Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Monologues
Jericho
Juxtaposition
Hyperbole "crown jewel"
Understatement "Humbly" "For you consideration" "And it's worked out pretty well so far"
Repetition "That's how, That's how"
Jargan "Incoroprate our repulsor technology"
Language?
Ideas?
Story?
Setting?
Tone?
Character?
10 things I hate about you
Repetition "I hate, I hate"
Rhyme
Opposites "Laugh, Cry"
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Kahoot questions about inference from The sound of Thunder
Paragraph about inference:
Which is the best hook for a paragraph that uses inference from the sound of thunder? "There was a sound of thunder", There was a noise of thunder, there was a big loud sound, "Boom"
Which is the best thesis? The author uses inference effectively in the story, inference is used in the story, "There was a sound of thunder which has inference.....", This infers us......
Which is the best introduction?
Inference is the process of reaching a conclusion about something from known evidence
Inference is something used in a story
Inference is a way of expressing something
Inference has a great effect to the story
Which is the best example?
When the author writes "There was a sound of thunder" for the first time it infers the roar of the dinosaur
The shot infers to the Sound of Thunder
The sound of Thunder uses Inference
Inference is an effective way to write something
Which is the best explanation?
The roar of the dinosaur inferes us to The sound of Thunder. "It ran, it's pelvic bones crushing aside trees and bushes, it's taloned feet clawing damp eart, leaving prints six inches deep wherever it settled its weight" this is the quote from the story which suggests the inference of the sound of thunder
In the story "There was a sound of thunder" the author uses a lot of inference in it to express the story in a different way and give it a powerful touch to it
The roar of the dinosaur inferes us to The sound of Thunder. "It ran, it's pelvic bones crushing aside trees and bushes, it's taloned feet clawing damp eart, leaving prints six inches deep wherever it settled its weight" this is a random quote from the story that might help you understand inference better
Which is the best conclusion?
The sound of thunder uses a great deal of inference to make us want to read even more and also to give us a clue to the conclusion of the story
When the author writes "The sound of Thunder" the first time it inferes the roar of the dinosaur
The reason why there is inference in the story is because it is the authors favorite way of making a story sound more interesting and catchy
What are the things that should go in a paragraph? Hook- introduction-thesis-examples-explanation and conclusion, Hook-hook- introduction-examples-explanation and conclusion, conclusion- explanation-examples-thesis-hook, Introduction-hook-conclusion-examples-explanation and thesis
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Kahoot questions
What is the purpose of a hook? To catch the reader's attention, To make fishing possible, The main idea, To restate the topic
What is the purpose an introduction? To introduce the reader to the main idea, To tell them the whole paragraph, to tell your opinion, introduce the book for the reader
What is a thesis? The big idea!, Something to make the reader want to read more, Something that restates the topic, A rough explanation about the paragraph
What is an example? Something taken directly from the text to help prove your point. The big idea of the story put into smaller parts, an idea of what you thought would give your story a great effect, a quote from the author
What is an explanation? It explains the examples, It explains the thesis, It refers to the conclusion, your opinion about the story, It is 50-70% of the story
What is the purpose of a conclusion? To restate the topic, To re-explain the whole paragraph, To make the reader want to read even more,
Where does the hook go? At the very beginning, Just before thesis, Right after the introduction, After each example
Where does the introduction go? Just before the thesis, After the hook, Before every example, At the very beginning
Where does the thesis go? Just after the introduction, At the very end of the paragraph, Before the introduction, Before the conclusion
Where does the examples go? Just after the thesis, After the whole explanation, Before each example, After the hook
Where does your explanation go? After each example, Before the introduction, At the end of the paragraph, Before the hook
Where does the conclusion go? At the very end of the paragraph, Before the explanation, After the thesis, Before the introduction
When do you write the hook? As the last thing you write, The first thing you write, Before you write the thesis, After the introduction
When do you write the the thesis? As the first thing you write, The last thing you write, After the conclusion, as the third thing in the topic
When do you write the introduction? As the fourth thing you write, As the fifth thing you write, The second thing you write, The very last thing you would write
When do you write the examples? As the second thing you write, The third thing you write, The fourth thing you write, After you wrote the explanation
When do you write the explanation? As the third thing you write, Just before you write the example,
When do you write the conclusion? As the fifth thing you write, Before the examples, The second thing you write, The very first thing you write (purple)
Paragraph about inference:
Which is the best hook for a paragraph that uses inference from the sound of thunder? "There was a sound of thunder", noise of thunder, there was a big loud sound, "Boom"
Which is the best thesis? The author uses inference effectively in the story
Which is the best introduction? Inference is the act or or process of reaching a conclusion about something from known facts or evidence,
Which is the best example? When the author writes "There was a sound of thunder" for the first time it infers the roar of the dinosaur, The shot infers to the Sound of Thunder, The sound of Thunder uses Inference, Inference is an effective way to write something
Which is the best explanation?
Which is the best conclusion?
What are the things that should go in a paragraph? Hook- introduction-thesis-examples-explanation and conclusion, Hook-hook- introduction-examples-explanation and conclusion, conclusion- explanation-examples-thesis-hook, Introduction-hook-conclusion-examples-explanation and thesis
Why is it so important to know how to write proper paragraphs? Because you need it a lot in the future, because you need to learn it, Because Mr. Holmes want us to,
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Inference: A sound of Thunder
Outline:
Example 1: When they hear a big loud noise in the woods, it inferes us to the fact that there will come a dinosaur
Example 2: In the end of the story Eckels gets shot and this sound of a gun inferes to the sound of thunder by using the same term in a different way
Thesis: The author uses inference effectively in the story
Paragraph:
"There was a sound of thunder"
Inference is the act or proccess of reaching a conclusion about something from known fact or evidence. The author uses inference effectively in the story. When the author writes "The sound of Thunder" the first time it inferes the roar of the dinosaur. The roar of the dinosaur inferes us to The sound of Thunder. "It ran, it's pelvic bones crushing aside trees and bushes, it's taloned feet clawing damp eart, leaving prints six inches deep wherever it settled its weight" this is the quote from the story which suggests the inference of the sound of thunder. "Travis shifted his rifle, clicked the safety catch and raised his weapon. There was a sound of Thunder". The sound of the gun when Eckels is shot by Travis, inferes to The sound of Thunder. The sound of thunder uses a great deal of inference to make us want to read even more and also to give us a clue to the conclusion of the story.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
"Sound of Thunder" Foreshadowing Outline and Paragraph
Hook: "Don't look at me." Cried Eckels "I haven't done anything"
Introduction: Foreshadowing is giving a sign or a warning to the reader of what will happen in the future
Thesis: A sound of Thunder uses a great deal of foreshadowing such as in the title
Example 1: The sign in the beginning of the story is there to foreshadow that in the end it will change
Example 2: They make sure to highlight the fact that they shall stay on the path and not touch anything else in the future and that is foreshadowing that it will change
Example 3: The title of the story "A sound of Thunder" is a foreshadow
Example 4: "We guarantee nothing" is foreshadowing the fact that it will end bad in the story
"Don't look at me." Cried Eckels "I haven't done anything"
Foreshadowing is giving a sign or warning to the reader of what will happen in the future. A sound of thunder uses a great deal of foreshadowing such as in the title. The sign in the beginning of the story changes. This suggests foreshadowing since it makes us think that something will have to change about it. They make sure to highlight the fact that they have to stay on the path. They do this because then we know that of course someone will have to fall off the path or do something wrong since it said so much about not to do that. The sound of thunder story uses a great deal of foreshadowing, to make you want to read on since it gives you I sign of what will happen later on.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Comprehension Questions "A Sound of Thunder"
- The penalties for disobeying instruction is franchise of 10,000 dollars and possible government action which is a business authorized to sell a company's goods or services.
- If Deutcher had won the election some people wanted to go back to 1492 since not a lot of people liked him.
- Travis tells Eckels, the best way to kill a dinosaur is to "Put your first shot into the eyes.....Go back into the brain."
- The men travelled sixty million, two thousand and fifty five years back in the past.
- The men has to stay on the metal antogravity path since it's supposed to prevent them from touching any part of the past in any way. If they don't they physically change the present and the future.
- The men's clothes were sterilized, so that all the bacteria were removed from their clothes, before they had the journey.
- The men wear oxygen helmets so that their bacteria does not harm anything in the past.
- The unique thing about the dinosaurs that the men can shoot them is that they would anyway die in the future.
- Eckels jokingly and playfully aimed the rifle.
- Eckels says "it could reach up and grap the moon?" when he sees the size of the dinosaur.
- The men know which dinosaur to shoot because they have red paint on them.
- Billings and Krammer throw up after the dinosaur is dead.
- Travis makes Eckels get the bullets out of the T-Rex in order to go back with them.
- Eckels notices that the spelling on the sign has changed on their return.
- Eckels finds a dead butterfly under his boot.
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