Write a summary of the novel Brothers in Arms.
Be sure to give all the details you can while maintaining your focus on what happened. Your summary should be at least two paragraphs and at the most three. Be sure to use character's names and places.
(You don't have to use them all)
Martin Luna
Mama (Imelda)
Frankie, Junie, Chago, Jesus
Officer Ramirez
Vicky
Mr. Mitchell
Steve
Huero
Eric
Bluford High School
Zamora High School
Clarence
Mrs. Spencer
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Homework for Monday/Tuesday October 25/26, 2010
Complete two sentence skeletons: 1. The picture was hanging. 2. The girl screamed. There are 4 sentences per skeleton. Meat 1, 2, 3 and Fat.
As I informed you in class, good sentences are full of vivid verbs, adverbs, adjectives, and prepositional phrases. I want you to write good sentences. Use the skeleton model to put "meat" on the bare bones sentences. Make it incredibly fat!!!! Good Luck.
Example: The phone was ringing.
M1 = The phone was ringing loudly. ( Tell How with an adverb)
M2 = The cell phone was ringing loudly. (Describe the phone with an adjective)
M3 = The cell phone in my purse was ringing loudly.(Tell where with a prepositional phrase)
Fat = The cell phone in my purse was ringing loudly until I turned it off. (Add a subordinating conjunction WABU WABU WATIST)
As I informed you in class, good sentences are full of vivid verbs, adverbs, adjectives, and prepositional phrases. I want you to write good sentences. Use the skeleton model to put "meat" on the bare bones sentences. Make it incredibly fat!!!! Good Luck.
Example: The phone was ringing.
M1 = The phone was ringing loudly. ( Tell How with an adverb)
M2 = The cell phone was ringing loudly. (Describe the phone with an adjective)
M3 = The cell phone in my purse was ringing loudly.(Tell where with a prepositional phrase)
Fat = The cell phone in my purse was ringing loudly until I turned it off. (Add a subordinating conjunction WABU WABU WATIST)
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Homework for Thursday/Friday, October 20/21, 2010
Continue writing on the personal narrative.
Hopefully, you have begun writing your personal narrative. Remember, your narrative should be reflexive. It should resemble a diary entry in that it is written in the first person "I" and it contains a personal memory. It should be autobiographical and based on fact. You can embellish the details to make it more interesting, but it should be essentially true. Don't write something so personal you don't want to share it. That type of writing belongs in a diary. You may be asked to read some of your paper to the class or some really good sentences could be pulled to show the class good writing.
For homework tonight, finish the narrative. Be careful of the spelling and punctuation, but really work on your voice. The paper should sound like you.
Hopefully, you have begun writing your personal narrative. Remember, your narrative should be reflexive. It should resemble a diary entry in that it is written in the first person "I" and it contains a personal memory. It should be autobiographical and based on fact. You can embellish the details to make it more interesting, but it should be essentially true. Don't write something so personal you don't want to share it. That type of writing belongs in a diary. You may be asked to read some of your paper to the class or some really good sentences could be pulled to show the class good writing.
For homework tonight, finish the narrative. Be careful of the spelling and punctuation, but really work on your voice. The paper should sound like you.
Homework for Monday/Tuesday October 17/18, 2010
Write a friendly letter inviting a friend over for your birthday party.
Remember that the friendly letter has five parts: Heading, Salutation, Body, Closing and Signature. The heading contains the address; the salutation contains a greeting and is followed by a comma; the body is the meat of the letter. It says what you wrote to say. The closing has a capital letter only on the first word even if the closing is five words long; and the signature is written in cursive writing.
Invite your friend over for a birthday party. Be sure to include details about what kind of party (pool, slumber, popcorn) and tell the friend when, where and what time to come. Have fun and be creative with the letter.
Remember that the friendly letter has five parts: Heading, Salutation, Body, Closing and Signature. The heading contains the address; the salutation contains a greeting and is followed by a comma; the body is the meat of the letter. It says what you wrote to say. The closing has a capital letter only on the first word even if the closing is five words long; and the signature is written in cursive writing.
Invite your friend over for a birthday party. Be sure to include details about what kind of party (pool, slumber, popcorn) and tell the friend when, where and what time to come. Have fun and be creative with the letter.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Homework for Thursday/Friday, October 14/15, 2010
Use 5 prepositions and 5 adjectives to describe your room. Underline each.
Go back in your mind (and your notes) to prepositions. You will remember that they are often position words. In essence, they show where something is. Where is your hand? It is in your pocket. In is the preposition. Use those types of words to describe your room.
Ex: On the wall next to the window is my bed. I have a 32 inch TV on the stand in the middle of my room. You get the picture.
Also, you are to use 5 adjectives to describe the things in your room. You know that adjectives which describe objects. The tall boy in the corner is extremely cute. I have a blue comforter on my bed. There is a small closet in the corner of the room.
Put these things together to create a paragraph describing your room. It really doesn't have to be your bedroom; just a room where you hang out most of the time. Be as descriptive as you can so I can "see" your room without being there.
Get Busy!!
Go back in your mind (and your notes) to prepositions. You will remember that they are often position words. In essence, they show where something is. Where is your hand? It is in your pocket. In is the preposition. Use those types of words to describe your room.
Ex: On the wall next to the window is my bed. I have a 32 inch TV on the stand in the middle of my room. You get the picture.
Also, you are to use 5 adjectives to describe the things in your room. You know that adjectives which describe objects. The tall boy in the corner is extremely cute. I have a blue comforter on my bed. There is a small closet in the corner of the room.
Put these things together to create a paragraph describing your room. It really doesn't have to be your bedroom; just a room where you hang out most of the time. Be as descriptive as you can so I can "see" your room without being there.
Get Busy!!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Homework for Monday/Tuesday, October 11/12, 2010
(This is a repeat from a previous lesson that we didn't get to)
Write 5 sentences using sensory details (write one for each sense)
We all have 5 senses. They are: hearing, smell, touch, taste, and sight.
Good writers write so that their readers can experience their thoughts with their senses. Instead of saying, "The fish had smelled bad" a good writer would say, "The fish had a foul odor." Likewise, there are words which indicate that something smells good. "The aroma of the flowers was like nothing I've ever smelled."
Your job is to create one sentence for each of the five senses. Do not use the words: hear, smell, touch, taste, or sight. Use words like noise, stench, texture, sour, and scenic.
Good luck and don't copy my words!!! You may use a thesaurus if you wish. Don't forget Thesaurus.com if you don't have the book
Write 5 sentences using sensory details (write one for each sense)
We all have 5 senses. They are: hearing, smell, touch, taste, and sight.
Good writers write so that their readers can experience their thoughts with their senses. Instead of saying, "The fish had smelled bad" a good writer would say, "The fish had a foul odor." Likewise, there are words which indicate that something smells good. "The aroma of the flowers was like nothing I've ever smelled."
Your job is to create one sentence for each of the five senses. Do not use the words: hear, smell, touch, taste, or sight. Use words like noise, stench, texture, sour, and scenic.
Good luck and don't copy my words!!! You may use a thesaurus if you wish. Don't forget Thesaurus.com if you don't have the book
Homework for Monday/Tuesday October 4/5, 2010
Write 6 sentences – 3 with singular subjects and 3 with plural subjects.
Use these verbs: give, wait, eat
The object here is for you to make subjects and verbs agree. Remember the chart that you got in class on Monday/Tuesday. For most (not all) nouns, if the subject ends in "S", the verb does not; if the subject does not end in "S", the verb does. For example
Subject = table
Verb = sit
The table sits on the floor in the dining room. (noun does not end in s; verb does)
The tables sit on the floor in the dining room. (noun ends in s; verb does not)
This example constitutes 2 sentences. Do this three times.
Use these verbs: give, wait, eat
The object here is for you to make subjects and verbs agree. Remember the chart that you got in class on Monday/Tuesday. For most (not all) nouns, if the subject ends in "S", the verb does not; if the subject does not end in "S", the verb does. For example
Subject = table
Verb = sit
The table sits on the floor in the dining room. (noun does not end in s; verb does)
The tables sit on the floor in the dining room. (noun ends in s; verb does not)
This example constitutes 2 sentences. Do this three times.
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