Warm-UpCopy down each of the sentences in your warm-

ups, putting brackets around the prepositional phrase. There may be more

than one prepositional phrase per sentence. Ex: [In case of fire,] use the nearest exit. The flowers in the yellow vase are the first

ones from our garden. After the play, the teacher praised Gary for

his performance. In spite of his good intentions, nothing

happened.

Prepositions / Prepositional Phrases

Main parts of sentence (subject or verb) are NEVER inside prepositional phrases.

Finding PP's helps to eliminate details in a sentence to more easily identify the subject and verb.

To Find and [bracket] the PP...

Begin with Preposition (as, at, above, before, between, during, for, of, on, through, under, within, etc.)

End with object of preposition (Noun or pronoun that answers the question whom? Or what?)

Warm-UpCopy down each of the sentences in your

warm-up, putting brackets around the prepositional phrase.

Ex: [In case of fire,] use the nearest exit. The flowers in the yellow vase are the first

ones from our garden. After the play, the teacher praised Gary

for his performance. In spite of his good intentions, nothing

happened.

Answers

The flowers [in the yellow vase] are the first ones [from our garden].

[After the play], the teacher praised Gary [for his performance].

[In spite of his good intentions], nothing happened.

Vocabulary Workshop Unit One /

Prepositional Phrases Quiz Friday!

STAAR Test (End Of Course)

Year Two – still lots of unknowns Really important for graduation Taken all 4 years in your 4 core subjects Scores from each year are added together You may retake any test you want – even

a test from a previous year Level 1 – failed Level 2 – passed Level 3 - commended

English STAAR Test Two days (Reading day and Writing day)

Timed test – four hours each day Reading test – 38 multiple choice & 2 short answer

+ field questions / short answer All reading selections have been previously

published (a change from TAKS) Short answer questions – single selection (analyzing

one story) and crossover question (comparing two stories)

Writing test – 30 MC revising and editing questions + 2 essays and field questions / field essay

Essay types – Narrative and expository

Narrative Essay 26 lines Can't double up lines Students must create an organized

narrative with character development, conflict, and detail based on a prompt.

Mechanics and grammar conventions are also a factor in your score

1-4 scoring, read by two people, two scores added together

Quick Share with a Partner

What makes a good story? When you are reading a book or watching a movie, what grabs your attention? What makes you

want to keep reading / watching?

Condensing Your StoryHow do I write a whole story with strong

characters and a conflict in 26 lines?

Condensing Your Story

Prompt Format

Take a look at this photo

Write a story about the power of imagination. Be sure to focus on

organization, character development, and conflict, as well

as grammar conventions.

Don't write about the picture!!

What Are Graders Looking For?

That you are sticking closely to the prompt. It should be your focus, theme, etc.

Organization (beginning/middle/end, transitions, flow of ideas)

Character development (protagonist, antagonist, your character changes or grows in some way)

Conflict (Man vs Man? Man vs Self? Man versus Nature? Man vs Society?)

Details (Appeal to the senses, create a picture in the reader's mind)

Grammar / spelling

STAAR English I Literary – Strong

The hair on the back of Kevin’s neck stood on end. He could feel the goosebumps go down his arms and legs. The slightest change in wind made his feet tingle. He had climed mountains before, but nothing quite like this. He stood on the edge of a great adventure.

He had been climbing through the dense forest of trees for six days and seven nights. The journey had been rough and he was now running on only one package of dried noodles. He looked out past the clouds to the small flickering lights that carresed the black earth down the valley. He thought of his mom back home, worrying for him. She had given him a giant bear hug before he left, along with a note about

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STAAR English I Literary - Strong

being careful. Oh how he missed her. It seemed like years since he had had one of her famous peanut butter and banana sandwich’s. This jump was for her. Cautiously he went up on his toes and felt the breeze in his hair. And then he fell.

He fell for what seemed like eternity. The wind whistled past his face and his hands and legs flailed in the air. He felt totally free, until he hit. He hit the ground hard. He slowly rose off the ground and looked onto his own back porch. There his mom stood smiling. “How was your adventure?” she said calmly. Kevin only grinned.

Handwritten paper is 26 lines.

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Tomorrow Entire period to plan and write a STAAR

narrative essay 26 line STAAR paper and a planning page will

be provided Planning page = formative grade Block day – peer editing of the narrative (along

with plagiarism video / quiz) Friday – VW / PP Quiz + final edits to essay Monday – Printed copy to class (must be typed)

+ Turn It In 7:25 am deadline – summative grade