What do we already know about poetry?

Poetic Devices Bingo

Read through the poetry books at your table, and look for examples of the poetic devices listed on the bingo squares. When you find an example, write it on a post it (along with the title of the poem and the poet's name) and place the post it on the correct square on your bingo board. 

Antithesis Made Easy

Antithesis: a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

See how many examples of antithesis you can spot as you watch the video and listen to the lyrics!

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.”

- Dickens

Debate!! Is Hammurabi's code a fair and just way to govern???

Today's debate format is set up in a way that will help you write your argument essay over the weekend. Rounds 2 and 3 are specifically designed to lay the groundwork for the counterargument section of your essay. Remember, there are two objectives in a counterclaim. #1 poke holes in your opponent's theory. #2 play defense for your own theory. 

Avoid words that don't further your argument. 

Take words or phrases that your opponent used in their initial argument, and turn them around to use their own words against them. Redefine the circumstances to better align with your theory. 

This weekend as you write your flashdraft arguing whichever side you support on this issue... be sure to use the notes you have from the debate activity. What are the most relevant pieces of evidence to support your view.

Email Etiquette

Sending an email is more like writing a letter than sending a text message. There are specific rules that should be followed, especially if the letter is addressed to a teacher/professor, boss or someone you are hoping to work for some day. Following these rules will help you present yourself in the best possible light, and make it more likely that the person to whom you are writing will take you seriously.

Watch the video and take notes in your writers notebooks. 

Based on the video, what are the rules for writing an email? Write them in your notebook. 

Use the link below to watch the Brainpop video on how to write a business letter, then take the quiz at the end. 

https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/businessletter/

Homework:

   Write an email to me using the guidelines you reviewed today in class. You could ask questions about Language Arts, high school, or discuss something else that is on your mind. Be sure to keep the tone professional and appropriate, and don't forget to proof-read! 

Samples of Monologues

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.

Highlighted script link

Monologue Reminders

WWII Webquest

Use this link to help you answer the questions on the WWII background worksheet.
Click here

Watch these videos to learn more background info on WWII

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/pearlharbor/

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/worldwarii/

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/worldwariicauses/

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/adolfhitler/

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/holocaust/

Context Clues

Use the brainpop game to practice using context clues to figure out the meaning of words.
Click here

Peer Revision with a checklist

Use this checklist to give your partner some feedback. Make at least 15 comments on their draft, if there are any parts of the checklist that you think they need to address.

   Revision checklist

Use Transitions to make your memoir flow

Goal: I used transitional phrases to alert my reader to the passage of time, to connect parts of
the story, to imply cause and effect, to raise questions.

Use the list below to see where your transitions fall on the Columbia Rubric

Like a 6th grader:    If he hadn’t....he might not have..., because of..., although...
or little did she know that

Like a 7th grader:   and suddenly, if only, meanwhile

Like an 8th grader:   and so, thereabouts, whenever, wherever, in spite of

Like a 9th/10th grader:  as when, just as, whereby, without realizing, ever afterward

What is Exposition?

Watch the clips below 

How can you introduce your memorable moment to your audience? 

Log in to Google Classroom. Write a short exposition to give you readers:

1. any info they need to understand what's happening in the story

 2. context to explain why the moment you chose is so important

Break it down!

Breaking down our writable moments to dig for details... Try to think of each memory as a progression of: emotions, actions, thoughts (reflection), dialogue. Charting these details on simultaneous timelines can help turn a simple description into an opportunity for a meaningful memoir.

Some student samples....

Breaking down our writable moments to dig for details... Try to think of each memory as a progression of: emotions, actions, thoughts (reflection), dialogue. Charting these details on simultaneous timelines can help turn a simple description into an opportunity for a meaningful memoir.

Writing a strong introduction

Authors "craft" tension in their stories

Imagine if you watched scenes from Jaws without the creepy music.... would it still be scary? Would you still feel a lot of tension in the scene? Or, would it just be a beach scene of families playing in the water?

Directors and producers use music, lighting tricks, special effects and lot of other visual tricks to create tension in their movies.

Authors also create a lot of tension in their books using a variety of techniques (craft moves).

In The Missing Girl, Norma Fox Mazer uses lots of craft moves in the first chapter to create a lot of tension for the audience.

 Spolier alert, metaphor, symbolism, intentional vagueness, odd details, word choice...

Read your books, and search for instances where the author is using a craft move to create tension in the scene. Use post its to mark the examples and identify the craft moves on the post its.  
HW: 5 tension post its for tomorrow