Partner Reading for the Odyssey

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

Nuance Academy: Past Participle

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 a past participle phrase that tells what was happening BEFORE something else occurred.
1. Start with a loose sentence.
1. Mr. White carefully planned the stages of his essay, and then he rewrote it.
2. Rewrite it beginning with a participle phrase.
1. Worried about the approaching deadline, Mr. White began to plan his essay.
2. Chased by the angry moose, the hikers scrambled to safety up a tree.
3. Baked to perfection, the chocolate chip cookies melted in your mouth.
4. Left unfinished on the easel, the artist's masterpiece remained a work in progress.
3. Another way to think about this pattern is an imaginary if...then...
1. If he worried about the approaching deadline, then Mr. White would plan his essay.
2. Add notes to our Odyssey reading.
3. Take time to read and get a head start for finishing the first section by Monday.
1. Read out loud with a partner.

Homework:

1. Ten infinitive clauses
2. Vocabulary BBoW C-D