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STATION ONE: PERSONIFICATION

STATION ONE: PERSONIFICATION. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: HOW CAN I USE PERSONIFICATION TO IMPROVE THE IMAGERY IN MY PAPER?. PERSONIFICATION. AS A GROUP: Go to Mrs. Li’s Blog for Sept. 13 & 14. Open and View the Powerpoint for Personification. INDIVIDUALLY: Write your answers on your own paper.

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STATION ONE: PERSONIFICATION

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  1. STATION ONE: PERSONIFICATION • ESSENTIAL QUESTION: • HOW CAN I USE PERSONIFICATION TO IMPROVE THE IMAGERY IN MY PAPER?

  2. PERSONIFICATION • AS A GROUP: • Go to Mrs. Li’s Blog for Sept. 13 & 14. • Open and View the Powerpoint for Personification. • INDIVIDUALLY: • Write your answers on your own paper. • Go back to your paper to look for a good opportunity to include personification.

  3. STATION TWO: ONOMATOPOEIA • ESSENTIAL QUESTION: • HOW CAN I USE ONOMATOPOEIA TO PROVIDE DESCRIPTION IN MY STORY.

  4. STATION TWO:ONOMATOPOEIA • EXAMINING THE COMIC STRIPS AT THIS STATION TO FIND EXAMPLES OF ONOMATOPOEIA. • REALIZE THAT YOU ARE NOT WRITING A COMIC STRIP, SO YOUR USE OF ONOMATOPOEIA SHOULD BE MORE SUBTLE. • GO BACK TO YOUR PAPER TO FIND OPORTUNITIES TO USE ONOMATOPOEIA IN A NATURAL, MEANINGFUL WAY.

  5. STATION THREE: METAPHOR AND SIMILE • ESSENTIAL QUESTION: • HOW CAN I USE METAPHOR AND SIMILE TO IMPROVE THE IMAGERY IN MY PAPER?

  6. METAPHOR AND SIMILE • AS A GROUP: • Go to Mrs. Li’s Blog for Sept. 13 & 14. • Open and View the Powerpoint for METAPHOR AND SIMILE. • INDIVIDUALLY: • Write your answers on your own paper. • Go back to your paper to look for a good opportunity to include metaphor and simile to improve the imagery.

  7. STATION :FOUR PEER EDITING • EXCHANGE PAPERS WITH YOUR PARTNER • READ EACH OTHER’S PAPER AND CHECK EACH POINT ON THE “PN WRITING GUIDE AND SELF ASSESSMENT RUBRIC.” • USE A STICKY NOTE TO SUGGEST IMPROVEMENTS. • AFTER YOU FINISH, RETURN THE PAPER. • MAKE SURE THAT YOU READ THE STICKY NOTES AND MAKE THE CHANGES THAT YOU FEEL ARE HELPFUL.

  8. STATION FIVE: USING DIALOGUE • ESSENTIAL QUESTION: • HOW CAN I USE DIALOGUE TO DEVELOP MY CHARACTERS AND ADVANCE MY PLOT?

  9. SPECIAL TAGS • GO TO MRS. LI’S BLOG. CLICK ON THE LINK FOR “DON’T USE SAID”. • USE A RED PENCIL TO CIRCLE EACH “BORING” TAG (SAID, ASKED) IN YOUR ESSAY. • USE THE LIST OF “SPECIAL TAGS” TO FIND A TAG THAT BETTER DESCRIBES HOW THE WORDS WERE SPOKEN.

  10. STATION SIX: SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT • ESSENTIAL QUESTION: • HOW CAN I MAKE MY SUBJECTS AND VERBS AGREE?

  11. SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT • AS A GROUP: • Go to Mrs. Li’s Blog for Sept. 13 & 14. • Open and View the Subject/Verb Agreement Powerpoint • THEN • INDIVIDUALLY • On your own paper, complete the Subject-Verb Agreement Worksheet. • After you finish, check your answers with the answer key inside the folder.

  12. STATION SEVEN: HOOKS TO ENGAGE THE READER • ESSENTIAL QUESTION: • HOW CAN I BEGIN MY STORY TO ENGAGE MY READER?

  13. ENGAGE THE READER 1 • EXAMINE THESE FIVE COMMON TYPES OF HOOKS: • MYSTERY STATEMENT: Joey knew that his parents had planned something big for his birthday, but he had never expected this! • DIALOGUE: “Harley Anderson, you get back in this house this instant!” Ma screeched from the front door. “But, Ma,” I whined, “I’m on my way to school.” • ONOMATOPOEIA: Ppssss…the air whistled as it left my front tire. Great, I thought, now I’ll have to push my bike all the way up the hill. • RHETORICAL QUESTION: Shouldn’t every kid be allowed to have a dog? • ACTION: The car careened around the corner and screeched to halt just in front of the bank.

  14. ENGAGE THE READER 2 • EXAMINE THE FIRST PARAGRAPHS OF EACH OF THE NOVELS AT THIS STATION. • DETERMINE WHICH COMMON TYPE OF HOOK EACH REPRESENTS AND MARK YOUR OPINION ON THE TALLEY SHEET. • CHOOSE ONE OF THE HOOK TYPES AND REVISE THE HOOK FOR YOUR ESSAY TO BETTER ENGAGE THE READER

  15. STATION EIGHT: PLOTLINE • ESSENTIAL QUESTION: • HOW CAN I MAKE MY STORY FOLLOW A STANDARD PLOTLINE?

  16. PLOTLINE • IN THE ENVELOPE YOU WILL FIND A SHORT STORY CUT INTO SECTIONS. • READ EACH PAPER STRIP AND PLACE IT ON THE PYRAMID WHERE YOU THINK IT BELONGS. • OPEN THE FOLDER TO CHECK YOUR ANSWERS. • IF YOU MISSED ANY PARTS, READ THE WHOLE STORY AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN.

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