agenda **Synthesis Essay Due! *IR *Voice Lesson: Diction #1 *Vocab Review Unit 2 *CTLS Pre-Test Unit 2 *Pick One (w/writing response – dialogue practice)

Reminders Synthesis Essay – Due today! Vocab Quiz Unit 2 – Monday, 2/11 Reading Quiz over texts…coming soon…this Friday?!

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Diction… Diction refers to the author’s choice of words. Words are the basic tools of the writer. Just as the painter uses color and light or a musician uses sounds and rhythms, a writer uses words. In order to write well, you have to find the PERFECT word.

The Perfect Word… Is clear, concrete, and exact Says exactly what you want it to say Is specific Creates a picture in your mind Example – You don’t hang around the house; you mope around the house. Is NOT a dead word; those words are overused, tired, and have lost their freshness.

Forbidden Words good nice pretty beautiful fine bad thing really very terrible wonderful a lot

Looking Deeper into Words Words do not just have meaning; they have Denotation and Connotation Denotation is the LITERAL meaning Connotation is the FEELING of the word

Diction in Action… -- Louis Sachar, Holes Read and Think: Write About It: A redheaded woman was there with Trout. Kate could see her rummaging through the cabin, dumping drawers, and knocking things from the shelves of cabinets. -- Louis Sachar, Holes What picture do you get in your mind when you read the second sentence? How would the meaning of the sentence change if we changed some of the words? For example: Kate could see her searching through the cabin, emptying drawers, and taking things off of the shelves of cabinets.

SPRINGBOARD VOCABULARY UNIT 2

facilitate prestigious

revered prestigious

oracle matriarch

revered oracle

inclination idyllic

revered facilitate

insulate idyllic

insulate partisan

oracle vicarious

Inclination Disgruntled

A. matriarch B. insulate

querulous matriarch

resistant querulous

Disgruntled translucent

CTLS Unit 2 Pre test

Pick One Pick On: Read and discuss; Lit Terms to add to Handout

Writing: Practicing with dialogue The story “Pick One” ends with the narrator making a choice about where to sit in the school cafeteria in his new school. According to him, his choice also determines the race that he identifies with. Write 8 lines of dialogue using both direct and indirect dialogue from the narrator’s perspective as he talks to his father about what happened at school that day. Be prepared to share!