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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Friday, September 5, 2014
Mona Lisa Fragments #2
Fragments #2: Combining Sentences to Fix Fragments
Practice 1: Connect sentences so there are no fragments.
The Olympic athlete stumbled and collapsed. Running to the finish line. He lost the race by a fraction of a second. But he had almost won. The runner lay motionless. On the track. The next race had to be delayed as the medics checked the runner’s vital signs. For example, heartbeat, respiration, and level of consciousness.
Practice 2: Mark "S" for sentence. Mark "F" for fragment.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
ASSIGNMENT: Get rid of all fragments by adding words or combining the sentences. Take out all the numbers. Fix the punctuation and capitalization.
1. Almost every book on art includes a reproduction of the Mona Lisa. 2. One of the most famous paintings in the world. 3. The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. 4. Who worked on it for four years (1503-1506). 5. The painting was never quite finished. 6. After working for several hours. 7.Leonardo would sit down in front of the Mona Lisa to quiet his nerves. 8. Some people say that Leonardo did not finish the painting. 9. Because he wanted an excuse to keep it with him.
10. There is a mysterious smile on the face of the woman in the painting. 11. Which has intrigued people for centuries. 12. Although no one knows the true explanation of the smile. 13. Several different legends have grown up about it. 14. One story says that the woman was smiling sadly when she sat for the portrait. 15. Because her child had died. 16. Another story, however, goes on to say the Leonardo hired musicians to play during the sittings. 17. Flutists and violin players. 18. So that he could capture the young woman’s rapt expression.
19. When Leonardo left Italy and moved to France. 20. He took the painting with him. 21. The French king persuaded him to sell the painting. 22. Which now hangs in the Louvre. 23. An art museum in Paris.
24. The Mona Lisa had been exhibited in several countries. 25. So that many people can have a chance to see the woman with the mysterious smile.
"A" contract Work - Write a simple paragraph about school. Include these kinds of fragments in your paragraph: -ing frag, conjunction frag, preposition frag, and For Example/like frag.
Then, copy and paste the paragraph below the original one you wrote and fix the fragments. You will have two versions--an incorrect and a correct version when you are done.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
TML BIG NOTES #1
TML BIG NOTES #1 – FOLKTALES
Dakota Legend -
Setting
Characters
Conflict
Turning Point
Other Elements
Theme
The Story of Keesh by Jack London - _
Setting
Characters
Conflict
Turning Point
Other Elements
Theme
How Mosquitoes Came to Be –
Setting
Characters
Conflict
Turning Point
Other Elements
Theme
The Flying Head –
Setting
Characters
Conflict
Turning Point
Other Elements
Theme
The Ash Lad who Had an Eating Contest with a Troll -
Setting
Characters
Conflict
Turning Point
Other Elements
Theme
Windwalker –
Setting
Characters
Conflict
Turning Point
Other Elements
Theme
Comp I - 4 ways to avoid fragments (day 2)
PART A - Make each of the following fragments into sentences by adding words to them.
Example: Because I missed the bus by seconds. (FRAG)
I was twenty minutes late because I missed the bus by seconds. (CORRECT)
1. who broke her glasses
2. because the lights on the stage went out during the performance
3. while Jolene was rehearsing her part
4. who is president of the Student Council
5. after the fish got away
6. that are working on a clean-up campaign for the school
7. if you want to own a pet
8. which were racing across the lake
9. because the library closes at six o’clock
10. whom I met at your party
“A/B” work: Do PART A first. Then, go on to other activities below.
Part B: Fix the fragments in the sentences below by adding words to them or by connecting them to other sentences. Do not create run-ons.
Although women's college basketball in Connecticut is a marvelously entertaining and popular sport. It not hard to remember. When it was not so popular. Which is hard to believe. Only a few years ago, my friends and I to go to a women's basketball game. And we could get seats for free near center court. Especially on Sunday afternoons. Of course, that before names such as Rebeccca Lobo, Jenn Rizzotti, and Kara Wolters became household words. Lobo's book, HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE, which she wrote with her mother. A best-seller in Connecticut. If more than a couple of hundred fans showed up for a game. It was considered a big turnout. And games were played in practically silent gyms. Because the fans didn't care who won. Nowadays, it almost impossible to buy tickets to a women's game, and you can't get seats. Unless you know someone.
Part C: Find online ads and locate fragments in them. Write the fragments here. (Find as many as you can in the time you have to work today.)
Part 3: Go here and do the practice test. Show the teacher your final score. Click on “Play the Game.”
http://www.quia.com/pop/13222.html?AP_rand=1828580751
Example: Because I missed the bus by seconds. (FRAG)
I was twenty minutes late because I missed the bus by seconds. (CORRECT)
1. who broke her glasses
2. because the lights on the stage went out during the performance
3. while Jolene was rehearsing her part
4. who is president of the Student Council
5. after the fish got away
6. that are working on a clean-up campaign for the school
7. if you want to own a pet
8. which were racing across the lake
9. because the library closes at six o’clock
10. whom I met at your party
“A/B” work: Do PART A first. Then, go on to other activities below.
Part B: Fix the fragments in the sentences below by adding words to them or by connecting them to other sentences. Do not create run-ons.
Although women's college basketball in Connecticut is a marvelously entertaining and popular sport. It not hard to remember. When it was not so popular. Which is hard to believe. Only a few years ago, my friends and I to go to a women's basketball game. And we could get seats for free near center court. Especially on Sunday afternoons. Of course, that before names such as Rebeccca Lobo, Jenn Rizzotti, and Kara Wolters became household words. Lobo's book, HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE, which she wrote with her mother. A best-seller in Connecticut. If more than a couple of hundred fans showed up for a game. It was considered a big turnout. And games were played in practically silent gyms. Because the fans didn't care who won. Nowadays, it almost impossible to buy tickets to a women's game, and you can't get seats. Unless you know someone.
Part C: Find online ads and locate fragments in them. Write the fragments here. (Find as many as you can in the time you have to work today.)
Part 3: Go here and do the practice test. Show the teacher your final score. Click on “Play the Game.”
http://www.quia.com/pop/13222.html?AP_rand=1828580751
Posted Wed Aug 27, 2014 at 9:35 am
Dakota Legend and Conflict
Conflict Notes
Conflict is the colliding or clashing of __, ___, ___, or ___.
There are 5 basic types of conflict:
1. –
One character has a problem with one or more other characters in the story.
2. – A character has a conflict
with society’s expectations of him or it’s traditions. (Conflict with the
Law, at school, etc.)
3. –
A character has trouble deciding what to do in a particular situation. He
struggles within himself to decide.
4. –
A character has a problem with some natural happening: a snowstorm, an
avalanche, a flood, or other element of nature.
5. – A character has to battle what
seems to be an uncontrollable problem--something he cannot change—because of
his destiny.
What is the conflict in "Folsom
Prison Blues?" Explain your answer.
Dakota Legend questions
1. According to this legend, where were the Dakota tribes
invading?
2. Who related an account of this story to the author?
3. Why did the young warrior insist on going to war
against the Ojibway people? Give 2 reasons.
4. Why did the young bride want her husband to stay and
not go to war?
5. Before the Dakota warrior left his young bride, what
did he do besides promise that he would return to her?
6. How did all the women get ready when the return of
their husbands was soon to be expected?
7. What was the young bride doing when she saw a dark
object in the waters of the Mississippi River?
8. How had the young husband kept his promise to his wife?
9. Explain how this mysterious happening could have
occurred.
10. What happened to the young bride in the end of the story?
11. The setting of this story is in northern
Mineesota. List all the geographical words and phrases in this legend
with which you are familiar.
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