🔺Module 8 - W3 - Day 3 - ELA

Lesson Instructions

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

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Introduction

Our focus for this week is on PROVERBS. Proverbs are different than adages because proverbs often give advice to the reader while adages give truths.

A proverb is a sentence that gives advice that is based on common sense or years of experience.

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Proverbs A proverb is a sentence that gives advice that is based on common sense or years of experience. The poor carpenter blames his tools. Meaning: Take ownership for your mistakes instead of blaming something else Idioms A commonly used phrase with a non-literal, figurative meaning. Get out of hand Meaning: Out of control Adages A sentence that gives a universal truth about life, often has historical value. Let's call a spade a spade. Meaning: Speak openly without avoiding something embarrassing or unpleasant

Stop and Jot

In Your Notebook:  

Read the proverb:

"Be not afraid of going slowly. Be only afraid of standing still." - Chinese Proverb

What do you think this proverb means? What advice do you think it is trying to give?

Phone (2).png READING and WRITING

Introduction

Today, we will continue our work on narrative writing.

Sometimes you might read a nonfiction piece that will inspire you to write a story about it. This week, you will read nonfiction pieces and write stories based upon the information that is listed. You will spend two days working on this piece. Spend today working on your introduction and developing character traits.

Remember, we want to make sure to include relevant, or important, information from the text to guide our stories. They need to have a clear beginning, middle, and end with a problem and solution. The characters need to have traits and dialogue. Make sure to follow the writer's checklist to support your work. 

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
A Bright Little Worker Download A Bright Little Worker

Writing a Narrative

In Your Notebook or typing in the document: You will spend two days working on this piece. Spend today working on your introduction and developing character traits.

Imagine that you are a Livermore firefighter in 1903. Write an original story in which a firefighter convinces the fire chief to take the Centennial Light Bulb with them when they move to Station 1.

Use ideas from “A Bright Little Worker” to develop your story.

 

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