1. Agenda *IR *Voice Lesson: Diction #1 * “Where Worlds Collide” Quiz
*Work on chart – Add details from Where Worlds/By Any Other Name
*Intro to Two Ways to Belong in America (video clips w/chart)
HW:

2. Reminders (1-29-18) Need signed syllabus from the following people:
Griffin, Justin, James B., Andrew C., KiKi, Dioh, Jacob, Austin, Kye, Ariel, Madysun, Matthew, Jordan, Cameron, Josh, Virgina
Grab your independent reading book from the top of the cart!
Unit Test – this Friday, 2/2
Study guide will be posted by Wednesday!
Your synthesis chart is part of your study guide!
Have you signed up for the REMIND messages?

3. Independent Reading

4. Voice Lesson: Diction #1
Fun with Diction
Looking for the PERFECT word

5. Diction… Diction refers to the author’s choice of words.
Words are the basic tools of the writer. Just as the painter uses color and light or a musician uses sounds and rhythms, a writer uses words.
In order to write well, you have to find the PERFECT word.

6. The Perfect Word… Is clear, concrete, and exact
Says exactly what you want it to say
Is specific
Creates a picture in your mind
Example – You don’t hang around the house; you mope around the house.
Is NOT a dead word; those words are overused, tired, and have lost their freshness.

7. Forbidden Words good nice pretty beautiful fine bad thing really very
terrible
wonderful
a lot

8. Looking Deeper into Words
Words do not just have meaning; they have Denotation and Connotation
Denotation is the LITERAL meaning
Connotation is the FEELING of the word

9. Diction in Action…
Read and Think:
Write About It:
A redheaded woman was there with Trout. Kate could see her rummaging through the cabin, dumping drawers, and knocking things from the shelves of cabinets.
-- Louis Sachar, Holes
What picture do you get in your mind when you read the second sentence?
How would the meaning of the sentence change if we changed some of the words? For example:
Kate could see her searching through the cabin, emptying drawers, and taking things off of the shelves of cabinets.

10. Where worlds collide / Quiz

11. Synthesis chart Where Worlds Collide
By Any Other Name (revisit for chart)

12. Two ways to belong in america
TV show clips – respond using chart provided