Feb 18

DOL

--when he was cleaning the yard dad found a news paper the christian science monitor that laid under the bushes since last march

 

Class Activities:

 

--students receive Common Assessment review sheet

--Common Assessment tomorrow 2/19

Review Sheet posted below; review for test tomorrow

Common Assessment 11.4 Review Sheet

Social Context – Circumstances surrounding a story or what is happening in society when the story takes place

Naturalism – A literary movement that focuses on how instinct and environment affect human behavior.  As an offshoot of realism, naturalism shows common people and ordinary life               accurately. 

Tone – A writer’s attitude towards his or her subject.  Tone is usually communicated through diction, choice of details, and direct statements.  Unlike mood, which refers to the emotional response of the reader, Tone reflects the feelings of the writer.

Inference – Coming to a conclusion based on using reasoning to draw ideas from other information.

Directions: Based on the following statements, make an inference about what type of person each character is.

1)      As Johnny climbed out of his window at midnight, he remembered his promise to his mother to never sneak out._________________________________________________________________

2)      When the girl saw the police car, she immediately started running.________________________________________________________________________

3)      Every day after school, Maria helps the humane society feed and care for stray kittens.________________________________________________________________________

Connotation – An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning

Denotation – the literal or, Dictionary definition of a word

Irony – A contrast between appearance and reality. 

                Situational irony – A contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.

                Verbal irony – When someone states one thing and means another.

                Dramatic Irony – When readers know more about a situation or character in the story than the                                                                characters do.

External Conflict - A struggle between a character and nature, society, or another character.

Directions: Read the sentences below and decide if the external conflict is man vs man, man vs nature, or man vs society.

Verb Tense / Subject—Verb Agreement

Directions: change the underlined word in the following sentences to the correct tense.

1)      We all eating ice cream last Friday night. ____________________________

2)      There is no better feeling than ride a bicycle on a warm summer evening.___________________

3)      We watching the tide slowly come in as we waited for the fish to bite.______________________

4)       Nobody knows that she was coming home from college last weekend._____________________

5)      The sasquatch hunters will presenting evidence from their latest excursion Monday. _______________

Thesis Statement – Appears at the beginning of a paper and offers the reader a concise claim about the argument that will be presented.

Directions:  Using the following information, construct an appropriate thesis sentence.

1)      Argument: American Eagle is better than Abercrombie and Fitch

Evidence: American Eagle uses higher quality fabric, they offer a wider selection of sizes, their clothing is not as expensive

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2)      Argument: The Seahawks deserved to win the Super Bowl

 

Evidence: The Seattle defense stopped the Broncos, Manning could not make big third down plays, the Broncos allowed too many turnovers

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Active Voice - When the subject of a sentence performs the action

Passive Voice – When the action in a sentence is performed on a subject

Directions: Mark each of the following sentences with a P if the action verb is passive and an A if it is active.

_____1) The door was held open by me.

_____2) Betina has played softball every Tuesday for a month.

_____3) She displays her drawing with pride.

_____4) The last score was missed by the score keeper.

_____5) The spark plug had been removed by the mechanic.