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World Literature 9/18

+Do NowBecause of the rainy __________, the picnic was held indoors.Choose the word that is spelled correctly and BEST fits the context of the sentence.A)weatherB)wetherC)wheatherD)whether

Eric's teacher asked Eric's class to write an advertisement using vivid descriptive language. Eric wrote and considered four sentences before turning in his assignment.

Which sentence will Eric turn in because it contains vivid descriptive details that meet the teacher's request?A) Smith Laundry Soap makes clothes very clean and smells great.B) Smith Laundry Soap cleans clothes very well and has a good scent.C) Smith Laundry Soap cleans clothes well and makes them smell really good.D) Smith Laundry Soap makes clothes spotless and smells like a summer breeze.

+Announcements

This Week:

- HW Packet #4 DUE NEXT FRIDAY

- Graphic organizer for paper DUE NEXT FRIDAY

Agenda:- Do Now - Pick paper topic- WoTD - Recap Vocab test- Review Chapter 7- Read Chapter 8 as a

class- Exit ticket

+USA Test Prep

While I’m going around and writing down paper topic selections, SIGN UP FOR USA TEST PREP and get 20 points EC!

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2. Account ID: jacksonga

Activation code: newton47

Click “Check Activation Code”, then enter username, password, first name, last name, and email address

Click “I Agree” at the bottom of the page and “Create Account”

Once you’ve created account, go to the bottom left corner of your homepage, click “Join Class”

Search Teacher Name: Betsy Kim, then click “Join Class”

+WoTD- clarify

To make something less confusing

Part of speech?

+Review Vocab Test #1

When do we use a semicolon?

What is a homophone?

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

+Prepositional phrases

add detail, description and vividness to writing. The preposition works in conjunction with its object to form the prepositional phrase, as seen below:

Always follows the formula:

+Prepositions

+Quiz corrections

You may correct X’d questions for HALF CREDIT

Must be written on separate sheet of paper and stapled to the FRONT of your quiz

COMPLETE SENTENCES REQUIRED

For Multiple Choice, you MUST provide a complete sentence explanation of why your new answer is correct, or else you will receive ZERO CREDIT

DUE THURSDAY

+Review Chapter 7

What happened?

+Imagery and tone

Imagery- evoking a particular image in a reader’s mind using description

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAElhncBLYA

How does the radio commercial use description to create an image in your mind?

+Imagery and tone in TFA

While Achebe isn’t trying to get you to go to McDonald’s to buy a milkshake, he is trying to use description to paint a picture in your head

Does this mainly through the use of proverbs

The proverbs have a greater message, but they help us understand what Achebe is trying to get across to the reader

Example: Okonkwo describes himself as a “shivering old woman”. Draw what you think of on the BOTTOM of your 7-8 guiding questions

+Chapter 8

Read as a class

Exit Ticket: ELACC9-10RL2

After you turn your ET in, get your GQs stamped by Ms. Rowell or Ms. Kim

Then, read Chapters 9-10 summaries as a group

Chapters 11-12 and guiding questions in tables