#18 - Bell Work Week 5
Monday, September 7
Student Holiday
Tuesday, September 8
Quick Write: If Death knocked at the door as a polite gentleman, would you get in the carriage?
Quick-share two answers.
Reveal the first two lines.
"Because I could not stop for Death - / He kindly stopped for me -"
Predict tone before reading the whole poem.
Wednesday, September 9
After you finish the CBA, complete Monday's closure activity for assignment #19 - Craft Stations.
Prompt Analysis - How does Dickinson use craft to develop the speaker's response to death: with fear, acceptance, curiosity, or something else? Answer + two quotations + commentary that names a craft move.
Thursday, September 10
Today's Rule
Use a comma near the end of a sentence to separate contrasted coordinate elements or to indicate a distinct pause or shift.
Example
Honors English II is simple, not easy.
Separate contrasted coordinate elements: simple vs easy
Assignment
Rewrite each sentence, adding a comma only where the sentence turns, contrasts, or pauses. Do not add commas that split a tightly bound idea.
She admired the speech's dignity not its volume.
The line sounds simple even gentle until the last word lands like a verdict.
Create your own
Write one original sentence that ends with a contrasted element (use not, but, or yet) and punctuate the contrast with a comma.
Friday, September 11
Today's Rule
The verb agrees with the true subject, not the words that come after it.
A collective noun (flock, team, class) is singular when the group acts as one unit.
With neither…nor, the verb matches the subject closest to it.
Each is always singular.
Example
The flock of birds is flying south.
Neither the students nor the teacher was ready.
Each of the books has a different cover.
Assignment
Fix:
The flock of birds are flying south.
Choose:
Neither the students nor the teacher (was/were) ready.
Correct:
Each of the books have a different cover.