🔺Module 8 - W2 - Day 4 - ELA

Lesson Instructions

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

Phone.png GRAMMAR

Introduction

Our focus for this week is on ADAGES. Adages are different than idioms because they are not phrases.

An adage is a sentence that gives a universal truth about life. 

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Adages A sentence that gives a universal truth about life, often has historical value. Birds of a feather flock together Don't judge a book by its cover. Idioms A commonly used phrase with a non-literal, figurative meaning. Break a leg Metaphors A non-literal figure of speech that describes something as something else. She's the black sheep of her family Similes A phrase used to compare two things to each other, using words such as like or as. As busy as a bee

Stop and Jot

In Your Notebook:  Pick a new adage from your list and write a short story about a character who learns that lesson. 

Phone (2).png READING and WRITING

Introduction

Today, we will continue our work on narrative endings! 

You read the beginning of the story. Then, you will finish the story. Remember to provide your reader with a sense of closure. Your story should fit the beginning like a puzzle and solve whatever problem was introduced.

Narrative Writer’s Checklist Be sure to: • Develop a real or imagined experience. • Include a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters. • Organize events in order. ○ Use words and phrases to show the sequence of events. • Use dialogue and/or descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to: ○ develop events. ○ show how characters respond to situations. • Include a conclusion. • Use ideas and/or details from the passage(s). • Check your work for correct usage, grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation

Reading
Theseus and the Minotaur Download Theseus and the Minotaur

Stop and Jot

In Your Notebook: Finish the ending of the story.

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