October 10, 2017 Knight Time Focus: Released Q2 Essays Student essays 9 total essays Scored 1-9 Give rationale (annotate what makes that essay the score you gave it)

October 10-11, 2017 Objectives: Use an equation for the line tangent to the graph. Determine the internal temperature of the potato at time t = 3. Catalyst:

October 10-11, 2017 Objectives: Evaluate student composition. Discuss the impact characterization has on a literary text. Catalyst: Have your 4 essays ready for peer-editing. Homework & Reminders: Poetry response 1.4 (explication) Native Son MWDS check 10.12/10.13 (have Book 2 Finished; know what I’ll be checking for) Grad project portfolio due 10.16/10.17

Poetry Response: Explication

WRITING THE EXPLICATION Adapted from The Writing Center at UNC-Chapel Hill The explication should follow the same format as the preparation: begin with the large issues and basic design of the poem and work through each line to the more specific details and patterns (visual, linguistic, sound, etc.). Explication is different from general analysis because the explication analyzes how the components are organized. An analysis takes a few general elements and explains how they are used throughout the poem. Explication is more mechanical and structural. You’re not trying to look at the poem as a whole until you’ve pulled it apart into its components. This is definitely a process. The First Paragraph The first paragraph should present the large issues; it should inform the reader which conflicts are dramatized and should describe the dramatic situation of the speaker. The explication does not require a formal introductory paragraph; the writer should simply start explicating immediately. The Next Paragraphs The next paragraphs should expand the discussion of the conflict by focusing on details of language/devices, form, rhetoric, syntax, and vocabulary. In these paragraphs, the writer should explain the poem line by line in terms of these details, and he or she should incorporate important elements of rhyme, rhythm, and meter during this discussion.

Tips to Keep in Mind Refer to the speaking voice in the poem as the speaker” or “the poet.” For example, do not write, “In this poem, Wordsworth says that London is beautiful in the morning.” However, you can write, “In this poem, Wordsworth presents a speaker who…” We cannot absolutely identify Wordsworth with the speaker of the poem, so it is more accurate to talk about “the speaker” or “the poet” in an explication. Use the present tense when writing the explication. The poem, as a work of literature, continues to exist! To avoid unnecessary uses of the verb “to be” in your compositions, the following list suggests some verbs you can use when writing the explication: dramatizes presents illustrates characterizes underlines asserts posits enacts connects portrays contrasts juxtaposes suggests implies shows addresses emphasizes stresses accentuates enables

Poetry Response: Explication

Excerpt from Johnny Got His Gun (Trumbo) Peer Editing: Does the thesis answer the prompt? Do the body paragraphs discuss components of the thesis? Does the writer incorporate evidence? Is it woven into the analysis or just plopped in without support? Are there egregious spelling and mechanical errors? Do the verbs WORK?

Excerpt from Johnny Got His Gun (Trumbo) Released essays: Read each student essay. Score and give justification Annotate the essays (in the form of notes in your composition book) to support your justification. DO NOT WRITE ON THE HANDOUTS

“Barn Burning” (10 minutes) 1. Which character chiefly engages your interest? Why? 2. What purposes do minor characters serve? Do you find some who by their similarities and differences help to define each other or help to define the major character? 3. How else is a particular character defined - by his or her own words, actions, dress, setting, narrative point of view? 4. How does the author reveal character? 5. Are you chiefly interested in a character's psychology, or does the character strike you as standing for something, such as honesty or the arrogance of power? 6. How has the author caused you to sympathize with certain characters? “Barn Burning” (10 minutes)