Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Monologue Reminders


Great examples of monologues:


"Remember the Titans" - coach Boone


Transcript- 
Anybody know what this place is? This is Gettysburg. This is where they fought the battle of Gettysburg. Fifty thousand men died right here on this field, fightin’ the same fight that we’re still fightin’ amongst ourselves today. This green field right here, painted red, bubblin’ with the blood of young boys. Smoke and hot lead pourin’ right through their bodies. Listen to their souls, men. I killed my brother with malice in my heart. Hatred destroyed my family. You listen, you take a lesson from the dead.
If we don’t come together right now on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed, just like they were. I don’t care if you like each other right now, but you will respect each other. And maybe – I don’t know, maybe we’ll learn to play this game like men.


"Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers" - Samwise Gamgee



Transcript-
I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.”
“What are we holding onto, Sam?”
“That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo…and it’s worth fighting for.






Thursday, October 27, 2016

Happy spirit week!!!

Writing about Character Influence with Evidence







"Steal our Style" 



























Influences Shape Character Perspective

Perspective is another literary device we can use to help us understand the overall message of a text.


What are some outside forces that influence characters? 




What outside influences are impacting the perspective of Peter from "Attention to Detail."

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Polishing Prior to Publishing...

Journalists, like all good writers, use checklists to help guide their revisions before publishing a newscast.

Use the checklists below to help me revise this sample newscast




Use the checklists to guide the revisions of your own newscasts. Published newscasts should be ready to share with the class on Thursday 10/6

The student sample above ends with a lesson for the audience

The Sample above teaches the audience an important lesson in empathy


This final sample is a good example of a newscast that inspires activism. 









Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Making short nonfiction writing pack a punch!





Students- are you sick of your one dollar words only getting you so-far on your essays and newscasts? 

Trade them in for a VIVID,  and DESCRIPTIVE $10 word using visualthesaurus.com

  • example: mess = 1 word,   catastrophe= $10 word