1. QUOTE RESPONSE 2.4 “Morality is the substance of things and truth is the basis of all morality.” – Mahatma Ghandi Do you agree with this quote? Why or why not?

2. QUOTE RESPONSE 2.1 “The power of the personal essay for the writer is that it says to the world, I lived. This is my life. And as the writer I’m in control of my life, and in control of the narrative.” – Jordan Hartt Do you agree with this quote? Why or why not?

3. PURPLE SILENT READING DAY Choose a BOOK from the SHELF. READ SILENTLY for TWENTY MINUTES When time is up, turn to the EIGHTH PAGE of your JOURNAL (NOT THE BACK OF PAGE TWO!!!!!!!!) Answer these TWO QUESTIONS: 1. What did you read? 2. What did you think of it and why? FULL PARAGRAPH ANSWERS (SEVEN SENTENCES!)

4. 1 st BLOCK SILENT READING DAY Choose a BOOK from the SHELF. READ SILENTLY for FIFTEEN MINUTES When time is up, turn to the FIFTEENTH PAGE of your JOURNAL. Answer these TWO QUESTIONS: 1. What did you read? 2. What did you think of it and why? FULL PARAGRAPH ANSWERS (SEVEN SENTENCES!)

5. HOMEWORK QUIZ Answer the quiz questions on “Go Deep to the Sewer.” DO NOT WRITE ON THE QUIZ. WRITE ON YOUR OWN PAPER. Your answers do NOT have to be in complete sentences.

6. NARRATIVE TONE & AUTHOR’S VOICE

7. DEFINITION: Tone : a compound of composition, which encompasses the attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work. Essentially, tone is how the author conveys a specific attitude, via word choice and those connotations associated with the words they used. This is done using SYNTAX and AUTHOR’S VOICE.

8. TONES: Tone can be informal, formal, condescending, joyful, playful, somber, angry, enraged, etc. Any sort of feeling you can think of, there’s a tone and the appropriate words to show it. Tone is IMPLICIT. A reader must figure out the writer’s tone by themselves.

9. TONE VS. MOOD: Tone IS NOT mood. Mood is the feeling the author wants readers to experience WHILE READING the piece. Mood is achieved THROUGH tone.

10. HOW CAN WE CHANGE TONE? What can we do to this sentence: Mom wants to talk to you. To change the tone? To make it angry? Sarcastic? Humorous? Sad?

11. TONE AND AUTHOR’S VOICE Tone and Author’s Voice are similar. Tone is one of the aspects of Author’s Voice.

12. I was filling up at a gas station when I noticed a spider right beside the driver's side door. He seemed super lost. He kept wandering in circles and waving his legs frantically in the air. The poor monster seemed like it was limping. He was having a hard time supporting himself enough to climb upwards -- he kept falling and sliding down the window. I looked closer and realized that two of this little guy's legs were missing. The poor demon was lost and badly hurt. My heart kind of went out to him. I debated killing him, or brushing him off of my car, but then I realized that he wasn't hurting anybody. He was just lost. Sure, the way spiders eat may be barbaric, and they look absolutely horrifying, but really -- they're just eating the way they know how, and they look the way they look. Spiders are just like any other creature. So I left this poor little amputee spider alone, and opened my door to find a cup lid or napkin or something to help him get off of my car and back into the wild. He ran at my face. He will be mourned. The moral of the story is everybody else's hypocrisy is inexcusable, but mine is okay.

13. AUTHOR’S VOICE: The distinctive style used by an author, connecting tone, syntax, word choice, topic, and audience. An author’s voice is similar to his or her fingerprints.

14. AUTHOR’S VOICE 1.Style 2.Flavor 3.Tone 4.Commitment 5.Sincerity 6.Reflection of the writer 7.Interest 8.Connection (not only between writer and topic, but also writer and reader)

15. IDENTITY: Read “Identity” by Allie Brosh. Answer the provided questions. ANSWER ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER. ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES (2-3 PER QUESTION).

16. DISCUSSION: In what tone is this essay written? How can you tell? What did you think of this essay? What sort of voice does Brosh use?

17. “CHOCOLATE CAKE FOR BREAKFAST” We are going to watch “Chocolate Cake for Breakfast.” AS YOU ARE WATCHING, WRITE A RESPONSE TO THIS VIDEO. Did you like it? Did you not like it? Why? What is the author’s voice? Tone? YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE A PARAGRAPH (7-10 SENTENCES).

18. HOMEWORK: Read “On Summer” by Lorraine Hansberry – pages 415-419. Hansberry discusses what she does and doesn’t like about summer, and why. Do the same for one particular season: “On Spring,” “On Summer,” “On Fall,” or “On Winter.” Response should be AT LEAST TWO PARAGRAPHS LONG.

19. HOMEWORK: Bring your ROUGH DRAFT of your personal essay to class. We will be having a peer editing session. YOUR ROUGH DRAFT SHOULD BE AT LEAST TWO PAGES LONG.

20. EXIT SLIP: What do you think your “author’s voice” would be like?