3 Subject Spiral

1. 3 Subject Spiral Write today’s date and these sentences: 1. andrewjohnsonbecame president after the assassination of abrahamlincoln 2. like lincolnhe had grown up in a poor family You have 5 minutes from the time the tardy bell rings to complete this assignment and YES-IT IS FOR A GRADE!

2. 3 Subject Spiral • 1st section: Bellringers • 2nd section: Reader’s Notebook • 3rd section: Writer’s Notebook

3. Essential Questions • Write this question in your Reader’s Notebook: • *How can cultural experiences shape, impact or influence our perception of the world? • Write this question in your Writer’s Notebook: • *How does voice function in and beyond the contexts of writing?

4. Supplies • Springboard book assignment • Please write your name on the SIDE & TOP & BOTTOM of the book • 1 subject spiral • Vocabulary and Toolbox • On the top of the 1st page write “Vocabulary” • Count 35 pages and fold in half • Write “Toolbox” on the paper you folded • This is the only spiral we will be using today • Please open it to the “Toolbox” section and glue in the papers I am going to hand out • We will be reviewing some content vocabulary • Highlight the words & discuss

5. Connotation the associations and emotional overtones attached to a word beyond its literal definition or denotation. A connotation may be positive, negative, or neutral. Connotación: asociaciones y alusionesemocionalesunidas a una palabra másallá de sudefinición literal o denotación. Unaconnotaciónpuedeserpositiva, negativa o neutra. Example: The word “home” suggests family, comfort and security.

6. Denotation the exact literal meaning of a word Denotación: significado literal exacto de una palabra Example: A home is a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.

7. Diction the writer’s choice of words; a stylistic element that helps convey voice and tone • Dicción: selección de palabras por parte del escritor; elementoestilísticoqueayuda a transmitirvoz y tono • Example: Keats in his “Ode to the Grecian Urn” uses formal diction to achieve a certain effect. He goes: “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter: therefore, ye soft pipes, play on”

8. Imagery the verbal expression of sensory experience; descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures; imagery is created by details that appeal to one or more of the five senses • Imaginería: lenguajedescriptivo o figurativoutilizado para crearimágenesverbales; la imagineríaescreadapordetallesqueapelan a uno o más de los cincosentidos • Example: It was dark and dim in the forest. – The words “dark” and “dim” are visual images.

9. Stanza a group of lines, usually similar in length and pattern, that form a unit within a poem • Estrofa:grupo de versos, normalmentesimilares en longitud y patrón, queformanunaunidaddentro de un poema

10. Style the distinctive way a writer uses language, characterized by elements of diction, syntax, imagery, etc. • Estilo: maneradistintiva en que un escritorusa el lenguaje, caracterizadaporelementos de dicción, sintaxis, lenguajefigurado, etc. • Example: Here is an excerpt from a poem. A drop fell on the apple tree, Another on the roof, And made the gables laugh, The breezes brought dejected lutes, And bathed them in the glee; And signed the fete away. (Summer Shower by Emily Dickinson) • This poem is giving an example of descriptive style. Emily gives a description of a summer rainstorm in detail and visualizes with images so that the readers could visualize this storm in their own minds as if it is actually happening.

11. Syntax the arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence; the way in which words are put together to make meaningful elements, such as phrases, clauses, and sentences • Sintaxis: disposición de las palabras y orden de los elementosgramaticales en unaoración; manera en quelas palabras se juntan para formarelementossignificativos, comofrases, cláusulas y oraciones • Example: In casual conversations, we can simply say, “I cannot go out” to convey our inability to go out. P J Kavanagh’s in his poem Beyond Decoration does not rely on merely stating a prosaic “I cannot go out”. Rather, he shifts the syntax and says “Go out I cannot”, which lays a much stronger emphasis on the inability to go out conveyed by the word “cannot”.

12. Theme a writer’s central idea or main message about life; see also, explicit theme, implied theme • Tema: idea central o mensaje principal acerca de la vida de un escritor; véasetambién, temaexplícito, temaimplícito • Example: Crimes cannot be hidden

13. Thesis Statement Opinion Reasons the main idea or point of an essay or article; in an argumentative essay the thesis is the writer’s position on an issue • Tesis: idea o punto principal de un ensayo o artículo; en un ensayoargumentativo, la tesises la opinión del autoracerca de un tema • Example: Chocolate is the best flavor ice cream because it is sweet and creamy.

14. Tone a writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject • Tono: actitud de un escritor u oradoracerca de un tema • Example: Holden Caulfield in J.D Salinger’s “Catching the Rye” unfolds his personality through the tone he adopts throughout the novel. Let us have a look at some of his remarks: • “All morons hate it when you call them a moron.” • “If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she’s late? Nobody.” • “Goddamn money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.” • “Catholics are always trying to find out if you’re Catholic.” • Holden’s tone is bitterly sarcastic as he criticizes the nature of things in real life. His character may reveal the attitude of the writer towards life as it is common for writers to use their characcters as their mouthpieces.

15. Verse The literary device verse denotes a single line of poetry. The term can also be used to refer to a stanza or other parts of poetry. • Verso: conjunto de palabras sujetas a medida y ritmo, o solo a medida. En sentidocolectivo, se contrapone a prosa. Los versos de ocho o menossílabasmétricas son de arte menor. Los versos de nueve o mássílabas son de arte mayor. • Example: I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. • The above quoted stanza from William Wordsworth poem presents to the reader various examples of a verse. It can be noted here, that the use of the tool of verse adds a scenic element to the structure of poetry.

16. Theme for English B pg. 18 • Harlem Renaissance http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/videos/the-harlem-renaissance • Biography http://www.biography.com/people/langston-hughes-9346313

17. Theme for English B pg. 18 • Read the poem to yourself • Highlight any words that make you feel a certain way in yellow (what stands out to you?) • Highlight words having to do with culture in orange

18. Imagery and Diction • NovelistRobert Newton Peck once said, “A good author makes a camera out of a pen.” An author creates imagery through his or her diction. Imagery is language that appeals to the senses. Writers use it to describe an experience and evoke a feeling. • Review Hughes’ poem and identify two images. Explain why the images appeal to you *Draw these images and write their lines underneath on the paper I gave you 2. Next, consider the topic, purpose, and occasion of Hughes’ poem. How might they shape his diction or choice of words? (discussion)