BellworkREAD INSTRUCTIONS!! Using the packet on your desk, read
the first passage and answer questions 11-20 in the bell work
section of your notebook. DO NOT MARK ANY ANSWERS OR NOTES ON THE
PACKET!!! Your bellwork entry should look like this:
09-09-13Passage 1 1. A because.. (your reasoning) 2. B
because.(your reasoning) 3. C because(your reasoning) ETC
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Notes: Fiction: tells the story of imaginary people or animals
(characters). Fiction always includes a plot Nonfiction: gives
facts about real people, places, or events or discusses ideas about
the real world. Nonfiction may inform about a topic or try to
convince the reader to do something. Literary Nonfiction: uses some
of the same storytelling techniques as fiction to make factual
writing come alive. Most biographies can be considered literary
non-fiction.
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Assignment As a group, use a textbook to find two examples of
each of the following. You may put your examples on the back of
your group activity: * Fiction * Nonfiction * Literary
Nonfiction
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Notes (cont) Theme: the message or insight into life portrayed
by the work; the life lesson (fiction; some literary nonfiction)
Central Idea: the key point an author wants to make (nonfiction)
Theme and central idea are usually implied, meaning they are not
explicitly stated and require some critical thinking on behalf of
the reader.
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BellworkREAD INSTRUCTIONS!! Using the packet on your desk, read
the first passage and answer questions 21-30 in the bell work
section of your notebook. DO NOT MARK ANY ANSWERS OR NOTES ON THE
PACKET!!! Your bellwork entry should look like this:
09-09-13Passage 1 1. A because.. (your reasoning) 2. B
because.(your reasoning) 3. C because(your reasoning) ETC
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Thursday September 12 Complete and Review any unfinished
Explore bell work. Review definitions for fiction, nonfiction and
literary nonfiction Complete practice sheet using your textbook.
Turn in when complete! REMINDER: Extension projects are due
tomorrow if you chose to complete one!
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September 16, 2013 Complete the Explore-Reading practice test
(thirty minutes) When finished, you may work on vocabulary (due
Wednesday) Review Explore Reading as a class When finished
reviewing, complete Dictionary Detective and Think Thesaurus
activities from Friday
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Bellwork9-18-13 Use a literature book and classify each as
fiction, nonfiction or literary nonfiction. Elements of
Literature-Theme (355) The Tell Tale Heart (537) from Harriet
Tubman (143) The Fog Horn (319) from No Pretty Pictures: A Child of
War (224)
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Writers Notebook--What are you reading?? 9-19-13 Title: Author:
Genre: Number of Pages:Page Im On: Summary: Summarize what youve
read so far. Give details from the text and include any questions
you have. You may also include a reaction to the book up to this
point (do you like it? Why or why not?)
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Terms & Definitions Diction: The authors specific,
intentional word choice Denotation: The dictionary definition of a
word Connotation: The primary emotions associated with a word ie:
how the word makes someone feel.
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Writers Notebook 09-20-13 Would you rather be embarrassed,
self-conscious or humiliated? Explain your answer.
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After you complete your quiz. Turn your quiz/weekly review in
Complete Activity Two in your packet INDEPENDENTLY! If you complete
activity two, you may read quietly.
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Bell Work 09-23-13 When you look for helping verbs, remember
that they are simply linking and action verbs together. The linking
verb becomes the helping verb and the action verb becomes the main
verb. Circle any action verbs. Underline linking verbs. Put a box
around helping and main verbs and label each. 1. Viking warriors
were hopeful that they would die in battle. 2. They believed that
if they died in battle, they would go to Valhalla.
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Denotative Meaning When writing, be sure to use precise
language!! Consider this sentence: The stranger wore a hat. HAT: A
Covering for the head
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Group Task Go back and consider this sentence again. The
stranger wore a ____________ (hat). Using what youve learned about
denotative and connotative meanings, work in your group to write a
short (3 paragraphs or so) story, in which you use the above
sentence to develop your ideas. Be fun and creative!!
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Homework Complete activity three (denotation and connotation
packet) independently Vocabulary Due Tomorrow
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Bellwork09-24-13 Circle any action verbs. Underline linking
verbs. Put a box around helping and main verbs and label each. 1.
The Vikings were Norsemen who roamed the seas from AD 700 to 1100.
2. The term Vikings applies to all Scandanavian sailors of this
period, whether they were Norwegians, Swedes, or Danes. 3. Each
day, the warriors in Valhalla would go out to the battlefield and
would receive many wounds.
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Bellwork09-25-13 Circle any action verbs. Underline linking
verbs. Put a box around helping and main verbs and label each. 1.
Mary McLeod Bethune is a major figure in American history. 2.
Bethune taught school after she had completed her education in
South Carolina. 3. In 1904, she moved to Florida and opened a
school of her own.
