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When I was younger, I wasn't concentrating on good days. I was managing a career and trying to have a good year. It would always 'lead' to something, which never leads to anything except death, where everything leads to. And then as I got older, and then I had my kids and everything, I began to appreciate a great Wednesday.
Albert Brooks
Question of the Day Type I Writing
What is one change that you would want to make at West Perry that is not on our graphic organizer.
Explain. Minimum 30 words.
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
Ferdinand Foch• Question of the Day:• Look at your gradesheet. What are the
easiest things to fix? What are the hardest? How is revision like a second chance?
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
Benjamin Disraeli
Question of the DayType I Writing
What makes a person a hero?50 words
To Kill a Mockingbird
Question of the DayType I 1x
Describe your very 1st day of school. If you can’t remember it, share your earliest memory of school.
60 words
To Kill a MockingbirdQuestion of the Day Type I
1x
Begin with, “When I first heard we were going to read To Kill a Mockingbird, my initial reaction was…” {Explain}
[THEN]“As I read, I discovered…”
[THEN]“What I am most curious about now is…”
30 words
To Kill a MockingbirdCharacterization
Physical Description
How other characters react to them
What the character says, does, thinks
Narrator’s comments
To Kill a Mockingbird
Question of the Day Type I 1x
If I had to choose, I would say that my favorite character is ________. The reason I feel this way is that ___________.
15 words.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Question of the Day Type II writing
Identify 4 methods authors use for characterization.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Question of the Day Type IDate
Write a personal response to the behavior of Mrs. DuBose.
50 words
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird Notes
Author’s purpose: The author’s intent: Usually
– To inform or explain– To persuade– To entertain– To express thoughts or feelings
An author can have more than one purpose.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Question of the Day Type I writing
Give Chapter 15 a rating: 1 to 5 stars
Provide your personal reader response to this chapter`. 30 words
To Kill a Mockingbird
Types of characters:• Static: Stay the same• Dynamic: Change in
personality or attitude (i.e., dynamite before and after)
To Kill a MockingbirdTypes of characters:
Round characters: take center stage and seem the most lifelike
We know a lot about themRole: to advance the plot, to develop the theme
Flat characters: are defined by only one or two traitsWe know little about themRole: advance the plot or provide information,
reveal something about the main characters
To Kill a Mockingbird
Conflicts: A struggle or clash between opposing forces. • Internal conflict: Man vs. Self• External Conflict:
Man vs. nature or an obstacle
Man vs. Man
To Kill a Mockingbird
Identify a character and one of the conflicts they face. How do they respond to the conflict? What does it say about their character?
To Kill a Mockingbird
Character MotivationThe reasons behind a character’s actions.
Look for:• The narrator’s direct comments about a
character’s motivation• The character’s actions, thoughts, and values• The moral dilemmas, or questions, the character
faces• Your own insights into human behavior
To Kill a Mockingbird
Question of the Day Type II
Describe the character of Mayella Ewell. Consider the narrator’s comments, physical description, actions, thoughts, and words, as well as the reaction of other characters to her. Include the one piece of evidence from the text that you think is most significant or interesting and explain your reasoning.
You may use your book to find evidence. 100 words, ten minutes
Be prepared to read your response to the whole class.
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MoodThe prevailing emotions or atmosphere of
a work derived from literary devices such as dialogue and literary elements such as setting. The mood of a work is not always what might be expected based on its subject matter.
To Kill a Mockingbird
p. 160 Starting with “It was a gala occasion” and ending with “Mr. Dolphus Raymond sat with them.”
What words help to indentify the mood?
What role does the setting play in creating the mood?
In 25 words or more, describe the mood in this scene.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Question of the Day Type 1
Two descriptive words that describe Atticus are ___.
Write two quotes from your notes that support your word choice.
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Text OrganizationThe author's method of structuring a text;
the way a text is structured from beginning to end. In literary works, the sequence, question answer, cause‐ ‐effect, chronological, etc.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Text Organization
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Plot, Flashback, and Foreshadowing are incorporated into the text organization.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Text Organization
Plot - The structure of a story. The sequence in which the author arranges events in a story. The structure often includes exposition, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution. The plot may have a protagonist who is opposed by an antagonist, creating what is called conflict.
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Text Organization
• Flashback - An organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before current (present) time of the story. Flashbacks are often introduced as the dreams or recollections of one or more characters.
How is Flashback used in the opening paragraphs of TKAM?
To Kill a MockingbirdText Organization
Foreshadowing - An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments.
Are there phrases about the future?Is there a change happening in the weather, the setting, or the mood?Are there objects or scenic elements that suggest something happy, sad,
dangerous, exciting, etc.?Do characters or the narrator observe something in the background that might
be a hint about something to come later?Tip: Foreshadowing often appears at the beginning of a story or chapter. Keep an
eye out for signs of potential conflict between characters. Look for signals that things might not be what the initially seem. Pay close attention to any details that seem unusual or have particular emotional significance. These might be clues about what is to come.
Questions and Tip from: http://udleditions.cast.org/craft_elm_foreshadowing.html 11/19/2014
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Question of the DayType I
Personal response to the events of Chapter 20-21.
50 words Be prepared to read aloud.
Research PaperBody Paragraph 1 Due 12-9-14
10 points
• Thesis Statement – Subject + Opinion
• Summary of the article – 2 to 3 sentences
• 3 CDs – Easy to read Signal Phrases, effective Concrete Detail, proper punctuation and citation
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• Irony• The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact
opposite of its literal or usual meaning; incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result.
• Metaphor• The comparison of two unlike things in which
no words of comparison (like or as) are used (e.g., The speech gave me food for thought.)
• Simile• A comparison of two unlike things in which a
word of comparison (like or as) is used (e.g., The ant scurried as fast as a cheetah.)
• Personification• An object or abstract idea given human
qualities or human form (e.g., Flowers danced about the lawn.)
Idioms - a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).