English TEn PEriods 5 & 6

1. Finish sentence combining Exercise if not finished in class. 2. Don't forget your SOAPS and your one page Reflection for the Article of the Week. There will be a Friday quiz on dialogue, pacing, narrative, anecdote and from the student story you read today! Be prepared! Water Skier The water skier sits on the float. 2. He waits. 3. His muscles are tensed. 4. The boat lurches forward. 5. The rope tightens the slack. 6. The rope drags the skier. 7. The drag is through the water. 8. Suddenly he is up. 9. He leans to one side. 10. He veers outward. 11. He dips. 12. He glides. 13. A spray trails behind him. 14. The spray is silver in the sunshine. 15. His hair flattens. 16. The flattening is against his forehead. 17. He sees his reflection. 18. The reflection is on the water. 19. The surface is glass. 20. The glass is liquid. 21. The glass gleams. 22. The glass glitters. 23. He stiffens. 24. He locks one leg. 25. He lifts a ski. 26. He leans back. 27. His ski tip hits a wave. 28. It shatters the calm. 29. It breaks his reflection. 30. The breaking is a spray of foam. 31. The pieces fade behind him. 32. Now the skier signals “in.” 33. The boat makes a turn. 34. The turn is wide. 35. The boat heads toward shore. 36. The heading is direct. 37. The boat is moving. 38. The moving is rapid. 39. The boat swerves. 40. The swerve is sudden. 41. The swerve is away from the beach. 42. The skier glides to the beach. 43. He sinks. 44. His sinking is slow. 45. The sinking is into the water. 46. The water is green. 47. He feels the wash. 48. The wash is from the boat. 49. The wash laps at his back. 50. He smiles to himself.