1. English 7 Week 3

2. Today… Review Learn about our reading logs Complete some vocabulary flash-cards for a poem we will be reading.

3. Review—What are the complete subjects in the following sentences? 1.The fluffy kitten slept in the hallway. 2.Maria went to school on the bus. 3.The anxious team sat quietly on the benches.

4. What are the simple subjects in the following sentences? The fluffy kitten slept in the hallway. Maria went to school on the bus. The anxious team sat quietly on the benches.

5. What are the complete predicates in the following sentences? The fluffy kitten slept in the hallway. Maria went to school on the bus. The anxious team sat quietly on the benches.

6. What are the simple predicates in the following sentences? The fluffy kitten slept in the hallway. Maria went to school on the bus. The anxious team sat quietly on the benches.

7. Independent Reading Each quarter you will be reading a novel on your own. You will keep track of your reading on your reading log that you will turn in each week. Please see handout. Tell me the name of the book you have decided on by this Friday, September 23 rd. First log will be collected Friday, September 30 th.

8. What chores do you have at home?

9. Vocabulary We will be making flash cards for new vocabulary words we face in our passages.

10. scour (skour)

11. Verb: clean by rubbing vigorously. Sentence Cinderella had to scour all the dirty dishes before she could go to bed. Image

12. withered (with’ ərd)

13. Adj. Dried up Sentence The girl wasn’t very happy receiving withered flowers. Image

14. Cellophane (səl’-ĕ fān’)

15. Noun a flexible thin transparent sheet used as a wrapping for food. Sentence Please put some cellophane over the mashed potatoes before putting them into the fridge. Image

16. Curdled (kər’ dəld)

17. Adj. Thickened; clotted Sentence The expired milk is curdled. Throw it away! Image

18. fate (feyt)

19. Noun: destiny; what will eventually happen to a person. Sentence Is it your fate to become a lottery- winner? Image Or insert your own picture!

20. For homework Complete five of your own example sentences using your new vocabulary words.

21. Let’s review vocabulary. Read “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out” Visualizing while we read.

22. Reading “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out” by Shel Silverstein page 366

23. 2 nd reading: As we read… I make a moving picture in my mind of the words I read. This picture changes as I read more. This picture helps me remember and better understand what I’m reading! Use your double-entry diary to record what you visualize.

24. Writing prompt What if you had to live with all the trash you ever created? What if there was no garbage collection service to remove, hide away, bury all our waste? What if every water bottle, every Styrofoam take-a-way box, every milk jug, every cereal box we ever bought, we had to somehow dispose of in our own house or yard? How would your home look different? How would your buying choices change?

25. Brainstorming: Disaster!

26. Turning our thoughts into a full sentence. Expository writing (factual writing) uses a certain format: Topic Sentence Fact, Detail, or Reason Sentence Example, Explanation, Evidence Setence Concluding Sentence

27. Green --- Go! Introduce your topic. Green --- Go! Introduce your topic. Yellow --- Slow down! Give a fact, detail, or reason. Yellow --- Slow down! Give a fact, detail, or reason. Red—Stop! Explain yourself. Red—Stop! Explain yourself. Green– Remind your reader of your topic. Green– Remind your reader of your topic.

28. TFECTFECTFECTFEC T hanks f or e ating c ake!

29. So my topic sentence for this writing prompt may be something like… _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ If I had to live with all the trash that I ever created, my life would be a disaster!

30. fact, detail, or reason Then I would include a fact, detail, or reason _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ My home would be very dirty.

31. example or explainf/d/r Then I would give an example or explain my f/d/r _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ There would be garbage outside on the lawn, and all over the floor.

32. fact, detail, or reason. Let’s add another fact, detail, or reason. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

33. explain And then we have to explain this further. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

34. concluding sentence And then we end in a concluding sentence which reminds our reader of our topic. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________