Library Visitation Schedule: 2nd Block

Tues., April 30

Wednes.,May 1

Thurs.,May 2

Mon.,May 6

Tues.,May 7

Wednes.,May 8

Olivia

Terral

Morgan

Maneerah

Library Visitation Schedule: 4th Block

Tues., April 30

Wednes.,May 1

Thurs.,May 2

Mon.,May 6

Tues.,May 7

Wednes.,May 8

Amos

ChloeLiaMasonNathanielJordanTairyn(ROTC)

Agenda: 4/30/13Work OptionsEOS Writing PortfolioVocabularyWebsite WorkPre-Final Exam prep.

Writing Workshop Mini-Conferences Peer-Edit Draft #3: Comp./Cont.Peer-Edit Draft #2: Lit. Analysis Essay on The Alchemist

11:00 a.m.; 3:10 p.m.: Judge Training: Magnet Senior Project

Reminders*Brief Othello update*SP: Donate Exemplary Items: Portfolio and/or Proclamation Poster*IRB Binder Grades*Publish-Ready Paper Grade Print-outs

2nd Block: Magnet Student Senior Project Presentation Schedule: Business-Casual Dress

4th Block: SP Mock Presentation Schedule: Business Casual Dress

J.E # : TONE4/30/13

What a thrill-My thumb instead of an onion.The top quite goneExcept for a sort of a hinge

Of skin,A flap like a hat,dead white.Then a red plush. - Sylvia Plath, “Cut: For Susan O’Neill Roe”Reader-Response1.What is the poet’s attitude toward the cut? What words, images and details create the tone?2.In the second stanza, Plath uses colors to intensify the tone. The flap of skin is dead white, the blood is a read plush. What attitude toward the cut and, by implication, toward life itself, doe this reveal?ApplicationWrite a short description of an automobile accident. Create a tone of complete objectivity- as if you were from another planet and had absolutely no emotional reaction to the accident. Share your description with a partner and discuss the details, images, and diction that create your tone.

J.E # : TONE4/30/13

Tone is the expression of attitude. It is the writer’s (or narrator’s) implied attitude toward her subject and audience. The writer creates tone by selection (diction) and arrangement (syntax) of words, and by purposeful use of details and images. The reader perceives tone by examining these elements. Tone sets the relationship between reader and writer. As the emotion growing out of the material and connecting the material to the reader, tone is the hallmark of the writer’s personality.

J.E # : TONE (cont’d)4/30/13

Understanding tone is requisite to understanding meaning. Such understanding is the key to perceiving the author’s mood and making the connection between the author’s thought and its expression. Identifying and analyzing tone requires careful reading, sensitivity to diction and syntax, and understanding of detail selection and imagery. Tone is as varied as human experience; and as with human experience, familiarity and thought pave the way to understanding.

1. Identify the part of the above definition that is/could be most significant to your growth as a writer (author).

Homework/RemindersVocabulary (completed by Monday, May 6Unit 10: Complete ALL sections; flash cards: last 10 wordsUnit 11: Complete ALL sections; flash cards: first 10 wordsUnit 12: Complete ALL sections; flash cards: last 10 wordsUnit 13: Complete ALL sections; flash cards: first 10 words

Literary Period WebsiteWednes., May 1: 2 Long Reads Completed/Updated WebsiteWednes., May 8: Website Completed/Finalized/Publish-Ready

PRE-FINAL EXAM : May 3, 2013Short and Long ReadsVoice Lessons: Diction, Detail, Imagery, Variety of Writing Formats (MLA, organization), The Alchemist, Review Notes and Handouts on Reading/Writing

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULEFri., May 17: 4th BlockMon.. May 20: 2nd Block