PAPII 5th6wks wk2

3/3 Thursday. Obj: Heroes, Grammar.

HW: Independent Film Viewing (Due Monday).

Warm-up:

Read Intro to Heroes pp. 874-875 and take notes– FAQ: What kind of notes do you want us to take?– A: Use your best judgment and make your own system for

notes on these pages. Independent note taking is an AP skill. We will discuss afterwards so you can sharpen your strategy for next time.

* When finished, review your grammar notes on sentences and punctuation patterns/formulas and also on all of the grammar videos presented.

Grammar Quiz—continue taking notes after turning in quiz

For 1-3, match the sentence to its type. (use each only once). Choices: A) Compound, B) Complex & C) Compound-Complex

1. Before she played basketball , Rita was a track star, but her brother has always played football.

2. Trading baseball cards was a hobby of mine, so I was overjoyed to receive a Mark McGwire rookie card last week.

3. Deron Williams went to the Nets soon after long-time coach, Jerry Sloan, retired.***

4. In #3 above, the phrase “Jerry Sloan” is a/an A) alien with a bad haircut, B) Subservient Causality, C) Appositive Phrase, D) incorrectly punctuated interrupter

5. A dash should be used A) when you are not being controlled by Lord Voldemort via the Imperius Curse, B) to control redundancies in the sentence, C) in place of parentheses, D) to limit the numbers of commas in a sentence.

6. T/F. The following is an independent clause: Still we tried.

3/3 Thursday

1. List characteristics of a hero…

2.List characteristics of a celebrity…

HERO CELEBRITY

Nolan Ryan

Mother Teresa

Princess Diana

Sponge Bob

Rudy Guliani

Justin Timberlake

Oprah

John F. Kennedy

Mother Teresa

Lance Armstrong

Superman

The Once and Future King• Draw for a section• Write the number of pages your section has • Make yourself a reading chart to help you read

this by March 23 (Wednesday)• You do not need to read the same number of

pages every night

Heroes

• http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4802231n

The Hero Journey

Take notes from this file• In partners/groups, take notes on the Hero Journey– record all applicable material in an organized

fashion– Create your own visual to help you remember

how the process works. We will share these.

Monday, you will read pp. 913-917

• Answer 3-6 in journals

Warm up (Complete in your Writer’s Notebook)1.Describe a time when you were heroic.

2. Was this a spontaneous act or something that you thought about for some time?

3. What were the obstacles to your success? Were there any foes?

4. Was there someone older, wiser, or more experienced who was able to help you?

5. Were your affections involved? If so, toward whom?

6. What do you think were those qualities in you that helped you to act so heroically?

7. If you were to compare yourself to any other hero, who would it be and why?