Blackout poetry is an enrichment activity students can create using their copies of stories we've read or other text.
First Day Procedures
These slides outline the school procedures and rules; we discussed these ideas on the first day.
Literary Terms 1
These are slides to help you learn or review protagonist, conflict, plot, theme, point of view, etc.
Character Slides
Extended Response graphic
The graphic organizer above ("ELA Extended Response") explains the parts of the common style of written response in this class. This type of writing is foundational to much of the writing we will compose. To access the full document, click the box above.
Complete Sentences
These slides deal with the pieces necessary to write complete sentences as well as examples.
Text structures
Nonfiction text structures handout.pdf
Here's a visual chart of text structures. Chronological is not on this list; it is a type of sequence according to time.
This video provides background information about the Vietnam War. Consider how you process the facts.
Objective Summary
Connotation
These ideas were discussed Sept. 23, and an activity for practice followed.
Verbs
We took notes on this information about Sept. 18. We also highlighted verbs in our Part IV writing, making sure they were all in the same tense (ignoring dialogue).
Tone slides
Four (different) Ways to Start a Sentence
Thesis Statements
Nouns
Mystery Literary Term Slides
These slides define and give examples of irony; we took notes on Aug. 26 or 27.
Context Clues Types Graphic
This graphic gives types of context clues we use to help figure out the meanings of unfamiliar words.
Figurative Language general
These slides help you learn or review simile, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, idiom, irony, personification
This video guides research and whether or not to trust information.
Four (different) Ways to Start a Sentence
These slides offer tips to create sentence variety, especially for "The Lottery" retelling assignment.
Point of View
These slides explain 4 types of point of view and tips on how to figure out which applies to a passage
Hungarian Cattle Wagon
World War 2; this is likely similar to what transported Elie and his family away from Sighet
Enrichment: This video is the Ted Talk of an actor from "Star Trek." He shares his perspective about Japanese American internment.