descriptive essay day 2

Descriptive Essay Day 214 March 2013Miss Rice

Warm-Up

Complete the sentence: My (put object’s name here) is important to me because __________.

*Take out vocab. paragraphto be collected

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AgendaSuffixesComma RulesVobackularyDescriptive Essay

ENG. 10 Objectives 3/14To reinforce meanings of new

vocabulary words.To learn and review comma rules.To effectively use sensory

imagery to describe an object of personal significance.

To write and revise a descriptive essay.

To analyze and review content of pages 1-27 in Brighton Beach Memoirs.

Student of the WeekKyra

◦Always tries◦Volunteered to be teacher◦Hard worker◦So polite

Suffixesful

◦Full of _____ ◦Adj.

ic◦Having characteristics of _____◦Adj.

ing◦Verb form (present participle)

7. Using commas with quotations

Commas set off a quotation from words used to introduce or identify the source of the quotation.

7. Using commas with quotations

Use a comma before a phrase that introduces a quotation.

Ex. She asked, “How many?”

A comma following a quotation goes inside the closing quotation mark.

Ex. “There will be three,” she replied.

7. Using commas with quotations

Do not use commas if you are using a quotation with a question mark or exclamation point.

Ex. “What’s a thousand dollars?” asks Groucho Marx. “Mere chicken feed.”

Your turn - see packet

7. Using commas with quotations

A) “No one becomes depraved all at once,” wrote Juvenal.

B) A German proverb warns, “Go to law for a sheep and lose your cow.”

C) “All I know about grammar,” said Joan Didion, “is its infinite power.”

D) “Out, out, damned spot!” cries Lady Macbeth.

Can you find the comma mistake?

VobackularyNo list today

HomeworkDescriptive essay due tomorrow

◦Printed with rubric stapled to the front

Vocab. unit 4 test tomorrow

Comma worksheet due MondayBrighton Beach Memoirs reading

comprehension questions #1-28 in the blue packet due Monday

Warm-Up

Complete the sentence: My (put object’s name here) is important to me because __________.

This can be the first of last sentence of your essay if you need help!

Descriptive EssayDue tomorrow! Printed with rubric stapled to front.

250-350 wordsUse ALL senses (sight, feeling, smell, taste, sound)

Turn desks towards the wallsGrab the correct laptop number

Write and revise! Ask questions.

When you are finished, work on Brighton Beach Memoirs reading comprehension questions in the blue packet (#1-28)

HomeworkDescriptive essay due tomorrow

◦Printed with rubric stapled to the front

Vocab. unit 4 test tomorrow

Comma worksheet due MondayBrighton Beach Memoirs reading

comprehension questions #1-28 in the blue packet due Monday