Transcript Activator Week 9 Day 1

Activator Week 10 Day 1
Write this word on your Activator sheet:
“Participles”
Complete any 10 of the
participles on the page I
gave you.
Participle =
Verbal (verb not acting like a
verb)
• Acting as an adjective
• Ends in ‘ing’ or ‘ed’
“So what do you think?” the boy asked.
“I don’t know,” she replied.
“Well, do you have a date yet?” he continued.
“No, but I was really hoping to be able to hang
out with my friends,” she answered.
“But I can get the first dance, right?” he asked.
“Uh…of course,” she said.
Opening
ELACC7RI4: analyze the impact of a specific
word choice on meaning and tone.
• What did you add to create tone?
–Punctuation marks
–Reporting verbs
–Participial phrases (how was it
said)
–Prepositional phrases
A) “Julie can’t come to the phone,”
snapped her mom sharply.
B) “Julie can’t come to the phone,”
answered her mom in her
sweetest, soothing tone.
C) “Julie can’t come to the
phone,” replied her mom slowly,
carefully choosing each word.
D) “Julie can’t come to the
phone,” responded her mom
with a sly chuckle.
Activator Day 2
Revise this sentence so that it
indicates a tone of excitement or
sarcasm:
What a good idea
(Add punctuation, reporting verb,
and any necessary phrases)
Work Session
• After your test, read the Student
Essay Model on page 949 in the
literature book.
–Complete the analysis sheet and
write one paragraph explaining the
tone.