IHCC Prep Week 2 Agenda & Obj. 9/9-9/13/13

1. IHCC Prep Week 2 Agenda & Obj. 9/9-9/13/13 Monday-Thursday: Narrative Reading & Writing • 11.5.1.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences… • 11.5.2.2 Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text… • 11.5.10.10 By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literary nonfiction…self-select texts for personal enjoyment, interest, and academic tasks. • 11.7.3.3 Write narratives and other creative texts develop real or imagined experiences using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. (a-e).

2. Daily Writing: Embarrassing09/09/13 • Most formal paragraphs consist of at least 4-6 good sentences. Usually, the first sentence is the topic sentence. Practice writing a solid paragraph with a topic sentence and several supporting sentences. Write on the topic of your most embarrassing moment. Planner: Due tomorrow: • Title: Current Events Sept. Wk1 Due tomorrowif not done by EOC: • Journal title: My Narrative Timeline • Journal title: BG First Impressions Due Thursday: • Journal title: My Narrative 1st Draft

3. Monday: Narratives • Show me your Prewriting for Narrative as you share with a friend. • Do you remember the 6 Traits of Writing from last year???

4. Notebook title: The 6 Traits of Writing A great piece of writing has all of these important traits: • Ideas & Content • Organization • Word Choice • Sentence Fluency • Voice • Conventions Plus one… Presentation!

5. #1: Ideas & Content This is the HEART of the story/paper. A writer should: • Have a specific topic • Use a fresh, original perspective • Have a position that’s clear, developed and supported by EVIDENCE. • Write from experience • Use important, interesting details

6. #2: Organization The structure & pattern of writing. A writer should: ~ use inviting lead that hooks the reader ~ use logical and effective order ~ use smooth transitions ~ place supporting details where they are most appropriate ~ use a conclusion that gives the reader a sense of resolution (clincher)

7. #3: Word Choice “Strong word choice clarifies and expands ideas…moves and enlightens the reader.” ~Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory “Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” ~Anton Chekhov

8. #3: Word Choice (cont…) A writer should: ~ Use words that create a mental picture for the reader ~ Use powerful action verbs (vivid verbs) ~ Use specific nouns and adjectives ~ Use language that is natural and not overdone ~ Be concise (tighten sentences) ~ Use words correctly ~ Avoid repetition, slang, and clichés

9. #4: Sentence Fluency “To me the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the music the words make.” --Truman Capote

10. #4: Sentence Fluency A writer should: ~Vary sentence beginning, structure, and length ~ Use complete sentences ~ Use transitions (internal & external) to promote cadence

11. #5: Voice “It is the heart and soul of the writing, the magic, the wit, the feeling, the life and breath.” --Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory This is where the paper comes to LIFE through lively, expressive and engaging writing.

12. #5: Voice A writer should: ~ Write honestly and from the heart ~ Interact with the reader withoutusing “you” or “I” ~ Use language that brings the topic to life ~ Care about topic ~ Use expression to voice personality

13. #6: Conventions A writer should: ~ Turn in a clean, edited, and polished final draft ~ Reinforce the organization with good paragraphing ~ Use correct punctuation, spelling, and grammar

14. Monday: Narratives As you draft your narrative, we’ll focus on the different traits. For today, let’s focus on narrowing your topic and brainstorming the “ideas” part of trait #1 (ideas & content). 1.Go through narrative assignment description & rubric. 2. Share your places with a partner. Write down questions your partner has about your stories under “prewriting for narrative.”

15. Monday: Narratives 3.Journal title: My Narrative Timeline Choose one memory and create a detailed record of events by making a timeline. Note also the significance of each event. Reminder: Write a 2-3 page draft of your narrative by Thursday. Journal title: My Narrative 1st Draft 4.Move on to reading narratives…

16. Mon/Tues: Narrative & Voices & Values • Assign/distribute Voices & Values • You are responsible for the health of these books! • Do NOT write in them! • If you don’t hand it in at the end of the trimester, you will need to pay for it. • Read pg. 1-10 (Becoming a Better Reader). • Skip to pg. pg. 31. Read Bird Girl and finish First Impression questions by tomorrow. • Journal title: BG First Impressions

17. Daily Writing: Supposed to09/10/13 When we’re talking, we say “suppose to,” instead of the grammatically correct way “supposed to.” Burn this rule into your brain by writing 4 sentences correctly. Write 1 sentence about pit bulls, 1 about politicians, 1 about pears and 1 about friends. Planner: Due Thursday: • Journal title: My Narrative 1st Draft

18. Tuesday: Narrative • Hand in your current events HW& show me your journal entries. • While I check your homework, discuss your first impressions with a peer. • Go to the computer lab for diagnostic testing & signing up for IHCC Prep. Due Thursday: • Journal title: My Narrative 1stDraft

19. Daily Writing: Sept. 11th09/11/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • Where were you when the September 11th attack happened? Describe your story. • What is your opinion of the civil war in Syria? Should the US get involved? • Is “Civil War” an oxymoron? Explain. Planner: Due Thursday: • Journal title: My Narrative 1stDraft

20. Wednesday: Bird Girl • First impressions of Bird Girl? Pg. 35 • On a separate piece of paper(please do NOT write in the book), answer vocabulary and reading questions (pg. 35-41 of V & V). • When you’re done: • Raise your hand and I’ll collect it. • Start drafting your 2-3 page narrative due tomorrow! Questions? PLEASE ASK! Journal title: My Narrative 1stDraft

21. Daily Writing: Hemingway 09/12/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • “I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.” ~Ernest Hemingway • “I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.” ~Ernest Hemingway Planner: • Due tomorrow: Finish “A Neat Trick” handout and “Tell-Show” handout.

22. Thursday: Narratives • Show me your draft! • It’s all in the details! (#1 trait) • Details are the answers to questions a reader might have. Your audience may understand your ideas but want to know more about them. Readers are curious! Keep them interested! If you don’t have enough details, it’s like telling a joke without giving the punch line – it’s frustrating! • Go through Idea-Details chart • Journal title: My Detail Brainstorming • 5 mins: Create a chart in your journal & write sentence/idea from your narrative. Then write more details about it in the details column.

23. Thursday: Narratives 15 mins Journal title: Details from Peers • Draw a similar chart in your journal. • Choose at least three sentences/ideas that you think you may need more detail on and write them in the Ideas column. • Walk around the room and read your sentence to peers. Peers should ask questions about your ideas (think who, what, why, where, when, feelings, sights, thoughts, opinions, attitudes, etc.). The answers you tell them, write them down in your Details column.

24. Thursday: Narratives 15 mins Journal title: Details from Peers • Draw a similar chart in your journal. • Choose at least three sentences/ideas that you think you may need more detail on and write them in the Ideas column. • Walk around the room and read your sentence to peers. Peers should ask questions about your ideas (think who, what, why, where, when, feelings, sights, thoughts, opinions, attitudes, etc.). The answers you tell them, write them down in your Details column.

25. Thursday: Narratives Go through “A Neat Trick” and “Show not Tell” handout. • Pick at least two details from your finished “Ideas-Details” chart and create details on your details! • Pick at least two “tell” statements in your paper and turn them into “show” statements. Finish these by tomorrow what you don’t get done in class.

26. Daily Writing: Friday the 13th!09/13/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • What are you superstitious about? Explain. In what ways are your friends, neighbors, and characters superstitious? Explain. • Start a scary story! Planner: Due Tuesday: • Journal title: First Impressions of TSJ • Answer the first impressions ?s on pg. 48 of V&V Due Wednesday: • Title: Current Events Sept. Wk 2

27. Friday: Vocab • Show me your details & show handouts. Bring these Monday*! • Journal title: TSJ First Impressions • Preview and go over vocab for The Scholarship Jacket(pg. 44 in V&V) • Make predictions. • Read and finish first impression questions. • Due Tuesday what you don’t get done in class. Monday we’ll go to the computer lab. Make sure to come to class with your journal (that should have your rough draft) and your details & show handouts.