English II Guided Notes
Lesson 4:
“the beginning of the end of the world; The Powwow at the End of the World; A Song on the
End of the World”
Do Now Part I ( 3 minutes ):
1. Using your handout of commonly used prefixes, suffixes, and roots, look up the suffixes,
ful and ly. What is the meaning of these two suffixes? Write your answer in the space
below.
2. The word glee means “joy.” Based on this information and your knowledge of the
suffixes -ful and -ly, choose the correct meaning of the word gleefully.
a. the state of being full of joy
b. the state of being without joy
c. in a manner that is full of joy
d. in a manner that is without joy
3. Select an answer that you did not choose and explain why you did not choose it. Base
your explanation on your knowledge of – ful and - ly.
I did not choose D because gleefully means something joyful not without joy.
How to write an objective summary: ( 10 minutes ):
Directions: Read the following information about objective summaries to determine if you are
on the right track with your objective summary. Feel free to take notes about the information you
read. Make sure you complete the “Section Reflections” where appropriate.
Why do we summarize?
Sometimes when we read, there is so much information in the text that we have to decide
what is most important and worth remembering.
This is an important skill to have for writing essays and research papers. This is also a
good skill to have to help us break down and understand more difficult material.
Remember, what is most interesting is not always what is most important.
After we determine what is most important:
List the key points, important events, and the main idea of your story or article.
We then must decide how to put the information into a format that is concise and clear.
In your own words, you will summarize the story or article in a paragraph.
You should have a topic sentence and a concluding sentence which will state the main
idea of the article.
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