Today’s goals Review the most important unit 1 concepts Re-register for conferences (if needed) Introduce descriptive writing

Important unit 1 concepts Media Rhetorical context: Purpose Audience Genre Major Essay 1: Write to Reflect Stages of Reflection Concrete Experience Reflective Observation Abstract conceptualization Active Experimentation Parts of speech Nouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs Mass vs. count nouns Verb tenses Verb phrases Perfect Progressive passive

Unit 1 review Gameshow format! In small groups of 2-5 students max More members is not necessarily an advantage due to scoring restrictions The teams with the highest scores at the end will receive extra credit 1st place: +20 points on quiz 2 2nd place: +10 points on quiz 2 3rd place: +5 points on quiz 2 High scoring groups will also receive priority conference registration

Unit 1 review Take a few minutes to review unit 1 materials Decide upon a group name Select one phone or computer to be used by your group. All others must be put away Go to Kahoot.it and enter the pin number and your group name Pin:

Students who do not need to register for a conference Raphael Andrea Ashna Boyi Geraldine Juan

Descriptive writing vocabulary Scale of abstraction Abstract words Concrete words Dominant Impression See page 53 of A&B for the scale of abstraction

Descriptive writing vocabulary Scale of abstraction – measures how concrete or abstract words are, particularly descriptive words Abstract words- general words that provide little specific information or deal with intellectual, untouchable qualities and things Concrete words- specific words that appeal to the senses, describe physical things, provide factual data, or trigger emotional associations Dominant Impression – the overall feeling created by the sum of the details See page 53 of A&B for the scale of abstraction

Group activity- character descriptions In your Kahoot groups Select 2 people that everyone in your group is familiar with. These can be your group members. Famous people, or people you all know. Write a 2-3 sentence description for each character that uses concrete words and creates a dominant impression. Note: focus on physical, concrete details and provide information that appeals to multiple senses.

!!Reminder!! For all Tuesday/Thursday classes, your WTR outline will be due by class time tomorrow

Homework Read A&B 53-54 WTR Draft 1 Due 9-25, typed and in MLA format 500+ words Should introduce several characters and settings Should include the exposition and some rising action of your story