Lessons 4 5 and ideas
- 1. 9?5?13?ch?1?L?4?5?and?organization.notebook 1 September?05,?2013 9/5/11 7th Grade Language Arts Agenda: 1. Independent Reading 2. Grammar 3. Writing Workshop Assignments: -comment on 2 students' responses (F)
- 2. 9?5?13?ch?1?L?4?5?and?organization.notebook 2 September?05,?2013 Chapter 1, Lesson 4: Verb Phrases Verb Phrase: main verb + one or more helping verbs Main Verb: can stand by itself ex: Technology changes cities. The changes are rapid. Helping Verb: helps main verbs express action or show time ex: Technology will change cities. City dwellers should have been preparing for change.
- 3. 9?5?13?ch?1?L?4?5?and?organization.notebook 3 September?05,?2013 Common Helping Verbs forms?of?be is,?am,?are,?was,?were,?be,?been forms?of?do? do,?does,?did? forms?of?have has,?have,?had? others may,?might,?can,?should,?could,? would,?shall,?will
- 4. 9?5?13?ch?1?L?4?5?and?organization.notebook 4 September?05,?2013 1. Modern industries cities and towns to flourish. 2. However, they ________ serious problems as well. 3. Chemical wastes from factories _____________ our environment. 4. Pollution ____________ animals and plants. 5. Automobiles ________________ the air for decades. is endangering have allowed can poison have been polluting can cause
- 5. 9?5?13?ch?1?L?4?5?and?organization.notebook 5 September?05,?2013 Chapter 1, Lesson 5: Compound Sentence Parts compound subject: two or more subjects that have the same verb ex: Tornadoes and hurricanes are dangerous. compound verb: two or more verbs that have the same subject ex: The swollen river rose and crested. Why does it matter? -Your writing can get repetitive if you do not use compounds. ex: Jaguars are endangered animals.Gray wolves are endangered animals.
- 6. 9?5?13?ch?1?L?4?5?and?organization.notebook 6 September?05,?2013 1. Space stations and orbiting platforms are our first step away from Earth. 2. In the future, we may design and build outer-space cities. 3. Several nations or international groups could pool their resources. 4. They could create and manage a colony on the moon. 5. Minerals and other raw materials would be shipped to colonies in space. 6. We already design and plan model cities. 7. In one design, two huge cylinders and their solar panels form the main body of the space city. 8. The cylinders rotate and create an artificial gravity. 9. Special greenhouses shelter and sustain the city's food. 10. These cities or other space colonies could bring us closer to the stars.
- 8. 9?5?13?ch?1?L?4?5?and?organization.notebook 8 September?05,?2013 ? The six traits are the qualities of good writing. What are the writing traits?
- 9. 9?5?13?ch?1?L?4?5?and?organization.notebook 9 September?05,?2013 ? The six traits are: What are the six traits?
- 10. 9?5?13?ch?1?L?4?5?and?organization.notebook 10 September?05,?2013 ? The "plus 1" is the trait of Presentation What does the "plus 1" mean?
- 11. 9?5?13?ch?1?L?4?5?and?organization.notebook 11 September?05,?2013 ? Six + 1 Traits of writing is a common language for students, parents and teachers. ? It can be used to talk about writing. Why do we use Six + 1 Writing?
- 12. 9?5?13?ch?1?L?4?5?and?organization.notebook 12 September?05,?2013 ? All students at every grade levels can talk about their writing using this common language. ? Students will know what traits to improve upon in their next piece of writing. How can Six + 1 Writing help students?
- 15. 9?5?13?ch?1?L?4?5?and?organization.notebook 15 September?05,?2013 Ideas Ideas are the heart of the message, the content of the piece and the main theme Together with the details, ideas enrich and develop that theme and draw the reader into the story. Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. ~Sholem Asch Ideas?and?Content.pps