English II PreAPApril 27 – May 1

Monday Photo Reflection Due (to Mrs. Giles beginning of class, to be posted afterschool)Notecards for Seminar Explained

Tuesday WNB#9: Reflect upon Photo ReflectionIntro to Artful EssaySamples in class and on edmodo

Wednesday Notecards ExplainedDraft Essays or Read

Thursday Draft Essays or read

Friday Seminar Reading

Notecards

6 Notecards must be prepared BEFORE discussion. This is your ticket to the discussion. No cards = no participation in discussion = no points awarded for discussion. Write your name on all cards and bundle them with a rubber band. Prepare the cards as follows:1. Significant Passage #12. Significant Passage #23. 3 Level 3 Questions4. Choice Card: Title, Character, *or bring a prop*5. 3 examples of stylistic devices (page, example, device, effect/meaning)6. Vocabulary: Five words defined, with sentence from book and page number.7. Discussion Reflection to be completed AFTER discussion

WNB#9

• Peruse the Photo Reflections in the hallway. Note at least five of the following (consider making a chart):• Most attractive layout• Favorite line of prose• Favorite line of poetry• Something surprising you learned about a classmate• Something you learned about yourself in the process• After reading these, think of three possible writing ideas (moments);

jot these down.

Artful Essay

• Refer to Gary Soto’s “The Pie”• Sensibility and Structure• Begin brainstorming your essay• 1 moment• Diction-Imagery-Detail-Language• Every word, every sentence, has purpose—literally and figuratively• Structure is important• Focus on purposeful structure and sense as you will be writing a companion

to your essay to help with analysis.

Drafting• PLAN:

• Create a new document in googledocs. Draft DUE Thursday, May 5.• Share with jgiles@k12ahisd.net

Moment and Message

ImagesAnd Detail

Structure of Essay (one of these)

Literary Techniques

Sentence Structures

Hyphenated adjectives

Sensory detail

CentrifugalCentripetalCircular/FramedSerial/SpokeS-shaped

Imagery

Symbol

Comparison

ParallelismRepetitionJuxtaposition