Welcome back, Mavericks!

Welcome back, Mavericks!Ms. McKinneyEnglish1/7/2013

New Journals and NotebooksWho remembered to bring two spirals after the break?

First Spiral: Your New Journal

Your New Journal•Our journal procedure will be the same this

semester as last semester. This means that each day, when you come into the classroom, you should begin working on your journal.

•The journal prompt will be written on the magnet board each day.

•This spiral will not leave the classroom, and should only be used for your journal entries. Because you are providing this spiral, you may take it home at the end of the school year.

Journal Prompts•Please remember to submit journal

prompts that you would like to write about!

•Try to make them original, no one likes writing about the same thing every day.

•They don’t have to be serious, but they do have to be school appropriate!

Second Spiral: Your English Notebook

What will they include?•Spelling Words•Vocabulary for each unit•Key Understandings for each unit•All notes taken in class•Some in-class assignments

You must bring them EVERY DAY!•If you forget, you will be expected to write

the day’s notes on a separate sheet of paper, then copy it into your English notebook at home. You will not be given class time to make up these notes.

How will they be graded?•I will do random checks to see that you

have your notebook in class, and that you are keeping up with the class notes.

•This will be either a quiz grade and/or a bottle ticket opportunity.

What if you are absent?•You are responsible for getting all class

notes that you missed from a classmate. •All makeup notes must be copied by hand

into your English notebook. You may not staple, tape, or otherwise adhere copied sheets into your notebook.

Questions?Let’s get started!

Unit 04A: Creating Connections across Literary Text

Key Understandings Unit 04AEvery student should understand and master these by the end of the unit.

Key Understandings Unit 04A•Authors of literary works share their

messages by stating or implying important themes throughout their works.

Key Understandings Unit 04A•Understanding the connections between

literary elements facilitates the reader’s ability to make meaning of text.

Key Understandings Unit 04A•Authors use techniques and elements to

enable the reader to experience and connect with the events and characters.

Key Understandings Unit 04A•Authors use conventions of written

language to communicate clearly and effectively.

Key Understandings Unit 04A•Readers use strategies to support

interpretation of text.

Key Understandings Unit 04A•Understanding new words and concepts

enhances comprehension and oral and written communication.

Vocabulary Unit 04AUse this list of vocabulary words as your own personal glossary as we study this unit.

Vocabulary Unit 04APlot Conflict• The plan, scheme, or main

story of a literary or dramatic work.

• A fight, battle, or struggle.

Vocabulary Unit 04ARising Action Falling Action• A related series of

incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.

• The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.

Vocabulary Unit 04AResolution Theme• The act of resolving or

determining upon action or course of action, method, procedure, etc.

• A solution, accommodation, or settling of a problem or conflict

• A unifying or dominant idea or motif

Vocabulary Unit 04ACharacter Setting• The people that play out

the story in a literary work.

• Where the story takes place

Vocabulary Unit 04ASensory Detail Context Clue• Words and phrases that

help readers see, hear, taste, feel, or smell what the author is describing..

• Sources of information outside of words that readers may use to predict the identities and meanings of unknown words

Vocabulary Unit 04AAmbiguous Myth• Open to more than one

interpretation; having a double meaning

• A traditional story, esp. one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events

Vocabulary Unit 04ADraft Analogy• A preliminary version of a

piece of writing• A comparison between

two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification

Vocabulary Unit 04ALiterary Device Imagery• A literary or linguistic

technique that produces a specific effect, esp. a figure of speech, narrative style, or plot mechanism

• Visually descriptive or figurative language

Vocabulary Unit 04AHyperbole Irony• Exaggerated statements

or claims not meant to be taken literally

• The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

Vocabulary Unit 04AOxymoron Simile• A figure of speech in

which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true)

• A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox)

Vocabulary Unit 04AMetaphor Aphorism• A figure of speech in

which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

• A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, esp. something abstract

• A pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, “if it ain't broke, don't fix it.”

Vocabulary Unit 04AEpigraph Protagonist• An inscription on a

building, statue, or coin• A short quotation or

saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme

• The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

Vocabulary Unit 04AAntagonist Revise• A person who actively

opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary

• Reconsider and alter (something) in the light of further evidence

• Reread work done previously to improve one's knowledge of a subject, typically to prepare for an examination

Vocabulary Unit 04AAntecedent Simple Sentence• A word, phrase, clause, or

sentence to which another word (esp. a following relative pronoun) refers

• A thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another

• A sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate

Vocabulary Unit 04ACompound Sentence Complex Sentence• A sentence with more than

one subject or predicate• A sentence containing a

subordinate clause or clauses

Vocabulary Unit 04ARoot Affix• A morpheme, not

necessarily surviving as a word in itself, from which words have been made by the addition of prefixes or suffixes or by other modification

• An additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning

Vocabulary Unit 04APrefix Suffix• An element placed at the

beginning of a word to adjust or qualify its meaning, e.g., ex-, non-, re- or (in some languages) as an inflection

• A morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative, e.g., -ation, -fy, -ing, -itis

Vocabulary Unit 04AAcademic Language Edit• This term refers to the

variety of language that is used in academic purposes in school settings.  It is formal, discusses abstract topics and uses precise vocabulary terms.

• Prepare (written material) for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it

Vocabulary Unit 04AParenthesis Bracket• A word, clause, or

sentence inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage that is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by curved brackets, dashes, or commas

• One or both of a pair of marks () used to include such a word, clause, or sentence

• Each of a pair of marks [ ] used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context

That’s it!The Key Understandings and Vocabulary for some units are much longer than others. Our vocabulary will not always be this extensive.