
Character Dev & Word Families
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Adelia Morris
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Materials Needed: Laptop, composition notebook, novel
Please begin reading your book
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Objectives
Today I Will: practice skills such as character development, word families, and parallelism.
So That I Can: Solidify my understanding of the material.
I Know I Have it When: I have reached at least an 80% mastery of each skill.
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Diction: word choice
Syntax: order or arrangement of words
Punctuation: marks used to clarify meaning
Each help writers develop the characters
Ex.
"Those clouds look like bunnies!"
"The clouds above us resemble rabbits."
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Open Ended
Describe Ann's diction, or use of words. Give specific examples of word choice that support your description.
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Open Ended
Describe Maggie's diction or use of words. Give specific examples of word choice that support your description.
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Multiple Choice
Directions: The word aspire means “to strive for” or “to hope.” The word aspiration means “hope” or “goal.” They are members of a word family that includes the word aspirational. Given this information, choose the most likely meaning of aspirational.
acting with hope
success in meeting goals
not having goals
relating to a hope or goal
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Open Ended
In the space provided, explain why each excerpt is an example of parallelism.
"For that 30 years, you had to make sure all the filters were changed, all the pharmaceuticals were up-todate, and all the food was ready to go."
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Open Ended
In the space provided, explain why each excerpt is an example of parallelism.
"In movies, shows, and literature, zombies are often depicted as being created by an infectious virus."
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