1. Dr. George’s 9th Lit. Agenda
1/7/2019 – 1/11/2018

2. Essential Questions for the week…
How does a writer’s use of language create a distinct voice?
How do we use textual evidence of voice to support inferences about a speaker?

3. Monday 1/7/2019
Introductions: 1) Take your paper and fold it into 3 sections. 2) On one section (front), write your name as big as possible. 3) On the back side, draw a symbol that represent you or something about you. Be prepared to present! 
*I will check transcripts and verification sheets while you work.*
Blog intro: All of our class materials are available on my blog. YOU MUST VISIT THE BLOG ONCE A WEEK! We will review how to navigate the blog today.
Goal setting: On your own sheet of paper, tell me your short-term (within the next year), mid-term (2-3 years), and long-term goals (later in life). You should have FULL Paragraph for each!

4. Tuesday 1/8/2019
Syllabus Review - TAKE A COPY FROM THE FRONT TABLE – We will discuss the expectations of his class using the syllabus as a guide. The last page of the syllabus must be signed and returned by FRIDAY.
15 Poem –
Volunteers will read the poem one stanza at a time.
Answer the questions found under the poem.
Complete the poem prewriting questions (the “Before Writing Your Poem” section)
Begin writing your own personal poem. *Note: if you do not complete your poem, you can finish it for homework.*

5. Complete the chart using the definitions examples given on the board.
WEDNESDAY 1/9/2019
Lit Terms Chart:
Complete the chart using the definitions examples given on the board.
*Note: you will have to use this chart throughout the unit, so do not lose it .

6. Diction
Definition:
Style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words
Examples:
Grendel uses words that portray gloominess and confusion to provide sympathy for Grendel.
Words and Behavior uses complex words to provide knowledgeable feel to the essay.

7. Imagery
Definition: The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things (always appealing to one of the five senses—sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste)
Ex. 1: The music coursed through us, shaking our bodies as if it came from within us.
Ex. 2: The jungle was lush, teeming with life to its very core.

8. Syntax Definition: Examples:
the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.
the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words.
a system or orderly arrangement
The arrangement of words in a sentence
"Colorless green ideas sleep furiously." (Linguist Noam Chomsky created this sentence--which is grammatically correct but incomprehensible--to demonstrate that the rules governing syntax are distinct from the meanings words convey.)
Now it’s not interesting to talk when we know that the conversation’s being recorded.
Don’t you be having no more of ’em bagels now, son.

9. Tone
Tone is a reflection of a writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work.
Ex.
1. Holden Caulfield has an undeniable tone in Catcher in the Rye. He is sarcastic, tough, and inquisitive. He also makes poignant observations through his rather biting tone.
2. Voldemort, in the Harry Potter series, constantly has a dark and threatening tone.

10. Wednesday 1/9/2019
1) PIZZA DAY! Today we will analyze 4 different descriptions of PIZZA paying close attention to the four elements we have been focusing on:
Tone – The author (or speaker’s) attitude toward the text.
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)

11. Pizza: Speaker 1 What is “inferencing”?
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Read Speaker 1 (page 6)
Diction, syntax, imagery, tone
Make 3 inferences
Find support for each inference

12. Pizza: Speakers 2, 3 Read Speaker 2
With a partner, fill out chart (make inferences last, find support for each inference)
Read Speaker 3

13. Pizza: Speaker 4 – YOU 
Write/read your own pizza paragraph.
By yourself, fill out chart (make inferences last, find support for each inference)

14. Thursday 1/10/2019
Media Center Orientation - We will take a short trip to the media center for information on Destiny and to sign out independent reading books.
2) QHT: Complete the QHT chart about the first set of the Unit 1 vocabulary terms (next slide).
Q: Words I QUESTION or don’t know
H: Words I have HEARD
T: Words I could TEACH
Vocabulary PPT: Take notes on the words/definitions you need to know for Unit 1.

15. Springboard Unit 1, Coming of Age: QUESTION, HEARD, TEACH
inconspicuous
bizarre
nostalgia
grit
vague
poignantly
reverie
lulled
monotonous
elude
perish
suffice
imputation
vestibule
depreciate
chaste
laboriously
patent
enfolded
assertion
Q: Words I QUESTION or don’t know
H: Words I have HEARD
T: Words I could TEACH

16. Unit 1A Vocab Words

17. inconspicuous (adj.)
Definition: not clearly visible; avoiding attention
Synonyms: unnoticeable

18. bizarre (adj.)
Definition: very strange or unusual
Synonyms: abnormal

19. Synonyms: wistfulness
nostalgia (n.)
Definition: a sentimental longing for the past, typically for a time or place with happy personal memories
Synonyms: wistfulness

20. grit (n.)
Definition: courage and determination; strength of character
Synonyms: resolve

21. vague (adj.)
Definition: not communicating clearly
Synonyms: imprecise

22. Synonyms: touching; heartbreaking
poignant (adj.)
Definition: in a deeply emotional way; designed to evoke strong emotions like sorrow, sympathy or regret
Synonyms: touching; heartbreaking

23. reverie (n.)
Definition: a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts
Synonyms: daydream

24. lulled (v.)
Definition: to calm or send to sleep, typically with soothing sounds or movements
Synonyms: soothe

25. monotonous (adj.)
Definition: dull, tedious, and repetitive; lacking in variety and interest
Synonyms: boring; uninteresting

26. elude (v.)
Definition: to evade or escape from danger in a skillful or clever way
Synonyms: avoid

27. Friday 1/11/2019 (Report to the English computer lab)
TECH TUESDAY! As we discussed with the syllabus, Tuesdays are spent in the computer lab (unless you are told otherwise).
Word tips – Using the word tips handout you were given, you will create a USA Test prep, Edmodo, and Gmail account in order for you to be most successful in this class (see resources folder if absent). You will also practice proper formatting for typed assignments (MLA).
USA TEST PREP – Now that you are all set up with USA Test Prep, it is time to complete your first assignment.
HOMEWORK: USA TEST PREP #1 IS DUE FRIDAY BY 8:00 AM. NO EXCEPTIONS!

28. This week’s standards…
ELAGSE9-10RL1 (CCRS RI ): Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text
ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
ELAGSE9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
ELAGSE9-10W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
ELAGSE9-10W9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
CCRS L : Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words.
CCRS L b: Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.

29. Unit Assessments… Formative Speaker Chart Lit terms chart
Double entry journal
QHT
TED Talks