March 3, 2010

Housekeeping1. Hand in

– vocabulary sentences for “The Tell-Tale Heart”

– late assignments

2. Website

– how to check your marks / work missing

– how to name your files

3. Students who started late please see me before you go today to find out what work you need to catch up on.

Fragments Review

A complete sentence must have• a subject and verb, and• be a complete idea

Ex: The dog barked.

Groups of words that do not fit this description are called fragments.

Fragments Review

Here are some of the types of fragments we looked at:

Ex: After we finished dinner.

Because he was late.

To help his mother.

Trying to get to sleep.

Fragments Review

Most fragments can be solved by

• joining them correctly to other sentences

• adding a subject and changing the verb as needed

Fragments Review

Frag: I spent all day in the employment office. Trying to find a job that suited me. The prospects were bleak.

Fix #1: I spent all day in the employment office trying to find a job that suited me. The prospects were bleak.

Fix #2: I spent all day in the employment office. I was trying to find a job that suited me. The prospects were bleak.

Four Kinds of Fragments

1. Dependent Word Fragments

2. “-ing” and “to” Fragments

3. Added-detail Fragments

4. Missing-subject Fragments

Added-detail Fragments

• These types of fragments lack a subject and a verb.

• They usually begin with one of the following words:

also, especially, except, for example,

including, such as

Added-detail Fragments

Ex: Tony has trouble accepting criticism. Except from Lola.

To correct these types of fragments,

1. join the fragment to the previous sentence.

Ex: Tony has trouble accepting criticism, except from Lola.

Added-detail Fragments

2. add a subject and a verb.

Ex: My apartment has its drawbacks. For example, no hot water in the morning.

Ex: My apartment has its drawbacks. For example, there is no hot water in the morning.

Practice, p. 28

1. Frag – “For example, managing . . .”For example, he managed to cut his hand . . .

2. Frag – “About missing parts, . . .”Delete the period, and lowercase “a”All day, people complained about . . . .

3. Frag – “For example, using . . .”For example, she suggests . . .

Missing Subject Fragments

Ex: One example of my father’s generosity is that he visits sick friends in the hospital. And takes along get well cards with a few dollars folded in them.

The second clause is about the same subject as the first clause (he), but because it doesn’t contain a subject it is a fragment.

Missing Subject Fragments

To correct these types of fragments,

1. join the fragment to the previous sentence

Ex: One example of my father’s generosity is that he visits sick friends in the hospital and takes along get well cards with a few dollars folded in them.

Ex: One example of my father’s generosity is that he visits sick friends in the hospital, and he takes along get well cards with a few dollars folded in them.

Missing Subject Fragments

2. Add a subject.

Ex: One example of my father’s generosity is that he visits sick friends in the hospital. He also takes along get well cards with a few dollars folded in them.

Practice, p. 30

1. Frag – “And discovered about . . .”. . . cereal, and he discovered . . .. . . cereal and discovered. . .cereal. He discovered . . . cereal; however, he discoveredWhen Fred went to the . . . ., he discovered

2. Frag – “ then noticed. . .”. . .clothes, and then OR . . . clothes, and I noticed . . .clothes. I noticed. . .

Practice, p. 30 (Cont’d.)

3. Frag - “But did not . ..”. . . weekend but . . . . . .weekend, but he . . . . . . weekend. But he

4. Frag – “Also, was constantly. .”. . . life-style, and he was constantly. . .. . .life-style and was constantly . . .. . . life-style. He was . . .

5. Frag – “And decided. . .”. . .desperation, and he decided. . . OR . . . desperation and decided

OR desperation. He decided

Independent Practice

Do these review tests on your own over the break. • Use the in-class handout/work as a guide. • An answer key will be available after Spring

Break.

Break

Follow-up on “The Tell-Tale Heart”

1. What words or phrases should we talk about?

• vex (v.), vexed (past) – to make angry Ex: My mother was vexed at my brother’s

behaviour.Ex: Don’t vex me. Don’t make me vexed. His

behaviour was vexing.• chirp – short sound a bird makes

Follow-up on “The Tell-Tale Heart”

2. What parts of the story are unclear or confusing?• “When my head was well in the room” – the narrator’s

head was leaning into the room• chuckle – laughing quietly • “It increased my fury” fury (n) = intense anger -

furious (adj.) furiously (adv.)• cunning (n, adj.) clever, cleverness – often used to

outwit, deceive, or gain advantage• outwit – win with your mind; outsmart• ere long – before, shortly

“The Tell-Tale Heart” Literary Elements

• Today’s Handout: “Reviewing Story Elements”

• Previous Handout: “Short Story Terms”

• In your group, work through today’s handout.

– Discuss how each element applies to the story “The Tell-Tale Heart.”

– Refer to the handout that defines the terms.

– Ask me for help/clarification as needed.

– If you disagree, make note on your sheet and we will discuss

• Time:

Class Review of Literary ElementsPOV – First person – “I heard many . . .”unreliable narrator - a narrator who may not be telling you the truth; you

can’t believe everything he/she says

Setting –at night; house? senior’s home? hospital? • We would need more details to be that specific• we can say it is probably a shared home of some kind – house,

apartment, boarding houses, doors unlocked

How is the setting important? – mysterious, creates a sense of fear, suspense

• if the characters did not live close to each other in unlocked rooms, the narrator wouldn’t have opportunity to do what he does

Class Review (Cont’d.)

• Characters• Unamed Narrator• Round – lots of details: beginning – calm,

stressed, stealthy, persistent, patient, clever, bold

• Static – though his emotions or state of mind change, we do not have enough information to judge if his views and beliefs have changed.

Homework1. Questions for the “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Due Monday,

March 15th.

2. Fragments: Review Tests – AK will be provided after the Spring Break.

Outline and Draft of “My Proudest Accomplishment”. - many students still have not done one or both of these

things. - All students should complete these practice

assignments and hand in by March 15th. - They will be the basis of the work we do after the break.