop for his chemistry quiz. Dependent Clause A dependent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought. A dependent clause cannot be a sentence. Often a dependent clause is marked by a dependent marker word. When Jim studied in the Sweet Shop for his chemistry quiz . . . (What happened when he studied? The thought is incomplete.)

Wednesday, April 16 Enter quietly & SILENT READ 20 minutes (don’t forget to record goals and pages & times) Type Setting description on to Eli Review Are you caught up on Eli Review?

Phrases and Clauses Aphrase is a group of words missing a subject and/or a verb. Therefore, it cannot be a complete sentence. It does not express a complete thought! You may see a verb and a noun but there is not a complete thought. Example( When you go…) Types/ EXAMPLES: prepositional phrases introductory phrases A clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb. Some clauses are sentences and some are not. There are twotypes of clauses, those which are sentences and those which are not. A simple sentence is a group of words containing the following: a. a subject b. a verb c. a complete thought

More Commas… 1. Use commas to separate independent clauses when they are joined by any of these seven coordinating conjunctions: and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet. 2. Use commas after introductory a) clauses, b) phrases, or c) words that come before the main clause. 3. Use a pair of commas in the middle of a sentence to set off clauses, phrases, and words that are not essential to the meaning of the sentence. Use one comma before to indicate the beginning of the pause and one at the end to indicate the end of the pause. 4. Do not use commas to set off essential elements of the sentence, such as clauses beginning with that (relative clauses). That clauses after nouns are always essential. That clauses following a verb expressing mental action are always essential. 5. Use commas to separate three or more words, phrases, or clauses written in a series.

Comma Rule Use a pair of commas in the middle of a sentence to set off clauses, phrases, and words that are not essential to the meaning of the sentence. Use one comma before to indicate the beginning of the pause and one at the end to indicate the end of the pause.

Literature Terms Characterization Refers to the methods that a writer use to develop characters.  Climax Often called the turning point, the climax is the moment when the reader's interest and emotional intensity reach the highest point. Usually overs towards the end of the story.  Comedy A dramatic work that is light and often humorous in tone, usually ending happily with a peaceful resolution of the main conflict.  Conflict The part of the story always involves some sort of conflict, or struggle, between opposing forces. The two types of conflict are external and internal.  Connotation Refers to the attitudes and feelings associated with a word, in contrast to denotation.  Denotation The literal of dictionary meaning of a word.  Description Writing that helps a reader to picture scenes, events, and characters.  Dialect A form of language as it s spoken in particular geographic area or by a particular social or ethnic group.  Dialogue Written conversation between two or more characters in either fiction or nonfiction. Writers use this to bring characters to life and to give readers insights into the characters' qualities, personality traits, and reactions to other characters.  Diction A writer's or speaker's choice of words and way of arranging the words in sentences  Drama Is literature in which the plot and characters are developed through dialogue and action; literature in play form.  Dramatization

Wednesday Ticket Out the Door Ticket out the Door: Please title and put last page # read Characterization Title /Author Write a 5 sentence paragraph about any character from your book. Describe their actions, feelings, motivations, conflicts, and how they handle those. Then Go to Eli type the setting paragraph Catch up on any late assignments Literature Terms to the end of Letter D : Password English 9 Quizlet

Thursday, April 17 1. Enter prepared to READ 30 , minutes. Today’s focus: Diction No leaving for bathroom or locker.  2. ( 10-15 minutes) ON Eli Review write on example of the author’s diction. Be certain to put Title of book author page number you are on out of # of pages in the book. Example 17/223 = page 17 out of 223 3. Study literature terms vocabulary on Quizlet. english9 Letters A-E -*

WEEK 15 English 9 B