Good Afternoon!

Yesterday, you were to complete the following for homework:

1.  If the Writing Thesis Statements Document is not complete during class, please complete at home.We will have another homework check.
   
2. Essay Outline Body #2:  please complete this paragraph on your outline
3. Say Mean Matter Worksheet:  Please add in two more quotes that will be used to support your ideas in Body paragraph #2.
4. Spoken Word:  start to think of ideas/topics that you will use in your spoken word.

Novel Essays: If you do not finish this in class, please complete for Homework.

1. Today, we will add on two more quotes to our “Say Mean Matter” Document.  These will be the two quotes that you use in your body #3.
2. We will complete the Outline –Body #3 and conclusion.

spoken-word-rant-or-this-i-believe-worksheet

Taylor Mali “What do teachers make?”

Martin Luther King

-We will be working on Spoken word:  we will look at a few samples of Rants…

 

*Spoken Word:  Brainstorming activity

Warm up spoken word free write activity:  Practice writing with imagery that includes all five senses.  Students describe an abstract or intangible entity using all senses:  what do they look, sound, smell, taste and feel like?

Examples:  Choose 2 of the following examples and write for five minutes each using imagery/sensory language.

a. homesickness

b. grief

c. love

d. joy

e. emptiness

f.  time

g. envy

Spoken Word Activities:

*Techniques for Creating Word Play

*Word Play Activity