Character Dev & Word Families

​April 1st

​Materials Needed: Laptop, composition notebook, novel

Please begin reading your book

​​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.

​Character Development

​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."

Open Ended

Describe Ann's diction, or use of words. Give specific examples of word choice that support your description.

Open Ended

Describe Maggie's diction or use of words. Give specific examples of word choice that support your description.

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

​Exit Ticket

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."

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."