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September 15, 2011 Homework Literature Textbook read to page 47 answer questions on Page 53 # 1,2, 5 and 6 Summer Reading Test TOMORROW! Do Now Literature pg 43 Vocabulary Preview Vocabulary QuizTRANSCRIPT
September 14, 2011September 14, 2011
HomeworkHomework Vocabulary page 26 Vocabulary page 26
and 27and 27 Quiz Tomorrow!!Quiz Tomorrow!!
Summer Reading Summer Reading Test FRIDAY!!Test FRIDAY!!
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September 15, 2011Homework
Literature Textbook read to page 47 answer questions on Page 53 # 1,2, 5 and 6
Summer Reading Test TOMORROW!
Do Now Literature pg 43
Vocabulary Preview Vocabulary Quiz
Literature Broken Chain page 44-47
September 16, 2011
Homework Test Friday on Chapter 1 and Broken Chain Journal Entry
“Why do you think teenagers are so concerned with how they look and are so concerned about what others think of them?
Summer Reading Exam! Desk CLEARED Pencil ONLY DO NOT WRITE ON THE TEST FILL OUT SCANTRON CORRECTLY
September 19, 2011Homework
Spelling 3 times each Spelling quiz Thursday
Literature pg 53 #3, and 7
BRING BOTH TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS THIS WEEK!
Test Friday
Do NowSpelling pg 18
September 20, 2011
Homework Spelling pg 19
Quiz Thursday! Grammar pg 65-66
exercise 13 and pg 66 Review C
Test Friday!
Do NowGrammar pg 67 Chapter Review A
and B
September 21, 2011September 21, 2011
HomeworkHomeworkSpelling pg 20Spelling pg 20
Quiz Tomorrow!Quiz Tomorrow!Grammar pg 68-69 Grammar pg 68-69 Chapter Review C and DChapter Review C and DTest Friday!!Test Friday!!
Do NowDo NowLiterature pg 53 Write Literature pg 53 Write
down definition of down definition of ConflictConflict
Finish Broken Chain Answer question 4 and 8
TEST BREAK DOWN Four kinds of sentences Sentences vs. Sentence Fragments Simple Subject Complete Subject Simple Predicate Complete Predicate Compound Subject and Compound Verbs “Broken Chain”- Story details and Story Vocabulary
“Broken Chain” Review
Review the story and note details about Alfonso’s appearance.
Reread the parts in the story where other characters- his father, Ernie and Sandra react to his appearance.
Note Alfonso’s worries Types of conflicts Why, What, How and When
Broken Chain NOTESBroken Chain NOTES
Setting- Fresno California in a Mexican American neighborhood in the 1980s
Summary On Saturday, Alfonso, who is painfully self-
conscious, meets a girl when he rescues her little brother. He ask her to go bike riding with him on Monday. Alfonso asks his older brother Ernie, to lend him his bike for Sandra to use, but Ernie refuses. On Monday, Alfonso breaks his bike chain and is left with no bike at all. At the last minute Ernie shows up and lends his bike to Alfonso after all. Sandra doesn’t mind riding on the crossbar. She and Alfonso have fun anyway.
Alfonso- 7th grade Mexican American boy who is not happy with the way he looks. He tries hard to fix the things he does not like. His family does not have the money to buy him what he wants so he goes to other means. He takes care of his bike unlike his brother Ernie until one day his bike breaks. He comes across a girl who likes him for him and his brother helps him on in the end.
Conflict The central struggle between opposing
forces in a story. Conflicts can be internal or external.
Internal Conflict Exists within the mind of the character
who is torn between opposing feelings
External Conflict
When a character struggles against an outside force
Man Vs. Another Person or Machine
Man Versus Nature
Man Versus Society
Literary Terms Setting- the time and place in which the events
of a short story occur. Narrator – the person who tells the story Point of view- the relationship of the narrator to
the story. There are three points of view: First-person: told by a character Third-person limited: the narrator is outside the story
and reveals the thoughts of only one character Third-person omniscient: Narrator is outside the
story but reveals the thoughts of all characters
Plot The sequence of events in a story, novel,
or play.Plot Map
Plot Map Exposition- Alfonso is a young boy who is unhappy with the way he looks
Rising Actions-Alfonso pushes his teeth together in hopes of straightening them, meets a girl name Sandra then ask her to go bike riding.
Climax- Alfonso breaks his bike chain
Falling Actions- Alfonso ask to use his brother’s bike. At first Ernie says no and Alfonso has to tell Sandra that their date is canceled. But in the end Ernie does give Alfonso the bike.
Resolution- Alfonso gets together with Sandra, who seems to like him and not mind his crooked teeth. He feels comfortable around her.