1. Bell Ringer 12/10
Please get out your Death of a Salesman Study Guide and turn to the page on the American Dream.
Make sure you have thoroughly answered each question.

2. Bell Ringer 12/10
Please get out your Death of a Salesman Open-Ended Responses and your Death of a Salesman Study Guides.
We will be going over the Study Guide and then completing the Open-Ended Responses.

3. English III
EQ: How do Arthur Miller’s choices about structure (particularly Willy’s day dreams of the past) influence how we interpret DoaS as a tragedy?
Agenda
Bell Ringer/Discussion
Agenda/EQ
Death of a Salesman Open-Ended Response
Marking before submitting
DoaS Review
Tragedy Questions
The American Dream
Irony
Foils

4. Sympathy in Tragedy
How does Arthur Miller’s use of Willy’s flashbacks convince the readers/audience to sympathize with Willy even though he is not a “great” man?
Give a topic sentence that answers the question
Use at least 2 examples of flashbacks from Death of a Salesman (direct quotes)
Fully explain how all of your proof (quotes) supports your answer to the question.
Please mark the following with the appropriate number:
1 – Topic Sentence that Answers the Question
2 – Examples of Flashbacks that Support Your Topic Sentence (Direct Quotes)
3 – Explanation of How Each Quote Supports the Main Idea

5. Bell Ringer 12/10
Please get out the Article we read yesterday on good dialogue.
Please re-read #6:
Why should you use dialogue tags, gestures, and action?
How should you use dialogue tags, gestures, and action?

6. Creative Writing
How do authors use narrative techniques to convey a vivid picture of experiences, events, settings, and characters?
Agenda
Bell Ringer/Discussion – Dialogue Tags, Gestures, and Action
Agenda/EQ
Dialogue Prompt
Finish for homework

7. Dialogue Prompt
Using the same situation/characters as our last prompt (Show vs. Tell), create a conversation between two characters.
Follow the guidelines of good dialogue
Don’t weigh it down with exposition
Use it to build towards something
Make it sound like a real conversation (without the boring parts)
Use it to reveal personality
Don’t overuse exclamation
Keep dialogue tags simple
Make your conversations surprising
Try your best to observe the rules you already know for punctuation and spacing.
We will be discussing these ideas tomorrow (so have your conversations ready)
Keep it between 1 page and 1 page front and back