September 14, 2011September 14, 2011

HomeworkHomework Vocabulary page 26 Vocabulary page 26

and 27and 27 Quiz Tomorrow!!Quiz Tomorrow!!

Summer Reading Summer Reading Test FRIDAY!!Test FRIDAY!!

Bring literature text Bring literature text notebooks and notebooks and vocabulary tomorrowvocabulary tomorrow

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September 15, 2011Homework

Literature Textbook read to page 47 answer questions on Page 53 # 1,2, 5 and 6

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Do Now Literature pg 43

Vocabulary Preview Vocabulary Quiz

Literature Broken Chain page 44-47

September 16, 2011

Homework Test Friday on Chapter 1 and Broken Chain Journal Entry

“Why do you think teenagers are so concerned with how they look and are so concerned about what others think of them?

Summer Reading Exam! Desk CLEARED Pencil ONLY DO NOT WRITE ON THE TEST FILL OUT SCANTRON CORRECTLY

September 19, 2011Homework

Spelling 3 times each Spelling quiz Thursday

Literature pg 53 #3, and 7

BRING BOTH TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS THIS WEEK!

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Do NowSpelling pg 18

September 20, 2011

Homework Spelling pg 19

Quiz Thursday! Grammar pg 65-66

exercise 13 and pg 66 Review C

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Do NowGrammar pg 67 Chapter Review A

and B

September 21, 2011September 21, 2011

HomeworkHomeworkSpelling pg 20Spelling pg 20

Quiz Tomorrow!Quiz Tomorrow!Grammar pg 68-69 Grammar pg 68-69 Chapter Review C and DChapter Review C and DTest Friday!!Test Friday!!

Do NowDo NowLiterature pg 53 Write Literature pg 53 Write

down definition of down definition of ConflictConflict

Finish Broken Chain Answer question 4 and 8

TEST BREAK DOWN Four kinds of sentences Sentences vs. Sentence Fragments Simple Subject Complete Subject Simple Predicate Complete Predicate Compound Subject and Compound Verbs “Broken Chain”- Story details and Story Vocabulary

“Broken Chain” Review

Review the story and note details about Alfonso’s appearance.

Reread the parts in the story where other characters- his father, Ernie and Sandra react to his appearance.

Note Alfonso’s worries Types of conflicts Why, What, How and When

Broken Chain NOTESBroken Chain NOTES

Setting- Fresno California in a Mexican American neighborhood in the 1980s

Summary On Saturday, Alfonso, who is painfully self-

conscious, meets a girl when he rescues her little brother. He ask her to go bike riding with him on Monday. Alfonso asks his older brother Ernie, to lend him his bike for Sandra to use, but Ernie refuses. On Monday, Alfonso breaks his bike chain and is left with no bike at all. At the last minute Ernie shows up and lends his bike to Alfonso after all. Sandra doesn’t mind riding on the crossbar. She and Alfonso have fun anyway.

Alfonso- 7th grade Mexican American boy who is not happy with the way he looks. He tries hard to fix the things he does not like. His family does not have the money to buy him what he wants so he goes to other means. He takes care of his bike unlike his brother Ernie until one day his bike breaks. He comes across a girl who likes him for him and his brother helps him on in the end.

Conflict The central struggle between opposing

forces in a story. Conflicts can be internal or external.

Internal Conflict Exists within the mind of the character

who is torn between opposing feelings

External Conflict

When a character struggles against an outside force

Man Vs. Another Person or Machine

Man Versus Nature

Man Versus Society

Literary Terms Setting- the time and place in which the events

of a short story occur. Narrator – the person who tells the story Point of view- the relationship of the narrator to

the story. There are three points of view: First-person: told by a character Third-person limited: the narrator is outside the story

and reveals the thoughts of only one character Third-person omniscient: Narrator is outside the

story but reveals the thoughts of all characters

Plot The sequence of events in a story, novel,

or play.Plot Map

Plot Map Exposition- Alfonso is a young boy who is unhappy with the way he looks

Rising Actions-Alfonso pushes his teeth together in hopes of straightening them, meets a girl name Sandra then ask her to go bike riding.

Climax- Alfonso breaks his bike chain

Falling Actions- Alfonso ask to use his brother’s bike. At first Ernie says no and Alfonso has to tell Sandra that their date is canceled. But in the end Ernie does give Alfonso the bike.

Resolution- Alfonso gets together with Sandra, who seems to like him and not mind his crooked teeth. He feels comfortable around her.