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“Brush
Strokes”
by
Harry R. Noden
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HOMEWORK
Find and copy a
Picture/Image for
tomorrow’s writing
assignment.
Textbooks
Grammar Worksheet
AGENDA
Grammar
Mini-Lesson:
Brushstrokes
Practice &
Present
Standards
Writing Strategies
1.2 Use precise
language, action verbs,
sensory details,
appropriate modifiers,
and the active rather
than the passive voice.
Standards
Written and Oral English
Language Conventions
1.1 Identify and correctly use
clauses (e.g., main and
subordinate), phrases (e.g.,
gerund, infinitive, and
participial), and mechanics of
punctuation (e.g., semicolons,
colons, ellipses, hyphens).
Standards
Written and Oral English
Language Conventions
1.2 Understand sentence
construction (e.g., parallel
structure, subordination,
proper placement of
modifiers) and proper English
usage (e.g., consistency of
verb tenses).
OBJECTIVE
Using Cornell Notes &
the Frayer Model for
Concept Attainment,
students will identify
and apply five basic
Brushstrokes and
practice composing and
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-Did you Respond with
a few sentences?
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Image
Grammar
Using
Grammatical
Structures to
Teach Writing
Harry R. Noden
Main Point about
Brushstrokes…
“The writer is an
artist,
painting images of life with
specific and identifiable
brush strokes, images as
realistic as Wyeth and as
abstract as Picasso. In the
act of creation, the writer,
like the artist, relies on
fundamental elements.”
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Andrew Wyeth
Pablo
Picasso
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Pablo Picasso
“In the act of creation,
the writer, like the
artist, relies on
fundamental
elements.”
Noden
The BASIC Parts of Speech
Nouns
Conjunction
s
Pronouns Preposition
s
Adverbs
Interjection
Adjectives
s
Verbs
The Brushstrokes
Participles
Vivid
Verbs
Inverted Adjectives
Absolutes
Appositives
The Brushstrokes
Participles
Vivid
Verbs
Inverted Adjectives
Absolutes
Appositives
Painting with Participles
an –
ing (or –ed) verb
tagged on the
beginning or end
of a sentence.
Definition:
Participles painted by Hemingway in The
Old Man and the Sea:
 Shifting
the weight of the line to
his left shoulder and kneeling
carefully, he washed his hand in
the ocean and held it there,
submerged, for more than a
minute, watching the blook
trail away and the steady
movement of the water against
his hand as the boat moved.
Participles painted by
Angela

The gorilla stared
sadly at the people
outside the glass.

Resting his chin on
the rubber tire, the
gorilla sat,
wondering how he
came to be trapped
in this manmade
jungle.
Guided Practice: EXAMPLE
Try this Brush Stroke with the
following…
The Brushstrokes
Participles
Vivid
Verbs
Inverted Adjectives
Absolutes
Appositives
Painting with Vivid
Verbs
Definition:
verbs that show
action – not
passive voice
Vivid verbs painted by Gary Paulsen in My
Life in Dog Years:
 The
result was spectacular.
The voltage hit his wet
mouth like a sledge and
stiffened him like a poker.
He snarled, growling
deeper, and tried to hang
on, but the jolt was too
powerful and slammed him
back and down on his rump.
Vivid Verbs Painted by Gloria
 The
UFO shot
across the sky
leaving a trail of
light.
 The
UFO hurtled
across the sky
splitting the sky
with a trail of
light.
Guided Practice: EXAMPLE
Try this Brush Stroke with the
following…
“Brush
Strokes”
by
Harry R. Noden
RIGHT NOW
LITERACY
CENTERSWORKSHOP
NOTES
BLANK SHEET
RIGHT
NOW
AGENDA
Grammar
Mini-Lesson:
Brushstrokes
Practice &
Present
Standards
Writing Strategies
1.2 Use precise
language, action verbs,
sensory details,
appropriate modifiers,
and the active rather
than the passive voice.
Standards
Written and Oral English
Language Conventions
1.1 Identify and correctly use
clauses (e.g., main and
subordinate), phrases (e.g.,
gerund, infinitive, and
participial), and mechanics of
punctuation (e.g., semicolons,
colons, ellipses, hyphens).
Standards
Written and Oral English
Language Conventions
1.2 Understand sentence
construction (e.g., parallel
structure, subordination,
proper placement of
modifiers) and proper English
usage (e.g., consistency of
verb tenses).
OBJECTIVE
Using Cornell Notes & the
Frayer Model for Concept
Attainment, students will
identify and apply five
basic Brushstrokes and
practice composing and
revising sentences.
The Brushstrokes
Participles
Vivid
Verbs
Inverted Adjectives
Absolutes
Appositives
Painting with Inverted
Adjectives
Adjectives
shifted out of
order amplify the
details of the
image.
Adjective out of order painted by
Newton Peck in A Day No Pigs Would
Die:
I could smell Mama, crisp
and starched, plumping my
pillow, and the cool muslin
pillowcase touched both
my ears as the back of
my head sank into all
those feathers.
Inverted Adjectives painted by
Anna

The kitten yawned
after a hard day of
chasing birds.

The kitten, rotten
but irresistible,
yawned after a
hard day of
chasing birds.
Guided Practice: EXAMPLE
Try this Brush Stroke with the
following…
The Brushstrokes
Participles
Vivid
Verbs
Inverted Adjectives
Absolutes
Appositives
Painting with Absolutes
Definition:
Noun +
Participial (-ing, ed)
Absolutes painted by Anne Rice in
The Vampire LeStat:

The mummy was moving. The
mummy’s right arm was outstretched,
the torn wrappings hanging from it,
as the being stepped out of its gilded
box! The scream froze in her throat.
The thing was coming towards her –
towards Henry, who stood with his
back to it – moving with a weak,
shuffling gait, that arm outstretched
before it, the dust rising from the
rotting linen covering it, a great smell
of dust and decay filling the room.
Absolutes painted by Darrin

Andrew smiled as
he stared at the
wrinkly figure that
was to be his baby
brother.

Andrew sat, heart
pounding and smile
beaming, as he
stared at the wrinkly
figure that was to
be his baby brother.
Guided Practice: EXAMPLE
Try this Brush Stroke with the
following…
The Brushstrokes
Participles
Vivid
Verbs
Inverted Adjectives
Absolutes
Appositives
Painting with Appositives
Definition:
a noun
that adds a second
image
Appositives painted by Cornelius
Ryan in The Longest Day:

Plowing through the
choppy
gray waters, a phalanx of
ships
bore down on Hitler’s
Europe,
fast new attack
transports, slow
rust-scarred freighters,
Appositives painted by
Eduardo

The woman stared at the
smooth waters and
dreamt of days gone by.

The woman, a devoted
wife and mother, stared
at the smooth water, the
water that mystified her
as a child, and dreamt of
those whimsical days
gone by.
Guided Practice: EXAMPLE
Try this Brush Stroke with the
following…
The Brushstrokes
Participles
Vivid
Verbs
Inverted Adjectives
Absolutes
Appositives
Practice Painting Scenes
Find & cut out a scene,
image, or photograph
from a magazine.
 Write out [describe] the
what is going on in the
image on your own
sheet of paper.
 Magazines or
Newspapers:
– Sports Illustrated
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CLOSURE
Any Questions?
Note 1 or 2 Brush Strokes
you need MORE work on
for tomorrow.
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HOMEWORK
Find and copy a
Picture/Image for
tomorrow’s writing
assignment.
Textbooks
Grammar Worksheet
Easy Way to Practice
Painting Scenes
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Natural Flow:
1. Still Shots
2. Movie Clips
3. Real Life
Watch a short scene from a film of
which you also have the book
version.
Write out the scene.
Read the author’s version of the
scene and discuss.
Excellent examples:
– In God we Trust, All Others Pay
Cash
– Raiders of the Lost Ark
– Jurrasic Park
– Lord of the Rings
– Harry Potter