Page 35 - SpringBoard_ELD_Grade8_Flipbook

language
resources
Pacing: How fast the time moves in a story
Mood: the overall emotion that the reader feels when reading a scene or an entire work
Language Resources
Clause
A group of words that contains a subject and a verb
Phrase
A group of words that does not contain a subject, a verb, or both
Combined clause
A sentence that contains two or more
clauses
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 55
Short or Combined Clauses?
Pacing: Fast or Slow?
Joby’s Feelings/Actions
Mood Created
Author’s Purpose in Choosing Pacing
aCTiViTY 1.6
interacting in meaningful Ways: analyze Clauses
Learning Targets
• Analyze and explain in conversation and writing how combining clauses produces effects on the reader.
• Evaluate and explain in conversation and writing how effectively the author uses pacing.
• Express and justify opinions in conversation and writing by providing text evidence and using nuanced modal expressions and phrases.
Using Clauses to Establish Pacing
Ray Bradbury uses pacing in “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” to show how a character is feeling and to set different moods for the reader. One way a writer creates
pacing is by creating sentences of different lengths. A paragraph with several short sentences is like a quick drumbeat with a fast pace and might emphasize action or energy. A paragraph with long sentences made by combining clauses and phrases slows the pace down. A slower pace might emphasize a character’s thoughts or set a mood of reflection for the reader.
Read the last two paragraphs of “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh.” Answer the questions in the chart for each paragraph. Then analyze each paragraph to understand why Bradbury chose to write each paragraph the way he did. What effect does the pacing have on the story and the mood?
12 SpringBoard® English Language Development grade 8
© 2017 College Board. All rights reserved.