Norse Mythology

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 sentences that begin with an independent clause. 
1. Start with an independent clause. An independent clause has a subject, verb, and often a direct object. You can follow the independent clause with a modifying phrase.
1. Loose sentence
1. Mr. White carefully planned the stages of his essay, and then he wrote it.
2. Independent clause
1. Mr. White wrote the essay after carefully planning it.
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. 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 loose sentences
2. Vocabulary BBoW A-B