english secondary 2 express- collective nouns/ indirect characterisation

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2 Express English

Week 3: Collective Nouns


2+Recall:Visual Cues Refers to things we see on screen

Body language and Facial Expressions elicits an emotional response from viewers


3+Symbols in Popular Culture:


4+Recall:Color/ Visual Effects Color- “think Instagram”

Visual Effects- special images which are usually computer- generated and used together with regular images


5+Recall:Dialogue/ Voice Over refer to what we hear when we are watching a film

Dialogue spoken interaction between characters in flim reveals their personalities or their attitude towards

one another

Voice Over voice of an unseen narrator who may be a character

in a film reveal the narrator’s thoughts and feelings about an

event or another character


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7YIAWsyB1I


7+Recall:Music intensifies the atmosphere in a scene

hints at a character’s state of mind


8+Recall:Sound Effects Artificial sounds created to imitate or exaggerate

natural sounds in a flim

helps to predict the events that will follow


9+Movie Trailers

distribute worksheet 1_1/ first example


10+Lesson Objectives

By the end of the lesson I should learn about the use of collective nouns


11+Collective Nouns

Words for groups of people, animals or things

army

audience

band

choir

class

club

family

government

herd

flock

Grammar Plus Unit 5 pg 19


12+Collective Nouns:How do we use them?

1. Most collective nouns are countable can be used with determiners eg. a/ an/ both usually used with the

2. Follows Subject Verb Agreement (SVA) rules Singular collective noun used with a singular verb Plural collective noun used with a plural verb Depends on what you are referring to

3. Some collective nouns can be used with (of) + (plural noun) follows SVA rules even with the determiner a


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14+Exercise 2:Notes Underline the word which give you the clue to

your answer eg. The club _____ (was/ were) founded last year and

it meets every month

This will help you in your editing exercise

#6, #9


15+Exercise 3:Notes Note that the collective nouns are

herd, team, flock, crowd, litter, group, clump, board

Were you able to clearly know whether the writer was referring to the group as a unit or as individuals? Underline the verbs which allowed you to do so eg.#3 We watched a flock of birds fly past

Singular: #7

Plural: #3, #6, #8?


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh7UgAprdpM

resource sheet 1.1

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Resource Sheet 1.1:Pg 1 Vocabulary

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22+Resource Sheet 1.1:Pg 3 (Em Dash) None of the … the entire neighborhood — an ever-

growing shadow … cold, dark embrace

longer than an en dash (January- June)

used sparingly in formal writing

may replace commas, semicolons, colons and parentheses to indicate an added emphasis an interruption or an abrupt change of thought


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Week 3: Journal Writing


24+Journal Entry:Feedback Target Setting

Mostly at least b3 More “realistic” ones want to see an improvement of

5-10 marks Must be achievable and must be clear

Reading more books Lexile chart (Grade 9- Sec 2)

Guide at www.armanalluwie.blogspot.com Model Compositions

Student Groupings

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25+Journal Entry

Disappointed (of a person) Sad or displeased because someone or

something has failed to fulfill one's hopes or expectations.

(of hopes or expectations) Prevented from being realized.

Disillusioned


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Week 3: Characterisation


27+Characterization

Way writers create, develop and present the characters in a narrative

Describes appearance, actions, speech, thoughts and feelings

Which help to reveal their personality


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33+Characterisation

Direct Characterisation Explicitly stating what he or she is

Indirect Characterisation Writer shows us what a character is like through

Appearance Actions Speech/ Thoughts/ Feelings What other characters think and say about her

Engages reader’simagination

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Engaging Reader’s Imagination:Vampires

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39+Indirect Characterisation

What can you learn about Sarah from her actions or thoughts? (pg 78)

Limitations of Characterization Word limit Development of plot Common knowledge/ Culture


40+Indirect Characterisation

Appearance Pgs 80-81

Actions Pg 82

Speech Pg 83- 84

Impact on other characters Pg 85-86


41+GFA Composition

Using techniques of Indirect Characterisation, describe your favorite character Should come from a movie/ cartoon Searchable on YouTube Not from a book

250- 400 words

Submission Dateline: Monday 28th

Late submissions will not be marked

english secondary 2 express- collective nouns/ indirect characterisation

Education

use of collective

collective nouns words

resource sheet

engaging readers imagination

plural noun

plural verb

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color visual effects