EnglishHarris

12-12-14 – Harris – Eng. 1

1. Do Now: Write 10 things that you remember from August until now that you would expect to see on the exam.  Be specific.
2. Ms. Harris asked for questions regarding homework.  Since no one had any, she collected homework.
3. Participles:  Know definitions of that and of a verbal.  If its describing something and it ends in “ing” it’s a participle.
4. Know what is a participial phrase and how it is used:  We watched the best teams playing football.  A phrase like this at the beginning of a sentence is usually followed by a comma.  Such as:  Throwing their hats in the air, the fans cheered the team at the airport.
5. “ing” = and it’s describing something it’s a participle.
6. “ing” = and it functions as a noun (answering who or what) it’s a gerund.

Students, note:

What may confuse you is that a participle is “part” verb but it is not the main verb in a sentence:

Ex:  We noticed the cracked window. = “noticed” = main verb  / “cracked” = looks like a verb, has an “ed” to it, but works like an adjective because it describes “window.”

Ex:  Creeping slowly to his bus, the student was unaware of his upset driver. =

Student = subject Was = verb (linking) creeping slowly = participial phrase describing the subject, student.

Another example (from internet):

My father's hair, streaked with gray and receding on both sides, is combed straight back to his collar.

Is combed = main verb Receding = present participle Streaked = past participle

Exam Review:  Class participated in bringing up topics that Ms. Harris may well include on her review information for the exam next Tuesday:  (Jaelynn and Mario did a good job recording most of what was brought up and all that was written on the board (by another student):

• 8 parts of speech – (Mario, you need to study these!!) – know the function of each and be able to recognize each as well.
• The Tale of Two Cities
• “Romeo and Juliet”
• Plot
• Conflict – (what it means; what are the 2 kinds)
• Plot diagram – (know all 5 parts and how they’re sequenced.  What 2 things are included in the setting of a story (time and place )
• Similes vs. metaphors
• Gerunds
• Participles
• Character analysis
• Irony – (know the different kinds)
• Fiction – (know 3 types:  novel, short story, and novella)
• Non-fiction –
• Comedy vs. tragedy
• Meaning of “Act”
• Stage directions
• Summary vs. paraphrase
• Protagonist vs. antagonist
• Prepositional phrases
• Monologue vs. soliloquy
• Iambic pentameter vs. blank verse
• Allusion vs. illusion
• Inferences
• Foreshadowing
• Flashback
• aside
• Drawing conclusions
• Vocabulary
• Personification
• hyperbole
• Symbolism
• Writer’s tone
• 3 Points of View
• Colloquialism
• Dialogue vs. dialect
• Compare vs. Contrast
• Theme
• Different types of Drama
• Dynamic vs. Static characters

I don’t believe this was brought up, but you might do well to study “appositives” as well.