English 9

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Section 1 question for the day:

 

# 10 What is a verb?  A verb is a word that specifies actions or events that take place in a time or a relation between two things.

 

# 11 What are three kinds of verbs? There are transitive, intransitive and linking verbs.

 

Review nouns and pronouns by watching this beauty from way back:

Pronouns
Nouns

Now that you have read "The Crooked Man" by Arthur Conan Doyle and looked at the essential elements of a mystery, you are ready to take the role of detective. As a detective, you will need to start a notebook to keep all of your findings and clues. As you review the story, keep detailed notes to help you solve the crime. Here are the basics:

Details of interest (5 marks)

• The 5 W's
• Setting (where and when does the story take place)

Two character sketches (5marks)

• provide character traits
• age
• relevant details

Discoveries and clues (5 marks)

• what does Sherlock notice or deduce
• provide quotes to paraphrase text
• Example: "the blinds were not down, for the room was seldom used in the evening" (220).

Facts: 5 Crucial  and 5 Incidental (10 marks)

Example: "Mrs. Morrison...denied any knowledge of ill humour" (223)

One Sketch (5 marks)

Example: footprints, paw prints, murder scene, murder weapon, keyhole

Total marks: 30