Tuesday+October+1+Eng.+10

Bell Ringer: Absolute Phrases
Copy the sample sentence on one side of your notecard.

Barbara Kingsolver, //Animal Dreams// Michael Crichton, //Travels//
 * SAMPLE SENTENCE: A teenager in a black tank top, __a greenish tattoo flowing across her broad back__, hoisted a toddler onto her shoulder.**
 * SAMPLE SENTENCE: She burst into great sobs,** __her whole body shaking__, __tears streaming down her face__.

Copy the description on the other side.
 * A sentence part describing the rest of the sentence in which it appears. Absolutes are //almost// complete sentences. As a test, you can make every absolute a sentence by adding //was// or //were//.**

Discussion
Discuss chapter 1. Magical realism? Love? Conflicts? Symbolism? Answer the questions together.



Read Aloud: A Student Blog!
[|A College Freshman's Blog]

=Blogs! = Create a blog! Click here! Have a little fun playing with the design of your blog. Make it yours! Experiment with posting something. Make sure you know how to change the look of your blog and how to post on your blog.

Important As soon as you have created your blog, you need to send me the URL in an email! 

Your First Post!
Your first blog post will be your thINK post on the gender article from the USA Today. Type your revised final draft. You can either type it directly into Blogger or type it on Word and copy and paste into a new post.

Homework

 * Read chapters 2 and 3 and answer the questions by Friday! Be ready for a reading quiz!
 * Also, you will need a recipe for a food that is important in your family traditions. Talk to your family! Bring in a recipe by Monday. We will be writing process narratives very similar to the chapters in the book that incorporate your recipe into a narrative about a family gathering.