1. ICTW #10 18 September 2012

2. Heading: Left hand side of the paper IN THIS ORDER: First and Last Name ICTW # Date (MLA format) Period For example: Aaron Rogers ICTW #10 18 September 2012 Period 2/3/5/6

3. ICTW #10 18 September 2012 Write for six minutes and answer ALL questions in SOLID, QUALITY writing. (Write at least ONE FULL paragraph 5-6 sentences). Keep your pens moving the entire six minutes. Think about a time you REALLY wanted to do something awesome for someone you cared about. Were you able to do what you wanted? What did it feel like to be able to do what you wanted for your loved one? Why? What if you couldn’t do what you wanted for your loved one? How would that make you feel? What lengths would you go to to do something for someone that you cared about? Why? Do you expect expensive gifts from the ones that love you? Why or why not?

4. Terms/Vocabulary Alliteration Repetition

5. Alliteration Watch, and then we will come up with a definition that works for us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmgo_c 8buwAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmgo_c 8buwA

6. Alliteration Repetition of INITIAL (first) CONSONANT (not vowel) sounds. Example: …from stem to stern. –The alliteration is in the –st sound.

7. Repetition The return of a word, phrase, stanza form, or effect in any form of literature. Effect/Impact repetition has on the reader (WHY AN AUTHOR USES REPETITION) –Repetition is an effective literary device that may bring comfort, suggest order, or add special meaning to a piece of literature.

8. Vocabulary Imputation (impute) parsimony depreciate meretricious Take 8 minutes and define these words in your notebook. You can work with a partner.

9. Vocabulary imputation: an accusation parsimony: extreme frugality (CHEAP!) depreciate: reduce the value of (or to belittle) meretricious: bawdy; flashy or vulgar show Take 8 minutes and define these words in your notebook. You can work with a partner.

10. “The Gift of the Magi” Pre-Annotated Discover what the annotations mean (you must write out what each annotation is for!) –vocabulary –setting –simile/metaphor –colors/symbolism –repetition –alliteration –humor

11. audio (TGOTM) http://www.loudlit.org/audio/magi/pages/01 _01_magi.htm