Transcript William, quick and lively, avoided being caught.

Bell Ringer – make an appositive phrase
• Example.
William was quick and lively.
William avoided being caught.
William, quick and lively, avoided being caught.
• In your spiral combine the two sentences.
– Harriet was a moody, willful child
– Harriet was one of eleven brothers and sisters
– That night in the south upstairs chamber Emmet lay in a
kind of trance.
– The chamber was a hot little room where a full-leafed
chinaberry tree shut all the air from the single window
Appositives –noun phrases that
identify adjacent nouns or pronouns
Sentence Openers
Subject – verb splits
Sentence Closers
Appositives –noun phrases that
identify adjacent nouns or pronouns
Sentence Openers
One of eleven brothers and sisters,
Harriet was a moody, willful child.
-Langson Hughes, “Road to Freedom”
A balding, smooth-faced man, he
could have been anywhere between
forty and sixty.
-Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbard
Appositives –noun phrases that
identify adjacent nouns or pronouns
Subject – verb splits
Poppa, a good quiet man, spent the last hours
before our parting moving aimlessly about the
yard, keeping to himself and avoiding me.
-Gordon Parks, “My Mother’s Dream for Me”
A man, a weary old pensioner with a bald dirty
head and a stained brown corduroy
waistcoat, appeared at the door of a small gate
lodge.
-Brian Moore, The lonely passion of Judith Hearne
Appositives –noun phrases that
identify adjacent nouns or pronouns
Sentence Closers
The boy looked at them, big black ugly
insects.
-Doris Lessing, African Stories
Hour after hour he stood there, silent,
motionless, a shadow carved in ebony
and moonlight.
-James V. Marshall, Walkabout
In your spiral
• In your spiral combine the two sentences to
make a appositive phrase sentence opener
• He took little interest in troublesome things,
preferring to remain on good terms wit everyone.
• He was a short, round boy of seven.
How to make a direct quote
• You need 4 things
– Tag Line
– Comma after the tag line
– Capital letter
– Quotes at the beginning and end.
Parenthetical Citation
• After the quote from the database,
put the first word in the hanging
indent -usually the author’s name- in
parenthesis.
• The author mentioned, “The Black
Hawk War would prove to be
Lincoln's only direct experience of
soldiering” (Guelzo).
Hero essay
• Write it on a google doc (shared with
[email protected]
• Appositive – sentence opener (salmon)
• Direct quote from “Coyote finishes his
work” page 24 (yellow)
• Quote from the Database – parenthetical
citation (blue)
• Works Cited page – email to
[email protected]
instructions
• Nimitz -> Teacher Websites ->
Edwards, James -> English 3
assignments -> [right click ] Hero
Essay.odt -> Save target as ->
Important
• Go to your google doc, and type your
name, English 3, Period, Date (aligned
left)
• Make sure you have shared your google
document with mredwards100@gmail. (do
not email your essay)
• Email your Works Cited to
mredwards100@gmail
rubric
• 300 words not including quotes
• Essay is intelligent and uses
quotations to prove a point.
• Quotation from coyote story correctly
punctuated
• Quotation from Database correctly
documented
• Spelling/grammar correct
Hero essay
• Write a composition explaining what a
hero is, about 300 words (not including
quotes).
• Include a quote from “Coyote finishes his
work”, page 24, to make a point about
heros
• Include a quote from a book found in the
database to explain how coyotes are
known as tricksters in mythology
• On a separate document copy and paste
special the Source Citation from the book.
planner
• A days/ b days
• Progress reports
• Football
• Volleyball
• Instructions for laptop ready
laptop
• Nimitz -> Students -> Nimitz CT ->
Check Your Laptop Repair Status
Monday
• Appositive phases – bell ringer and
spiral work
• Direct Quotes – quote from Coyote
and show teacher spiral for a grade
Tuesday
• Students download instructions for
essay from teacher website
• Begin working on Essay
Wednesday
• Update, check on student planners
• Students continue to work on Essay
Thursday
• Finish essay
• Email Works Cited
Friday
• Unscramble appositive phrases group
work