1. Make sure you are checking our class blog DAILY!!!
DO NOW – 9/13-14
10 minutes: Silent reading
NO PHONES!
This is a daily grade.
You may choose a book from the shelf, but please return it.
Continue taking notes on your chosen book.
10 minutes: new vocabulary list
Make sure you are checking our class blog DAILY!!!

2. Objectives What am I learning? Why am I learning it?
Reflective Writing, The Six Traits of Writing, and Literary Devices
Why am I learning it?
To be able to properly and vividly express my thoughts and experiences on paper
How will I know I learned?
I will have written a personal reflective poem, using the six traits and literary devices.

3. Personal & Reflection Writing
Drawing from your past to evoke emotions on paper.

4. Let’s review!

5. What is personal reflection writing?

6. Reflective writing is a practice in which the writer describes a real or imaginary scene, event, interaction, passing thought, or memory. The writer adds a personal reflection on the meaning of the item or incident, thought, feeling, emotion, or situation in his or her life.

7. 6+1 Writing Traits

8. 6+1 Writing Traits
The 6+1 Trait Writing Model of Instruction & Assessment comprises 6+1 key traits that define quality writing.
Ideas—the main message
Organization—the internal structure of the piece
Voice—the personal tone and flavor of the author's message
Word Choice—the vocabulary a writer chooses to convey meaning
Sentence Fluency—the rhythm and flow of the language
Conventions—the mechanical correctness
Presentation—how the writing actually looks on the page

9. Teacher Models: “Weighing” by Neil Carpathios
Shaving, I wonder how much the mirror would weigh
with nothing in it.
I step away, step back, touch glass with fingertips.
Every day I do this,
looking at the face I’ve earned with countless joys and griefs. One day I will shave and do the ritual not knowing it is the last time. Every morning I am rehearsing saying goodbye to myself.
Free Verse Poem. Tone, Theme, Imagery, Foreshadowing
Ideas and Content: the scene is set (shaving in the bathroom mirror), easy to put yourself in the writer’s place (right in the mirror, shaving), not at all generalized.
Organization: short and sweet, easy to read, ends with a bang
Voice: pulls the reader in instantly, must be read at a slower pace, lower voice. Pay attention to the punctuation marks and pause when prompted.
Word Choice: deliberate. Every word chosen carefully. Mood: stoic, morbid. Showing meaning (Every day I do this,/looking at the face/I’ve earned/with countless joys and griefs)
Fluency: very easy to read, smooth transitions, variety of words!
Conventions: everything is spelled correct. Punctuations used in interesting ways to command dramatic pause.

10. Annotation of “Weighing”
Free Verse Poem. Tone, Theme, Imagery, Foreshadowing
Ideas and Content: the scene is set (shaving in the bathroom mirror), easy to put yourself in the writer’s place (right in the mirror, shaving), not at all generalized.
Organization: short and sweet, easy to read, ends with a bang
Voice: pulls the reader in instantly, must be read at a slower pace, lower voice. Pay attention to the punctuation marks and pause when prompted.
Word Choice: deliberate. Every word chosen carefully. Mood: stoic, morbid. Showing meaning (Every day I do this,/looking at the face/I’ve earned/with countless joys and griefs)
Fluency: very easy to read, smooth transitions, variety of words!
Conventions: everything is spelled correct. Punctuations used in interesting ways to command dramatic pause.

11. Your Turn! Pair Work: “Caged Bird”
Have your group’s copy of “Caged Bird” handy.
One person read the poem aloud.
On a sheet of paper, write your group members’ names at the top.
Identify the Six Traits of Writing and explain. See my example if you need to review again, but do not copy my words.
Identify at least four Literary Devices in the poem (refer to your prior knowledge or research if you have forgotten what literary devices are). Let’s review a few: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, allusion, imagery, foreshadowing, symbolism, etc.
Write the line in the poem that shows the literary devices being used.
THOROUGHLY explain how is this poem reflective.

12. Exit Ticket
Reflect
On an index card, write about an experience that changed you the most.
One paragraph.
Hand it to me at the door as you leave.

13. Use the remainder of the class period to:
Work on your current vocabulary.com list that is due on Monday, September 19th. It will close on Monday morning.
Read silently.
You may choose a book from the shelf, but please return it.
Continue taking notes on your chosen book.
Everyone should be occupied. An idle mind is Negativity’s workshop!
Keep in mind: If I don’t see you working that leads me to believe that you are satisfied with your progress in this class and I should have no need to sympathize with your whining or requests when grades are due.
You are responsible for you!

14. Progress report grades are due tomorrow/today, September 14th!
LAUNCH
"Where you are is a result of who you were, but where you go depends entirely on who you choose to be."
-Hal Elrod
Progress report grades are due tomorrow/today, September 14th!