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Inver Prep Week 36 Agenda & Obj. 5/19 -23 Writing • 11. 7. 4. 4 Produce clear and coherent writing… • 11. 7. 5. 5 Use a writing process to develop and strengthen writing… • 11. 7. 10 Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames… Poetry • 11. 4. 10 By the end of Gr. 12, read and comprehend literature… • 11. 4. 4. 4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases… • 11. 9. 1. 1 Initiate and participate in a range of collaborate discussions… • 11. 5. 5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language… • 11. 4. 1. 1 Cite textual evidence…explicitly as well as inferences drawn • 11. 4. 6. 6 Analyze a particular POV…

Daily Writing: Riot or Peace 5/19/14 Choose one picture and start a story: Planner: • • Due tonight (or printed for Tuesday): essay #4 Due Wed: 1. Write your own free verse poem 2. Bring in your favorite poem (or lyrics to a song).

Monday: Poetry Accuplacer: Even if you pass, if you don’t think you’re ready for Eng. 1108, please don’t take it… Whatever grade you receive in Eng. 1108 (and any other PSEO class) will be on your final college transcript!

Monday: Poetry 1. Look back at poetry you “splashed. ” 2. Reread your favorite poem. 3. Think. Pair. Share. Journal title: Poetry Splash 1. 2. 3. 4. What did you like about the poem? How did the poem make you feel? What do you think the poem is about? What might this poem be saying?

Monday: Poetry 1. What is free verse? 2. Splash “Hanging Fire” by Audrey Lorde 3. Read the poem a second time, annotating it. 4. Journal title: Hanging Fire 1. 2. 3. 4. What is this poem about? What is the speaker worried about? What is the state of mind of the writer? What else do you know about the writer’s character/emotions/fears?

Monday: Poetry Journal title: Brainstorming I Am… Journal title: I Am [Age] • Draft your own poem starting with “I am [your age]. Start by just brainstorming things about you… things you’re interested in, words you’d use to characterize yourself, people who are important to you, things that make you mad, things that irritate you, things that bring you happiness…

Daily Writing: Forgive 5/20/14 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • “When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future. ” ~Bernard Meltzer • “To err is human; to forgive, divine. ” ~Alexander Pope Planner: • Due tmrw: 1. Write your own free verse poem & 2. Bring in your favorite poem (or lyrics to a song). • Due Tuesday: Final draft of essay #4

Tuesday: Revise 1. Free verse poem – questions? 1 st draft: 5+ stanzas, 3 -5 lines each… 2. Essay #4 peer revision! Get into groups who chose the same prompt…Find at least two peers to read your essay and go through the checklist on the back of your essay. Besides going through the checklist: 1. As a reader, what questions do you have? Think “so what”? “What does that have to do with what you’re trying to prove? ” 2. Highlight circle reasoning (saying the SAME thing, just in different words). 3. Read it aloud as you revise and edit!

Daily Writing: My Ethics 5/21/14 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • What would you say if someone told you it was all right to steal? • What would you do if you saw a friend cheating? Planner: • Due Tuesday: Final draft of essay #4. • Remember: I need your 2 revised essays (optional) by May 30 *PLUS draft w/ my comments. No late work after May 30. Due Wednesday: Revised draft of free-verse.

Wednesday: Poetry Student council today during 4 th. 1. Show me your fav poem AND your free verse. 2. Reread your favorite poem, splashing it! 1. 2. 3. * this word/line is cool ! This is something important ? I don’t get it 4. Comments/questions in the margin 3. Journal title: My Fav Poem 1. What did you like about the poem? 2. How did the poem make you feel? 3. What do you think the poem is about? What might this poem be saying?

Wednesday: Poetry 1. Volunteers read their favorite poem and share their thoughts? 2. Share your free verse poem with a peer and get feedback. What can you add? 3. Add content and figurative language to your poem: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Metaphor Simile Personification Imagery Hyperbole Due Wednesday: Revised/typed draft of free-verse.

Daily Writing: Respect 5/22/14 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • “I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me. . . All I ask is that you respect me. . . ” ~Jackie Robinson • “…respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity. ” ~Julius Erving Planner: • Due Tuesday: Final draft of essay #4. Remember: I need your 2 revised essays (optional) by May 30 *PLUS draft w/ my comments. No late work after May 30. • Due Wednesday: Revised/typed draft of poem.

Thursday: General Comments As you finalize Essay 4: • Remember: your 4 th essay technically isn’t due until Tuesday, but if you want my comments in time to work on another revision, give it to me by TOMORROW. • Remember: Controlling thought (A is B)… Do NOT write the X, Y & Z – it causes you to think you have a controlling thought and you don’t. • Remember: Borrow language from your thesis to use in your topic sentences. Your topic sentences should NOT be a detail and shout NOT be a quote. • Notes from first essay:

From First Essay Comment 1: Thesis needs a controlling thought • Two parts of a thesis: Topic & Controlling Thought • CT also known as opinion, stance, assertion… Basically, what you to prove? • Many of you had the X, Y, and Z part of the formula (which is not necessary), but a vague controlling thought. • Example: Heroes are people who possess these qualities: X, Y, and Z. • Are you suggesting that ordinary people can be heroes? Do you believe there aren’t enough people who possess these qualities? What? ?

Thursday: General Comments As you finalize Essay 4 Continued: • Remember: you just need a one-sentence summary of what the article DOES (essay 3 you needed to do the paragraph summary) somewhere in your introduction. • Remember: Use at least one or two other quotes from the article to support your ideas. • Remember: Use the checklist on the back of your directions. • Remember: Read your essay ALOUD and identify subjects, verbs and clauses.

Thursday: Parallel Structure • Read and go through activities on Parallel Structure pg. 360 -364 in Writer’s World. • Quick review on Subject-Verb agreement on pg. 375 -384.

Daily Writing: If you were… 5/23/14 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • If you were lost in the woods and it got dark, what would you do? • If you were an inventor, what would you invent and why? Planner: • Due Tuesday: Final draft of essay #4. • Remember: I need your 2 revised essays (optional) by May 30 *PLUS draft w/ my comments. No late work after May 30. Due Wednesday: Revised/typed draft of poem.

Friday: Work Day Let’s play catch up. Mac Cart • Due Tuesday: Final draft of essay #4. Remember: I need your 2 revised essays (optional) by May 30 *PLUS draft w/ my comments. • Due Wednesday: add content and figurative language to your poem. Type it up and print. 1. Metaphor 2. Simile 3. Alliteration 4. Personification 5. Imagery 6. Hyperbole 7. Etc. , etc. ; )