Revising or Editing?
This is when you look for mistakes in spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
Editing.
Try it:
the parcentage of students that like sokker is high at socoro hi sckool.
Acts, scenes, dialogue are found in this genre.
What is drama.
Great!
What was the last drama you read?
This is what you do when you compare two passages.
What is look for similarities and differences.
This type of essay explains, informs, and/or describes a topic for the reader.
What is an informational essay or text.
Right!!
What is the title of the last informational essay you read in class?
Words that affect your five senses (sight, hear, touch, taste, and smell) is called this.
What is sensory language.
Wow!!! Which of the following uses sensory language?
A. The cat smelled bad.
B. The cat purred softly as it curled around my legs and licked my hand lightly.
This is when you combine, add, delete, or rewrite sentences in a passage.
Revision.
Try it!! How would you combine these two sentences?
Jesus downloaded a document from the internet. Jesus googled information on the internet.
Rhyme Scheme, scheme, meter, lines, stanzas, and couplets belong to this genre.
What is poetry.
Wow!! Write down the definition of:
stanza, couplets, and rhyme scheme.
What type of graphic organizer would you use to compare two passages.
What is a VENN Diagram.
Great!
Create a VENN Diagram and compare a short story and a poem.
This point of view opposes the writer's claim in this type of essay.
What is a counter-argument in an argumentative essay.
Correct!!
What is the title of the last argumentative essay you read in class?
The dictionary meaning of a word, and the idea/feeling the word invokes (makes you think about)
What is denotation (dictionary) and connotation (feeling/idea).
You got it!! Now write two sentences and give the denotative and connotative definition of the word "hot".
Which writing strategy would you use to revise a short constructed response (SCR)?
What is APES.
Great!! Now, what does APES stand for?
What is this literary device?
"The light danced on the surface of the water."
What is personification
Name at least two things you look for analyzing a passage
What are: Theme, Tone, Mood, Setting, Speaker, Author, Literary devices, Author's purpose
Fantastic!!
Can you think of more?
A greeting, communication, and a closing describes this type of essay.
What is correspondence.
Yes!!!
Question: When was the last time you wrote a correspondence?
One is the writer's attitude in a passage and the other is how a reader feels after reading a passage.
What is TONE (writer's attitude) and MOOD (how a reader feels).
Awesome!! Now, write down three adjectives for TONE and MOOD.
Name one way you can combine two complete sentences
Semicolon, comma with FANBOYS
"Her hair felt like silk" and "Time is Money are examples of these TWO literary devices.
Simile, imagery, or alliteration (Her hair)
and metaphors (Time is Money)
Wow!! Now, write down the definition of idioms and metaphors.
True or False: The 2 paired passages you will be asked to compare will always be the same genre (type of literary work).
What is False.
Correct!!
Give an example of 2 genres you might be asked to compare.
What is the difference between a thesis statement and a claim?
What is:
A thesis statement is the main idea of an essay and a claim is the writer's position/opinion on a topic.
What is the universal message in a story
What is THEME
A comma, colon, and a semicolon are examples of this.
What is punctuation.
Awesome!!
Write 3 sentences using a comma, colon, semicolon.
This is a reference to something historical, biblical, social, or popular that the reader is familiar with.
What are allusions.
Correct!!
Create a sentence using an allusion.
You will use this reading skill when analyzing a passage. An important detail from the passage is needed for this skill.
What is "making inferences".
Wow!! Correct!
Now
1. Define inference.
2. Create a sentence using an inference.
Name one way to end an argumentative essay
What is a call to action OR food for thought (big idea)
This is the reason why a writer writes anything.
What is author's purpose.
Unbelievable!! Draw a picture of author's purpose without using words.