10-2 Learning Target

1. 10-2 Learning Target • I can analyze diction for connotation. • Essential Question: How do narrators function within a text?

2. DOL • Rewrite the following sentences into one sentence that uses parallel structure. • The horse and rider approached the low wall. • The horse began its leap. • It caught its left foreleg on the wall.

3. Independent Reading • As you read, think about the kind of the language that the main character uses. • Reader Response: What kind of language does your main character use? Slang? Standard English? Give an example from the book and explain why you think the author made this choice.

4. Mini-Lesson • Which would you rather be called? Write it down in your folder and explain why you chose that word. • Odd • Strange • Peculiar

5. Definitions • Odd • Strange • Peculiar • What’s the big difference?

6. Write these down in your folder! • Denotation: the dictionary definition of a word; literal meaning • Connotation: your personal definition or a cultural definition; these are usually different from the denotations of words • Diction: word choice

7. Read Aloud • “The Color Purple” p. 13 • “Speak” p. 17

8. Work Period—2nd and 4th • In your folder, make a list of 10 words—find a mixture of denotative meanings and connotative meanings. • For each word, tell what the narrator means by the word and whether it is denotative or connotative.

9. Work Period • Read “Heathering” on p. 22. • As you read, complete the diction worksheet. Why did the author choose these wordings?

10. Closing Response • Write three words that our culture uses connotatively—we aren’t just using the denotative meaning. List the words and what the connotative meanings are. • EX: Neck—tricked you (no, you cannot use this as one of your examples)