Due Dates Friday Vocabulary Quiz Due up to
Due Dates • Friday: • Vocabulary Quiz • Due: up to page 92 (questions due) • Quiz on Marking Periods 1 and 2
Warm Up Reminder: Vocabulary Quiz on Friday • 1. Which of our new vocabulary words can be used to describe the wicked witch of the west? • 2. Which of our new vocabulary words could be used to describe when someone or something charms or enchants someone? • 3. Which of our new words is a synonym for “of course”? • 4. Which of our new words could be used to describe someone who can’t decide which person to vote for because they both seem “okay”? • 5. Which of our new words can be used to describe a fan screaming in the front row of a concert? • 6. Use one of our new words in your own sentence.
Notes: • Motif: an object, idea, or image that repeats itself throughout a literary work. Motifs correspond with the repetition of a specific theme in the text and have a symbolic meaning. • Theme: central topic of book • Symbol: something the represents multiple things/ideas in a text.
Notes: • Motif: an object, idea, or image that repeats itself throughout a literary work. Motifs correspond with the repetition of a specific theme in the text and have a symbolic meaning. • Theme: central topic of book • Symbol: something the represents multiple things/ideas in a text. Next: Divide your paper into four boxes, and find as many quotations for each motif as possible. Don’t forget to include the page number!
• Motifs you will look for in Speak • Lips/mouth • Tree • Mirror • Animal descriptions
After Melinda called the cops at a party, all her friends turned on her. Leaving no one for her to turn to for help. • A) Fragment • B) Comma splice • C) Run-on
After Melinda called the cops at a party, all her friends turned on her. Leaving no one for her to turn to for help. • A) Fragment • B) Comma splice • C) Run-on
After Melinda called the cops at a party, all her friends turned on her, leaving no one for her to turn to for help. • A) Fragment • B) Comma splice • C) Run-on
Her mom and dad are very harsh on her, they don’t even understand what she is going through. • A) Fragment • B) Comma splice • C) Run-on
Her mom and dad are very harsh on her, they don’t even understand what she is going through. • A) Fragment • B) Comma splice • C) Run-on
Her mom and dad are very harsh on her. They don’t even understand what she is going through. • A) Fragment • B) Comma splice • C) Run-on
Her friendships have broken pieces Heather may be here to help pick up the pieces. • A) Fragment • B) Comma splice • C) Run-on
Her friendships have broken pieces Heather may be here to help pick up the pieces. • A) Fragment • B) Comma splice • C) Run-on
Her friendships have broken pieces, but Heather may be here to help pick up the pieces. • A) Fragment • B) Comma splice • C) Run-on
Quotations embedded: 96% • Correct: Melinda is unhappy because she has “entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude” (4).
Quotations embedded: 96% • Correct: Melinda is unhappy because she has “entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude” (4). • Incorrect: Melinda is unhappy. “I have entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude” (4).
No Sentence fragments: 81% • Correct: She also says Mr. Freeman is ugly, which is not fair to say.
No Sentence fragments: 81% • Correct: She also says Mr. Freeman is ugly, which is not fair to say. • Incorrect: Besides saying Mr. Freeman is ugly. This is not fair.
Quotation embedding correctly punctuated: 62% • Correct: Melinda feels she can’t make anything “whisper Melinda” (33) without causing all eyes on her.
Quotation embedding correctly punctuated: 62% • Correct: Melinda feels she can’t make anything “whisper Melinda” (33) without causing all eyes on her. • Incorrect: Not only does Melinda have to go through the first day of high school alone, but she also refers to herself as “outcast. ” (4).
Quotation embedding correctly punctuated: 62% • Correct: Melinda feels she can’t make anything “whisper Melinda” (33) without causing all eyes on her. • Incorrect: Not only does Melinda have to go through the first day of high school alone, but she also refers to herself as “outcast. ” (4). • Incorrect: Melinda feels she can’t make anything “whisper Melinda” (pg. 33) without causing all eyes on her.
No run-ons: 96% • Correct: Melinda has not had one happy moment so far in high school. If she were optimistic instead of pessimistic she would have a much better time.
No run-ons: 96% • Correct: Melinda has not had one happy moment so far in high school. If she were optimistic instead of pessimistic she would have a much better time. • Incorrect: Melinda has not had one happy moment so far in high school if she were optimistic instead of pessimistic she would have a much better time.
No run-ons: 96% • Correct: Melinda has not had one happy moment so far in high school. If she were optimistic instead of pessimistic she would have a much better time. • Incorrect: Melinda has not had one happy moment so far in high school if she were optimistic instead of pessimistic she would have a much better time. • Incorrect: Melinda has not had one happy moment so far in high school, if she were optimistic instead of pessimistic she would have a much better time.
No use of “I, ” “me, ” “My, ” or “you”: 85% • Correct: Melinda’s feelings for the janitor’s closet, her place of refuge, reflect how she feels about herself: unloved, nameless, and lonely.
No use of “I, ” “me, ” “My, ” or “you”: 85% • Correct: Melinda’s feelings for the janitor’s closet, her place of refuge, reflect how she feels about herself: unloved, nameless, and lonely. Incorrect: I would say that Melinda’s feelings for the janitor’s closet, her place of refuge, reflect how she feels about herself: unloved, nameless, and lonely.
No use of “I, ” “me, ” “My, ” or “you”: 85% • Correct: Melinda’s feelings for the janitor’s closet, her place of refuge, reflect how she feels about herself: unloved, nameless, and lonely. Incorrect: I would say that Melinda’s feelings for the janitor’s closet, her place of refuge, reflect how she feels about herself: unloved, nameless, and lonely. Incorrect: It shows you that Melinda’s feelings for the janitor’s closet, her place of refuge, reflect how she feels about herself: unloved, nameless, and lonely.
When you get your paragraph back… 1. Identify what your check marks mean – which error do they reflect? 2. Fix the errors with a pen in the paragraph. 3. Then, rewrite the corrected sentence below the paragraph. • If you don’t have check marks… • See my comments—if I asked you to go further with a certain statement, do so! Add below your paragraph.
5 Parts of a Perfect Paragraph 1. Topic sentence • Main point of paragraph 2. Elaboration of the topic sentence • Stretches out/explains the main point 3. Evidence • The proof (quotation) 4. Evidence reinforcement • Helps to connect main evidence to topic sentence 5. Conclusion • Reinforces thesis and wraps things up
Example Melinda struggles to find herself at the beginning of high school. She does not feel connected to her school, her teachers, or her family. She wonders why she cannot embrace herself the way her friend Heather can. Even Heather’s room “screams Heather, ” but Melinda can’t even express a “little whisper” of herself (33). So far she is lacking the confidence to fully be herself, because of some trauma that happened before high school. If she can find something or someone to connect with, she will finally be able to accept and express herself.
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