1. Wednesday, January 13 th 2016!!! Agenda: 1.Diction- Looking at the Details 2.Assignment Details 3.You Can Change Reality…Really! 4.Look out! There’s a Brainstorming! Assignments: Tonight by 11 pm: No Red Ink Assignment 1.1 Tomorrow: Brainstorm Assignment Thematic Web Plot Diagram Topic: Short Story Elements Level: Analyze; Synthesize

2. On Your Desk: Binder Paper

3. Details…Details… An old man, Don Tomasito, the baker, played the tuba. When he blew into the huge mouthpiece his face would turn purple and his thousand wrinkles would disappear as his skin filled out. -Alberto Alvaro Rios, “The Iguana Killer” 1.The first sentence is a general statement. How does the second statement enrich and intensify the first? 2.What is the attitude the second sentence conveys towards Tomasito, and how is it communicated?

4. Changing Reality Draw a line and make the rest of the page Cornell Notes. Do not turn paper over – we need that for something else. Take notes on the main claims and supporting information in the following video: “How fiction can change reality” by Jessica Wise 1.Circle main claim 2.Underline supporting information. 3.Cross out irrelevant information. 4.Write any questions you may have. 5.Write a 2 sentence summary of video, including main claim and supporting info.

5. Assignment Review and Brainstorming Brainstorming Assignment: 1.Web diagram What is our starter/center circle? What are we looking to develop based off of thematic statement? 2. Plot chart Make and fill out your plot chart. Exposition  Resolution  Use the back of your binder paper.  Discuss and bounce ideas off of each other.