PPT-GOD IS THE AUTHOR OF YOUR STORY

Psalms 1391417 THE BIG IDEA God is the author of your story and wants you participate in what He has written for you I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made Wonderful are your works my soul knows it very well My frame was not hidden from you when I was being made in secret intricately woven in the depths of the earth Your eyes saw my unformed substance in your book were written every one of them the days that were formed for me when as yet there was none of them How precious to me are your thoughts O God How vast is the sum of them. Author’s Purpose. Why do authors write a story???. ELA Key Strategy # 2. Author’s Purpose. Think about P.I.E.. Authors write a story for three reasons:. P. ersuade. I. nform. E. ntertain. Persuade. i. n the following situations?. Write down one word.. Your teacher announces that there will be no homework for a week!. Your parents announce that you will be going hiking in the Grand Canyon.. Another student is carrying an I-pod that looks just like the one you lost. . Vocabulary for Literature . Sequence of Events. The time order of events in a story . Key words: First, Next, Then, Finally. Let’s Practice!. Read “. Medical School. ” on the next page. . Then put the . 2012-2013. WOLCS. Word of the Day. Context Clues. information . from . the reading that identifies a word or group of words. Word of the Day. Prefixes and Suffixes. an affix put before a word to alter its meaning. Café . Book Discussion Group. Suggestions for Spring 2015. Toms River – A Story of Science and Salvation. (author, Dan Fagin). Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize. IT’S . HIGH TIME a book did for epidemiology what Jon . Truman Capote. Literary style. . Literary . element that describes the ways that the author uses . words.. A. uthor's . word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence . arrangement . In this lesson you . will learn to determine the theme of a text . by asking “what did the author want me to learn?”. We’ve just finished reading . “Whitewashing the Fence”. ?. Theme. . Theme. Alexie’s. . “Superman and Me”. Mrs. Silva, English 8. Hyde Park Middle School. Analysis and Themes. Bellwork. 9/12/13 (8 min). No vocab today….. In “Superman . and . Me” by Sherman . Alexie. Literary Terms. ABSTRACT-CRITICISM. UNIT 1. ABSTRACT. Opposed to concrete, not quantifiable. Emotions, ideals, concepts, feelings, values… . S. omething . pleasant. or . pleasing. is abstract, while calling something . In this lesson you . will learn to determine the theme of a story . by asking “what did the author want me to learn from reading this story?”. We’ve just finished reading . “The Reformation of Jimmy Valentine-Safe Cracker”. Background Information. Author: Margaret Atwood. Year of Publication: 1985. Genre: Feminist, Dystopia. Background Cont.. Setting & Time Period: Mid-70’s-80’s, Republic of Gilead (USA), Cambridge, Massachusetts. A . short story. is a name given to a fictional prose selection, which is short (. it can be read in one sitting. ) and is a story (. it narrates an event or incident. ). .. A number of other general characteristics, however, can be given as a means of further defining the short story:. 3-7 . Picture . Books. 8-12 Traditional . Literature. 13-17 Modern . Fantasy. 18-22 . Poetry. 23-27 Contemporary Realistic . Fiction. 28-32 Historical Fiction. 33-37 Nonfiction. 38-42 Biography/Autobiography. HOW TO 2011 by Kevan Bennett EleanorCaldwell and Lyam ChristopherStarting a Discussion about a WorkThe Its Neat Theory of Literary Criticism Askyourself Are there any parts of the story that make me