Class: 10.16.2009 October 16, 2009
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Today’s Warm-up:
Alphabetical Adjectives
Create a list from A to Z of adjectives that describe qualities you would like to see in a friend or an acquantaince. You may use a dictionary for X
Your list might begin:
- agreeable
- bright
- courteous
After the warm-up we moved to the vocabulary quiz 4 (viv & tort), which I hoped everyone scored well on!
then it was off to a preview of the concept of Diction, or word chioce. You all already know about how to choose your words carefully, but now we’re analyzing how an author might use his or her words to produce different effects. On the board were a series of word-pairs:
- captain tyrant
- intelligent smart
- recreation play
- art craft
- gang club
After we discussed the concepts of denotation and connotation in groups and then with the class as a whole, we worked on the very first page of your blue packet of sample worksheets. this one dealt with Diction, of course.
Finally, we moved on to the third part of “The Bike” and read how Gary got his leg run over with a tricycle and then when riding home he fell got his pant leg caught in the crank because a dog barked at him. He was forced to hobble home with a bike wrapped around his leg. As you know, his mom was pretty angry when she saw him and walked outside with the belt. He probably got it real bad.
Have a great weekend.
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