Presentations

AGENDA:

Presentations of First Part Last projects

Discussion Queen of the Fall

http://www.sonjalivingston.com/

Queen of the Fall

Article:

http://www.memphisflyer.com/BookBlog/archives/2015/05/27/sonja-livingston-the-art-of-the-effort

HMWK:  Read to pg. 30

The First Part Last

AGENDA:

Begin presentations of The First Part Last projects.

Parts of Speech Review

Parts of Speech - Review

The eight parts of speech are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, andinterjections.

Verbs show action or state of being.

Nouns are the names of persons, places or things.

Pronouns take the place of nouns.

Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns and tell which, whose, what kind, and how many.

Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs and tell how, when, where, and how much.

Prepositions must have an object and show a relationship between its object and some other word in the sentence.

Conjunctions join words, phrases, and clauses.

Interjections show feeling and are punctuated with either a comma or an exclamation point.

Good website:

http://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/parts-of-speech.html

Grammar/Poetry/First Part Last Projects

AGENDA:

BELLWORK:  Prepositions, Conjunctions and Interjections

ACTIVITIES:  continue to work on your Because and Because poem

Go back in the blog to find and begin work on a The First Part Last final project!

I Used to Be Poem

Write an Instant "I Used To..." Poem
Method:	Line   1 I used to Line   2 But now I Line   3 I always Line   4 But I never Line   5  I once Line   6 But now I Line   7 If I could Line   8  I would Line   9  I never Line 10 But I might Line 11 I can't Line 12 But I can Line 13 I won't Line 14 But I might Line 15 I used to Line 16 But now I
Sample:	I used to think that summers stretched slow and lazy for a year But now I know better I always thought "school one year, summer one year" But I never counted off the days on my fingers I once felt hours stretch long and easy But now I hear a panicky tick-tock If I could step into a time machine I would go back and reset the clock I never gave it a thought before But I might seriously consider it now I can't turn life into a sci-fi movie But I can gobble up every day 'til I'm filled up happy I won't ever be 16 again But I might be a teenager at heart I used to think that summers stretched slow and lazy for a year But now I know better

First Part Last

AGENDA:

AGENDA:

Review questions from last class.
Discuss possible projects/

In your journals, please write a response to the following questions for Part s I & II.

Discussion Questions

Parts I & II
1. Who are the main characters?
2. Who is the Narrator?
3. What is this book about?
4. When and Where does this story take place?
5. What do you think about the author's use of language?
   Is the language realistic for Bobby?
6. Discuss the writing style of this book (non-linear): Now/Then.
   Do you like it?
   Does it make it harder to read?
   Why do you think the author decided to write it this way?
7. How does Bobby feel about his baby?
8. How does Bobby feel about Nia?
9. Where do you think Nia is? Why isn't she taking care of her baby?
10. Talk about parents' and friends' reactions to news of the pregnancy?
11. Do you think Bobby is a good kid?
12. What do you think about this book so far?

Parts III & IV
13. Read pages 58 - 61 and pages 70 - 75 together.
14. What happened?
    Why did Bobby get arrested?
15. What was the consequence of Bobby taking the day off? (page 95)
16. What decision had Bobby & Nia mad about the baby? (page 106) Why?
17. What happens for the first time on page 115?
18. Where is Nia?
19. What happened to her?
20. What did Bobby decide to do? (page 118) Why? (page 125)
21. Why is the baby's name Feather? (page 124)
22. Where do Bobby and Feather end up?
23. What do you think will happen? Happily ever after?
24. What did you think about this book?