Wednesday, October 2nd

1. R & C.

2. Lesson on importance of critical thinking/ reading text.

3. Goal of descriptive/narrative writing.
 
Using language that shows:

• Use concrete nouns and adjectives.
• Include specific details. 
• Create figures of speech. (Metaphors. Similes. Personification)
• Rely on your five senses. (Imagery)

Techniques for describing places and things:

• Use proper nouns (with proper capitalization).
• Use effective verbs.  (Action verbs... avoid "Be Verbs"... Is, are, am were)
• Use action and people in the description. 

Techniques for describing people:

• Describing a subject's appearance and speech.
• Revealing what you know about a subject. 
• Reveal what others have to say about the subject. 

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3. Descriptive Writing- Identification, analysis and PRACTICE.

Read and annotate the first 3 reading passages... identifying descriptive writing techniques used by the authors. (Use your notes!)

~Read Extract 1 and do Exercise 1. Questions 1 and 4 asks you to evaluate the effects of descriptive writing. (You will be looking at HOW the techniques are used.. and their effects.
On questions 2-3, please utilize techniques of descriptive writing to answer the questions. .  select a technique or two to try to implement into your responses.

~Read Extract 2 and do Exercise 2. Questions 1, 2, and 3 ask you to evaluate the effects of descriptive writing. On question 3, please utilize techniques of descriptive writing to answer the question. 

~Read Extract 3 and do Exercise 3. Do question 2 where you examine descriptive writing techniques. Do questions 3-4 utilizing techniques of descriptive writing. You do not need to do question 1.

REMINDER: Literary terms quiz N-P (plus a few more) on FRIYAAAAY!