Activator Week 29 Day 1

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Activator Week 29 Day
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• Write this down
• CRCT HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 2 DUE 3-22

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WORK SESSION

• Complete the following six activities
• 1st CRCT Prep Parts of Speech Practice (3
  different activities do 10 questions each you
  may use game mode if your score stays above 70)
• 2nd CRCT PREP Characterization, Setting, Plot (3
  different activities do 10 questions each you
  may use game mode if your score stays above 70)

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Traffic check

• Green light Tell me what was easy on Study
  Island today (Where did you have your highest
  score?).
• Yellow light Tell me what slowed you down on
  Study Island today (Where did you have to spend
  more time reading and using test taking
  strategies?)
• Red light Tell me what stopped you in your
  tracks on Study Island today (What activity was
  the hardest for you?).

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Activator Day 2

• On the sheet given to you when you walked in the
  door, put these standards into your own words
• L.7.1.a Explain the function of phrases and
  clauses in general and their function in specific
  sentences
• L.7.1.c Place phrases and clauses within a
  sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced
  and dangling modifiers

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Key Vocabulary

• Define these terms
• Subject
• Predicate
• Verb
• Phrase
• Clause
• Independent Clause
• Dependent Clause

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How did you do?

• Subject word that performs the action in
  sentence
• Predicate part of sentence containing verb
• Verb word showing action or state of being

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• Phrase group of words containing subject OR
  predicate BUT not both
• Clause group of words containing both subject
  and predicate
• Independent clause stands alone as complete
  sentence (expresses complete thought)
• Dependent clause cannot stand alone as complete
  sentence

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New Vocab Add to you paper

• Modifier word or group of words that describes
  another word or word group
• Misplaced modifier modifier positioned
  incorrectly in a sentence
• Dangling modifier describes or limits a word or
  word group that does not appear in the sentence

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Test taking strategies

• First, decide whether or not you need to read the
  entire passage.
• - Read question 1. Do you need to read the
  entire passage to answer this question?
• Read your four choices and select the best one.
• Raise your hand if you picked answer C

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Lesson Practice

• Use the test taking strategies we just discussed
  to answer 2-4 on your paper.

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Answers

• 2. D
• 3. B
• 4. D

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Correct the sentences on your paper

• Amanda took the watch with the broken strap to
  the jewelry store.
• Having been cooked the day before, the chicken
  could be eaten by Vera.
• Walking to school the day before, Ian was
  drenched by the sudden rainstorm.
• The doorbell rang while I was vacuuming the
  floor.
• While I was vacuuming the floor, the doorbell
  rang.

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fiction

• RL.7.9 Compare and contrast fictional portrayal
  of a time , place or character and a historical
  account of the same period as a means of
  understanding how authors of fiction use or alter
  history.
• R.L.7.10 By the end of the year, read and
  comprehend literature, including stories, dramas,
  and poems in the grades 6-8 text complexity band
  proficiently.
• W.7.9.a Apply grade 7 Reading standards to
  literature

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Key vocab

• Contemporary fiction narrative set in modern
  times
• Historical fiction narrative set in past giving
  fictional account of real figures or events

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• Novel long narrative, usually divided into
  chapters
• Short story short narrative with plot and
  characters
• Fable short story with moral or lesson, often
  has animal characters
• Myth traditional story telling about a
  cultures heroes, ancestors, or gods may explain
  how the natural world was created or how it works

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Listen

• Which genre is the story you heard?
• List two reasons to support your answer.

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Coached examples

• Use test taking strategies to determine if you
  need to read the entire passage, and then answer
  questions 1 and 2 .
• Raise your hand to share your answers.

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Lesson Assessment

• ANSWER 1-4 FOR A QUIZ GRADE.

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Activator Day 3

• On the sheet given to you when you walked in the
  door, put these standards into your own words
• RL.7.3,4,5 Analyze how elements of a story
  interact determine the meaning of unknown words
  analyze how structure of a poem/drama contributes
  to its meaning
• RL.7.10 Read and comprehend literature in the
  grades 6-8 text complexity band

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Define Key Vocab

• DRAMA LITERATURE WRITTEN TO BE PERFORMED
• PLAYWRIGHT AUTHOR OF A PLAY
• ACT A MAJOR DIVISION OF A PLAY
• SCENE A SUBDIVISION OF AN ACT
• DIALOGUE WORDS SPOKEN BY THE CHARCTERS TO EACH
  OTHER
• SOLILOQUY SPEECH DELIVERED BY ONE CHARACTER
  WHILE HE IS ALONE ON STAGE
• STAGE DIRECTIONS TELLS ACTORS WHAT TO DO

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LISTEN

• What do the stage directions reveal about Aisha?

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Coached example

• Read the passage about Bernard and answer the two
  questions.
• D, Bernard is speaking to himself
• D, Sad

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Lesson Assessment

• Read the selection from Pygmalion and answer
  questions 1-4 as well as A-D.
• A, the rain
• C, the man writing
• D, the flower girl is drinking tea
• A, lightning and thunder
• I can picture the characters trying to stay dry
  and feeling desperate to get home.
• The sister is bossy or spoiled and Freddy does
  what she tells him to do.
• George Bernard Shaw
• Stage directions are in italics.

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Standard

• L.7.1.b Choose among simple, compound, complex,
  and compound-complex sentences

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Define key vocab

• Simple sentence one independent clause
• The dog ran.
• Compound sentence two or more independent
  clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction
• The dog ran, and the cat jumped.
• Complex sentence at least one dependent clause
  connected to an independent clause
• When the dog ran, the cat jumped.
• Compound-complex sentence more than one
  independent clause joined to a dependent clause
  When the dog ran, the cat jumped, and the mouse
  squeaked.

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Conjunctions

• Coordinating conjunctions for, and, nor, but,
  or, yet, so
• Subordinating conjunctions although, when,
  until, because, if, since

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Identify sentence types and rewrite correctly

• Complex
• Although he knew hed be grounded , Joel stayed
  out past his curfew.
• Comma rule use comma in CX sentence when
  dependent clause comes first
• 2. Compound
• Because of the way spiders look, people assume
  they are insects , but they are actually
  arachnids.
• Why is this NOT a complex sentence?
• 3. Simple
• After eating lunch , Fay went shopping for a new
  desk and a new lamp.
• Why did we add a comma after lunch and remove the
  comma after desk?
• 4. Compound-complex
• If Ken gets the job , he will buy a bike , so he
  can stop riding the bus.
• Comma rule comma when dep. Cl. comes first
  comma with coord. conj. to join ind. clauses

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Lesson Practice

1. D, Use comma before coord. conj. to join ind.
   clauses
2. A, Use comma after introductory phrases
3. D, Use a comma when the dependent clause comes
   first
4. C, Use a comma after introductory phrases use a
   comma before coord. conj. To join ind. clauses

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Activator Day 4

• On your own paper, answer these questions. The
  first two people with the correct answers get to
  be team captains.
• What is the difference between a phrase and a
  clause?
• What is the difference between a independent
  clause and a dependent clause?
• What is the difference between dialogue and a
  soliloquy?

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Team Captains, pick your teams!

• Lets get ready to rumble

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• The team with the most points at the end of each
  round will get a chance to double their points
  with a bonus question.
• Good luck (Oh, and you can use your notes!)

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Round One 5 point questions

• Finish this sentence A phrase has either a
  subject OR a _____________.
• Answer predicate (verb)

• 2. Which of these is a phrase?
• the dog ran
• the pit bull
• I cried
• Its cold
• Answer b

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Round One 5 point questions

• 3. Finish this sentence A clause has both a
  _____________ and a predicate.
• Answer subject

• 4. Which of these is an independent clause?
• I thought about it
• When I thought about it
• If I thought about it
• Answer a

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Round 1 5 Point
Questions

• 5. What makes this a dependent clause?
• Since I was a late for the party
• Answer It starts with a subordinating
  conjunction and is not a complete thought.

• Bonus! Bonus! Bonus!
• To double your current point value, three members
  of your team must each write a dependent clause
  correctly.

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Round two 10 point questions

• Your teacher asks you to write a fable teaching
  younger kids to share their toys. What do you
  know about the characters you will have to
  create?
• Answer They should be animals.

• 2. You just read a traditional tale of how Mother
  Nature causes all of the trees to bloom in the
  spring. What is the genre of the passage you
  read?
• Answer Myth

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Round two 10 point questions

• 3. What is the difference between historical
  fiction and contemporary fiction?
• Answer Historical is based on a real person or
  event from history, while contemporary is set in
  modern times.

• 4. What makes drama a genre of its own (something
  different from all other stories?)
• Answer It is written to be performed.

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Round two 10 point questions

• 5. What are stage directions?
• Answer The words in italics or parenthesis that
  tell actors what to do.

• BONUS!
• BONUS!
• BONUS!
• Double your points
• Two members of your team other than those in last
  bonus round write a definition for soliloquy.

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Round Three 15 point questions

• What type of sentence is this?
• The boy is my friend.
• Answer Simple

• 2. What type of sentence is this?
• The boy in the back of the class is my friend.
• Answer Simple

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Round Three 15 point questions

• 3. What type of sentence is this?
• The boy in the back of the class with red hair is
  my friend.
• Answer simple

• 4. What type of sentence is this?
• The boy in the back of the class with red hair is
  my friend, but he doesnt know it yet.
• Answer Compound

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Round Three 15 point questions

• 5. What type of sentence is this?
• The boy in the back of the class with red hair is
  my friend because he is nice.
• Answer complex

• Bonus
• To double your points, four members of your team
  must write complex sentences.

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Round Four 20 Point Questions

• What is wrong with this sentence?
• He ran very fast but, he never won a race.
• Answer the comma goes after fast

• 2. What is wrong with this sentence?
• Since he ran very fast he won a blue ribbon.
• Answer Add a comma after fast

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Round Four 20 Point Questions

• 3. Why doesnt this sentence need a comma?
• He ran very fast since he was being chased.
• Answer the independent clause comes FIRST

• 4. What type of sentence is this?
• He ran very fast since he was being chased, and
  he was afraid of getting bullied.
• Answer Compound-complex

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Round Four 20 Point Questions

• 5. What type of sentence is this?
• After the race, he received his ribbon.
• Answer Simple

• Bonus! Bonus! Bonus!
• To double your points, one member of your team
  must write a compound sentence, and another
  member must turn it into a compound-complex
  sentence.

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SPEED ROUND!!!!

• Pick one member of each team to come to the
  board.
• Give these two people a dry erase marker.

• The next slide contains two identical lists of
  terms and definitions or examples.
• You will work side-by-side for 30 seconds to
  match terms in your box.
• The winner match the most in 30 seconds.

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Draw a line to Match these terms and definitions
in 30 seconds

• Drama Part of an act
• Act To be performed
• Scene Two people talk
• Dialogue Part of a play
• Soliloquy Spoken by one
• Independent Clause While
• Dependent Clause Not a complete thought
• Coordinating Conjunction yet
• Subordinating Conjunction Used in compounds
• Semi colon
  Subjverbcomplete thought
  

• Drama Part of an act
• Act To be performed
• Scene Two people talk
• Dialogue Part of a play
• Soliloquy Spoken by one
• Independent Clause While
• Dependent Clause Not a complete thought
• Coordinating Conjunction yet
• Subordinating Conjunction Used in
  compounds
• Semi colon Subj.verb
  complete thought