Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?
Nuance Academy: 10 Past Participles
After today I should be able to: Identify what is important in a text.
Reading: Read The Odyssey, pgs. 31-34
Agenda:
- Read for 10 minutes.
- Vocabulary word of the day.
- 10 Past Participles
- Write 10 sentences that begin with a past participle phrase that tells what was happening BEFORE something else occurred.
- Start with a loose sentence.
- Mr. White carefully planned the stages of his essay, and then he rewrote it.
- Rewrite it beginning with a participle phrase.
- Worried about the approaching deadline, Mr. White began to plan his essay.
- Chased by the angry moose, the hikers scrambled to safety up a tree.
- Baked to perfection, the chocolate chip cookies melted in your mouth.
- Left unfinished on the easel, the artist's masterpiece remained a work in progress.
- Another way to think about his pattern is to imagine an invisible "because" at the beginning:
- (Because he was) worried about the approaching deadline, Mr. White began to plan his essay.
- (Because they were) chased by the angry moose, the hikers scrambled to safety up a tree.
- The imaginary "because" tells WHY the second part of the sentence is true.
- Notice and Note group work
- With your group, find examples of the sign post you were assigned. Include the book and line number and sentence about what you noticed.
- Add your signposts to this Padlet wall.
The Odyssey reading schedule:
- Week 1 (8/10-8/14) The Odyssey pgs. 3-30
- Week 2 (8/17-8/21) The Odyssey pgs. 31-58
- Week 3 (8/24-8/28) The Odyssey pgs. 59-86
- Week 4 (8/31-9/4) The Odyssey pgs. 87-114
- Week 5 (9/7-9/11) The Odyssey pgs. 115-142
- Week 6 (9/14-9/18) The Odyssey pgs. 143-END
Homework:
- Membean session
- Read the Odyssey
- Work on reading notes

