Vocabulary Setting Characters Plot Ending Resolution Todays Agenda
» Vocabulary » Setting » Characters » Plot » Ending( Resolution) Today’s Agenda
» Similes ( L. S 6. 1) » Idioms ( L. S. 6. 2) Today’s Agenda
Story Grammar » Main character: Name ? » Setting: What happened to the character to cause him to do something? » Initiating Event: What happened to the character to cause him to do something? » Plan: What did the character choose to do and why did he do that? » Attempt 1: What action did the character take to achieve the plan? Why did he choose this plan? » Attempt 2: Any other attempts? » Obstacle: Complication to plot? » Direct Consequence: What happened as a result » Resolution: Is there a lesson learnt?
Follow-up Activities » Story Grammar Worksheet( staple to English note book) » Journal Writing~ When I Grow Up
» Predictable by Bruce Lansky (IF Pigs Could Fly and Other » » Deep Thoughts) Poor as a church mouse. strong as an ox, cute as a button, smart as a fox. thin as a toothpick, white as a ghost, fit as a fiddle, dumb as a post. bald as an eagle, neat as a pin, proud as a peacock, ugly as sin. When people are talking you know what they'll say as soon as they start to use a cliché. ˃ © 2000 Bruce Lansky, reprinted from If Pigs Could Fly. . . and Other Deep Thoughts with permission of
» A simile describes something by comparing it with something else. » The two things being compared are alike in a certain way. » Compares two things using like or as. » Like metaphors, similes help readers to form a mental picture of the things being described. Simile
» They were all milling round down there like little ants. Example from text
» 1)Cory climbed up the tree in an instant like _____. » 2) They tip-toed around the house like ____ so as not to wake the baby. » 3) By the time she was rushed to the hospital, she was as pale as ______. » After the football match, the spectators spilled out of the stadium like ____. » As fast as _____, the police gave chase and caught the bullies. Practice !
» Riot is just a stone’s throw away from Gujrat » Government washed hands off Yamuna plan » Auto suppliers face a bumpy road Use of Idioms in Headlines
» Running for my life Meaning? » Pick on someone your own size » What about meaning of previous headlines? Idioms in text?
» » » » » Takes time No time to lose pressed for time In record time Before their time Times have changed About time Buy time Time of your life Whale of a time Meanings?
» Smart alec » Smartly dressed » Smarting over the defeat » Smarten up » Feel pain or suffer over being beaten by someone » Dress up or groom for a special occasion » Fashionably dressed » Some one who try to be smart or clever Meanings?
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