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Verbs
Prepositions
Reading discussion
What is a verb?
Word that shows action or state of being
Run, swim, jump, be, appear, seem, feel
There are numerous verb tenses:
Present tense, past tense, future tense, present
perfect tense, past perfect tense, future perfect
tense, present progressive, past progressive, future
progressive, present perfect progressive, past
perfect progressive, future perfect progressive,
emphatic
Present action
I want to eat pizza right now.
Passive voice
Less dynamic
Downplays or ignores doer of action
The ball was hit and a run was scored. The score was
kept and eventually the game was won. Strong
emotions were felt by the fans and much applause
was heard.
Prepositions
What is a preposition?
Word used to show a relationship between
noun/pronoun and another word in the
sentence
o Tell us something about where something
is, when something happens, shows some
other type of relationship between two
things
About, above, after, around, at, before,
beneath, between, by, down, for, from, in
inside, of, off, on, opposite, since, through,
throughout, to, underneath, up, with, without
Try it...
Notice the ease Harley hits the ball with.
Notice the ease with which Hartley hits the ball.
Any Questions?
Freewriting
Given a topic
Write for given time
Do not stop writingif you get stuck, pick a word
and just keep writing it until your next thought
comes through
Groups
Micahla, Ali, Julia, Carly, Cheyanne, Taylor purpose
& action
Jeremy, Anthony, Ryan, Theresa, DeAndre, Amanda,
Noah - Conflict & POV
Tayonna, Cassidy, Maymunah, Jeff, Tianna, Kaytlin
Key events & dialogue
DJ, Sara, Lexi, Jared, Aidan, Summer, Sierra ethics
Jigsaw!
Meet in the following groups. Share your knowledge of
your previously assigned element with the group.
The purpose is for all group members to fully
understand all of the elements in each of the
readings.
Narrative Analysis
Choose ONE of the readings
Write a 3-4 page essay discussing the effectiveness
of the authors narration techniques
o Writing process; MLA format
o Introduction
o Body paragraphs
o Conclusion
o Grammar & mechanics
Upcoming dates
Conferences M 10/3
Narrative Analysis rough drafts W 10/5
Narrative Analysis final copies M 10/10
Mock Works Cited mulligan M 10/10
For Wednesday
Read Chapter 5 about Effective Paragraphs