1. English 9 Day 6 Objective: To write using clear voice

2. “Always Running” and “Race Politics”  Review your notes and annotations from our last readings.  How would this story be different if told from Rano, the older brother’s perspective?  Would it still be a coming of age story?  How would the voice change?  Diction  Syntax  Imagery  Tone  Review your notes and annotations from our last readings.  How would this story be different if told from Rano, the older brother’s perspective?  Would it still be a coming of age story?  How would the voice change?  Diction  Syntax  Imagery  Tone

3. “Always Running” and “Race Politics”  Rewrite the story in Rano’s voice.  Use the notes you just made to help you.  What elements did you alter to capture Rano’s voice and his coming of age experience?  Highlight three examples.  Rewrite the story in Rano’s voice.  Use the notes you just made to help you.  What elements did you alter to capture Rano’s voice and his coming of age experience?  Highlight three examples.

4. Author’s Style  As we read the following excerpts from short stories, highlight elements that stand out to you. Then, we will talk about these elements and their effects/why the author uses them.  Page 94  “The Gift of the Magi”  “The Cask of Amontillado”  As we read the following excerpts from short stories, highlight elements that stand out to you. Then, we will talk about these elements and their effects/why the author uses them.  Page 94  “The Gift of the Magi”  “The Cask of Amontillado”

5. Your Style  Review your writing from earlier.  Find an area of your writing that you can revise to create a stronger style/better communicate your style.  You can change syntax, imagery, diction, or anything else, as long as you are doing so to create a unique style and one that emphasizes elements of the story.  Review your writing from earlier.  Find an area of your writing that you can revise to create a stronger style/better communicate your style.  You can change syntax, imagery, diction, or anything else, as long as you are doing so to create a unique style and one that emphasizes elements of the story.