Weekly Agenda: Sept. 28 – Oct. 2, 2009

Monday, September 28
New Vocabulary
Grammar lesson: Kinds of Sentences (pp.499); complete Exercise A
Introduction to setting
-place
-time
- selection of details
Begin reading “The Osage Orange Tree” (pp. 104-110)
HW: Finish reading “The Osage Orange Tree”, paying attention to the setting(s)

Wednesday, September 30 - LATE START
Discuss setting (and review plot and characterization) in “The Osage Orange Tree”
- fill out a character trait sheet for Evangeline
- find and write 5 details describing a) the setting; b) Evangeline’s house
- discuss the role of setting in the story
Grammar review: Kinds of Sentences – complete Checkpoint #1-10, p.501
HW: none

Friday, October 2
Vocabulary Quiz
Introduction to imagery: writing for the senses
Creative Activity #1:
Describe setting and use imagery based on sound effects. Volunteers share.
Creative Activity #2:
a) Pick an emotion (love, hate, fear, excitement, etc.) and title your paper “The City of _______” (inserting your emotion).
b) Design a city around this emotion – What would it look like? What are its geographic features or surroundings? What kinds of places and people would it contain? What sounds and smells? Popular foods or traditions? What kinds of buildings would they build? What would the typical house look like? How do people get around? Entertain themselves? Brainstorm by clustering, listing, or free-writing.
c) Then, when you think you have enough ideas and a basic concept of your city, write a detailed description of it that includes at least one detail for each sense.
d) Underline each example of imagery and label which sense it appeals to (taste, touch, sound, sight, smell).
Ideally, your description will be so detailed that we could guess the emotion used.
HW: Complete your city description for next week. Be prepared to share it.