Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Learning Objectives:

• How do I write a reflection about the setting of a personal incident?
• How do I revise my writing to include a compound sentence?

UIL 

Opening:
Review your DEJ from class yesterday - 

• What are some BIG IDEAS, or themes, explored in Walk Two Moons?  
• Do you infer any messages about these themes yet?  What do you think will happen as these plots/conflicts resolve?

1. Last night I asked you to analyze the "Singing Tree" setting in Walk Two Moons Chapter 16.

Get online to SBD 2.7  
A Tree of One's Own: Setting

• "Outside the hospital I heard a warbling..." to "...The tree did not sing."

2. Consider a setting in your own life.  

• 4/6: My Setting:
• Recreate the table on the next page. Fill in the details in the graphic organizer for a setting of your own.
• Create a sketch of the setting you are thinking of.

Work Period:

3. Under your "Setting" Graphic Organizer - create two visuals that help you explore the following terms:

• A. Setting
• B. Commentary

4. Check for Understanding on both terms.

5. How does Salamanca's tree (external) affect her internal feelings?  

6. Writing Prompt: How does the setting you chose affect your internal feelings when you think of it?  Write a paragraph about your setting.

• See the Expository Writing Prompt

Closing:

Language and Writer's Craft: Sentence Variety

7. Read aloud the details.  

8. Revise the sample paragraph, using compound sentences.

9. Revisit the response you wrote, and revise.