from Travels With Charley

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from Travels With Charley
On the top of a piece of lined paper,
write -Your name -Your period -Title
-Author -Page

• by John Steinbeck

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NOTE-TAKING SKILLS

• Say it with less! Try to shorten this
  information.
• The author of this selection is John Steinbeck.
• Author John Steinbeck
• Steinbeck was born in 1902. He died in 1968 at th
• age of 66.
• b.1902 -d.1968
• Steinbeck is often called one of the greatest
  American
• authors of the 20th Century (1900s).
• Great 20th Century American author

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About the Author (cont)

• Famous Novels
• -Grapes of Wrath
• -Of Mice and Men
• -The Pearl
• -Read bio on page 83
• After reading the bio on p. 83, write down
  three interesting/important details that you
  learned about Steinbeck.

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Travels with Charley

• In his 60s, Steinbeck went on a long road trip
  to rediscover America.
• Traveled with his dog, Charley, in a
  camper/truck.
• Wrote about his adventures.

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Map of Their Travels
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The Camper/Truck
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LITERARY TERM

• Thesis topic sentence main idea of an essay
• In most essays -state your thesis in the first
  paragraph -support it with details in the body
  
• -restate it in your conclusion.
• In a Narrative Essay
• -the thesis is the belief, moral, or the lesson
  learned
• -the thesis often appears only at the end of
  the narrative.
• ex)That was my first real step towards
  self-degredation
• Most of Hair is a description of Malcolms
  first conk.
• The thesis is only stated at the end of the
  narrative.

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FOOTNOTES-you dont need to write

• from book
• brisket chest
• votive something offered to fulfill a vow or
  pledge or in thanks. ex) votive candles in
  church.
• from Miss Packard
• guard hairs thick, coarse hairs on coyotes and
  other animals that protect their softer fur.
• cross hairs the crossed lines in a gun sight
  that help pinpoint a target.
• vermin an animal that is considered a pest
  because it eats, destroys, or harms crops or
  livestock.

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Lets Read!

• p. 82
• -Try to picture the events, characters, and
  setting as you listen/read.
• -Look for a thesis that states the moral or
  lesson learned.

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Post Reading Analyze

• Write in complete sentences on your story notes
  paper.
• What point of view (1st, 2nd, or 3rd person) is
  this narrative written from?
• What is the authors thesis (belief, moral,
  lesson learned)? Find it and write it down.
• 3. If you saved someones life, would you feel
  responsible for that life forever? Explain.
• When finished Label a new section in your notes
  Writing Skills Vivid Verbs and Precise
  Adjectives

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Writing Skills Vivid Verbs

• Verb a word that shows action or being.
• being was, am, are, were, is
• action ran, said, saw, moved, etc.
• Vivid Verbs specific action verbs.
• ex) instead of I left
• I skipped, stormed, charged, crept, crawled,
  slithered, flew, slipped, staggered.
• Strong writers use vivid verbs to provide
  readers with detailed mental images of characters
  and events.

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Writing Skills Vivid Verbs

• TO DO
• -Find three sentences containing vivid verbs on
  pages 82-83.
• -Write down the sentences you found.
• -Underline the vivid verb(s) in each sentence.
• Example
• Their tongues lolled out so that they seemed to
  smile mockingly.

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Writing Skills Precise Adjectives

• Adjectives words that describe nouns.
• ex) good bad happy sad
• Precise Adjectives more specific adjectives.
• ex) polite rotten elated devastated
• Strong writers use precise adjectives to
  provide vivid details and descriptions.

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Writing Skills Precise Adjectives

• TO DO
• -Find 5 precise adjectives that Steinbeck
  uses in his narrative on p. 82-83.
• -Write down the adjectives.
• -In parentheses next to each adjective, write
  the noun that the adjective describes.
• Example blinding (light)
• (blinding is the adjective describing the noun
  light.)