2.2.11 live lesson

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-Prepare for our Skills Test

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​Live Lesson 2.2.11
11/25/2024

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of "The Moustache"?

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  It is about a young man who visits his grandmother at her nursing home, and she thinks that he is his grandfather, who died long ago.

• It is about the importance of friends who provide support during difficult times.

Multiple Choice

What is the unexpected twist in "The Moustache"?

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  Meg thinks that Mike is his grandfather.

• Meg knows that Mike is himself.

Match

Match each part of the story with its stage of Freytag's pyramid. (HINT: put the events in order)

• Mike agrees to visit his grandmother without his sister Annie.

• Mike decides not to shave off his moustache before he visits his grandmother.

• Mike's grandmother mistakes him for his grandfather, her husband.

exposition (1st)

inciting incident (2nd)

rising action (3rd)

• exposition (1st)

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  inciting incident (2nd)

• rising action (3rd)

Match

Match each part of the story with its stage of Freytag's pyramid. (HINT: put the events in order)

• Mike tells his grandmother, "'I forgive you, Meg.'"

• Mike's grandmother looks at him with "empty eyes," and he leaves the nursing home.

• Mike shaves his moustache.

climax (1st)

falling action (2nd)

resolution (3rd)

• climax (1st)

• falling action (2nd)

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  resolution (3rd)

​A rewording of something written or spoken by someone else.

​​Paraphrase

A quote is someone's exact words. A quote is written with quotation marks "example".

Quote

Categorize

Options (4)

Place the answer choices in the correct category: paraphrase or quote.

Paraphrase

Quote

Multiple Choice

What answer choice best paraphrases the text below?

She lapsed into silence, and I looked out the window. There was no feeder. No birds. There was only the parking lot and the sun glinting on car windshields.

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  Mike was looking to see what his grandmother was looking at since there were no birds.

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  The birds outside were very pretty to look at.

Multiple Choice

What kind of connection is this? - This story reminds me of a time that I visited my grandmother in the hospital when she was sick.

• Text-to-text

• Text-to-self

Multiple Choice

Which of the following characters from "The Moustache" is a round character?

• Mike

• Grandmother Meg

​A young Mexican nun who lived from approximately 1651 to 1695

The Young Sor Juana

​The patterns of rhyming words at the END of lines in a poem

Rhyme Scheme

​There is no pattern or rhyme scheme in the poem

Free verse poem

Multiple Choice

What type of poem is The Young Sor Juana?

• Rhyming with a pattern - ABAB

• Free verse - There is no rhyme scheme

How do you affect other people?

Think about a time that you impacted someone's life. This can be a friend, family member, or a stranger. Why is this important?

The next slide has a few examples.

THIS WILL BE ON YOUR TEST!!

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​Can't think of anything?

​Helping someone younger than you learner a new skill

​Helping around the house with chose

​Being kind to someone you just met

​Volunteering in the community

​EXAMPLES

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