Do-Now: Silent Writing Time Describe an event in your life where you felt you learned something that helped you “grow up.”

Notes Diction: Word choice intended to convey a certain effect Syntax: The arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence Imagery: The words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses

Speaker 1 Eating pizza is rather like embarking on a transcontinental excursion. You embark on the journey without being quite certain of what you will encounter. A well-made pizza contains the aromatic essence of fresh basil, oregano, and garlic that beckon individually. When properly prepared, pizza is an extraordinary culinary creation.

Speaker 2 It’s yummy! I like it when the cheese is really gooey. My mom makes it for dinner on the weekends. When it’s too hot, I have to wait for it to cool. Mom says if I don’t wait I will burn my tongue. I like the way pizza smells. When I smell pizza cooking, it always makes want to eat It right up!

Review of Small Group Strategy Identifying the Central Idea of the Text! ◦CLUES:  Title  Repeated, Significant Words  VIP Quotes Close Read: ◦As Ms. Brown reads, annotate the text for the purpose of finding clues to identify the main idea.

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Do-Now ◦The police were suspiciously distrustful of her statement, considering she kept changing her story.  A. NO CHANGE  B. Suspicious  C. Distrustfully suspicious  D. Suspicious, apprehensive, and distrustful. ◦ WHY IS YOUR ANSWER THE RIGHT ANSWER?!?!

Academic Talk “Oranges” 1.How do the sentence structure, sentence length, and word choice reflect the maturity of the poem’s speaker (Diction and Syntax)? 2.How has the boy’s regard for the girl changed over the course of the date? Use evidence from the text to show this change. (refer to lines 1-3, 16-17, and 46-47) 3.Explain the author’s use of the phrase “light in her eyes” on line 28? Why did the author choose to include this phrase? 4.How does the author use the images of light vs. dark and warm vs. cold to develop the theme? Cite specific images and the lines on which you find them. 5.What is the central idea of the poem? How do you know?

Do-Now Analyze how the diction and syntax in your independent reading book connect to the maturity of the speaker. ◦MODEL: ◦Diction: Formal, difficult vocabulary (“Auspicious, Remedial”) ◦Syntax: Simple, short sentences. ◦This reflects the speaker because he is really intelligent, but he doesn’t like to talk much; he keeps to himself.

Do difficult experiences help us to “grow up” or mature? SpeakerExperience/ Feelings Yes or NO + Evidence Bob Greene-Cut from his basketball team -Devastated: “When I got home I began to sob.” Yes, “I know that my ambition has been enormous since then.” Bob Graham-Cut from baseball team -Like a failure: “My view of myself was knocked down…” Yes, “I know that it changed me…” Maurice Malcolm Dan