Words Paint a Thousand Pictures: Analyzing Writer’s Craft

1. Words Paint a Thousand Pictures: Analyzing Writer’s Craft Presented by: Kelly Philbeck kelly.philbeck@education.ky.gov

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3. Craft of Artists • Analyze the following two paintings and jot down some similarities and some differences that you see. • What similarities do you notice about the artists’ techniques? • What differences do you see in the artists’ style?

4. Compare and Contrast Grant Wood’s American Gothic Edvard Munch’s The Scream

5. Writer’s Craft…Words Paint a Thousand Pictures

6. What is Writer’s Craft? Craft is the art of writing. It is the writer’s intentional use of the following to create an effect on the reader: • figurative language • snapshots/imagery/details • thought-shots • word choice/word placement • sound/dialogue • sentence structure/stylistic devices • text features • text structure

7. Writer’s Craft Encompasses: • Style • Tone • Voice • Audience Awareness • Structure/Organization • Technique

8. Categories of Craft • Word Craft—careful, deliberate word choice • StructuralCraft—organizational features • AudibleCraft—sound choices • VisualCraft—print features • Laminack & Ray

9. Word Craft • Deliberate, artful choice of words [Ray 1999] • Figurative language • Word Choice • Vivid verbs • Imagery • Details

10. Structural Craft • Organizational Framework of the Writing [Ray 1999] • Text structure • Paragraph types • Transitional devices • Parallel structure • Repetition • Page Layout/White Space

11. Audible Craft • Language that Lingers… [Laminack 2007] • Noticed without even seeing the print [[Laminack 2007 • Alliteration • Assonance • Onomatopoeia • Rhythm • Cadence • Hard/Soft Sounds

12. Visual Craft • Thoughtful, artful placement of text on a page [Laminack 2007] • Must be seen to be noticed [Laminack 2007] • Print Features (bold, italics, fonts, punctuation) • Line breaks • White space • Graphics—pictures, illustrations, charts, maps

13. Build a Quality Instructional Ladder • Preparing for the Task • Reading Processes • Transition to Writing • Writing Processes Formative Assessment Rungs: SA, ER, ODW

14. ELA 8th Grade • RL.8.4 • Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on the meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

15. ELA 8th Grade • L.8.5 • Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings. • A. Interpret figures of speech in context. • B. Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words.

16. Task 21—Informational/Analysis • How does figurative language impact the meaning and tone of writing? After reading a variety of poetry, song lyrics, and narrative texts, write an literary analysis in which you analyze how the authors’ use of figurative language impacts the meaning and tone of the texts, providing examples to clarify your analysis. • 8th ELA

17. Build a Quality Instructional Ladder • Preparing for the Task • Reading Processes • Transition to Writing • Writing Processes Formative Assessment Rungs: SA, ER, ODW

18. Analyzing Writer’s Craft • Let’s analyze for Literary Devices and Figurative Language. • First, read over your cheat sheet! • Take a moment to refresh your memory of literary devices & figurative language.

19. Now…Beyonce’s Halo • Listen to the song. • As you listen, underline ANY literary devices or figurative language that you see. • ONLY underline the devices/language!

20. Figurative Language Refresher • Remember figurative language is language that cannot be taken literally. • For example, • Line 1: “Remember those walls I built…” • Is Beyoncé known for traveling the United States with a hard hat, bricks and mortar, building walls? • NO! As listeners, we have to make inferences of her intended meaning by analyzing her use of figurative language.

21. Beyonce’s Experience with Walls

22. Halo • Beyoncé's Halo • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyR7yoDBQSg

23. Halo x 2 • Now that you’ve underlined examples of literary devices and figurative language, we’re going to listen to “Halo” again. • This time, as you’re listening, use your list of terms to LABEL each item that you have underlined. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyR7yoDBQSg

24. Discussion! • What evidence of literary devices/figurative language did you find in the lyrics? • Quote them. (Claim them!) • Label them. (Name them!) • Explain the author’s purpose. (Frame them!) • Why did Beyoncé and her co-authors choose to use those literary/figurative language devices? • What do the devices mean?

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29. Build a Quality Instructional Ladder • Preparing for the Task • Reading Processes • Transition to Writing • Writing Processes OR

30. Task 19 Informational/Synthesis • How can consumers make smart financial decisions? After reading informational texts on consumer spending, write an article for our classroom consumerism magazine in which you explain how to make smart financial decisions. Support your discussion with evidence from the texts. • 6th Life Skills/SS Economics

31. Big Idea: Consumer Decisions6th Grade Life Skills Academic Expectations: • 2.30 Students evaluate consumer products and services and make effective consumer decisions. • 2.33 Students demonstrate the skills to evaluate and use services and resources available in their community. • 4.4 Students demonstrate the ability to accept the rights and responsibilities for self and others. • 5.4 Students use a decision-making process to make informed decisions among options.

32. Big Idea: Economics • Students need to understand how their economic decisions affect them, others, the nation and the world. • The purpose of economic education is to enable individuals to function effectively both in their own Academic Expectations • 2.18 Students understand economic principles and are able to make economic decisions that have consequences in daily living. 6th Economics/Life Skills

33. Bridging with Writer’s Craft • Analyzing Writer’s Craft is essential to modeling the type of writing product you want students to create. • If you want an article, analyze how professional writers craft articles. • If you want a science lab report, analyze scientific writers craft science lab reports. • If you want a historical analysis essay, analyze how professional writers craft historical essays.

34. Build a Quality Instructional Ladder • Preparing for the Task • Reading Processes • Transition to Writing • Writing Processes OR

35. Writer’s Craft: Text Features • 3 Papers in front of you: • Writer’s Craft: Text Features Sheet • 3 Column Chart (separate sheet) • “How to Keep a Lid on Holiday Spending” article

36. Let’s Analyze Text Features in an Article • Step 1: Skim over your Writer’s Craft: Text Features definitions list • Step 2: Look at your article: • “How to Keep a Lid on Holiday Spending” • Step 3: Underline any text features you see • Step 4: Label the text features • Step 5: Complete the Writer’s Craft chart

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39. Analyzing Writer’s Craft Notice pic is not Santa or Money

40. Find 3 More Examples of Text Features and Work Through Your Writer’s Craft Chart:

41. Writer’s Craft: Evidence

42. Writer’s Craft: Text Features • 3 Papers in front of you: • Writer’s Craft: Evidence • 3 Column Chart (separate sheet—flip over to analyze for evidence) • “How to Keep a Lid on Holiday Spending” article

43. Be More Specific… • Knowing evidence is important…

44. Evidence=CSI

45. With Your Group… • Step 1: Take a moment to read the list of the 25 types of evidence writers commonly use. • Step 2: Highlight/underline evidence in “How to Keep a Lid on Holiday Spending” • Step 3: Label evidence as the appropriate type from the list of 25 (some may serve multiple purposes) • Step 4: Work through your Writer’s Craft Chart

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49. Find 3 More Examples of Evidence and Work Through Your Writer’s Craft Chart:

50. Tips for Use • I have students analyze writer’s craft on most everything we read. • We started small… • Only looked at literary devices/figurative language for period of time • Used with Lit Circles • Students created our definition sheet • Then we analyzed for stylistic devices, then text structure, etc. to build our writers’ eyes.