1. When the bell rings you should be writing silently in your journal. “Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.” -Charles Dickens Puzzle this out. Do you agree?

2. Remember:  Materials:  Make sure to always have your binder (starting Friday).  Make sure to always have your textbook.  Make sure to always have something to write with. Make-up  Course outline received  Literary terms: foreshadowing, imagery, characters  Bunnies article, main idea and supporting details  Test 1  Main idea/supporting details practice  Bias/Media Literacy video  Propaganda/movie  Topic sentences/author’s purpose/fact vs. opinion Remember: -IRP TODAY -Your nonfiction TEST will be on MONDAY. Everything we have covered this week, including the movies, will be on it. -Study Island is due on MONDAY at 8 AM if you did not finish. -We are halfway through the course today. I will be checking up with each of you as you are working on your topic selection.

3. Topic Sentence  The sentence (USUALLY at the very beginning of a paragraph) that STATES or IMPLIES the MAIN IDEA of that paragraph.  Not every paragraph will have a topic sentence; don’t freak out if you can’t find one for every single paragraph!  Topic sentences are common in nonfiction but rare in fiction.

4. Author’s Purpose -What is the author’s purpose, or GOAL, in writing any given piece of literature?

5. To Inform  The author’s purpose, or goal, is to inform the reader about whatever given topic they are writing about.  Strictly informational in nature-knowledge is given in an objective and neutral fashion.

6. To Persuade  The author’s purpose, or goal, is to convince the reader to think or feel a certain way about a given topic.  The author’s method of persuasion may be emotional or rational- or both! I believe that flying squirrels and their distant relatives, flying fish, will conspire to take over the world in 2012. I have already lost my brother and chihuahua. Be prepared. We must drain our lakes, ponds, and oceans NOW!

7. To Entertain  The author’s purpose, or goal, is to entertain or amuse the reader with a story.  Entertainment writing may be fiction or nonfiction, and the writer will appeal to the reader’s imagination.

8. FACTS  Something that is known to be true.  Facts are based on information that can be verified.  A fact can be PROVED.

9. OPINIONS  A belief, judgment, or conclusion based on what someone thinks.  An opinion can’t be proved or disproved.

10. Writing!  As always, a poor attitude will mean you pick up on the information well, poorly.  Why might writing be important to YOU?  What sort of job do you think you want when you get older? If you can’t think of that, what might you want to major in when you go to college or a vocational school?

11. Library  Line up at the door.  We leave when you are silent.  If you talk in the hallway, we come back and try again. You lose valuable time that will then have to be spent at home. Mr. Smink’s dream home