1. TWIST! TWIST D. Beckman & E. Van Winkle (July 2012)

2. Do Now: - Tone Exercise - Say, Mean, Matters - Annotations ● Directions: Answer the following in at least 4 complete sentences. You do not have to write the question, only write the answer: Have you ever become bored with something you were good at doing? Did you have the same feeling as Zaroff? What did you do? Do Now: Fear D. Beckman & E. Van Winkle (July 2012)

3. Annotations ● Your conversation with the text. ● An acronym for types of annotations: ● Tone ● Word Choice ● Imagery ● Style ● Theme Definition of annotation TWIST D. Beckman & E. Van Winkle (July 2012)

4. Annotations (Continued) ● The author’s attitude (feelings) toward the subject of the text ● Anxious, upset, exhilarated, furious, pompous, accusatory, objective, etc. ● Specific words the author uses to convey a specific mood. ● Denotation: dictionary definition (house) ● Connotation: emotional association (home) ● Sensory details ● Any detail that involves sight, sound, taste, touch, or smell ● If words “paint a picture in your head” Tone Word Choice Imagery D. Beckman & E. Van Winkle (July 2012)

5. Imagery: This Is Just To Say by William Carlos WilliamsWilliam Carlos Williams ● I have eaten ● the plums ● that were in ● the icebox ● and which ● you were probably ● saving ● for breakfast ● Forgive me ● they were delicious ● so sweet ● and so cold D. Beckman & E. Van Winkle (July 2012)

6. Annotations (Continued) ● The “voice” or “personality” the author creates ● Simplistic, emotional, elaborate, flowery, logical, etc. ● The universal message the author wishes to convey to the audience ● Best written as a cause and effect statement that uses “if, then”: ● If man is placed in power, then he will fall into corruption. Style Theme D. Beckman & E. Van Winkle (July 2012)

7. Check for Understanding What does TWIST stand for? Give an example of each!

8. T.W.I.S.T. ● Tone ● Word Choice ● Imagery ● Style ● Theme ● Tone: excited, depressed, sympathetic, ambiguous ● Word Choice: home (vs. house), egotistical (vs. proud), childish (vs. youthful) ● Imagery: I smelled the warm, sweet, all-pervasive smell of silage, as well as the sour dirty laundry spilling over the basket in the hall. ● Style: didactic, flowery, monotonous, intricate, simple ● Theme: If a society is corrupt, then innocence will be lost. What does TWIST stand for?Give an example of each! D. Beckman & E. Van Winkle (July 2012)

9. Summarize your notes! ● Remember, to make Cornell notes effective, you need to summarize. Take a few minutes to summarize your notes on the TWIST acronym. D. Beckman & E. Van Winkle (July 2012)

10. Annotating Pages 1 and 2 ● We are going to annotate the first two pages very closely. ● The first few words and pages are the author’s only chance to ‘hook’ you in, so they are very important. ● Directions: ● Put a box around word choice. ● Underline imagery. ● Write lots of comments/questions/summaries! D. Beckman & E. Van Winkle (July 2012)

11. The Most Dangerous Game D. Beckman & E. Van Winkle (July 2012)

12. Annotations ● Your annotations should resemble this: D. Beckman & E. Van Winkle (July 2012)

14. Literature Circles ● Turn to the handouts at the back of your reading packet. ● These are the four jobs you will have when reading in groups: ● Vocabulary Visionary ● Predictor ● Summarizer ● Literary Luminary D. Beckman & E. Van Winkle (July 2012)

15. Talk Time ● In your groups, each person gets 1 minute to explain what they found as they read. ● While each person explains, the others should annotate in their texts. D. Beckman & E. Van Winkle (July 2012)

16. Did you catch…. ● Diction: ● “Evil” is repeated about 4 times on page 2 ● Similar words that contribute to tone are: “dread,” “chill,” “fear,” “superstition,” & “darkness” ● Imagery: ● “Fishy blue eyes” ● “The sea was as flat as a plate-glass window” ● Tone: ● What do you think it is? D. Beckman & E. Van Winkle (July 2012)

17. Homework: Use word choice to create tone. ● Part 1. Rewrite the following paragraph, substituting underlined words to create a different tone. Create 3 different tones, and underline the words you substitute. (For example: angry, happy, and sad.) ● “Even so, I rather think they understand one thing—fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death” (Conell 20). ● Example: 1. Happy tone: Even so, I rather think they understand one thing— happiness. The happiness of freedom and the happiness of liberty. 2. Sad tone: 3. Angry tone: 4. Part 2. When we ended, we had just heard three gunshots off somewhere in the blackness. Make a prediction about what will happen next. D. Beckman & E. Van Winkle (July 2012)

18. Exit Ticket 1. Which term means the author’s attitude toward the subject of the text? A) Tone B) Word Choice C) Imagery D) Style 2. T/F: Connotations contribute to word choice and tone. True False 3. In the last full paragraph on page 2, what is the best example of word choice? A) startled B) ears C) mistaken D) sound 4. In the same paragraph on page 2, what is the tone? A) upset B) surprised C) afraid D) angry 5. Which is an example of imagery? A) “pure imagination” B) “tough-minded old Swede” C) “fishy blue eyes” D) “God-forsaken place” D. Beckman & E. Van Winkle (July 2012)