I can correctly use commas with
nonessential clauses or phrases.
I can score 80% or higher on my vocabulary
quiz.
I can review information for book test.
I can create a first draft of a writing.
Grammar
 Rule #4b- Use commas with interrupters. Use commas
to set off nonessential clauses and nonessential
participial phrases.
 A nonessential clause or participial phrase is one
containing information that isn’t needed to understand
the main idea of the sentence.
Examples
 My cousin, walking home one day, found a large
snapping turtle.
 That scarf, which is real silk, was made in India.
 Don’t get these confused with essential phrases or
clauses- one that cannot be left out without changing
the meaning of the sentence. Essential clauses and
phrases are not set off by commas.
 Example: A book written by Maxine Hong Kingston is
about growing up as a Chinese American woman.
Vocabulary
 Grab your clickers.
 Write your answers on a sheet of paper and then put
them into your clickers.
 Record your score on your assessment chart.
The Great Gatsby Chapter 7
Vocabulary
Lapse- slip or error
Insistent- earnest, demanding, persistent
Tentative-unsure, uncertain
Abrupt- sudden or unexpected
Tumult-uproar
Portentous-ominous
Irreverent-not respectful
Vicarious-taking the place of another person or thing
Rancor-resentment or ill will
Formidable-great strength
The Great Gatsby: Chapter 6
In your groups, answer the questions. You will have 15
minutes to complete.
At the end of chapter 5, Nick says, “It was the hour of a
profound human change, and excitement was generating
in the air.” What happens in Chapter 6 to fulfill Nick’s
prediction?
2. How did Gatsby acquire his fortune?
3. Why does Tom accompany Daisy to Gatsby’s house?
4. Which of the characters have changed in the first six
chapters? How? Give examples.
5. How does Gatsby want to recreate the past?
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The Great Gatsby Homework
 Read chapter 7.
 Complete the vocabulary.
 Come to class Friday with two turning points in the
plot of the novel.
House On mango Street
Trashketball Review
Novel test will be on
Thursday/Friday!
Rules of Trashketball
1. Stay in your seats at all times.
2. You will have 30-60 seconds to discuss the
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answer to a question AND
Write ONE response to the question on a
sheet of paper.
All teams will hold up their answers.
If you are correct, your team will get the
opportunity to shoot the correct response into
the trashcan from a 1, 2, or 3 point line.
If the shot is made, the team gets extracredit.
Shots will be made after ALL the questions
have been answered.
1
 Q.1)
 Esperanza is named after:
Answer
Her great grandmother
2Esperanza dreams of having:
Answer
House of her own
3
 Which one of the following would be used as
evidence to support the claim that the House on
Mango Street is not what Esperanza wisher for in
her dream house?
 A. Esperanza thinks the house is too small
 B. It’s small and red with tight steps and window
so small you’d think they were holding their breath
 C. It had real stairs, not hallway stairs
 D. We’d have a basement and at least three
washrooms
Answer
B. It is small and red with tight steps and window so
small you’d think they were holding their breath
4
In "The Family of Little Feet," the girls try on high heels
and walk around the neighborhood with them. They
are having a fun time until what happens?
Answer
A bum asks Rachel for a kiss
5Which one of the following demonstrates
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personification?
A. We come from Texas
B. Nenny and I don’t look like sisters
C. As if the wheels were spaghetti
D. Not the shy …giggles
Answer
D. Not the shy…giggles
6
What type of sandwich does Esperanza bring to lunch
the day she gets to eat in the "Canteen" at school?
Answer
A rice sandwich
7
Which one of the following demonstrates
a simile?
A. Two girls raggedy as rats live across
the street
B. Five dollars, five dollars
C. In English my names means hope
D. I would like to baptize myself under
a new name
Answer
A. Two girls raggedy as rats live across the street
8
When the girls are playing double-dutch (jump rope) they
begin singing about what?
Answer
Hips
9
Esperanza describes her house as “red and crumbly”.
What literary device is the author using?
Answer
Imagery
10
What is Esperanza's first job?
Answer
Developing pictures
11
 What is the significance of the “Four Skinny Trees”
vignette?
Answer
 It describes her feelings about overcoming obstacles
12
 What does Esperanza and Nenny want to buy at the
antiques store (what do the girls call it in the book)?
Answer
 A Music Box
13
 What color does Esperanza say her name is like?
Answer
 A muddy color
14
 What is the name of the boy Marin dances with at a
club? (He is later killed by a hit-and-run accident.)
Answer
 Geraldo
15
 How would you descirbe Esperanza's great
grandmother?
Answer
 Wild and independent
16
 “Until then I am a red balloon tied to an anchor." This
figure of speech is an example of:
Answer
 A Metaphor
17
 Which character is related to French royalty, and also
likes cats?
Answer
 Cathy
18
 What two things are Alicia afraid of?
Answer
 Mice and Fathers
19
 What family has too many kids and no dad?
Answer
 The Vargas family
20
 What does Darius say one of the clouds looks like?
 Remember this was something that impressed the
others, since Darius is usually not insightful
Answer
 God
21
 Louie, who steals a car, is whose cousin?
Answer
 Marin
22
 Esperanza has several interactions with nuns in the
story. How do the nuns generally make Esperanza feel?
Answer
 Ashamed
23
 Why is Esperanza embarrassed at the baptism party?
Answer
 Her shoes are old
24
 What does Elenita, the fortune teller, see in
Esperanza'a future?
Answer
 A home in the heart
25
 In the vignette “A Good Day”, what makes it a good
day?
Answer
 Esperanza makes 2 new friends and buys a bike with
them
26
 What is the theme (the idea of the whole thing) of the
novel?
Answer
 Identity
27
 Make a connection: Relate the novel to important
ideas of the place in which it is set.
Answer
 Answers will vary. Ms. Faulkner will decide if your
team will shoot.
Finish Up
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Take the rest of class, to put finishing touches on your book.
1-no literary terms assigned
2-3 pieces of imagery, 1 of choice
3-tone, allusion, idiom
4- 3 of your choice
5- metaphor, allusion, idiom
6-Repetition, hyperbole
7 - symbol
8 - metaphor, simile
9 - imagery
10 - repetition
If you are finished, go back and highlight or underline your
literary devices.