Wednesday, January 24th, 2018

Do Now
Complete Holt Handbook Page 108: Exercise 8 (in grammar section of notebook)
*Please make sure you are using the phrases as gerunds (nouns), and not as verbs or as participles (adjectives).*

Copy bold-faced vocabulary words (Elements of Literature pages 2-3) and their definitions into Vocabulary section of notebook.
*Complications: The events of the plot that keep the characters from accomplishing their goals, makes the solving of the conflict more difficult, and moves the plot along

Grammar
Review Grammar Worksheet: The Gerund Phrase on Smartboard
Review Page 108: Exercise 8 together

Literature
Introduce "Retelling: Summarizing the Plot" (page 4)
Read "The Wise Old Woman" by Yoshiko Uchida (page 5)
Read "Meet the Writer" (page 13)
Practice Retelling (page 14)
*We will be working on Plot, Retelling, and "The Wise Old Woman" all week*

Homework
Grammar Worksheet: Gerund and Gerund Phrases A
Please see Monday's post for a complete list of due dates

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