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E9 AGENDA 10/23: Characterization

  • NOTES: Characterization slideshow

HOMEWORK

  • WRITING: Do a character analysis of one of your favorite fictional characters (See example below), Include the following:
    • Speech
    • Thoughts/Emotions
    • Effect on Others
    • Actions
    • Looks (significance of looks, not a description)
    • Direct description (a direct quote from the text)

E9 AGENDA 10/17-19: Figurative Language

  • Practice the following
    • Figurative Language
    • Imagery

HOMEWORK

  • Add FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE and IMAGERY to your narrative
  • Make sure your narrative has a THEME
  • Your narrative should be at least two pages.
  • Submit your narrative on TurnItIn.com> Narrative.  It is due at MIDNIGHT on Sunday, October 21st
  • Make sure that your document follows has the format:
    • File Name: pd_last_first_pd
    • 12pt
    • Times New Roman
    • 2.54cm margins (1 inch)
    • Double Spaced
    • Title is bold and centered at the top of the page

E9 AGENDA 10/16: Personal Narrative Writing

  • Binders are due today
  • What is the THEME of your story?
  • Discuss story structure, page 175
  • Discuss ways to begin a story: Ways to begin a story

HOMEWORK

  • Read page 179 as an example of a narrative
  • Use one of the techniques on the Ways to begin a story worksheet to begin writing your story– TYPE it (one page tonight).  Concentrate on the INTRODUCTION of the story. The final draft will be TWO pages, but you are only doing ONE page tonight.
    • 12pt
    • Times New Roman
    • 2.54cm margins (1 inch)
    • Double Spaced

E9 AGENDA 10/15: Personal Narrative Prewriting

  • Binders are due today
  • Create a Plot Chart of your chosen event
  • Discuss Theme in your narrative
  • Create a  sensory web– example below:
  • HOMEWORK
  • VOCABULARY: 15 words from your life
  • Binder due MONDAY
  • ANNOTATE: Find examples of literary devices in Fireflies. Pay special attention to the use of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE and IMAGERY.  Take note of which senses are being used in the description. At he bottom of the story, write a sentence explaining the THEME of the story.
  • WRITING: Choose one event from your timeline and write ONE PAGE using imagery and figurative language to make the event come alive for the reader.

E9 AGENDA 10/11: Narratives – Fireflies!

  • READ: Writing a Personal Narrative, pg 174-177
  • Share Timelines
  • Read: Fireflies by Julie Brinkloe
  • WATCH: Fireflies video
  • http://karlascarff.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/fireflies.mp4

HOMEWORK:

  • VOCABULARY: 15 words from your life
  • Binder due MONDAY
  • ANNOTATE: Find examples of literary devices in Fireflies. Pay special attention to the use of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE and IMAGERY.  Take note of which senses are being used in the description. At he bottom of the story, write a sentence explaining the THEME of the story.
  • WRITING: Choose one event from your timeline and write ONE PAGE using imagery and figurative language to make the event come alive for the reader.

E9 AGENDA 10/11: Personal Narrative

  • READ: Writing a Personal Narrative, pg 174-177
  • Share Memory Maps
  • Read and Watch “Owl Moon” by Jane Yolen
  • http://karlascarff.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Owl-Moon-by-Jane-Yolen-Author-Narrator.mp4

HOMEWORK:

  • VOCABULARY: 15 words from your life
  • Binder due MONDAY
  • ANNOTATE: Find examples of literary devices in Owl Moon by Jane Yolen. Pay special attention to the use of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE and IMAGERY.  Take note of which senses are being used in the description.
  • WRITING: Create a timeline of major events in your life with at least 15 different events that shaped who you are now.

E9 AGENDA 10/9: Daughter of Invention

  • Grade Quiz
  • READ: Personal Narrative, pg 174-175
  • Create Memory Maps

HOMEWORK:

  • VOCABULARY: 15 words from your life
  • Binder due MONDAY, October 15
  • Theme Worksheet_2018
  • Plot Worksheet 2017
  • WRITING SECTION: Pg. 175– answer the questions on that page, do the activities

E9 AGENDA 11/15- 11/17: Memory Lane

Mrs. Scarff will be gone from 11/15- 11/17.  These are the activities for each day.

Wednesday

In the WRITING section of your binder:

You will create a “memory map,” which is a map of a place that is significant to you.  It could be your neighborhood, your school, your house, or any place that you have spent time in.  This place must be a place where you have made many memories.  Draw a simple map of the place.  Label the important areas of the map.  Now, think of memories that relate to that place.  Write a short description of at least FIVE memories that you can think of within this place.  Your map does not need to be fancy– the drawing is not as important as the memories that you write.  Each memory should me one to two sentences.  Add color and other little details (such as animals, trees, people, or objects) to make your map fun to look at.

  • Memory Map Example # 2

Thursday

In the WRITING section of your binder:

You will create a second memory map using your hands.  Trace on of your hands on a piece of paper.  Now, think of all the special objects that you have touched, caressed, or held.  Create a memory map of sorts, filling your hand with memories of these hand-related memories that are meaningful to you.  Add color and other details to make your drawing more interesting.  Write small and neatly.  Follow the shape of your hand as you write.  You must write a minimum of five memories on your hand.  Use METAPHOR and SIMILES as you write (look at the binder glossary or  Literary_Devices_slideshow)

  • Hand Memory Map Example 2
  • Hand Memory Map Example 3

Friday

In the NOTES section of your binder:

Research Writer Sandra Cisneros and write at least one page of about her.  Find one of her poems and read it:

  • Who is she?
  • What books has she written?
  • What does she write about?
  • What are some of the prizes she has won?
  • Describe one of the poems that she has written
  • What is her book, “The House on Mango street about?”

When you are finished researching this author, begin your homework for tonight:

  • In the WRITING section, answer this question in detail.  Write between 1-2 paragraphs:

What is the personal significance of your given name (first, middle and last)?  Does your name mean different things to you, your family, and your friends?  What are your nicknames?  What do your nicknames mean to you and those who call you those names?

HOMEWORK:  Do your homework by hand.  Do not type your homework. 

Grammar for the week:  Chapter 4 in the sentence diagramming book.

Wednesday 11/15

  • In the WRITING section: Choose one of the memories in your Memory Map and write one paragraph describing this memory.

Thursday 11/16

  • In the WRITING section: Choose one of the memories in your Hand Memory Map and write one paragraph describing this memory.

Friday 11/17

  • In the WRITING section, answer this question in detail.  Write between 1-2 paragraphs:What is the personal significance of your given name (first, middle and last)?  Does your name mean different things to you, your family, and your friends?  What are your nicknames?  What do your nicknames mean to you and those who call you those names?

E9 AGENDA 11/08-10: Midterm Review

  1. Semester 1 midterm study guide, grade 9
  2. Flash Fiction Story Rubric
  3. Peer editing of flash fiction

HOMEWORK:  Do your homework by hand.  Do not type your homework. 

  • Draft #4 of your flash fiction is due Friday, November 10.  Incorporate all the edits suggested by Mrs. Scarff and your peer reviewers.  In order to receive full credit, your third draft should show growth in comparison to your first and second drafts.  Look at the Common Grammar Mistakes Slideshow if you are not sure how to fix basic mistakes. When finished writing your draft, submit it on PlusPortals as a PDF or Word document.  The name of your file must be PD_Lastname_Firstname_Flash3
  • Grammar Homework for the week: Sentence Diagramming Exercises: Chapter 3, all exercises:
    Pg 18: 1-5
    Pg 19: 1-5
    Pg 20: 1-5
    Pg 21: 1-10
  • Vocabulary for the week: Life Hunt: Hunt for 10 words in your daily life.  Choose one of the exercises in the Vocabulary Section

E9 AGENDA 11/06: Flash Fiction Rubric

  1. Check Sentence Diagramming Exercises, Chapter 2
  2. Binders are due today! Check the binder list.
  3. Discussion of the CEMETERY OF DEAD WORDS
  4. Due: Draft 2
  5. Flash Fiction Story Rubric

HOMEWORK:  Do your homework by hand.  Do not type your homework. 

  • Draft #3 of your flash fiction is due Friday, November 10.  Incorporate all the edits suggested by Mrs. Scarff and your peer reviewers.  In order to receive full credit, your third draft should show growth in comparison to your first and second drafts.  Look at the Common Grammar Mistakes Slideshow if you are not sure how to fix basic mistakes. When finished writing your draft, submit it on PlusPortals as a PDF or Word document.  The name of your file must be PD_Lastname_Firstname_Flash3
  • Grammar Homework for the week: Sentence Diagramming Exercises: Chapter 3, all exercises:
    Pg 18: 1-5
    Pg 19: 1-5
    Pg 20: 1-5
    Pg 21: 1-10
  • Vocabulary for the week: Life Hunt: Hunt for 10 words in your daily life.  Choose one of the exercises in the Vocabulary Section

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