Vocabulary
hospitality/rudeness
*Decide if these words are synonyms or antonyms.
What are antonyms?
**Daily Double!!!***
Name 2 themes or messages that "The Crane Maiden" teaches readers?
What is to be kind to others and to keep your promises?
What type of words are used in writing to connect ideas?
What are transition words or phrases?
Before starting class, you should eat breakfast and have your class material ready.
What type of sentence is shown?
What is a compound complex sentence?
What should the introduction of every essay start with?
The dark, heavy curtains will OCCLUDE all light from coming through the window.
*Use context clues to define the capitalized word.
What is to keep out?
Describe the MAIN conflict in "Aunty Misery".
The neighborhood kids were stealing pears from her pear tree.
What is a group of words that can't stand alone?
Georgia will win the championship game, and fans will be elated!
What type of sentence is shown?
What should every body paragraph start with?
What is a topic sentence?
inevitable/expected
*Decide if these words are synonyms or antonyms.
What are synonyms?
***DAILY DOUBLE!!!!***
Name 3 characteristics of folk tales.
-passed down orally
-teach lessons
-involve cultural values
-often have no identifiable author
This part of the plot is the biggest moment in the story, the main character is usually faced with a decision.
What is the climax?
What is an independent clause?
It's a complete sentence that has a subject and a predicate.
What is the purpose of the conclusion paragraph?
It restates the thesis, summarizes the main points and leaves readers with your final thoughts
I was RAVENOUS because I hadn't eaten since yesterday.
*Define the capitalized word
What is extremely hungry?
Describe the rising action to "Aunty Misery".
-A stranger comes to her house
-She provides food and shelter
-In return, he grants her 1 wish and she wishes that anyone that climbs the tree gets stuck. This was the consequence for many of the gets.
-Death knocks on her door and she asks it to climb the tree
Write a complex sentence.
Since it was raining, I went back to grab my umbrella.
What type of sentence is shown?
Before the game, I had to stretch my legs, and I also had to drink plenty of water.
What is a compound complex sentence?
What is the sentence in the introduction called that explains what your essay will be about?
What is a thesis statement?
Isabel's PROPENSITY to talk out of turn often got her into trouble.
*Define the capitalized word.
What is an inclination or tendency to do something?
What is the climax of Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters?
Nyasha finds out that Manyara entered the chamber to see the king who Manyara called the snake.
What is the relationship between the conflict of a story and the theme or message?
The theme or message is usally based on how the main character handles the conflict.
Place the commas correctly.
Since starting middle school students have had to adjust to the new normal which means wearing masks and social distancing.
school,
normal,
*Coronavirus**
Ex. Did you know that over a million people of contracted covid-19?
Ex. Imagine being told that school was being shut down with no point of return.