J E 17 Diction 2192013 Copy A rowan

J. E. 17: Diction 2/19/2013 Copy: A rowan* like a lipsticked girl. – Seamus Heaney, “Song, ” Field Work *a small deciduous tree native to Europe, having white flower clusters and orange berries. Words used in an unexpected way and unusual way make us rethink the way we see things and reexamine meaning. Discuss: 1. Other than color, what comes to mind when you think of a lipsticked girl? 2. How would it change the meaning and feeling of the line if, instead of lipsticked girl, the author wrote girl with lipstick on? Apply: Write a simile comparing a tree with a domesticated animal. In your simile, use a word that is normally used as a noun (like lipstick) as an adjective (like lipsticked). Prepare to share.

Agenda: 2/19/2013 Vocabulary: Sit with Assisgned Group P Review Unit 5; complete pp. 61 -64; Unit 5 Vocab. Squares on your own paper (first 10 words)and Smartboard Sample; Flash Cards Reading Workshop/Literary Analysis Work P Group-share Background Notes (assign a scribe and collectively agree on the most important notes to use) Grade Discrepancy Mini-Conferences �Bring all proof of work with you Edmodo (end of class) �Discuss Edmodo “Code of Conduct” form

Homework: 2/19/13 • If you missed the turnitin. com Publish-Ready Deadline, email your paper, and include a short blurb explaining why you missed the week-long deadline by Friday, February 22. You will receive ½ credit for missing this submission deadline. WRITING WORKSHOP: 2/21/13 P Peer-Edit Draft #1 Comp. /Cont. (ensure you’ve included a Venn Diagram or Chart, Outline in your paper-clipped stack); you will include vocabulary words from Units 4 & 5). P Writing Folder Organization Check (ensure that all drafts are correctly labeled, formatted, and included in each paper-clipped stack) VOCABULARY P 2/20: Unit 5 Vocab. FC (1 st 10 Words)…. Vocab. Word on 1 side; P. O. S. , Def. , Syn & Ant. On the Flip) � 2/25/13: Check (Units 1 -5) EDMODO ASSIGNMENT DUE DATE � Post no lo later than Feb. 21, by 10 p. m.

Publish-Ready Submission: Object Talking or Remembering an Incident Editors P P Creative and Thoughtful Title (“RAI” or “OT”) Highlight Vocab. (3 words from Unit 1; 1 from Unit 2) Properly punctuate Dialogue Detail (Shows, Does Not Tell)

Online Codes/Info. www. Turnitin. com: 5948540 Class enrollment ID (case sensitive): Wheeler 1 www. edmodo. com: Group Code: vipp 1 x www. pearsonsuccessnet. com: see provided Log-in handout