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=Monday Mash-up! = Today's Learning Objective: Students will build a broader understanding of current events and news resources. Students will strengthen summarization skills.

Bell Ringer: Appositive Phrases

Copy the sample sentence on one side of your notecard.


 * SAMPLE SENTENCE:** Harry was small and tough, **__a boy going through life with his chin stuck out a mile__**.

Stephen King, //Hearts in Atlantis//


 * SAMPLE SENTENCE**: The furniture, __**a mixture of Logan crafted walnut and oak**__, included a walnut bed whose ornate headboard rose halfway up the wall toward the high ceiling.

Mildred D. Taylor, //Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry//


 * SAMPLE SENTENCE**: __**A slight bald man**__, he reminded me of a baby bird.

Tracy Chevalier, //The Girl with a Pearl Earring//

Copy the description on the other side.


 * A noun phrase identifying a person, place, or thing named in the sentence. Appositives often begin with the words a, an, or the. They always answer the questions : Who? or What?**

= Current Events = Groups gather a story to share for:
 * World
 * National
 * Regional (Arkansas, Memphis, or Shelby County)
 * Entertainment/Sports
 * General Interest
 * Warm Fuzzy

Helpful Websites NPR FOX News CNN Huffington Post Local News WMCTV Action News 5

Each group member completes the attached handout. Groups share news with the class.