1. Unit 1
Day 2

2. Review yesterday’s terms
Syntax
Changing sentence structure, sentence length, and punctuation to control the reader
Diction
Using specific word choice to create concrete images
Imagery
Using details to create a sensory experience (see, hear, touch, smell, taste)

3. Pizza: Speaker 1 What is “inferencing”? Read Speaker 1 (page 6)
Diction, syntax, imagery, tone
Make 3 inferences
Find support for each inference

4. Pizza: Speakers 2, 4 Read Speaker 2
With a partner, fill out chart (make inferences last, find support for each inference)
Read Speaker 4

5. Pizza: Speaker 3 Read Speaker 3
By yourself, fill out chart (make inferences last, find support for each inference)

6. Author vs. Narrator
I see you looking at me. Well, not at me, but through me. You’ve rendered me invisible; yet, somehow, you’ve also mastered the art of looking down at me, even though I’m taller than you. My black skin must exude some property, a food for your hatred to consume, like the opposite of kryptonite, to give you such powers.
Narrator = a black person
Author = Tydings (a white guy)

7. “Speak” Read “Speak” on pages 10-11
With partner, answer questions 1, 3
1) Who is narrating the story? What textual evidence supports your answer? (imagery, diction)
3) What effect does the use of dashes in paragraph 4 have? (syntax)
Juxtaposition: two opposites placed together for a contrasting effect
4) As a class, discuss the juxtaposition of Melinda’s inner voice and her “outer” voice (what people hear when you speak).