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Vocab quiz!
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When you are done, come up and show me your SH5 questions on Chapters 2-3.
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SH5 Discussion
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Read Ch. 7-10 in Kite Runner for 9/30

SH5 Ch. 2-3
• What major life events occur for Billy
Pilgrim in these 2 chapters?
• What is the origin of the phrase “So it goes”?
• What effect does the frequent use of italics have as we read?

Move desks back into your normal groups!
then
Journal Prompt:
Write a paragraph describing my voice. It should, in some way, serve to characterize me as well.
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 Each writer has a distinct personality.
 Each writer has passions, opinions, prejudices, and information.
 Words should capture the writer's personality.
 Writers with strong voice capture the reader's attention with individuality, liveliness, and energy.
 Strong voice makes the writer's purpose clear.
 Strong voice helps readers experience the emotions of the writer and understand the writer's ideas.
 Careful word choice, punctuation, paragraphing, and style help strengthen a writer's voice.

Let’s read the passage I handed out to you together…
1. Does the author convey his or her voice?
2. How does the reader know?
3. What can be inferred about the author of this piece?
4. What’s the purpose of the passage?

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Donald Murray

Writing from another point of view-
1. Using a sad voice, write about your first day of school.
2. Using an apologetic voice, explain to your dad/mom why you are late coming home from
____.
3. Using a persuasive voice, write about why you are campaigning for no summer reading.

Journal Prompt: What is the funniest thing that has ever happened to you?
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Leads and closing lines
Memoir brainstorming/writing time
Due Monday: Kite Runner Chapters 5-6

Journal Prompt:
If you could travel back in time (your life) where would you go and why?
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Postmodernism Intro (take notes, absorb info)
Vonnegut Video
SH5 Intro
Read Chapter 1 for characterization and content, answer questions (homework if not finished/started in class)
Kite Runner Chapters 5-6 Due Monday

• BIRTH DATE: November 11 , 1922
• DEATH DATE: April 11 , 2007
• EDUCATION: Shortridge High School in
Indianapolis, Cornell University , Carnegie
Institute of Technology, University of
Tennessee
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Indianapolis, Indiana
• PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York

• WWII Veternan; Fought in Battle of the Bulge
Was in Dresden, Germany as a POW during the
Allied bombing of the city and witnessed the devastation first hand
• After war he worked as a teacher, newspaper reporter, and public relations employee for GE before his writing career took off
• Known for satirical literary style and science fiction elements in much of his writing

Slaughterhouse-Five Unit Outline
Unit EQs:
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Are we masters of our destiny, or simply pawns of fate?
How can you convey your voice in writing?
Unit Objective:
To gain an appreciation for the concepts of fate and free will and to understand the dehumanization required for combat.
To learn how our voices come across in our writing, and how to clearly project our personalities into written word.
Standards:
R11.A.1.3.1: Make inferences and/or draw conclusions based on information from text.

Friday Sept. 20,
2013
Journal Prompt:
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Finish up Corpses
Present/hang up
Work on SH5