Wednesday, January 30th

Goals: 

• Analyze and critique a range of literature using specific criteria (e.g., use of source material or medium, authenticity of time/place).
• Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

Announcements: 

• Sign up for Stratford Jobs!
• ​Rough Draft for Synthesis due on Friday! 
• Teen Writing Contest at AADL:  aadl.org/events/itsallwrite
• Submit to Skyline literary magazine at [email protected]

1. Spotlight sentence--
"When Pop tell me he need my help and I see that black knife slid into the belt of his pants, I follow Pop out the house, try to keep my back straight, my shoulders even as a hanger; that's how Pop walks. I try to look like this is normal and boring so Pop will think I've earned these thirteen years, so Pop will know I'm ready to pull what needs to be pulled, separate innards from muscle, organs from cavities." 'Sing, Unburied, Sing' by Jesmyn Ward 

2. Synthesis Paper

• Round Robin topics​
  • Articulate idea 
  • Share your proposal ​
    
• Workshop 
  • ​Outline 
    
  • Gather and write about evidence 
  • Start at the body paragraphs
    
  • "Write off the page"