1. English I, 2 nd 9 weeks, Week 2 11/02/15 – 11/06/15

7. For next Monday: 0 You will need a composition notebook (preferably) or a spiral notebook. 0 Ask me if you cannot get one; I will order some. 0 This is a completion grade—you have your notebook, you get 100.

8. Model Crafting a short answer 0 How does Poe create a tone in “The Raven”?

9. Talk to the Hand 0 http://www.knowmia.c om/watch/lesson/2219 6 http://www.knowmia.c om/watch/lesson/2219 6 0 You will need a blank piece of paper. 0 Copy the text down as the lesson plays.

10. Using either your word or your partner’s…. 0 Craft a short answer to the following: 0 How does Edgar Allen Poe make “The Raven” creepy?

11. STAAR Short Answer 0 Look over rubrics. 0 I’ll show examples of each category. 0 Your group will get different student essays; your job is to rate them. 0 Step 1: Read the story 0 Step 2: Read the prompt 0 Step 3: Read the rubric requirements 0 Step 4: I’ll rate one 0 Step 5: You rate some in your group.

12. STAAR Short Answer 0 Why did you rate them the way you did?

13. STAAR Short Answer 0 Let’s take a 2 and make it a 3.

14. STAAR Short Answer 0 Let’s revise one of yours. 0 Now revise your own.

15. Elements of a Short Story 0 1. Plot – 0 2. Setting – 0 3. Character – 0 4. Theme – 0 5. Narrator – 0 6. Voice – 0 A. The time and place in which the action of a story occurs. 0 B. The distinctive use of language that helps the reader understand the author’s or narrator’s personality. 0 C. An individual in a literary work. 0 D. The person who tells the story. 0 E. The sequence of events in a story. 0 F. The author’s message, or insight, about life or human nature.

16. Plot and Setting 0 Description 0 Mood 0 Conflict 0 External Conflict 0 Internal Conflict

17. Quick Write 0 Write about something that happened this past week that you want to remember.

18. Quick Write 0 Free write 0 OR 0 Write about something that happened that annoyed you.

19. Quick Write 0 Free write 0 OR 0 Write about something fun that you’ve done recently.

20. Quick Write 0 Free Write 0 OR 0 What’s your favorite thing to do when you have free time? Why?

21. Quick Write 0 Free Write 0 OR 0 Write about the best movie you’ve ever seen and what makes it so good.