IF YOU COULD BE ANYTHING,

WHAT CAREER DO YOU WANT?

WHAT IF SOMETHING

HAPPENED TO MAKE THAT NO

LONGER POSSIBLE?

My Possible

Future

WRITING NOTES•GETTING SOMETHING

DOWN TO GET THE ASSIGNMENT FINISHED IS NOT WRITING

•WHEN WE WRITE THERE IS A PROCESS WE MUST FOLLOW IN ORDER

•TO CREATE THE BEST THING WE CAN

•TO GET BETTER

WRITING PROCESS1.) BRAINSTORMING

-GETTING THE IDEAS DOWN

2.) DRAFTING

-A ROUGH START TOWARDS FINAL PRODUCT

3.) PROOFREADING

-GOING BACK AND REREADING

-DOES IT MAKE SENSE? MISSING ANYTHING?

4.) REVISING

-MAKING THE CHANGES (EDITING) TO MAKE IT BETTER

WHY WOULD DRAPER

CHOOSE TO OPEN HER

NOVEL IN THIS WAY?

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE?

EXPLAIN IN DETAIL

TO LEAVE CLASS

TODAY…

1.) START THE CHART

2.) GRAB YOUR

INDEPENDENT BOOK3.) READ

TO START TODAY…

MY HAZELWOOD ARTICLE • JUST LIKE IN THE STORY, YOU

ARE GOING TO CREATE YOUR OWN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FOR HAZELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

•YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT THE NOV. 7TH GAME OR ROB’S FUNERAL

•PRETEND AS IF YOU WERE REALLY THERE AND HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT IT FOR A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BODY

•INCLUDE: DETAILS TO SHOW YOU WERE THERE AND STUDENT REACTIONS

“IF I COULD CHANGE THE WORLD…”•JUST LIKE GERALD, YOU

ARE GOING TO CREATE AN ESSAY PERSUADING THE READER EITHER:

•“THREE THINGS I WOULD GET RID OF…”

•OR “THREE PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD I WOULD SOLVE…”

•FIRST PARAGRAPH TELLING OF THE THINGS/PROBLEMS

•ONE PARAGRAPH FOR EACH THING OR PROBLEM

•INCLUDE: DETAILED EXPLANATIONS & 4 PARAGRAPHS

NEW WORDS #3DICTION

(NOUN)

THE CHOICE OF WORDS, STYLE

OF WORDS, PRONUNCIATION

OF WORDS

TONE(NOUN)

THE ATTITUDE

AND FEELING OF

A TEXT

RECUPERATE

(VERB)

TO RECOVER FROM/OVER SOMETHING

POEM OF HOPE (?)It’s dark where I amAnd I cannot find the light.There are shadows all around meAnd my heart is full of fright.

Everyone is cheerful.

They never even seeThat

storm clouds are forming

Upon the peaceful seaI cannot see the futureAnd I cannot change the pastBut the present is so heavyI don’t think I’m going to last

WHAT IS GOING THROUGH ANDY’S MIND?

GOOD MORNING!

GET SOME PAPER

READY FOR SOME

NOTES RIGHT AWAY

THE ADJECTIVE•USED TO MODIFY A NOUN

•TO DESCRIBE:

•WHAT KIND

• GREY COMPUTER, SALTY TREAT

•WHICH ONE

• THOSE GIRLS, THIS PEN

•HOW MANY

• THREE FINGERS, SOME PROBLEMS

THE ADVERB-TELLS YOU WHERE, WHEN, HOW, TO WHAT EXTENT

WHERE

-WE LIVED THERE.

-I HAVE THE TICKET HERE.

WHEN

-SHE ARRIVED EARLY.

-WE WENT TO THE MOVIES YESTERDAY.

THE ADVERB (CONT’D)•HOW

•SHE QUICKLY AGREED

•THE RAIN FELL SOFTLY

•TO WHAT EXTENT

•YOU PARTLY COMPLETED THE ASSIGNMENT

•HE HARDLY MOVED

THE PREPOSITION-SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP OF A NOUN TO ANOTHER WORD

-THE FILLER WORD

EXAMPLES

-EVERYTHING ABOUT THE BEACH WAS WONDERFUL

-THE RUNNER FELL BEHIND

-IT’S ABOVE THE BED

HOW DOES THE DICTION

(WRITING STYLE)

INFLUENCE THE NOVEL?

EXPLAIN IN DETAIL

TO LEAVE CLASS

TODAY…

GOOD MORNING!

GET SOME PAPER

READY FOR SOME

NOTES RIGHT AWAY

THE ADJECTIVE PHRASE•PHRASE: GROUP OF WORDS

THAT DOESN’T HAVE A VERB OR SUBJECT

•STARTS WITH A PREPOSITION

•ADJECTIVE PHRASE: PHRASE THAT MODIFIES A NOUN

•EXAMPLE:

• THE MEMBERS OF THE SQUAD WANT SWEATSHIRTS WITH THE SQUAD LOGO

THE ADJECTIVE PHRASEADJECTIVE PHRASES:

THE LIGHT IN THE KITCHEN IS ON.

AMY CLOSED THE DOOR TO THE CELLAR

•ADJECTIVES:

•THE KITCHEN LIGHT IS ON.

•AMY CLOSED THE CELLAR DOOR.

THE ADVERB PHRASEPHRASE THAT MODIFIES A

VERB OR ADJECTIVE

TELLS YOU HOW, WHEN, WHY, OR TO WHAT EXTENT

ALSO STARTS WITH A PREPOSITION

EX: MYTEAR ANSWERED WITH A SMILE.

THE ADVERB PHRASEADVERB PHRASES:

YOU CAN SLEEP ON WEDNESDAY

THAT CHAIR GOES IN THE CORNER

•ADVERBS:

•YOU CAN SLEEP WEDNESDAY

•THAT CHAIR GOES THERE

THE DIFFERENCE•ADJECTIVE PHRASES ALMOST ALWAYS FOLLOW THE WORDS THEY MODIFY

•ADVERB PHRASE MAY APPEAR IN VARIOUS PLACES IN SENTENCE

I DON’T WANT TO

FIGHT AGAINST YOU.

I WANT TO FIGHT WITH YOU.

NEW WORDS #3COMMODITY

(NOUN)

USEFUL, VALUABLE

THING

NEW WORDS

QUIZ TOMORR

OW!!!

BIAS(NOUN)

UNFAIRLY IN FAVOR OR AGAINST

SOMETHING

1.) WHY DID DRAPER

INTRODUCE MONTY SO LATE?

2.) WHY DOES ANDY GET

UPSET AT THE MACBETH

PASSAGE?

HALF SHEETER!

HALF SHEETER1.) WHAT DOES THE PSYCH RULE ABOUT THEIR SESSIONS? DO YOU AGREE?2.)WHY DOES ANDY GET UPSET AT THE MACBETH PASSAGE?

GET WORKING ON YOUR

TEARS OF A TIGER

CHARACTER CHART TO

START TODAY!!!

HAPPY MONDAY!

GET WORKING ON

THE “SPACE” PHRASES

FROM YESTERDAY TO

START TODAY

TUESDAY, I REMEMBER

THEE WELL

2.) -CIDE: MEANING: KILLER, KILLINGEXAMPLES: SUICIDE, HOMICIDE, PESTICIDE

3.) -AN,-IAN: MEANING: OF OR RELATED TO; A PERSON SPECIALIZING IN EXAMPLES: GUARDIAN, HISTORIAN

4.) SEMI- : MEANING: PARTIAL

EXAMPLE: SEMICONSCIOUS, SEMIFINAL

THE PARTICIPLE-VERB USED AS AN ADJECTIVE

-PAST PARTICIPLE: PAST FORM EX:WAXED FLOORS, CANCELLED GAME

PRESENT PARTICIPLE: PRESENT FORM

EX: POURING RAIN, RISING TIDE

THE PARTICIPLEPURPOSE: COMBINING SENTENCES TO GET RID OF SIMPLE SENTENCES

EX: WE WENT INSIDE TO GET OUT OF THE RAIN. THE RAIN WAS POURING.

WE WENT INSIDE TO GET OUT OF THE POURING RAIN.

HALF SHEETER1.) WHAT STORY DOES ANDY SHARE WITH HIS MOM DURING THE SOUTH CAROLINA VACATION? WHY DID HE BRING IT UP?2.) WHEN TALKING WITH THE COACH, WHAT BIG OPPORTUNITY DID ANDY MISS?

5.) AUD-,AUDI-: MEANING: LISTEN, TO HEAREXAMPLES: AUDIENCE, AUDITION6.) –OLOGY : MEANING: SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF

EXAMPLE: BIOLOGY, ZOOLOGY, TOXICOLOGYREMEMBER: PUT THIS IN A RAINCLOUD OR FLOWER

PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATION1.) CHRONOLOGICAL

-WHEN INFORMATION IN A PASSAGE IS ORGANIZED BY THE TIME IN WHICH EACH EVENT OCCURRED

-MOST FREQUENT PATTERN OF STORYTELLING

-EXAMPLES: MONSTER, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD’S EXPOSITION

PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATION2.) COMPARE/CONTRAST

-WHERE THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF TWO OR MORE THINGS ARE EXPLORED

- IF THE TEXT ONLY DISCUSSES SIMILARITIES, IT IS ONLY COMPARING. LIKEWISE, IF IT ONLY DISCUSSES WAYS THAT THE THINGS ARE DIFFERENT, IT IS ONLY CONTRASTING.

-EXAMPLE: LEBRON ARTICLE

PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATION3.) CAUSE & EFFECT

-WHEN AN AUTHOR GIVES REASONS WHY SOMETHING HAPPENED, HE OR SHE IS EXPLAINING WHAT CAUSED AN EFFECT 

-GENERALLY USED IN ESSAY AND PERSUASIVE WRITING 

-EXAMPLE: THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE

PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATION4.) PROBLEM & SOLUTION

-WHERE INFORMATION IN A PASSAGE IS

EXPRESSED AS A DILEMMA OR CONCERNING ISSUE (A PROBLEM) AND SOMETHING THAT WAS, CAN BE, OR SHOULD BE DONE TO REMEDY THIS ISSUE 

-EXAMPLE: WHAT THEY DESERVE LETTERS

PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATION5.) CLASSIFICATION

-THE MAIN IDEA IS BROKEN DOWN INTO SMALLER AREAS OR CLASSIFICATIONS

-EACH CLASSIFICATION IS THEN DISCUSSED

EX: THESE NOTES!

HALF SHEETER1.) HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE TONE IN THE NOVEL RIGHT NOW? HOW HAS IT CHANGED AS WE HAVE READ IT?2.) HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ANDY’S DECISION? COWARDLY? AN GOOD ESCAPE? EXPLAIN IN GREAT DETAIL!

GET WORKING ON YOUR

TEARS OF A TIGER

CHARACTER CHART TO

START TODAY!!!

GOOD THORSDAY TO

YOU!

THE PARTICIPIAL PHRASEWHAT IS IT?

-VERB PHRASE (GROUP OF WORDS) USED AS AN ADJECTIVE TO MODIFY (DESCRIBE) NOUN

-PARTICIPLES START P.P.

EX: THE CAT HISSED AT THE DOG BARKING IN THE YARD.

1.)WHO DO YOU BLAME

FOR ANDY’S DEATH? WHY?!

2.) WHY DID DRAPER END

THIS WITH EVERYONE’S

FEELINGS TOWARD ANDY?HALF SHEETER

7.) RE-: MEANING: AGAIN

EXAMPLES: REBUILD, REUNITE,

RETRACE, RENEW

8.) AUTO-: MEANING: SELF, SAME

EXAMPLES: AUTOMOBILE, AUTOPILOT

9.) GRAPH (ROOT): MEANING: WRITE

EXAMPLE: GRAPHICS, AUTOGRAPH, AUTOBIOGRAPHY

DRAPER’S PURPOSE

•IN FOUR PARAGRAPHS, EXPLAIN THREE REASONS WHY DRAPER WROTE THIS NOVEL

•PARAGRAPH PER REASON

•INCLUDE: OPENING PARAGRAPH DESCRIBING THE NOVEL, 3 PARAGRAPHS DETAILING A REASON DRAPER WROTE THIS TRAGIC STORY

•WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS STORY?

10.) UNI- : MEANING: ONE

EXAMPLES: UNICORN, UNISON, UNANIMOUS

11.) -OLOGIST: MEANING: ONE WHO SPECIALIZES IN

EXAMPLES: BIOLOGIST, METEOROLOGIST, CRYPTOLOGIST

WHAT ARE 10 THINGS

YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR?

GIVE AN EXPLANATION

FOR EACH THING

LET’S GIVE THANKS

MR. MCCANN’S LIST•THE GREEN BAY PACKERS

•ART

•THIS WEATHER

•CHARLOTTE

•MELVIN GORDON

•WORDS

•SCIENCE FICTION

•HUMAN COMPASSION

•MY CHILDHOOD

•YOU