This document provides an overview of topics covered in a literature class, including non-fiction vs fiction, graphic novels, and identifying subjects and verbs in sentences. It discusses analyzing panels, captions, and text features in the graphic novel Persepolis. Students read chapters 1 and 9, analyzing images, text, and their relationship. A mini-quiz identifies parts of speech. Finding subjects asks "who/what" a sentence is about, and finding verbs asks "what" about the subject. Homework is to finish reading and do a review test.

1. September 20, 2010 -literature -grammar

2. Housekeeping Textbook deposits Website

3. Literature Non-fiction vs. fiction When do we tell a story with pictures? why? What are some differences between reading an image and reading the printed word?

6. Synopsis http://www.sonyclassics.com/persepolis/main.html

7. Graphic Novel Terms refer to handout Today we will focus on the following terms frame, panel, gutter, graphic weight text features

8. Graphic Novel Terms frame = the lines and borders around images panels = areas containing text and images gutter = the space between the framed panels graphic weight = the use of light and dark tonal difference patterning (colour saturation)

9. Graphic Novel Terms text features captions = set the scene, give background information, description, etc. speech ballons = dialogue (words that come from a character’s mouth) dialogue between characters (external) character’s inner thoughts (internal)

10. Chapter 1 Turn to page 3 How many panels are there? How are they similar? How are they different? Why do you think the author made these choices?

11. Chapter 1 Read the captions on page 3. What do we learn from the captions? Look at the caption for panel 2. (next slide)

12. Is there anything significant about the caption of panel 2 above? (“You don’t see me.”) How does it relate to the image and to the other panels?

13. Chapter 1 Look at panel 3 showing people protesting.

15. Chapter 1 What do you notice about this panel compared to the other panels on the page? Why do you think is it darker? What might this symbolize? What emotion is the author representing here? Is this effective? What does it tell you about what might happen in the book (foreshadowing).

16. Chapter 1 The last two panels on this page have speech bubbles.

18. Chapter 1 What do we learn from the speech bubbles? What do the children have to say about the veils? Why do you think they say these things? What do the pictures show students doing with their veils? Why?

19. Chapter 1 How do the captions differ from the speech bubbles? What kind of information is provided in the captions compared to the things the characters say?

20. Read up to and including page 9 pay attention to both images and text and how they relate to each other

21. Title: Persepolis Reading Response Name: ________ Take a few minutes to reflect, on paper, about the experience of reading this type of novel or of the story so far. Write freely, but if you make a point or state an opinion, try to use details from the novel to support your ideas. You may comment on any feelings of discomfort or confusion, make connections to similar books or stories you’ve read, or to real life experiences and situations.

22. BREAK10 minutes

23. Mini-quiz Read the sentences below. Then identify each word as either a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, article, interjection, preposition, conjunction, or pronoun. Wow! The little boy was crying loudly in the restaurant, so his tired mother took him outside. Answers: Interjection, article, adjective, noun, verb, verb, adverb, prep, article, noun, conjunction, pronoun, adjective, noun, verb, pronoun, adverb/preposition

24. Subjects and Verbs, p. 406 A simple sentence must have a subject and verb part (predicate). Ex: The childrenlaughed. (subject) (verb) A subject is who or what the sentence is about The verb what the sentence says about the subject (usually an action word. . .)

25. Finding Subjects, p. 406 To find the subject of a sentence, ask yourself “Who or what is the sentence about?” Ex: The children laughed. Several branches fell. Most students passed the test. The man is a hero.

26. Finding Verbs, p. 406 To find the verb part (predicate) of a sentence, ask yourself “what does the sentence say about the subject?” Ex: The children laughed. Several branches fell. Most students passed the test. The man is a hero.

27. Another way to find the verb replace the word that comes before the word you think is a verb with a pronoun (I, you, he, she, it, they) If it makes sense then the word is a verb. Ex: Several branches fell. They fell.

28. Activity 1, p. 407 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

29. More about Subjects and Verbs, p. 407 a pronoun can be a subject Ex: He walks quickly. She works hard. a sentence can have more than one subject or verb Ex: Maryam and Aziz are getting married. Ex: Clarita organized the meeting and gave a presentation. a subject is never found inside a prepositional phrase Remember: prepositions are words that indicate position, direction, or time Ex: of, above, during, at, in, beside . . . Ignore the prepositional phrases when you are searching for the subject One of the students left the room.

30. More about Subjects and Verbs, p. 407 many verbs are made up of more than one word Ex: smile, will smile, was smiling, had smiled, etc. words like not, just, never, only, and always are not part of the verb even if they appear inside the verb Ex: She did not like the movie at all.

31. More about Subjects and Verbs, p. 407 no verb preceded by to is ever the verb part (predicate) of the sentence Ex: Kerry planned to arrive on time. NOT: Kerry planned to arrive on time. no –ingword is ever the verb of the sentence without a helping verb NOT: She wearing her favourite dress. BUT: She is wearing her favourite dress.

32. Activity 2, p. 409 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

33. Homework Finish reading Chapter 21 of the text and do the review test at the end. The answer key will be posted on the website on Wednesday or Thursday.