EWRT 1A CLASS 5

AGENDAFreewrite: Setting GoalsVocabulary Test: (Chapters 1-4)The Hunger Games: Themes and ConceptsDiscussion: A Well-Told Story

Sentence length. Constructing an action sequence

Reflecting on the Event's Significance pp. 48-49 In-Class Writing1. Focus on the climax of your event. Write a paragraph describing the action using short and long

sentences to control the intensity of your narrative.2. Recalling Your Remembered Feelings and Thoughts3. Exploring Your Present Perspective4. Formulating a Tentative Thesis Statement

VOCABULARY TESTThe test covers the words from Chapters 1-4.You will have 15 minutes to complete the test.There are 20 words.

In your groupsTake five minutes to discuss the various themes and concepts that appear in The Hunger Games.

Try to identify particular passages from the text that support your assertions

DISCUSSION: THEMES AND CONCEPTSFRIENDSHIPFAMILYSURVIVALFREEDOM AND OPPRESSIONMATERIALSIM AND CLASS???

A Sentence Strategy

Essay #2: A Well Told Story

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Briefly identify the five parts of your essay

• A Well-told storyTo create suspense,, Wolff uses a combination of short and long sentences. Reread this paragraph and consider how they work here.

Discussion Groups:

Building Suspense

Work with the excerpt on the handout to identify how

sentence length, narrative action, and prepositional

phrases work to heighten suspense.

Use Sentence Length to Control the Tension in your story

1. Focus on the climax of your event. Write a paragraph describing the action using short and long sentences to control the intensity of your narrative.

HOMEWORKRead: HG through chapter 12. SMG p 37 “Commentary: Autobiographical Significance,” and 625-633. Post #5: Post the rough draft of your narrative. Your draft should include each of these elements:

Quotation from HG and context/settingTransition paragraph that connects the quotation to the event in your own life Multiple paragraphs narrating your event with detailed description(s) of place(s) and people and a dialogue or twoOne or more paragraphs for the climax (with short and long sentences working to achieve your goal), A concluding paragraph that speaks to the significance or your event and connects back to your introduction

Study: Vocab 5-7Bring: HG and SMG; A hard copy of post #5