POINT OF VIEW

• 1st Person
• 2nd Person
• 3rd Person
  • Objective
  • Limited
  • Omniscient.

How to do an MLA Works Cited Page

MLA In-Text Citations

What makes a strong THESIS?

What makes a strong TOPIC SENTENCE?

Be able to pick out the following literary terms

• Conflict
• Foreshadowing
• Imagery
• Irony (Dramatic, Situational, Verbal)
• Juxtaposition
• Motivation
• Setting
• Simile

BIG THING:  Research papers are due on THURSDAY 8/30*.

T/W:  Work on papers

TH/FRI:  Get oriented for exam

*If your group wants an opportunity for feedback and a second draft.  If you just want to take whatever grade with zero opportunity to improve, due Monday, June 3.

Week will be spent working on pitch presentations and research for author research paper.

VOCAB UNIT 12 distributed Monday (this is the FINAL vocab unit of the year).

On TUESDAY (May 14), we’ll make the final determination when Pitch Presentations are due.

The rest of the way you have TWO tasks

• Make your presentation (or share your video) with the class (tentatively scheduled for May 16/17.  This presentation basically includes explaining
  • Why a publisher should buy your book (why the book is likely to draw readers)
  • Why a publisher should be interested in signing your author (some author background)
  • Why your book is a good buy for your publisher’s education division (why it’s good for school/literary merits)
  • What a cover for your book might look like.
• Write your mini-research paper (Due May 30 if you want a draft with feedback)
  • QUESTION:  How did your author’s background influence their work and why is that work valuable?

FINAL GROUP MEETING TUESDAY (Books should be finished)

VOCAB WEEK

• Practice Wed
• Final Friday

NEW MATERIAL:  Vocab Unit 11

• Practice Quiz: May 8
• Final Quiz May 10

SCHEDULE CHANGE: 

• Final Team Meeting will be Tuesday, May 7, not Monday, May 6

IN CLASS

• Practice vocab quiz
• SSR

ASSIGNMENTS

• LIT CIRCLE JOURNAL #2 (see classroom)

1.  Explain the ALLURE of your favorite hobby
2.  Describe a time when you were CRESTFALLEN
3. Why is a GARRULOUS person often annoying
4. Where are you located if you are in the VANGUARD of a battle

WARMUP

• Explain a time where you decided to ACQUIESCE to your parents’ wishes.
• How does a person with a BLITHE personality behave.
• Why was Lennie’s last name in “Of Mice and Men” a MISNOMER.
• What does a SINOUS road look like.

WEEK AT A GLANCE

• MONDAY:  SSR (Sustained Silent Reading)
  • Vocab Warmup
  • Mini-Lession POINT OF VIEW    POINT OF VIEWPPT
  • 1st, 3rd Final Drafts of Essays Due (Print Hard Copy in 0205)
• TUESDAY:  SSR (Sustained Silent Reading)
  • Vocab Warmup
  • 5th/6th Final Drafts of Essays Due(Print Hard Copy in O205)
• WEDNESDAY: SSR
  • Vocab Warmup
  • Practice Vocab Quiz
• THURSDAY:  TEAM MEETINGS
  • Vocab Warmup
• FRIDAY
  • Final VOCAB QUIZ Unit 10

IN CLASS:

• READING YOUR LIT CIRCLE BOOKS (Sustained Silent reading)
• Individual conferences with C.E. re: essays
• Journal Writing 1 for lit circles (THURSDAY)  (See GOOGLE CLASSROOM)