Monday,+September+16

Today's Learning Objective:
Students will use a variety of sentence structures to improve writing style.

Bellwork: The Opening Adjective
On one side of your notecard, copy the sample sentences.


 * Single Opening Adjective: __Powerless__, we witnessed the sacking of our launch.**
 * -Pierre Boulle, //Planet of the Apes//**


 * Multiple opening adjectives: __Bloodthirsty and brutal__, the giants brought themselves to the point of extinction by warring amongst themselves during the last century.**
 * -Armstrong Sperry, //Call it Courage//**


 * Opening adjective phrases: __Numb of all feeling, empty as a shell__, still he clung to life, and the hours droned by.**
 * -J.K. Rowling, //Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire//**

On the other side of your notecard, copy the description of the opening adjective.


 * An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun. An opening adjective may be a single word or the first word in an adjective phrase. An adjective phrase begins with an adjective and then continues the description. A comma follows an opening adjective.**

Finish DIDLS
Each group shares an example of DIDLS from "Bitter Times." What are your 3 tone words?

Monday Mash-up!
Let's take a break from the unit every other Monday to focus on something like style, current events, or critical thinking!


 * Today...... Style and Sentence Variety**

Sentence Prescriptions!