ELL 2A Oct. 10-Oct. 21

Oct. 10-Oct. 21

During these two weeks, we learned more about the main idea of a narrative and the difference between the main idea and supporting details. The main idea describes the most important part of the story. It gives an overall idea of what the story is about. Details support the main idea.

We also learned about point of view in a narrative. First person point of view is when a character in the story is the narrator. He/she describes how he/she feels and what he/she thinks. The pronouns we usually see are “I, me, we, my, us, etc.” Second person point of view is when the narrator addresses the reader using pronouns like “you and your.” Third person point of view involves a narrator that is not a character in the story. He/she describes what the characters in the story do, feel, and think. The pronouns we see with third person point of view include “he, she, they, them, hers, his, etc.”

 

 

Ell 1B Post-test on Tuesday, October 18

Week of Oct. 3-Oct. 7

This week we learned about similes and how to identify them in the excerpts from the narrative (short story) “Eleven.” We used a frayer model to define what a simile is, create our own example, and find an example from the text.

Week of Oct. 10-Oct. 14

This week we discussed important vocabulary in the narrative “Eleven.” We created a foldable to discuss the main idea, setting, and characters in the story. Make sure to study these concepts and your vocabulary words for the post-test on “Eleven” coming up on Tuesday, Oct. 18!

Ell 2A Post-test Tuesday, October 18

Week of Oct. 3-Oct. 7

This week we learned about figurative language (similes) and how they help us understand a narrative. We created a frayer model that we used to identify similes in the short story “Eleven” and how to create our own similes.

Week of Oct. 10-Oct. 14

This week we learned how to annotate a narrative which included making predictions, visualizing, and asking questions. We also read and discussed the short story “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros. We highlighted important vocabulary words used in the text. Make sure to study your questions and vocabulary for the “Eleven” post-test coming up on Tuesday!

ELL 2A: Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

9/19-9/23

This week in class, we read an excerpt from Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes and “The Missing Cat.” We discussed the plot of the story including what one should include when writing about plot. Plot includes the main events of the story including main characters, the problem, and the solution in order. We created a three square of the plot of the stories where we included the definition of plot, the plot of the story, and an illustration that represented the plot.

ELL 1B “A House of My Own”

Week of 9/19-9/23

In class, we read ” A House of My Own” by Sandra Cisneros, and we applied our understanding of setting, theme, characters, and main idea to the text. We created a foldable for all four story elements. We learned the following vocabulary words from the text:

Flat, apartment, porch, pillows, petunias, books, stories, shake, quiet, space, and poem. We translated the words and wrote them in a sentence.

Academic Vocabulary ELL 2A

9/8-9/16

In class we applied our learning of story elements to the short story Birthday Barbecue and an excerpt from Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. 

Story elements: Title, author, genre, characters (who?), setting (when or where?), theme/main idea, plot, problem, and solution.

Vocabulary: Personal narrative, mysteriously, shot (needle), plump, puzzled, grant, omen, lopsided, twinkling, mischief, grin, thread, tacks, parasols, and courage.