Table of Contents 10/13/09 9:05 AM # Label Date 1 Notebook Rules 9/25 2 Writing Environment 9/25 3 Nouns 9/28 4 Verbs 9/28 5 Writing Process 9/28 6 Transitions 10/1 7 Verb Tense 10/1 8 Subjects and Predicates 10/6 9 Rules for Video Making 10/8 10 Instead of “Said” 10/29 11 Six Traits 12/1 12 Prepositions 12/2 13 Great Beginnings 1/12 14 Figurative Language (Simile) 1/22 15 Figurative Language (Metaphor) 1/22 16 Figurative Language (Personification) 1/29 17 Figurative Language (Onomatopoeia) 1/29 18 Articles/Adjectives/Adverbs 2/1 19 Haiku (Poetry) 2/3

10/13/09 9:05 AM 1. Notebook Rules 9/25

• Stay within the margins • Don’t tear out ANY pages… EVER! • Neat enough to read • DRAW only if directed • Use pencil or blue/black ink

A Side (Front) “Eagle Side”

• Write on the FRONT • Use minimal GLUE • Paste paper in the correct spot • Notes are COMPLETE

B Side (Back) “Me Side”

• Write on the FRONT and BACK • Label entries as directed • Skip a line between entries •

10/13/09 9:05 AM 2. Writing Environment

• LOOKS likes: o Cleared space; notebook ONLY o Pencil or pen moving o Body still or quiet

• SOUNDS like:

o Quiet & silent o Pages turning o Pencil or pen moving o Minimal erasing

• FEELS like:

o Focused o Excited o Peaceful o Relaxing o Ideas are flowing

10/13/09 9:05 AM 3. Nouns

• Review o Common and Proper nouns

dog (common) lowercase Rusty (Proper) Uppercase first letter

o Singular and Plural nouns dog (singular) dogs (plural) add –s

special plurals • baby

o replace y with i o add – es o baby >>> babies

• box o ad –es box >>> boxes

10/13/09 9:05 AM 4. Verbs

• Review o ACTION verbs

Physical action verbs Jump, run, climb, give (can act these out)

Mental action verbs Remember, think, understand, learn

o STATE-OF-BEING verbs (a.k.a Linking) Is, am, are, was, were

I am happy. He is sad. We are excited! o HELPING & MAIN verbs

Mr. Alfonso is grading papers “is” – is the helping verb (“is” is also a linking

verb) Grading – is the main verb

10/13/09 9:05 AM 5. Writing Process

10/13/09 9:05 AM 6. Transitions

• can be OBVIOUS and CONCRETE o Used to go from one subject to another o Used to go from one step to the next o Used to communicate a change in time

OR what happens next • can be ABSTRACT

o don’t jump off the page o You make abstract transitions by

Emphasizing words or phrases Use synonyms (words that mean the same thing)

When you make your transition choice, remember:

• Your audience – Who will read your paper? • Your purpose – Why are you writing and what do you want to

prove/explain First… > Another… > Next… First of all… > In addition… > Finally… To begin… > Next… > The final… One example… > Another example… One way… > Another way… BURY your TRANSITIONS

• Example o First, we collected wood. (OBVIOUS transition) o After we picked the campsite, my friends and I decided that

collecting wood was our first and most important chore. (BURIED transition)

10/13/09 9:05 AM 7. Verb Tense

• Definition: shows WHEN the action happens o Three basic verb tenses

Present Past Future

o Present Shows action that is happening NOW or on a regular

basis Example

• Kyle runs to the net. • Mr. Alfonso often runs during the week.

o Past Shows action that has already happened (add –ed)

Fish >>> I fished yesterday. See >>> We saw my grandfather last week.

• Regular/Irregular verbs o Fish > fished o See > Seed NOT CORRECT o Ran > Ranned NOT CORRECT

o Future Shows an action that will happen. Use “will” or “shall”

with the main verb to show what will happen in the future

I will fish tomorrow. We will see my grandfather next week.

10/13/09 9:05 AM 8. Subjects and Predicates (Dropping the Wall)

• Every sentence has a subject and a predicate. o Mr. Alfonso sang.

SUBJECT: Mr. Alfonso PREDICATE: sang

o Subject tells whom or what the sentence is about o Predicate tells what the subject is or does

• Ex. Of dropping the wall

o Mr. Alfonso | sang.

The wall separates SUBJECT and PREDICATE

Ex: The students, who are in Mr. Alfonso’s class, | sang in front of the

entire school.

o Andrew Chavez fell off his chair… AGAIN! o All the girls giggled and whispered. o He began to blush!

COMPLETE SUBJECT includes all the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about. SIMPLE SUBJECT is the main word of the complete subject.

• The very handsome boy played piano for the Talent Show.

• Underlined = complete subject • Circled = simple subject

COMPLETE PREDICATE includes all the words that tell what the subject is or does SIMPLE PREDICATE is the main word in the complete predicate

• The very handsome boy played piano for the Talent Show. • • Double-underlined = complete predicate • Boxed = simple predicate •

10/13/09 9:05 AM 9. Roles for Video Making

• 3 Roles o Director o Actor o Not-in-the-movie

• o Director

In charge of the camera Press record, press stop Set up the shot

• Based on the STORYBOARD “Did we get everything in the shot”

• Dialogue • Expression

• o Actors/Actresses

Knowing their lines Practicing

Studying/knowing the STORYBOARD o o Not-in-the-movie

Assist the director, the actors Slate/mark the scene Knowing the STORYBOARD Operate the BOOM Mic

10/13/09 9:05 AM 10. Instead of “Said”

• Use words like” o Admitted, announced, agreed, argued

Mr. Alfonso admitted, “Yes, yes. It was me. I ate your cupcake.”

“We’re going to the dance together,” announced Lucy. Johnny agreed, “I like movies too!” “Why can’t we go there too?” argued Joy.

o o Babbled, bragged, bargained

“I like dolls. Don’t you like dolls? They’re adorable, aren’t they. Just adorable. I could eat one up right now they’re soooooo cute!” babbled Donald.

Jonathon bragged, “I won the football game for my school!”

“How about $5 instead of $24.99? bargained my mother.

o o Commanded, complained, called, cried

“Get to work!” commanded Sergeant Alfonso. The class complained, “It’s too much work!” “You can do it,” called their mothers. “I’m trying my, my… b-, b-, beeesssstttt, “ cried Susie.

10/13/09 9:05 AM 11 Six Traits

• Ideas & Content • Organization • Conventions • ~~~~~~~~~~~ • Voice • Word Choice • Sentence Fluency

o Ideas & Content Make sure your topic is small enough to handle

“A slice of pizza, not the whole thing!” I want to SHOW not TELL

SHOWING: “The wildly spiraling tornado aimed straight for our barn.”

TELLING: “It was scary.” Accurate details (5 Senses) Do I know a lot about the topic? YES I filled my paper with interesting tidbits that make it

FUN & LIVELY

o Organization !!! My beginning GRABS the reader’s attention and

gives clues about what is coming. LEADING All the details are in the right place. SEQUENCE My pacing is well controlled. PACING

I know when to slow down and give more details. I know when to move on and pick the pace.

Transitions show how my ideas are connected. TRANSITIONS

My conclusion leaves the reader with a sense of closure or resolution.

My title is original. Alliteration

Awkward Aliens Ate All my Apples!

10/13/09 9:05 AM 12. Prepositions

• Relates a noun or pronoun to the rest of a sentence o Prepositions can relate to:

TIME DIRECTION LOCATION RELATIONSHIP

o o Ex: I read a book. NO PREPOSITION o I read a book under the tree. PREPOSITION

under is the preposition tree is the object of the preposition “under the tree” is the prepositional phrase

HINT: the noun after the preposition is usually the OBJECT of the preposition

• o Ex: Javonte leaned against the wall.

Preposition: against Object of the preposition: wall Prepositional phrase: against the wall

o TIME: after lunch, before school DIRECTION: up the hill, beyond the city LOCATION: near the house, beside the car RELATIONSHIP: with my sister

10/13/09 9:05 AM 13 Great Beginnings – Intro for Meeting a Mermaid…

• 6 Ways NOT to Make a Good Impression o The Limp Handshake/Zero Eye Contact

“It was a nice day to do something outside. I wondered what I could do, but couldn’t think of anything…

BORING NOT COMPELLING

o The Never-Ending Small Talk Intro “One bright sunny day in July I woke up. I got dressed

and went down for breakfast. Dad had made me waffles with syrup and bacon on the side. It was delicious….

NOT RELEVANT o The Stick-to-the-Facts Intro

“This story is about the day I went to the beach and met a mermaid. I saw the mermaid….

TELLS WHAT IT’S ABOUT • JUST TELL THE STORY!

o The Cliché Intro “Once upon a time my mother bought to the beach. We

parked over near the hot dog stand and I got out…” FAIRY-TALE-ish

o The Tell-All-About-Me Intro “Hi, my name is Tiffany. I am eight years old and I live

in Stratford. I have brown hair and green eyes. I have a dog….”

PERSONAL INFO. IS IRRELEVENT TO STORY GOOD FOR AN AUTHOR’S BIO, NOT THE STORY

• 6 GREAT WAYS TO START o With a QUESTION

How would you tell your family and friends that your best friend is mermaid?

o With DIALOGUE “You’ve never seen a mermaid before?” Ariel asked.

o With an INTERESTING FACT

o With a STRONG OPINION or FEELING There are no such things as mermaids!

o With a SINGLE WORD or SENTENCE FRAGMENT Mermaid? My mother is a…

o With something that leaves the reader WONDERING I could hear singing coming from the swimming pool and I

knew it wasn’t just the radio.

10/13/09 9:05 AM 14 Figurative Language

Four Kinds

10/13/09 9:05 AM 15 Figurative Language (Metaphor)

10/13/09 9:05 AM 16 Figurative Language (Personification)

10/13/09 9:05 AM 17 Figurative Language (Onomatopoeia)

10/13/09 9:05 AM 18 Articles/Adjectives/Adverbs

• The, a and an belong to a special group of adjectives called articles.

o “A” and “an” are INDEFINITE articles.

Use “A” before nouns beginning with a consonant.

o Use “An” before nouns beginning with a vowel sounds.

a hurricane an overcoat a closet a speedboat an umbrella

o “The” is a definite article because it identifies specific people,

places, things.

For example:

the storm

the house

the car

10/13/09 9:05 AM 19 Haiku

• Haiku is a tradition form of Japanese poetry.

o It’s composed of 17 syllables

o Haiku is arranged 5, 7, 5 syllables

Review: Syllable

a unit of pronunciation having ONE VOWEL SOUND

• For ex:

o syllable

syl | la |ble

More examples

dic | tion | ar | y

• frog

• laugh | ter

• to |geth | er

o fam | I | ly