Class #3EWRT 1A

How to Succeed in College

Tip #1: Develop a Network of Friends, Study Partners, and Mentors

• Teams• Presentation: Vocabulary chapters 1-2• Discussion: Readings 16-38• In class Reading: Basic Features (40-41)• Lecture: Formatting dialogue• In-Class Writing: Practicing dialogue

Agenda

• We will often use teams to earn participation points. Your teams can be made up of 4 or 5 people.

• The teams may change up to 2 times during the quarter. • Your goal as a member of the team is to ensure that every

other member of the team is successful.

Groups/Teams/Familias

• Points will be earned for correct answers to questions, meaningful contributions to the discussion, and the willingness to share your work. Each team will track their own points (verified by me).

• Answers, comments, and questions must be posed in a manner that promotes learning. Those who speak out of turn or with maliciousness will not receive points for their teams.

At the end of each class, you will turn in a point sheet with the names of everyone in your group and your accumulated points for the day. It is your responsibility to make the sheet, track the points, and turn it in.

Sit near your team members in class to facilitate ease of group discussions

Your First Group!

• Get into groups of four. (1-2 minutes)

• If you can’t find a group, please raise your hand.

• Once your group is established, choose one person to be the keeper of the points. • Write down

members’ names• Keep track of points• Turn in your sheet

at the end of the class period.

The Game

• With your group, discuss the words on the next slide for five or so minutes and prepare to compete

• Each team will send one member to the board in rotation.

• I will read a definition• The first team member to write the correct word on

the board scores a point for their team. • The team with the highest score at the end of the

game earns not only the glory of winning but also five extra participation points.

Vocabulary

Chapter 11. Entrails 2. Reaping 3. Apothecary 4. Iridescent 5. Paraffin 6. Meager 7. Racketeers8. Sustenance 9. Tribute 10. Repentance

Chapter 21. Synonymous 2. Tenuous

“Calling Home” by Jean Brandt“An American Childhood” by Annie Dillard“On Being a Real Westerner” by Tobias Wolff“100 Miles per Hour, Upside Down and Sideways” by Rick Bragg

Jean Brandt “Calling Home”

1. How does Brandt set the stage for her story? How does she try to get you to identify with her?

2. What is your first impression of Brandt? What is the author’s attitude toward her younger self?

3. Point out active verbs that enliven the text. What is the effect of all these action Verbs? (particularly par 3-5).

4. Look for places in the essay where Brandt discloses her feelings at the time the event occurred. What do you learn about Brandt from her remembered thoughts in pars. 5–8?

5. How does your understanding of Brandt deepen or change through what she writes in pars. 16–18?

6. Note the dialogue. What techniques can you identify? How does the dialogue in pars. 21–24 add to the drama?

7. What is the effect of interweaving storytelling and describing with remembering thoughts and feelings in par. 35?

8. How, and how well, does this ending work? Consider it in conjunction with the introduction.

In your groups, discuss the following questions: 5 minutes

In your groups, discuss your homework posts: 5 minutes.

Annie Dillard “An American Childhood”

BASIC FEATURES OF A NARRATIVE ESSAY

Writing dialogue

• Dialogue is an important part of any remembered event. • It shows what happens instead of telling it. For example,

you can say “she was so mad she yelled at me.” Or you can show the dialogue and let the reader “see” her mad at you.

“You did what? You threw out my best shirt?!”“I am sorry, but I didn’t think you wanted that shirt any more. It was torn and stained.”“What kind of idiot are you? Was that your shirt? No, it was mine!” “But…..ummm”“DON’T TOUCH MY STUFF! IN FACT, GET OUT!”

DIALOGUE MOVES THE STORY

• But we don’t just add dialogue just to say we have it. Dialogue should move the plot, too. For example, if we are out to dinner, we don’t write a page of dialogue about how we decided what to eat. It is just too boring!

“What are you going to have?”“I dunno; how about you?”“Oh, I can’t decide between the chicken and the fish”“Me neither”

See my point? No one cares about this!

Formatting Dialogue

• Each speaker gets his or her own paragraph; a return and indent. This mimics real conversation, indicating pauses and so forth.

• Attributions (“He said,” “She said” and variations) should be used, but not too much, and varied so they’re not repetitious; they can be used at the start of quotations, in the middle, or at the end. When attributions are overused, they get in the way; the key is that the reader should always know who’s speaking.

• Always use a comma after attribution (She said,) when introducing a quote.  Example:

“What’s wrong with you?” he asked.“Nothing,” I said. “You lit my shirts on fire? Where’d you learn that?”“Daycare.”“What? Daycare? You learned how to light shirts on fire at daycare?”“A kid brought matches one day.”“I’m calling your daycare.”“No,” I said. Okay, I screamed it, and he scowled at me. “Tell me the truth, boy.”I took a deep breath and let it slide out: “I hate your shirts, Dad.”           

For more information: http://bubblecow.com/formatting-dialogue-a-quick-and-dirty-guide

Write a scene in which one person tells another person a story. Make sure that you write it as a dialogue and not just a first person narrative; have one person telling the story and the other person listening and asking questions or making comments. Choose one of the topics below to be central to the story one person tells the other: 1. Witnessing a crime2. A car accident that just happened3. A romantic break up4. A fight with a roommate or parents5. Any other brief event you want to write about

Writing Practice

HOMEWORK

• Read: HG through chapter 7. As you read, look for a passage that reminds you of a personal experience.

•Post #3: The dialogues from the in-class writing •Study: Vocab (Chapters 1-4). •Bring: HG and SMG