🔺Module 8 - W1 - Day 1 - ELA

Lesson Instructions

You will go through two lessons (one in grammar and one in reading). 

Phone.png GRAMMAR

Introduction

Today, we will be learning about idioms! Idioms are commonly used phrases that do not make sense literally. They are figurative!

Examples that you may have heard before are:

  • It's raining cats and dogs!
  • Break a leg.
  • That's out of this world.

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idiom 'Idioms' are commonly used phrases that don't always make sense literally. It helped break the ice. I'm pulling your leg. It was the dead of winter.

Stop and Jot

In Your Notebook:  Pick a common idiom and draw it out literally. Then, describe what it means literally.

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Phone (2).png READING and WRITING

Introduction

Let's review! We are going to start comparing and contrasting texts and written text with a visual adaptation, like a movie or play.

When we are looking for similarities and differences, we look first to fiction elements: setting, characters, conflict, plot, and theme.

Today, we will review these story elements.

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Elements of a Story Settings The word "setting" includes not only where the story takes place but also when it happens, as well as the people and culture that live in the world where the story takes place. Characters A character is a person, animal, or anything personified who acts in the plot of a short story or other literary work. Theme The idea, belief, moral, lesson, or insight being discussed here is referred to as the theme. It's the author's main point of contention that they want the reader to grasp. Conflict Conflict is any challenge that a character faces in a narrative. In a short narrative, the conflict is a struggle between two people or objects. Plot Plot is the sequence of events that take place in the story. In general, a plot will have an introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

Stop and Jot

In Your Notebook:  Read for thirty minutes from  a fiction book. Create a chart with the story elements and fill in the elements of your story.

Story Element My story...
Setting
Character(s)
Conflict
Theme
Plot

Interactive

 

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