2.2.4 Roots, Moustache Close Read 2, Gerunds/Hero's Journey

Roots, "The Moustache" Close Read Day 2, Gerunds

Lesson 2.2.4

Word Work: Roots

Learners can:

• practice using roots

• determine the meaning of new words

• use new words in a sentence correctly

• chron: time

• equi: equal

• sect: to cut

• tox: poisonous

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Root Review

Match

Use your knowledge of the roots chron, equi, sect, and tox to match the word to the correct sentence.

• 
  My music instructor used a _____ to help me keep track of the duration of the songs we were playing.

• The celebrated gymnast took a break from competing after damage to their inner ear in an accident led to a loss of _____.

• 
  An ant is a type of _____ with a clearly defined head, thorax, and abdomen.

• Blood poisoning, or _____, requires immediate medical attention.

chronograph

equilibrium

insect

toxemia

• chronograph

• equilibrium

• insect

• toxemia

Reading: "The Moustache" Close Read Day 2

Learners can:

• identify the plot elements of "The Moustache"

• recognize static, dynamic, round, or flat characters

Multiple Choice

In which part of the story do you typically meet the story's main character?

• the resolution

• the exposition

• the climax

• the rising action

Types of Characters Review:

• Static characters stay the same throughout the story. The character you meet at the beginning of the story is the character you see at the end.

• On the other hand, dynamic characters undergo a transformation or evolution as the story progresses.  

Character Types

• Round characters have depth and complexity. They express hopes, desires, and contradictions. Often, a round character experiences conflict.

• Example, Bernie Webber is a round character because he has complexity.

  • The Finest Hours does not present him purely as a hero, happy to sail off into the storm. Instead, he is depicted as wrestling with his choices and being tempted to return to the safety of the Coast Guard Station.

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Round Characters

• Flat characters are one-dimensional, like a single piece of paper. They help represent a certain trait or symbolize something. They can help illustrate something about another character.

• Example: In The Finest Hours, Daniel Cluff is depicted as starting the story with the same character traits that he has at the end. He is anxious to prove his worth and demonstrate his command of Chatham Station.   

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Flat Characters

​Mike is developed as a round character when he discusses his varying emotions about visiting his grandmother. This is a conflict that demonstrates his range of emotions and conflicts

​At the end of the paragraph, Mike gets out of the car. This is part of the rising action of the story. Now that he is out of the car, he can enter the nursing home, and the story can continue.

​Readers develop a deeper understanding of Mike as he describes his various emotions and motivations. His reaction to a nursing home makes him more relatable and real to readers, more round.

Multiple Choice

What character from "The Moustache" is a dynamic character?

• Mike's grandfather

• Mike's grandmother

• Mike's mom

• Mike's sister

Writing: Gerunds

Learners can:

• identify gerunds

• recall the characteristics of various story structures

• plot points of a story to fit an alternative plot structure 

• Gerund is a verb form that functions as a noun. It is created by adding the ‑ing suffix to a verb base.

• Gerunds are tough because they look like a verb, but they act like a noun in a sentence, and they always end in -ing.

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Grammar Time! Gerunds

• Running is my favorite form of exercise.

  • Running is a gerund because it is a verb form (run) ending in ‑ing that acts like a noun.

• ​I enjoy reading books in my free time.

  • Reading is a gerund because it is a verb form (read) ending in ‑ing that acts as the object of the verb enjoy.

• I am interested in cooking.

  • Cooking is a gerund because it is a verb form (cook) ending in ‑ing that acts as the object of the preposition in.

Gerund Examples

Multiple Choice

What sentence uses a gerund as the object of a preposition?

• Walking is good for your health.

• She enjoys hiking on the weekends.

• She is tired of waiting for her brother.

• Singing is my favorite hobby.

• Hero's journey explains that the main character, the hero of a story, goes through 12 stages of their journey.

• The hero's journey is one of the most well-known ways to tell a story, and many classic books and movies follow this path.

• For more information about the hero's journey structure, check out page 5 in the writing section of today's edio lesson

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Hero's Journey

In today's lesson, you:

• determined the meanings of words that use the roots chron, equi, sect, and tox;

• analyzed the characters of "The Moustache";

• identified gerunds; and

• plotted points of a story to fit an alternative plot structure.

Wrap Up

The rest of class is choice time. You can be working on:
-iReady Reading Practice
-Silent Reading
-Get help from Mrs. Massack
-Overdue Edio Lessons

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Choice Time