Monday/ Tuesday

Do Now (page 30L)Correct the following sentences.There are 4 errors per sentence.

1. Elizabeth never thinks she would be a docter but she went to school and is curently a foot doctor.

2. People need to expres themselfs; Some people take this idea to far.

3. Kelly whent to the store to buy milk but she buys a grocerie cart full of food.

4. I don’t have nothing to do today because I finish all of my work I desided to go out to play.

5. I didnt study for my algaber test; i still get an A.

Do Now (page 30L)Corrected sentences

1. Elizabeth never thought she would be a doctor, but she went to school and is currently a foot doctor.

2. People need to express themselves; some people take this idea too far.

3. Kelly went to the store to buy milk, but she bought a full grocery cart full of food.

4. I don’t have anything to do today because I finished all of my work; I decided to go out to play.

5. I didn’t study for my algebra test; I still got an A.

Glossary Check…• Tense—a category of a verb that tells the time of

the action or state expressed by the verb (as in past, present, or future).

• Run-on sentence—a long sentence that has no breaks and is missing commas, semi-colons, conjunctions, periods, etc.– 2 independent clauses joined together without the

proper punctuationWays to fix a run-on…– 1. period + Capital letter– 2. semi-colon + lower-case letter– 3. commas + conjunction

Pronoun and Antecedent (31R)

Pronouns refer to and replace nouns

• Nouns:●person●place●thing●idea

The noun that a pronoun replaces is called the antecedent.

So… Pronouns must refer to a person, place, thing, or idea.

Antecedents• The noun that is replaced by a pronoun is called the

antecedent.• A pronoun refers to its antecedent.Harry never does his homework. (His takes the place of

Harry. Harry is the antecedent)• The antecedent usually appears before the noun. It

may be in the same sentence, or it may be in the preceding sentence.

Harry struggled with History of Magic. He was always bored in that class.

(He takes the place of Harry)

AGREEMENT

• The pronoun and antecedent must agree in

• Number●Singular

He blew the whistle.●Plural

They blew the whistles.

• Gender●Masculine

he, him, his, himself●Feminine

she, her, hers, herself●neutral

it, its, itself

A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number.

The students enjoyed their lesson. (Students is plural: their is plural)

Harry loved his grammar lesson.(Harry is singular; His is singular)The teachers have their favorite lessons. (Teachers is

plural; Their is plural)One must learn to love his grammar lessons. (One is

singular; his is singular)

• Personal Pronouns:

●refer to specific people, places, and things.●change their forms to show number, gender, and case

Singular Plural

I, me we, us

you you

he, him they, them

she, her

it

• Demonstrative Pronouns: ●this, that, these, those ●point to the nouns they replace

This is a good sandwich.

“This” replaces the noun (sandwich).

Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qszmU6GRziE

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31L Pronoun Practice1. What is a pronoun? Define it in your own words.2. What is an example of a pronoun? List 10.3. What is an antecedent? Define it in your own

words.4. Copy the following sentences in your notebook

and circle the pronoun and underline the antecedent.

• Sally and her friends loved to play with their barbies.• Mitchell wanted to get the best education, so he went to

UCLA.• Heather thought her cat was nice, but others thought it was

mean.• Alex and Andrew drew a picture of their day at the beach.• Everyone wanted his picture in the newspaper.

What is central/main idea?After you read a book or see a movie, do you ever tell someone else what it is about? When you do this, you state the main idea. The main idea is what something is mostly about.

Main idea/central ideaMain idea = central idea

Main ideas are typically found in a literary passage.

Central ideas are found in an informational text.

Use the WIN strategy to help determine the central/main idea:

WHO/WHAT - Figure out the most important who or what

INFORMATION - Figure out the most important information about the who or what

NUMBER OF WORDS - Write the main idea using the fewest possible number of words

Theme

The theme is the lesson or message that the writer wants to get across in his or her story.

Usually theme is a statement about life or the way the world works. People apply these lessons or ideas to their own lives.

How do I find theme?

To find the theme, ask yourself, What lesson did the main character in the story learn or fail to learn? Other questions to ask yourself:

What is the moral of the story?What lesson is the author trying to teach?Which idea in the story can relate to everyday

life?

How are the theme and central idea developed throughout the text?

• Through characters’ actions• Through key plot details• Through the conflict

Common themes

The more you read, the more you will notice that some themes are used again and again. Here are some common themes:Too much pride can destroy a personCrime does not payTreat others the way you want to be treatedGoing through hard times can make a person

strongerLove conquers all

Now you tryIdentify theme and strategies of finding theme within a story.

Identify central idea and main idea

What are similarities and differences between the two?

What strategy do I want to use to find central/main idea?

How are theme, main idea, and central idea are developed in a text (hint: think of point of view)

ARITS Homework (page 32L)

• Pursuing and achieving one’s dreams is one of the central ideas in ARITS.

• Write a full page explaining how this is the central idea and how this idea has changed throughout the story so far.

• Do not just write what they want. Write about what they want out of life and how they think they can get it.

Wednesday

A Dream Deferred What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry uplike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore—

And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?

Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

Central Idea Analysis

Thursday/Friday

(page 33L) Do Now --Rewrite and correct the following paragraph

Kathy loves to go swiming every sunday. She has a rooteen that involves woke up, brushing her teeth, and then headed out to the see. She loves to began her Sundays the same way so that she knew exactly what to axpect. Kathy wishes she could go swimming everyday but her job is two demanding. Kathy really chairishes her time out in the ocean with no one but she and nature.

Corrected Paragraph

Kathy loves to go swimming every Sunday. She has a routine that involves waking up, brushing her teeth, and then heading out to the sea. She loves to begin her Sundays the same way so that she knows exactly what to expect. Kathy wishes she could go swimming everyday, but her job is too demanding. Kathy really cherishes her time out in the ocean with no one but her and nature.

Quick News

• Vocab/Spelling Quiz will be on Wednesday since we won’t be here on Thursday and Friday.

• 4 weeks left in the semester• 19 school days• 12 days in my class• We’re going to have to skip poetry…time

Central Idea Analysis