Wednesday, October 3, 2012

English 8

*At the beginning of the hour, students handed in their questions over the short story, "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh." (Yesterday's homework.)

Everyday Editing: We looked at many examples of compound sentences; we discussed the coordinating conjunctions and found them in the sentences below. We also discussed that a compound sentence needs a subject and predicate on both sides of the comma and conjunction.
          Coordinating Conjunctions: (FAN BOYS)
                               For
                               And
                               Nor
                          
                               But
                               Or
                               Yes
                                So
The dark scares us, for we don’t know what is waiting in the dark.
Angeline would reveal no secrets now, and Dana would reveal no secrets later.
He didn’t go to the game, nor did he call to say he wasn’t meeting us there anymore.
He tried to stare into her fiery gaze, but he couldn’t stop looking at the purple vein bulging in her forehead.
Please take out the trash, or please help with the dishes!
I work really hard each day, yet I still have a lot of energy at the end of
the day.
I studied for the test, so my grade was one of the highest in the class.
 
 
SSR
 
Quick Write: Answer the questions below on page 16 or 17 in your reader's notebook about the short story, "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh."
1. What does the drum and drummer boy symbolize in “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh?”
2.What do you think a possible theme for this story could be? List two events from the story that supports your theme.
 
Lesson:
     1. We read "The Finish of Patsy Barnes" on page 556.
     2. In  groups of two, students started answering questions over the story.
     3. Groups will be given more time in class tomorrow to complete the questions.
 
Here are the discussion questions we are working on over the story:
The Finish of Patsy Barnes”
            1.     What is a symbol in this story?
2.    Why did you choose the item above as the symbol?
3.    Describe a flashback from the story.
4.    What is the mood of this story? Why?
5.    What is the theme? Use two examples from the plot that illustrates it.
6.    What is the setting?
7.    How does the setting help show the theme in the story?
8.    What point of view is this story told from? What effect did this have on your reading experience?

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