1. Analyzing language
SpringBoard 7 1.6

2. Learning Targets
Analyze the language of a personal narrative to determine how language shapes character and events
Analyze for multiple incidents and responses to determine effects

3. Quickwrite What choices do you make at school?
Think about all of the choices you can make in a school day
What types of consequences can you face as a result of your choices at school?

4. Vocabulary
Sensory details
Figurative language
Characterization

5. During Reading
Mark the text for examples of sensory details and figurative language the author uses for characterization
Think about how the author’s language choices help develop the characters, setting and events
Mark incidences with an “I” and responses with an “R”

6. After reading (on Handout)
From what point of view is this text written? How do you know?
How does the authors use of vivid language help you understand what is happening in the story?
What is the metaphor in paragraph 14?
How does it help to characterize Mrs. Conway and show her relationship to the narrator?
What is Mrs. Conway’s response to Walter’s reading comic books?
How is her response significant to her relationship with Walter?
What do you notice about how the dialogue is punctuated.
What are the most significant choices each of the main characters in this pair of narrative chapters make?
What expectations does Mr. Lasher have of Walter that Walter does not have of himself?

7. After Reading
What were the consequences of the choices the characters in this narrative made?

8. How did paying attention to the use of sensory language in “Bad Boy” help you better visualize and understand the characters and events?

9. Craft: Creating Coherence and Sentence Variety
What do you notice about the transitions used in “Bad Boy”, and how are they punctuated?
What are some transitions that you could use in a narrative?
Look for the parallel structures in the sentences on page 27
Underline the terms that are parallel
Finish the sentence using parallel structure:
By the end of the story, Walter…

10. Narrative Writing Prompt
Take out the personal narrative that you wrote for section 1.4
Rewrite the narrative, adding the following elements:
Use transitions to organize the incident, response and reflection
Use sensory details and/or figurative language
Incorporate parallel sentence structure and dialogue

11. Personal Narrative FeedBack
INCIDENT – I time you made a CHOICE that had a CONSEQUENCE
NOT about your trip to Legoland, how your parents got you a laptop, or about a random experience from your life
Focus on the CHOICE or DECISION you made
Use sensory details and figurative language!
RESPONSE – Thoughts, feeling actions
What did you DO/THINK/FEEL after making the choice?
Be detailed – use sensory details and figurative language!
REFLECTION – What did you learn?
Why was the experience memorable?