1 / 27

Honors English 9

Honors English 9. Week 9: October 15-19, 2012. Due Today : THREE Independent Noticings from www.ThisIBelieve.org. Monday, October 15, 2012. Walk-In: Pick up a White Binder and take our your graphic organizer that we use to record our noticeings about the This I Believe Essay.

laksha
Download Presentation

Honors English 9

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Honors English 9 Week 9: October 15-19, 2012

  2. Due Today: THREE Independent Noticings from www.ThisIBelieve.org Monday, October 15, 2012 • Walk-In: Pick up a White Binder and take our your graphic organizer that we use to record our noticeings about the This I Believe Essay. • Take out your independent Group Noticeings and sit with a partner. • Learning Objective: • Students will notice characteristics of a particular genre based on idea development, organization, craft and style, and conventions. • Based on noticeings students will form a conclusion or hypothesis about the purpose behind different techniques. • Agenda: • This I Believe Partner Exploration Mentor Text 4 Homework: Always, Sometimes, Never Questions

  3. This I Believe Group Exploration • Read the following This I Believe essays from the website www.thisibelieve.org written by the following teens. You do not need to record noticeings on your chart yet. For each essay, identify the core value, belief statement, and simply rate it out of 5 and briefly explain why. • Alaa El-SaadAmerica’s Beauty Lies In Its Diversity • Jake HovendenInner Strength from Desperate Times • KamaalMajeedBeing Content with Myself • Hannah Middle School Should Be More Like Hogwarts • Josh RittenbergTomorrow Will Be a Better Day • Cherie My father told me I was fat

  4. This I Believe Immersion: Mentor Text • Complete this in your power notebook. • Title: • Author: • Subject/Core Value • Thesis/Belief Statement

  5. This I Believe Group Exploration • With your group, choose ONE of the This I Believe Essays from the teen collection that you would like to record detailed noticeings about. • Be democratic when deciding which essay to explore. • Reread the essay and then share and record as many noticeings as you can by having each person notice one thing about the organizing concept in the left hand column. Rotate around your group until someone cannot add anything else to your list.

  6. Homework • What are some traits or techniques that you (pretty much) always see in a This I Believe Essay? • What are some traits or techniques that you sometimes see in a This I Believe Essay? • What are some traits or techniques that you never see in a This I Believe Essay?

  7. Homework Look back over your three independent noticings, our 4 in-class noticings and answer the following questions. Try to list 5-10 things for each question. • What are some traits or techniques that you (pretty much) always see in a This I Believe Essay? • What are some traits or techniques that you sometimes see in a This I Believe Essay? • What are some traits or techniques that you never see in a This I Believe Essay?

  8. Due Today: Important Moments Chart Tuesday, October 16, 2012 • Walk-In: Pick up a white binder, turn in your important moments chart and take out your Always, Sometimes, Never answers. • Learning Objective: • Based on noticeings students will form a conclusion or hypothesis about the purpose behind different techniques and categorize noticeings according to whether they always or sometimes appears, and then reflect to identify traits that never appear in the This I Believe Genre. • Define tone and identify words that help create tone in an essay • Define Satire • Agenda: • Mentor Text 5: This I Believe – Jordan • Always, Sometimes, and Never Homework: Finish Mentor Text 5

  9. This I Believe Always, Sometimes, and Never Chart

  10. This I Believe Always, Sometimes, and Never Chart

  11. This I Believe Always, Sometimes, and Never Chart

  12. This I Believe Always, Sometimes, and Never Chart

  13. This I Believe Always, Sometimes, and Never Chart

  14. This I Believe Always, Sometimes, and Never Chart

  15. This I Believe Immersion: Mentor Text # 5 • Complete this in Mentor Text #5 column. • Title: “This I Believe” • Author: Jordan • Subject/Core Value: • Thesis/Belief Statement:

  16. Tone vs Mood • What is the difference between tone & mood?

  17. Tone & Mood Defined • TONE – the attitude a writer takes toward the audience, subject or a character. • Tone is conveyed through the writer’s choice of words and details. • Author or Speaker • MOOD – The reaction of an audience to the piece. • The emotion evoked in the reader. • Audience • The TONE of the author/speaker puts the audience in a MOOD.

  18. This I Believe Immersion: Mentor Text # 5 • Ideas/Organization • What type of hook is used? • How does the author introduce his/her belief? • What examples are used? • What types of examples are used? • (personal, literary, or historical) • How does the author connect the example to their belief statement? • How does the author restate their core value in a fresh new way? • Call to action – How does the author want the audience to respond? • Craft/Style • How is the essay organized? • Record one transition that is used. • Record words that indicate tone. • Conventions • Record new or creative punctuation

  19. SATIRE • 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. . . • 2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. • 3. a literary genre comprising such compositions.

  20. This I Believe Immersion: Mentor Text # 5 • Ideas/Organization • Craft/Style • Conventions

  21. Due Today: Wed/Thurs, October 17-18, 2012 • Walk-In: Pick up the two handouts on the table. • Learning Objective: • Students will understand the differences between a fragment, a run-on, and a complete sentence, and use revision strategies to fix fragments and run-on sentences. • Students will notice characteristics of a particular genre based on idea development, organization, craft and style, and conventions. • Agenda: • Rubric • Fragment Run-on & Semicolon • Mentor Text #6 Barbecue (Fig. Lang /Symbol) • Homework – Essay Plan Outline Homework: This I Believe Essay Plan

  22. This I Believe Immersion: Mentor Text # 5 • Complete this in Mentor Text #6 column. • Title: “I Believe in Barbecue” • Author: Jason Sheehan • Subject/Core Value: • Thesis/Belief Statement:

  23. This I Believe Considerations before planning • BRAINSTORM • At least 5 Core Values • Write at least 3 belief statements • positive, conversational, informational • Avoid “you” or “you should” this will change your tone • QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER • Where will your belief statement be in your essay? • What will you do to show your belief? • What type of examples? How many? • Will you use a symbol, extended metaphor (figurative language)? • How will you engage your audience in the beginning?

  24. “This I Believe” Essay Outline • Introduction • Hook: • Core Value or Belief Statement: • Paragraph ____: • Type of Evidence • Connection to Belief • Paragraph _____: • Type of Evidence • Connection to Belief • Paragraph _____: • Type of Evidence • Connection to Belief • Conclusion • Revisit Belief • Core Value or Belief Statement

  25. This I Believe Essay Outline – Non Traditional Structure • Opening Paragraph: • Middle Paragraphs: • Closing Paragraph:

  26. Due Today: This I Believe Essay Outline Friday, October 19, 2012 • Walk-In: • Learning Objective: • Agenda: • Drafting Homework: Typed Draft Submitted to TurnItIn.com and Hard Copy in Class

  27. Mentor Text Punctuation • Jackie Robinson

More Related