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Distribute sample app essays. Discuss the love letter to the University of Chicago.
For Wednesday, read all the sample essays, identify examples of personal voice.
Tomorrow: First peer review session.
Grade 10:
Journal: Select a moment from this past weekend and describe it in as much detail as possible. (Note: a moment is no more than a few seconds.)
Check in hw.
Discuss journal assignment and the importance of being able to use 'specific details from the passage' when writing essays.
Finish reading and annotating "The Last Unicorns."
Copy model outline:
Title: “The Last Unicorns”
Author: Edward Hoch
I. The “Big Four”
A. Characters: Shem, bearded man, Noah
B. Theme: saving the unicorns
C. Plot: Shem tries to buy unicorns. Bearded man says no. Shem tries to steal them. BM stops him. Shem tells Noah, can’t save unicorns.
D. Setting: Long ago, green fertile valley, farm, raining/ Tone: Gloomy
II. Plot Breakdown
A. Motivation: Save the unicorns
B. Conflict: BM won’t give them up
C. Complication: SAA
D. Suspense: Why does Shem want the unicorns?
E. Climax: Shem trying to steal the unicorns
F. Dénouement: Shem talking to Noah
III. Analytical Elements
A. POV: Third Person
B. Techniques: allusion to the story of Noah in The Bible. Also strong language identifying tone: dark, gloomy, dismal.
Homework: Read and annotate "There Will Come Soft Rains."
Grade 9:
(See first three bullets under grade 10)
Review definition of "Shaker."
Start reading chapter 1 of The Day No Pigs Would Die.
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