1. Analyzing Writer’s Craft Presented by: Kelly Philbeck

2. Craft of Artists Look following two paintings and jot down some similarities and some differences that you see. Look following two paintings and jot down some similarities and some differences that you see. What do you notice about the artists’ techniques? What do you notice about the artists’ techniques? What differences do you see? What differences do you see?

3. Compare and Contrast Edvard Munch’s The Scream Grant Wood’s American Gothic

4. Writer’s Craft…Words Paint a Thousand Pictures

5. What is Writer’s Craft? Craft is the art of writing. It is the writer’s intentional use of the following to create an effect on the reader: figurative language figurative language snapshots/imagery/details snapshots/imagery/details thoughtshots thoughtshots word choice/word placement word choice/word placement sound/dialogue sound/dialogue sentence structure/stylistic devices sentence structure/stylistic devices text features text features text structure text structure

6. Writer’s Craft Encompasses: Style Style Tone Tone Voice Voice Audience Awareness Audience Awareness Structure/Organization Structure/Organization Technique Technique

7. Categories of Craft Word Craft—careful, deliberate word choice Word Craft—careful, deliberate word choice Structural Craft—organizational features Structural Craft—organizational features Audible Craft—sound choices Audible Craft—sound choices Visual Craft—print features Visual Craft—print features Laminack & Ray Laminack & Ray

8. Word Craft Deliberate, artful choice of words [Ray 1999] Deliberate, artful choice of words [Ray 1999] Figurative language Figurative language Word Choice Word Choice Vivid verbs Vivid verbs Imagery Imagery Details Details

9. Structural Craft Organizational Framework of the Writing [Ray 1999] Organizational Framework of the Writing [Ray 1999] Text structure Text structure Paragraph types Paragraph types Transitional devices Transitional devices Parallel structure Parallel structure Repetition Repetition Page Layout/White Space Page Layout/White Space

10. Audible Craft Language that Lingers… [Laminack 2007] Language that Lingers… [Laminack 2007] Noticed without even seeing the print [[ Laminack 2007 Noticed without even seeing the print [[ Laminack 2007 Alliteration Alliteration Assonance Assonance Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia Rhythm Rhythm Cadence Cadence Hard/Soft Sounds Hard/Soft Sounds

11. Visual Craft Thoughtful, artful placement of text on a page [Laminack 2007] Thoughtful, artful placement of text on a page [Laminack 2007] Must be seen to be noticed [Laminack 2007] Must be seen to be noticed [Laminack 2007] Print Features (bold, italics, fonts, punctuation) Print Features (bold, italics, fonts, punctuation) Line breaks Line breaks White space White space Graphics—pictures, illustrations, charts, maps Graphics—pictures, illustrations, charts, maps

12. Analyzing Writer’s Craft Let’s analyze for Literary Devices and Figurative Language. Let’s analyze for Literary Devices and Figurative Language. First, read over your cheat sheet! First, read over your cheat sheet! Take a moment to refresh your memory of literary devices & figurative language. Take a moment to refresh your memory of literary devices & figurative language.

13. Now…Beyonce’s Halo Listen to the song. Listen to the song. As you listen, underline ANY literary devices or figurative language that you see. As you listen, underline ANY literary devices or figurative language that you see. ONLY underline the devices/language! ONLY underline the devices/language!

14. Figurative Language Refresher Remember figurative language is language that cannot be taken literally. Remember figurative language is language that cannot be taken literally. For example, For example, Line 1: “Remember those walls I built…” Line 1: “Remember those walls I built…” Is Beyoncé known for traveling the United States with a hard hat, bricks and mortar, building walls? Is Beyoncé known for traveling the United States with a hard hat, bricks and mortar, building walls? NO! As listeners, we have to make inferences of her intended meaning by analyzing her use of figurative language. NO! As listeners, we have to make inferences of her intended meaning by analyzing her use of figurative language.

15. Beyonce’s Experience with Walls

16. Halo Beyoncé's Halo Beyoncé's Halo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyR7y oDBQSg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyR7y oDBQSg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyR7y oDBQSg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyR7y oDBQSg

17. Halo x 2 Now that you’ve underlined examples of literary devices and figurative language, we’re going to listen to “Halo” again. Now that you’ve underlined examples of literary devices and figurative language, we’re going to listen to “Halo” again. This time, as you’re listening, use your list of terms to LABEL each item that you have underlined. This time, as you’re listening, use your list of terms to LABEL each item that you have underlined. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyR7y oDBQSg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyR7y oDBQSg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyR7y oDBQSg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyR7y oDBQSg

18. Discussion! What evidence of literary devices/figurative language did you find in the lyrics? What evidence of literary devices/figurative language did you find in the lyrics? Quote them. (Claim them!) Quote them. (Claim them!) Label them. (Name them!) Label them. (Name them!) Explain the author’s purpose. (Frame them!) Explain the author’s purpose. (Frame them!) Why did Beyoncé and her co-authors choose to use those literary/figurative language devices? Why did Beyoncé and her co-authors choose to use those literary/figurative language devices? What do the devices mean? What do the devices mean?

19. Analyzing Writer’s Craft Claim It! Quote from the Work Name It! Label the Device/Technique Frame It! Explain/Analyze Author’s Purpose “Remember those walls I built…”

20. Analyzing Writer’s Craft Claim It! Quote from the Work Name It! Label the Device/Technique Frame It! Explain/Analyze Author’s Purpose “Remember those walls I built…” walls=metaphor

21. Analyzing Writer’s Craft Claim It! Quote from the Work Name It! Label the Device/Technique Frame It! Explain/Analyze Author’s Purpose “Remember those walls I built…” walls=metaphorTo show that she’s been hurt before and is guarding her emotions/ heart Now, it’s your turn!

22. Analyzing Writer’s Craft Claim It! Quote from the Work Name It! Label the Device/Technique Frame It! Explain/Analyze Author’s Purpose “Remember those walls I built…” walls=metaphorTo show that she’s been hurt before and is guarding her emotions/ heart “…they didn’t even put up a fight…” personificationTo show that she is really in love now, not fighting it “I got my angel now…” metaphor and/or allusion To show emotional significance of new love

23. Let’s Take it to Text “Bryan’s Plane Crash” “Bryan’s Plane Crash” Written as a typical student’s sample. Written as a typical student’s sample.

24. Bryan’s Plane Crash Bryan heard a loud noise as the plane’s wings were torn off of the plane. He braced himself, then his head hit the wheel as the plane hit the trees. The plane went through the trees then crashed into the water. People were screaming all around him. He unfastened his seatbelt and went out the window to get free of the wreckage.

25. Writer’s Craft: Transforming Telling to Showing Notice how the typical student sample is just relaying of a list of events. Notice how the typical student sample is just relaying of a list of events. No craft techniques are used. No craft techniques are used. Writer’s Craft takes writers/readers beyond the surface of events. Writer’s Craft takes writers/readers beyond the surface of events. Now read an excerpt from Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet. Now read an excerpt from Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet.

26. As You Read… Underline/highlight what speaks to you as a reader—evidence of good writing: Underline/highlight what speaks to you as a reader—evidence of good writing: Vivid verbs Vivid verbs Literary devices (metaphors, similes, idioms) Literary devices (metaphors, similes, idioms) Sensory details (where you can see, hear, smell, taste the story, or feel for/with the characters) Sensory details (where you can see, hear, smell, taste the story, or feel for/with the characters) Sentence structure/word choice (sound, rhythm, tone) Sentence structure/word choice (sound, rhythm, tone)

27. Don’t Make it Difficult… Just mark what you like as a reader. Just mark what you like as a reader. There are no right or wrong answers! There are no right or wrong answers!

28. From Paulsen’s Hatchet There was a great wrenching as the wings caught the pines at the side of the clearing and broke back, ripping back just outside the main braces. Dust and dirt blew off the floor into his face so hard he thought there must have been some kind of explosion. He was momentarily blinded and slammed forward in the seat, smashing his head on the wheel.

29. Then a wild crashing sound, ripping of metal, and the plane rolled to the right and blew through the trees, out over the water and down, down to slam into the lake, skip once on water as hard as concrete, water that tore the windshield out and shattered the side windows, water that drove him back into the seat.

30. Somebody was screaming, screaming as the plane drove down into the water. Someone screamed tight animal screams of fear and pain and he did not know that it was his sound, that he roared against the water that took him and the plane still deeper, down into the water. He saw nothing but sensed blue, cold blue-green, and he raked at the seatbelt catch, tore his nails loose on one hand.

31. He ripped at it until it released and somehow - the water trying to kill him, to end him - somehow he pulled himself out of the shattered front window and clawed up into the blue, felt something hold him back, felt his windbreaker tear and he was free. Tearing free. Ripping free.

32. Writer’s Craft What elements of writer’s craft do you see in Paulsen’s excerpt? What elements of writer’s craft do you see in Paulsen’s excerpt? Name, Claim, Frame (on your chart) Name, Claim, Frame (on your chart) How does writer’s craft impact the reader? How does writer’s craft impact the reader?

33. Writer’s Craft is EVERYWHERE! You can analyze ANY type of text for Writer’s Craft… You can analyze ANY type of text for Writer’s Craft…poetry film clips informational text argumentative text

34. Also Analyze Craft for… Writer’s Style Writer’s Style Text Features Text Features Text Structure Text Structure Idea Development/Support Idea Development/Support Argumentative Techniques Argumentative Techniques ANY text you read can be analyzed for craft ANY text you read can be analyzed for craft

35. Tips for Use I have students analyze writer’s craft on most everything we read. I have students analyze writer’s craft on most everything we read. We started small… We started small… Only looked at literary devices/figurative language for period of time Only looked at literary devices/figurative language for period of time Used with Lit Circles Used with Lit Circles Students created our definition sheet Students created our definition sheet Then we analyzed for stylistic devices, then text structure, etc. to build our writers’ eyes. Then we analyzed for stylistic devices, then text structure, etc. to build our writers’ eyes.

36. Tips for Use I have students analyze writer’s craft on most everything we read. I have students analyze writer’s craft on most everything we read. We keep craft sheets in sheet protectors in the middle of their 3 pronged writing folders. We keep craft sheets in sheet protectors in the middle of their 3 pronged writing folders. We refer back to craft findings for revision of writing. We refer back to craft findings for revision of writing.

37. Sources Ray, Katie Wood. Wondrous Words. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1999. Ray, Katie Wood. Wondrous Words. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1999. Laminack, Lester. Cracking Open Author’s Craft. New York: Scholastic, 2007. Laminack, Lester. Cracking Open Author’s Craft. New York: Scholastic, 2007.