Norse Mythology Day 2

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

Nuance Academy: Independent clause

After today I should be able to: write a sentence with an independent clause and annotate a text.

Reading: finish one book by September 5th

Agenda:

1. Write 10 adverb clauses.
1. Start with an adverb clause. An adverb clause tells when or where the action of the verb occurs. Start with the adverb clause and follow it with an independent clause.
1. Loose sentence
1. Mr. White carefully planned the stages of his essay, and then he wrote it.
2. Adverb clause
1. Before he wrote the essay, Mr. White carefully planned it.
2. When the clock struck midnight, the ball dropped and fireworks illuminated the sky.
3. While I was waiting for the bus, I people-watched and enjoyed the morning sunshine.
4. After finishing the marathon, she collapsed in relief.
2. You need to finish reading and annotating the Norse Mythology reading by 8/21. We will have our first class discussion on that day.
3. Compass activity
1. Create a compass on your desk.
1. North - what decisions has the character had to make so far?
2. East - what actions has the character taken related to those decisions?
3. South - what are the consequences of those actions?
4. West - what life lessons is the reader supposed to learn?
4. Annotations
1. Contrasts and Contradictions
1. A character thinks and behaves in a way that we don't expect. 
2. An element of a setting is something we would not expect. 
1. Question: Why did...How can this help us understand or predict...? 
2. Patterns 
1. A word is repeated again and again 
2. An idea is repeated again and again (but with different words, i.e. war, battle, fighting, etc.)
3. An image is repeated several times
1. Question: Why is the author continually bringing up...?

Homework:

1. Ten adverb clauses
2. Vocabulary BBoW A-B