Angela’s Ashes (1/12)I. Bellwork

A. Take out your signed syllabus and put it on your desk so I can check it off.

B. Take out your Notebook and put your name and block on the cover.

C. Number your pages (each side of each page gets a number). You should have it numbered 1-200.

D. Put the date and title (Angel’at the top of page #1.

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Pre-test Results

Angela’s Ashes (1/12)I. Bellwork

Copy: Commas are used to set off items in an address (except zip codes) and items in a date.

A. Copy: Ex. Send the letter to President Obama, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20006. On January 1, 2011, the tax codes changed.

1. MHS is located at 1202 Lincoln Way East Mishawaka Indiana 46544.

2. March 8 1999 and June 7 2001 were the boys birth dates.

3. Review: Around the time of the loud thundering sound the kind that shakes the earth the people screamed panicked and ran from the building located at 150 Main Street Davenport Iowa.

B. Create a sentence with date and address commas.

II. Memoir

A. Autobiography (auto- means own) is when a person write about his or her own life.

B. Memoir writing that focuses on a specific period or events in someone’s life.

II. Response

Pretend you are really sick. You are probably dying. Describe it. Tell us exactly what is happening, your thoughts, your words, your actions, and how others are treating you. Give as many sensory details (details from the five senses) as possible. 40 words.

• III. Literary Element

B. Voice Definition:

1. The distinctive use of language that shows the author’s personality to the reader.

2. Look at these things to figure out the author’s or character’s voice (personality):

1. Word choice (How/What something is said)

2. Actions

3. Thoughts

IV. Practice

Look at what your wrote earlier about beingsick. Now, write another response to thesame situation, but this time pretend thatyou are either 5 years old OR 105 years old.

How is this response different than theearlier response? How is your voicedifferent?

V. Meet the Author: Frank McCourt (373)

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VI. Background Information• Setting: late 1930s-early 1940s in Ireland• Worldwide depression; many people had

economic troubles and couldn’t afford a lot of basic necessities

• 1840Ireland experienced a huge famine due to crop failure. Over a million died and another million left the country. Ireland was still suffering hardships from this famine.

• Strong Catholic identity• Typhoid Fever: infection spread through food

and water. Occurs in impoverished areas with poor sanitation systems. Can be fatal if not treated.

VII. Vocab: Copy down the words, parts of speech, and definitions

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Assignment

• Literary Element: 376, 379, 380, 382 (#1, #2)

• Pg. 381: 2a, 5, 6

• Vocabulary Practice: Pg. 382 #1-3