Friday, October 10, 2014

Yearbook:

Yearbook was given the option to re-take their test today. If they got a higher score on this test, it would override their lower score from before. 

Period 3/4, 5/6, 7/8

All periods reviewed their "Year in Review."

This means that all students had the chance to fill in all of their papers with the correct answers, which I will list below:

Adverb Review

An adverb is a word or phrase that qualifies or modifies an adjective, state, or verb, or a word group expressing a relation of place.

One adverb that does not end in –ly is: quite, then, there

Sample Sentence: I carefully carried my baby sister to her crib.

Preposition Review

A preposition is a word that relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in a sentence.

Under, on, around, outside, inside, before, underneath, in, between, below, out of

Sample sentence: I will kick all talkative students outside of this class.

Sentence Review:

A complete sentence requires three things: Subject, verb, and it must express a complete thought or feeling.

The subject of a sentence is what the sentence is about.

The predicate of a sentence is what the subject is doing in the sentence.

Summary Review:

Before I even begin writing a summary, I should REREAD THE STORY! Highlight the main parts and the important points or events.

The 4 things I should have in a summary are: who, what, where, when. Who is in the story, what happened, where did it take place, and when did it take place?

 

Theme & Subject:

The subject of a story is what the author is writing about! YAY!

The theme is the opinion that the reader develops about what the author wrote about.

Themes must not be too specific to the story, but must be universal : applicable to all mankind.

Vocabulary:

Barren, vinyl, vacancy, stifling, desolate, condemn, defective, scowl, gully, penetrate, PICK THREE!

Character Traits Review:

Stanley’s character traits are: courageous, nice, helpful, respectful, brave, loyal, caring, positive

Write this down: Stanley’s main character trait is his positivity. If Stanley was a negative character then Zero would not have learned to read because Stanley wouldn’t care. If Zero had not learned to read, he would not have dug Stanley’s holes. And if Zero had not dug Stanley’s holes, Zero would not have run away. Stanley would never have gone after Zero, because Stanley would have assumed that Zero was dead.

Plot Review:

There are five plot elements, starting from the beginning: Exposition/Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution! Hurray!

Rising action builds up right before the climax.

Reading Review:

“The Seventy-Mile Kid” by Tom Walker. It is about a man who comes up from the 48 States and becomes a famous dog musher in Alaska.

Conflict Review:

External Conflict

1. Character vs. character
2. Character vs. society
3. Character vs. nature

Internal Conflict

1. Character vs. self