1. Warmup
Pick up your binders, warm up paper, and take a seat. Respond to the following prompt with Five complete sentences:
“Do you have a favorite word? How about a word you can’t stand? Choose one word to write about and then answer the following questions: What does it mean? When do you use it? Why do you like it or dislike it?”
Example: Paradox, Moist, damp, Believe, success, inspire, Money, respect, dark, etc.

2. Marking Period 3 reflection
On a blank piece of paper, answer the following questions with complete sentences.
What grade do you believe you earned in marking period 3?
What did you do well during marking period 3?
What can you improve for marking period 4?
What is your goal for marking period 4?

3. Culminating Project

4. Remember the Unit Essential Question:
“How do authors control plot, character, and language to communicate an enegaing story and build theme?”
Theme
Plot
Word Choice
Character

5. SLM Concept: Word Choice
LEQ: “Why do authors carefully control word choice?”
Vocab: Tone, Mood, Setting, Connotation, Denotation

6. Freewriting 4/4
Take out a blank piece of paper (full sheet). You will be given 10 minutes to respond to the following prompt. You are expected to write for the full 10 minutes.
Write a letter to your best friend/boyfriend/girlfriend etc. telling them about what you did over your spring break.

7. Freewriting Turn to the back of the paper.
We are going to freewrite again. Respond to the following prompt:
Write a letter to your principal telling him about what you did over your spring break.

8. How did these letters change? What was different? Why was it different?

9. Connotation versus Denotation
It all has to do with definitions:
For example: Slimy
It literally means that something is slippery, wet, or generally gross.
But if we say a person is slimy, this means that person is disgusting, immoral, or dishonest.

10. Connotation versus denotation
The figurative meaning that we associate with words. (the idea that a word invokes)
Think about your favorite/least favorite words.
Denotation:
The exact dictionary definition that we associate with words. (the literal meaning)
Think about what you would find if you opened up a dictionary to look up that word.

11. Practice
Work with your elbow partner to come up with the connotation and denotation definitions for the following words. Be prepared to share!

12. Word: Denotation meaning Connotation meaning Power Home Cheap Snake
 The ability to act or produce an effect
 The person is in control or very strong.
Home
 The social unit of a family living together.
 Where someone is free to be themselves
Cheap 
 Costing little effort
Not having to spend a lot of money, stingy, not rich or wealthy
Snake
 Reptile
 Sneaky, Fake,

13. Exit 4/4: 1-2-3
On a blank piece of paper complete the following tasks. This will be collected.
Explain one major difference about the word choice in the letters you wrote.
Define connotation. Define Denotation.
Come up with 3 slang terms that have taken on a new meaning than its original intention
Example: “fire” means literal fire but also something that is very popular (this song is fire).
We Are taking the SRI next class!