Story telling...

1.  Journal-  Summarize your descriptive essay.
2.  Story telling...

Plan-

Event.
Dad and Me
Big Lake and Truck
Event
Digging.


3.  TPS-  Storytelling 2s or 3s.

4.  Poems and Concrete Language...

5.  Leaving and HW-- Essay Drafts Due Monday, Right?

Practice...

FAQ—

What’s a paraphrase?

A paraphrase is your own (usually shorter) version of ideas and information expressed by someone else that you present in a new form.

Why paraphrase?

·         It is a faster way to provide essential information.

·         It ensures you understand the full meaning of what you are reading.

·         It adds to your ethos.  In other words, it shows you have done your research.

·         It helps you not use direct quotations as much.  (Pro Tip:  only 10% of your borrowed information should be directly quoted.)

What are the most important things to remember about paraphrasing?

You must tell the reader about the original source and it has to be entirely in your own words.  It’s not okay to just exchange synonyms, or move pieces of sentences around.  The structure of the sentence needs to be altered.

How do you paraphrase?  (Some strategies)

1.      Acronym:  R.A.P.:  Read the passage.  Ask what the main ideas and details are to be sure you understand.  Put it into your own words.

2.      Use synonyms for all words that are not generic. Words like world, food, or science are so basic to our vocabulary that is difficult to find a synonym.

3.      Flip it!  Take the end of the sentence and make it the beginning and make the beginning the end.

Example of  2 above, flipped:  It is hard to find a replacement word for the most common words in our language.  Sometimes some words can stay the same in a paraphrased passage.

So, basically, a paraphrase is when you restate another writer’s words in your own, unique way.

Let’s practice to get the hang of putting something into our own words.  We aren’t going to worry about giving credit to the original source, yet.  But, remember, this is one of the most important parts of paraphrasing! 

I’ll do the first one, and then in teams of 2 or 3, paraphrase sayings 1-5.  You’ll complete the last one on your own and submit it to me as a check for understanding.

Common English Sayings:  Remember—RAP and/or Flip! 

Read the passage.  Ask what’s important to understand it.  Put it into your own words.

Ex:       Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Paraphrase: 

1.      Actions speak louder than words.

Paraphrase:

2.      When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Paraphrase:

3.      Two wrongs don't make a right.

Paraphrase:

4.      Blood is thicker than water.

Paraphrase:

5.      Complete this last one on your own and turn it in to me as a check for understanding.

Don’t forget to combine all three strategies: R.A.P., flip the sentence, and use synonyms.

“Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse quotations in the final [research] paper. Probably only about 10% of your final manuscript should appear as directly quoted matter. Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount of exact transcribing of source materials while taking notes.”

Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers. 2nd ed. (1976): 46-47.

Paraphrase:

Final Note-

In our next class, we’ll continue focusing on paraphrasing by learning the correct ways to document a paraphrased source in MLA format.

Description Cont.

0.  Attendance and caption contest, here.

1.  Journal-  Descriptive Practice...  Video here.

2.  Descriptive Game... It's like.

3.  Poem Discussion... Let's find descriptive tricks....

4.  HW- 

Think, really think, about your story, and be ready to tell the story to another next class.  Also, prepare an outline or plan of how you'll tell your story.  Please bring the plan to class.

Descriptive Essay Practice...

1. Journal-

Describe everything you see in each of these photographs...

http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blygd45.htm

http://elrectanguloenlamano.blogspot.com/2013/05/alfred-eisenstaedts-leica-iiia-which.html

2. Two Poems and descriptive language groups...

2.5-  Descriptive Essay assignment...

3.  HW-  Reading:  page 156-  Struck By Lightning... And, questions, 1-6 for your portfolio.

Workshopping, cont.

1. Journal-  essay checks.


Common Mistakes...

1.  Fragment.
2.  Comma Splice
3.  Run on
4.  Tense shift.
5.  Verb tense agreement.
6.  Parallelism.
7.  Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
8.  Comma after introductory elements-



3.  Epic Essay Battle

Mother Nature V.  Storm Country.  (See me if you'd like to read the whole, short essay).

Which is better?  Why?   


4.  Closing and what's up-

Descriptive Reading:  "The Deer at Providencia" on page 150 plus the first set of questions 1-6.
Descriptive Reading:   "The Vietnam Wall" on page 176.
Descriptive Reading:   "Facing It"  on the world wide web with no questions. 

1-  Do you have any scars?  Past injuries?  What happened?  (invention)

2.  In class paragraph.  How is "The Lottery" related to "The Lottery?"

3.  MLA format workshop.

4.  HW-  Complete essays!

Invention to planning...

EXTENDED JOURNAL-

1.  Draw a map of an area you lived in for a while as a child/young adult.

2.  Fill in interesting things you remember.

3.  Summarize one story that you think others will find interesting.

4.  Tell that story to another.


5.  HW--Plan/outline due next class.

6.  Reading and Discussion.  Compare and Contrast answers with a partner.

7.  Reading discussion.  What's important for us?

8.  HW-  Read The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson to compare thematically with "The Lottery."

9.  HW-  TYPED drafts due on Friday, February 14.

Gradng w/ the traits...

1.  Journal-  Why did you laugh so hard when he/she/it did that?



2.  6 Traits review... quick and group grading...  Read "Mother Nature"




3.  Use this rubric to grade...


4. HW-  Narrative Essays:

Reading and questions from Patterns  "The Lottery" by Chris Abani with questions 1-6 under "Reading Closely" and "Salvation" by Langston Hughes with questions 1-6 under "Reading Closely."

5. HW-  Your Narrative Essay Typed Draft Due Valentine's Day in class. 

Traits Practice-

1.     Journal-   What thinking skills did you use to complete origami?  Take out your definitions list and tell me which you used and why...

2. Extended Sentence Fluency work…

I went to the park.

I saw a dog.

He was brown and black.

He barked.

He started to run towards me.

I panicked.

He ran faster.

I ran faster.

He caught me by the leg.

He pulled me down.

I fell.

He jumped on my face.

He opened his mouth.

I saw his teeth.

He licked me.

He wagged his tail.

3.  Voice Practice...

4.  HW-  Complete this worksheet related to sentence types...

Starting Narrative...

Journal-

It's a SPEAKING journal.  Tell your story to another.  Watch them while you speak.  Are they bored? 

SF work-


Voice work-


Homework!

Notes- Narrative HW

1.   Journal:  How do you think when creating origami?  What thinking skills do you use and why/how?

2.  Notes, Notes, Notes….

3.  Writing Process…

Series of steps to completing a paper.  Steps go forward and backwards…

a.  Invent-  To use a method to create ideas to write about.  List, Outline, GO, watch tv, read, journal,

b.  Organize-  Plan your work, work your plan.

c.   Draft-  Just write what you planned!  No worries!

d.  Revise-  Re- vision.. Think again.

e.  Edit-  Grammar, mechanics, spelling, punctuation….

f.     Publish- Publish mean perfect.

4.  Topic, Audience, Purpose…

T-  What it’s about.  The focus or subject.

A-  Who it’s written for.

P-  The reason you are writing. 

5.  6-Traits…

a.  Voice-  The personality of the author.  The unique style.

b.  Ideas/content-  The message,  The topic.  Better be interesting.

c.   Word Choice-  Choosing the best word.  Verbs, etc.

d.  Sentence Fluency-  The flow.  The sound of a sentence.

e.  Organization-  The order, the shape, beginning, middle, end… support…

f.     Conventions- The grammar.  The mechanics… Punctuation.. spelling, etc.

HW-

Come with An Idea for a Narrative Story…What’s this?

1.   NAU

2.   The Campus

3.  Bike

4.  Life

5.  EVENT….

6.  Aftermath.