SEPTEMBER 8

Warm Up: Turn-in Watson One-pager & take a Knowsys Group 1 – Scenarios

What is a Prepositional PHRASE ? Set purpose for Reading -House activity(need 3 colors) – purpose for reading

Literary Genres -Discuss & highlight Narrative Notes

Read “Priscilla and the Wimps” – draw plot diagram (next slide) and analyze narrative elements

Homework: preposition quiz tomorrow, study Knowsys vocabulary .

Freytag Model - plot diagram

Warm Up: Knowsys Group 1 – True/False

Prepositions Quiz

Continue plot diagram for “Priscilla and the Wimps”

Homework: 20 AR points DUE 10/21, Knowsys QUIZ Fri.

SEPTEMBER 9

Warm Up: Knowsys Group 1 – Narrative

Finish plot diagram- 10 minutes!

Prepositional Phrase Practice

Write Preposition Poem

If time:

Homework: 20 AR points DUE 10/21, Knowsys QUIZ Friday

SEPTEMBER 10

Sentence Structure

- Power point review, complete subj./pred. notes - Pairs activity – unscramble sentence

Literary Genres -Discuss & highlight Expository Notes “The Trouble with Bullies” literature text pgs. 487-490 - analyze statistics & other expository elements

Homework: 20 AR points DUE 10/21, Knowsys QUIZ tomorrow

SEPTEMBER 11

Sentences: Subjects & Predicates

Every complete sentence has two parts:

1.) subject (answers who? or what?) and

2.) predicate (what the subject is or does) .

Example: A man in a blue suit drove by the house.

Example: A man in a blue suit drove by the house.

Simple Subjects & Simple Predicates

The simple subject is the main word or group of words in the subject part of the sentence.

Example: A man in a blue suit drove by the house.

The simple predicate is the main word or group of words in the predicate part of the sentence (it begins with a verb).

Example: A man in a blue suit drove by the house.

September 12 Warm Up: review independently for quiz

Knowsys Group 1 Quiz • Assign Knowsys Lesson 2 Vocabulary Words Sentence Structure - Simple Subject/Predicate Notes - Revisit pairs sentence activity for simple sub/pred. - Worksheet 3.2-3.3 (daily grade)

Eleven by Sandra Cisneros, pgs. 198-203 in literature text

• review literary elements & read and discuss selection • review & annotate for narrative elements: setting, p.o.v.,

characters, conflict, plot, sensory images, figurative language, symbolism, theme

• summary (SWBS strategy) Homework: Group 2 Knowsys words

September 12

D.I.D.L.S. = TONE

Denotation (dictionary meaning) Connotation (emotional meaning)

• D = Diction- the connotation of the word choice and the overall effectiveness of the word

• I = Images - Vivid appeals - 5 senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, touch

• D = Details – Facts

• L = Language - Formal or informal

• S = Sentences - How the sentences are structured in the writing.