Vocabulary Lessons Mondays in ENG I

Instructions  For each unit, first you will copy down the WORDS and the definitions into the vocabulary section of your notebook.  Then, on a separate sheet you will do the fill-in-the-blank activities. You MUST write down the whole sentences.  You will then do the last two exercises in the unit, but for these you DO NOT have to write out the questions.

Writing Activity for Homework  The last thing you will do for each unit is pick out FIVE of the words from the unit, Write a short creative story using five of the words.  You will have a spelling and meaning test on THURSDAY.

“Checkouts” Assignment  Place your heading on a sheet of paper, and then write the title “Checkouts”- Active reading.  Number your paper 1-10 skipping three lines in between each number.  As we read, you will write a complete answer to each of the “CLOSE READ” questions.

Complete Answers  If the question is: “What do you learn about the setting and the main character’s situation in the exposition of the story?  A complete answer would start with: The setting is ____________ and the main character’s situation at the beginning is ________________.

Plot Structure  Now, turn to page 24. This diagram explains in detail how a story is structure according to elements of plot.