TML BIG NOTES #1

TML BIG NOTES #1 – FOLKTALES

Dakota Legend -

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How Mosquitoes Came to Be –

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The Flying Head –

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The Ash Lad who Had an Eating Contest with a Troll -

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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

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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.

Link for MCA PRACTICE TEST

MCA PRACTICE TEST - READING

Bible Lit - Story of Daniel

Daniel in the Lion's Den

Introduction

Daniel’s story takes place between 605 and 540 B.C. As a teenager, he was captured in Jerusalem and taken to Babylon. He was a slave in the court of King Nebuchadnezzar  In his lifetime, he would serve three kings and become a trusted adviser to all of them. 

Daniel was considered a prophet because the book he wrote contains detailed prophecy about the times following him and the coming of the Messiah and the end times described in the Book of Revelation.

Step I: Go to Bible Gateway and read The Message version (see link below) or use your own Bible to read the story of Daniel in the Lion's Dean. 

This story is about the prophet Daniel who has been taken captive to Babylon. As he grows older, he has found favor with the king, but he still has enemies. You'll find this story in the Book of Daniel, Chapter 6.

Go here to read it in The Message version at Bible Gateway. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=dan%206;&version=65;

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=dan%206;&version=65;

Step 2: After you read the story, answer these questions:

1. Why are some people plotting against Daniel? 

2. Describe the character of Daniel. What kind of a person is he? (Write several sentences.)

3. What does Daniel get into trouble for doing? 

     Have you ever gotten into trouble for doing the RIGHT thing? If so, explain.

4. A colloquialism is an expression that is used by a particular culture to express an idea in a colorful way. For example, if I said, "You are pulling my leg," I really mean you are teasing me. Find 2 colloquialisms in The Message version of this story and write them down.

    a.

    b.

5. Look at the famous painting of Daniel in the Lion's Den by Rubens. Describe the facial expression of Daniel in this painting. What seems unusual about the den itself? You can view the painting here. http://www.abcgallery.com/R/rubens/rubens1.html

 

 

6.  What did Daniel, Ruth, and Esther have in common besides their ethnic background?  In other words, what was similar about their character?  Explain. 

Daniel 6

Daniel in the Lions' Den

 1-3 Darius reorganized his kingdom. He appointed one hundred twenty governors to administer all the parts of his realm. Over them were three vice-regents, one of whom was Daniel. The governors reported to the vice-regents, who made sure that everything was in order for the king. But Daniel, brimming with spirit and intelligence, so completely outclassed the other vice-regents and governors that the king decided to put him in charge of the whole kingdom.

 4-5 The vice-regents and governors got together to find some old scandal or skeleton in Daniel's life that they could use against him, but they couldn't dig up anything. He was totally exemplary and trustworthy. They could find no evidence of negligence or misconduct. So they finally gave up and said, "We're never going to find anything against this Daniel unless we can cook up something religious."
 6-7 The vice-regents and governors conspired together and then went to the king and said, "King Darius, live forever! We've convened your vice-regents, governors, and all your leading officials, and have agreed that the king should issue the following decree:
    For the next thirty days no one is to pray to any god or mortal except you, O king. Anyone who disobeys will be thrown into the lions' den.
 8 "Issue this decree, O king, and make it unconditional, as if written in stone like all the laws of the Medes and the Persians."
 9 King Darius signed the decree.
 10 When Daniel learned that the decree had been signed and posted, he continued to pray just as he had always done. His house had windows in the upstairs that opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he knelt there in prayer, thanking and praising his God.
 11-12 The conspirators came and found him praying, asking God for help. They went straight to the king and reminded him of the royal decree that he had signed. "Did you not," they said, "sign a decree forbidding anyone to pray to any god or man except you for the next thirty days? And anyone caught doing it would be thrown into the lions' den?"
    "Absolutely," said the king. "Written in stone, like all the laws of the Medes and Persians."
 13 Then they said, "Daniel, one of the Jewish exiles, ignores you, O king, and defies your decree. Three times a day he prays."
 14 At this, the king was very upset and tried his best to get Daniel out of the fix he'd put him in. He worked at it the whole day long.
 15 But then the conspirators were back: "Remember, O king, it's the law of the Medes and Persians that the king's decree can never be changed."
 16 The king caved in and ordered Daniel brought and thrown into the lions' den. But he said to Daniel, "Your God, to whom you are so loyal, is going to get you out of this."
 17 A stone slab was placed over the opening of the den. The king sealed the cover with his signet ring and the signet rings of all his nobles, fixing Daniel's fate.
 18 The king then went back to his palace. He refused supper. He couldn't sleep. He spent the night fasting.
 19-20 At daybreak the king got up and hurried to the lions' den. As he approached the den, he called out anxiously, "Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve so loyally, saved you from the lions?"
 21-22 "O king, live forever!" said Daniel. "My God sent his angel, who closed the mouths of the lions so that they would not hurt me. I've been found innocent before God and also before you, O king. I've done nothing to harm you."
 23 When the king heard these words, he was happy. He ordered Daniel taken up out of the den. When he was hauled up, there wasn't a scratch on him. He had trusted his God.
 24 Then the king commanded that the conspirators who had informed on Daniel be thrown into the lions' den, along with their wives and children. Before they hit the floor, the lions had them in their jaws, tearing them to pieces.
 25-27 King Darius published this proclamation to every race, color, and creed on earth:

    Peace to you! Abundant peace!
         I decree that Daniel's God shall be worshiped and feared
   in all parts of my kingdom.
         He is the living God, world without end. His kingdom
   never falls.
         His rule continues eternally.
         He is a savior and rescuer.
         He performs astonishing miracles in heaven and on earth.
         He saved Daniel from the power of the lions.
 28 From then on, Daniel was treated well during the reign of Darius, and also in the following reign of Cyrus the Persian.

Student Survey

STUDENT SURVEY

What Makes a Good Audience?

What Makes a Good Audience?

KINDS OF DISTRACTIONS

1.    *distractions (i.e., pass to leave or you get called to the office.)

2.    * distractions (You didn’t intend to distract, i.e., coughing, sneezing, or accidentally dropping something.)

3.    *distractions (Trying to tease the speaker on purpose, like making a face at him.)

v 9 Audience Responsibilities

1.    Be *.  That means LISTEN, DON’T SLEEP or play with your iPad or phone!

2.    * the speaker (maintain eye contact), especially if you are not too close to him or her.

3.    * only when appropriate.

4.    Avoid * movements, such as tapping your pen, moving around in your seat, etc.

5.    Never * to someone sitting next to you even if you are only commenting on the speech in a positive way.

6.    Do not * out of your seat unless it is absolutely necessary.

7.    Try to look * because this will give the speaker confidence.

8.    Remember, the speaker will probably interpret your actions and facial expressions in a * way if he or she is nervous.

9.     Always remember, it could be YOU up there, so be NICE!

v DON’T LOSE POINTS!

You will be GRADED as a listener each quarter. 

   You will start with *, but of course, you could lose more than that by distracting the speaker deliberately.

v Watch the “Audiences Behaving Badly” video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mf0v8PlsPs

Journal Entry #2:  How would you feel if you were the student reading the essay?  What were some of the bad audience behaviors going on? Has something like this ever happened to you?  When?  Why is it so important to be a good audience member?  Explain.