Syllabus
The three things you are REQUIRED to bring to class each day.
What are your English binder, Chromebook, and a writing utensil?
How often you should expect to be cold-called.
What is once a day?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
A person, place, or thing.
What are nouns?
This is where the story takes place.
What is the setting?
Your Chromebook is open half way and you are not looking at the screen when Ms. Roney says this.
What is 50%?
This is our policy about answering questions; even if you don't know the answer, you are expected to take your best shot. If you get it wrong, that's ok! When a classmate helps you out, you are expected to repeat the correct answer.
What is No Opt-Out?
This is giving an inanimate object human-like qualities. i.e. "The tree danced in the moonlight."
What is personification?
Action words
What are verbs?
How the story ends or wraps up.
What is the resolution?
You will be assigned homework on these days.
What are Tuesdays and Thursdays?
If you: Sit up, Track your speaker, Ask and Answer Questions like a scholar, and Respect those around you, then you are this.
What is a S.T.A.R.?
These words imitate the sound they make. i.e. "POW" "buzz" "zoom"
What is onomatopoeia?
These words describe verbs. i.e. "quickly" "slowly" "awkwardly" "thoughtfully"
What are adverbs?
These are the plot points that build to the climax.
What is the rising action?
This is worth 30% of your grade and you will only have one of them each quarter.
What is Benchmark exam?
This part of my uniform tells people who I am and must be worn every day, no exceptions.
What is your name tag?
A gross exaggeration to emphasize something. i.e. "I'm so thirsty I could drink an entire lake."
What is hyperbole?
Words that describe nouns
What are adjectives?
This is the major problem in any story.
What is the conflict?
You came to school on Thursday and you were assigned Worksheet #1 for homework. Friday you weren't feeling well and stayed home from school. By Sunday you are feeling better and come back to school Monday morning. When is Worksheet #1 due?
What is Monday morning?
This is the slogan of our school, "______ ________, ______ _____"
What is "one band, one sound"?
This is when words that start with the same sound are placed grouped together
What is alliteration?
What is missing from this sentence: She smiled and said, "Welcome to English Class!
What is the end quotation mark?
The turning point or pivotal point of a story; what the story builds to.
What is the climax?