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?

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.

•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)

Monday, October 19, 2015

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).

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.

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.

• 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.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

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.

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, 2015.

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

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).