Monday, October 19, 2015

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1 Monday, October 19, 2015 QW What is America to you? Pick up a Cartoon Handout. Tape it into your Writer s Notebook. Read it. What do you see in this picture/cartoon? Can you apply it to anything?

2 Monday, October 19, 2015 Discuss the cartoon handout with your shoulder partner. The person who has most letters in your middle name goes first. Class discussion/explanation of the rhetoric cartoon What stands out to you during the following clip? Second time - Who is writing this (i.e. what voice or tone are they using)? Who is the audience (who are they appealing to)? What is the purpose (i.e. what do they want you to do)? What type of writing (form) is this (i.e. novel, speech, video)? Divide between the 4 people at the table.

3 Monday, October 19, 2015 Figurative language quiz on Thursday or Friday #2 from your table - pick up the Rhetorical stance handout for your table (tape in). #1 - read voice and be ready to share #2 - read audience and be ready to share #3 - read purpose and be ready to share #4 - read form and be ready to share Discuss/share info - how do we see these components in advertising? Advertising clip OR ORIGINAL ONE - take Cornell notes over the clip(s)

4 TWIST Tone and mood are similar! Tone is the author's attitude toward the writing (his characters, the situation) and the readers. A work of writing can have more than one tone. Types of tone: serious, humor, dark, conversational, excited Example of tone: The Red Death had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal the redness and the horror of blood (Poe 171). {dark} Word Choice or Diction is the author's choice of words, taking into account correctness, clearness, and effectiveness. There are typically recognized to be four levels of diction: formal, informal, colloquial, and slang. Example of diction: It had loomed in my memory as a huge long spike dominating the riverbank, forbidding as an artillery piece, high as the beanstalk (Knowles 13). {formal} Imagery is when an author writes visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. Example of imagery: A little fog hung over the river so that as I neared it I felt myself becoming isolated from everything except the river and the few trees beside it There were several trees bleakly reaching into the fog (Knowles 13).

5 TWIST Style in literature is the literary element that describes the ways that the author uses words the author's word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement all work together to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text. It can also be called the voice. Types of style: expository, argumentative, descriptive, persuasive, or narrative Examples of style: It was a raw, nondescript time of year, toward the end of November, the kind of wet, self-pitying November day when every speck of dirt stands out clearly (Knowles 10). {descriptive} Theme - an opinion about life or human nature or society that the writer shares with the reader It is usually not stated directly, but must be inferred. Examples of theme: The theme for 8th grade English is Doing the Right Thing and is examined throughout the year by reading and analyzing several novels and texts and reflecting on personal decisions.

6 Tuesday, October 20, 2015 QW: What are your grandparents views of America? Pick up a copy of The Road not Taken by Robert Frost from the outbox. Tape it into your Writer s Notebook and find the four components in this poem (individually) voice, audience, purpose, and form.

7 Tuesday, October 20, 2015 Discuss/compare answers to the poem analysis Person sitting in seat #3 pick up enough copies of John F. Kennedy s Inaugural Address & half sheets of rhetorical terms /techniques for your table team. As we watch JFK s Inaugural Address, find the listed examples. After the clip, read/annotate the speech (use your annotation guide) & add to your analysis. Turn your completed analysis in to the Inbox. Keep the annotated copy of the speech. We will use it in class again tomorrow.

8 Wednesday, October 21, 2015 QW Are there significant differences between your view of America and your grandparents? Why or why not? Pick up a Rhetorical Precis handout from the Outbox. Find your annotated copy of JFK s Inaugural Address from yesterday. Review / discuss how to complete a rhetorical precis. Write a rhetorical precis. Discuss/peer grade - defend ideas & elaborate on analysis.

9 Thursday, October 22, 2015 QW Roots / Prefixes-Suffixes/English for everyone practice? Overview of Outside Book Response expectations for 2nd Quarter: This quarter you will either be reading War Horse or a book about someone who has had to face a difficult personal decision. Throughout the 2nd quarter you will be learning about the components of narrative writing. The book response will be completed in class on December 8, You will bring your book to class on that date and will have 1 class period to complete your analysis. Flag or take notes on the following passages as you read: Characters Point of View Themes Conflicts Key Passages Setting Symbols

10 Friday, October 23, 2015 Library trip to get a book Reading time War Horse or other book (from the cart pulled together by our librarians).