Language Arts Google Classroom code - 2upputc
NARRATIVE WRITING - Practicing the Writing Process
A narrative is a fictional short-story that you'll be creating. Your theme is realistic fiction so no aliens, time-travel, zombies, etc. Once you brainstorm your characters, setting, and conflict, you'll be ready to begin typing your narrative.
You'll get to experience the writing process - rough drafts, revision, editing -- all those fun steps that real writers do. :) Image credit: thespottedwriter.com |
"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street was actually written by Rod Serling to be a Twilight Zone episode. We'll first read, discuss, and analyze the screenplay. After that, we'll watch the Twilight Zone episode as it first aired on television. Topics we'll discuss: What turns groups into mobs? What causes good people to do bad things? How far would you go if afraid?
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The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
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GRAMMAR - Modifiers, phrases & clauses, Greek & Latin roots
Phrase: a group of words that works as a single unit in a sentence; this group does not have a subject AND a predicate Example: in a boat
Clause: a group of words that works as a single unit in a sentence; this group does have a subject AND a predicate
Example: Lou lived in a boat. (Subject = Lou; Predicate = lived in a boat; Verb = lived)
Independent Clause: a clause that can stand on its own as a complete sentence Example: Lou ate a shark.
Subordinate Clause (Dependent Clause): a clause that cannot stand on its own as a complete sentence
Example: After Lou ate a shark... (there's information missing that would make it a complete sentence)
Subordinating Conjunction: a conjunction that when tacked onto the front of an independent clause, it makes the clause a subordinate clause
Examples: after, as if, before, because, while, when, where, although
Clause: a group of words that works as a single unit in a sentence; this group does have a subject AND a predicate
Example: Lou lived in a boat. (Subject = Lou; Predicate = lived in a boat; Verb = lived)
Independent Clause: a clause that can stand on its own as a complete sentence Example: Lou ate a shark.
Subordinate Clause (Dependent Clause): a clause that cannot stand on its own as a complete sentence
Example: After Lou ate a shark... (there's information missing that would make it a complete sentence)
Subordinating Conjunction: a conjunction that when tacked onto the front of an independent clause, it makes the clause a subordinate clause
Examples: after, as if, before, because, while, when, where, although