This season is often associated with good cheer, generosity, and togetherness! As you get together with others and send well wishes for the holidays and the new year, it is kind and thoughtful to show appreciation and gratitude for the role that someone else has played in shaping you, helping you through a difficult time, or just always being there for you.
I have provided "thank you cards" for you to write a letter expressing your gratitude to this person, putting your great language skills to work to make someone's day or whole Christmas! :)
If you are not in the spirit to do this today, take a card with you to write your letter at home.
You are also welcome to spend some time reading some thoughtful true stories in the most recent, holiday issue of Reader's Digest.
Hope you have a great Christmas break!
If you would like to spend some time reading To Kill a Mockingbird over break, no annotating required, I think you would enjoy it. It is honestly my favorite book ever and I am so happy you will get to experience it also! :)
(we will have our first discussion day on this book on Friday, January 29th, so no pressure!)
Friday, December 18, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
"Superman and Me" responses
Write one style response (A or B), one voice response (C or D) and one purpose response (E or F) to "Superman and Me," including specific, supporting evidence from the piece within each response.
STYLE RESPONSE:
A. Examine the effect Sherman Alexie creates using repeated images and phrases, possibly for symbolic value, throughout the essay.
OR
B. Examine the way that Alexie's use of the same symbolic image in the beginning and also the end of the piece has an effect on the reader.
VOICE RESPONSE:
C. Explain how you feel Alexie's experiences with books shapes him and his perspective as a writer.
OR
D. How is Alexie's voice reflective of the fact that he is an adult looking back on these experiences with a more mature awareness of what was occurring?
PURPOSE RESPONSE:
E. Discuss the purpose you feel Alexie has in writing this essay, and whom you believe his intended audience to be.
OR
F. Consider if this piece is an essay about reading, culture, or the importance of literacy itself.
STYLE RESPONSE:
A. Examine the effect Sherman Alexie creates using repeated images and phrases, possibly for symbolic value, throughout the essay.
OR
B. Examine the way that Alexie's use of the same symbolic image in the beginning and also the end of the piece has an effect on the reader.
VOICE RESPONSE:
C. Explain how you feel Alexie's experiences with books shapes him and his perspective as a writer.
OR
D. How is Alexie's voice reflective of the fact that he is an adult looking back on these experiences with a more mature awareness of what was occurring?
PURPOSE RESPONSE:
E. Discuss the purpose you feel Alexie has in writing this essay, and whom you believe his intended audience to be.
OR
F. Consider if this piece is an essay about reading, culture, or the importance of literacy itself.
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