BELL WORK
The Open Boat
1. Grab a copy of Realms of Gold. We have
grammar today - make sure grade is B- or better
2. In your Wednesday Bell Work, write a paragraph
(quick write) answering this question:
If you had to be stuck at sea, in a small life
boat, with any three REAL people, who
would they be – and why?
Reminders
Turning in Work
1. Labeling and turning in work
• First Name AND Last Name
• A Period
• Date
• Title (“Grammar Lesson 3” or “Bell Work”)
2. Be honest with your parents, they are emailing
me and I am giving them the facts about
turning in work, classroom performance, etc.
Agenda
Today You Will
1. Read the Open Boat and list the following
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Add five more, full sentence, plot summary entries
Add 1 example each of:
• Connotation
• Conflict
• Suspense
• Characterization
2. Complete, check and turn in Grammar Lesson 4
Transition
1. Put away Bell Work sheet
2. Go to Tuesday section of new notes/reading
summary form to review your notes on lit terms
Literary Vocab
1. Conflict – The problem in the story
2. Suspense – The action in the story that results
from the conflict (as it plays out in story)
3. Climax – The point of the highest dramatic
tension or a major turning point in the story
4. Characterization – The authors artistic
representation of a person in the story.
Literary Vocab
Four Types of Characters:
A. Flat – Two dimensional, we only get to see them
one way (through someone else’s eyes)
A. Example: Malificent in original Sleeping Beauty
B. Round - fully developed three dimensional
character with many traits
C. Static – Does not undergo any significant change
D. Dynamic – Does undergo an important change(s)
during the story
Figurative Language
Connotation vs Denotation:
5. Denotation – the literal meaning of a word
despite the ideas or feelings that it may suggest.
What something means to the majority of people.
Figurative Language
Connotation vs Denotation:
6. Connotation – feeling or meaning a word invokes
(creates) in addition to it’s literal meaning. This
can be like a hint, suggestion, under/overtone
Examples:
Childlike vs Youthful, Laid-back vs Lazy,
Conversational vs Nosy…or how about HOT
Transition
1. Top of page 68, beginning of chapter 4.
“The Open Boat ”
Plot: Summarize the plot
• What is happening, literally.
• Make sure you understand it.
• Put it in your own words
Find the examples of:
• Connotation
• Conflict
• Suspense
• Characterization
Transition
1. Put Realms of Gold away – row leader.
2. Take out Grammar Textbook and label new
Grammar Lesson 4
Grammar Lesson 4
• Take notes on each
• Complete all even numbered problems
starting at 6 and ending in 30.
• Due at the end of class, if not complete
must come to flex or after school to
complete.
Where We Ended