IN THE BEGINNING… 11-18-2019

Phones in Mr. Ballard’s Bucket

• Pick-up the following as you enter the the room:
• Your interactive notebook
• 1 sheet of colored paper

• TURN IN the following:

1. YOUR 1-PAGERS at the beginning of class (if did not turn it in on Friday)
• Staple the RUBRIC to the back!!!
2. Your Cinderella Story paper (orange, green, or yellow)

• WARM-UP
• In the warm-up section of your notebook, describe your
favorite advertisement (TV/social media, etc.). Why does it
appeal to you? What elements are most effective?
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IN THE BEGINNING… 11-18-2019
• Pick-up the following Phones
pouch in
as you enter: at fron
• Interactive notebook t
• 1 (or more) sheet(s) of notebook paper

• WARM-UP
• Using the example THESIS from Friday, craft your OWN thesis
statement.

P Extra credit opportunity (choose ONE of the following) due Monday

after Thanksgiving.
1. Visit the Holocaust Museum of Houston. Attach ticket stub, photo evidence, a
500-word reflection of your visit (hand-written in ink).
2. Read Things Fall Apart; create a One-pager
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NEXT… 11-18-2019
• TODAY YOU WILL:
• Take a test over Night
• Begin writing a literary rhetorical analysis essay.
• Use ink on 1 side of a page; add more pages as needed.
• SKIP LINES

• PROMPT (Also in you notebook, p. 20): The following excerpt from the first
chapter of Annie Proulx’s The Shipping News deals almost exclusively with
the characterization of the protagonist, Quoyle. Read the passage carefully.
Then write an essay in which you analyze how the author uses diction,
details, and figurative language to create a complex character.

• Use THESIS from the WARM-UP, then build the essay. . .

(next slide)
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NEXT… 11-18-2019
• ________ (author) uses _______ (diction) to show that _______ (character) is _________(assertion).
• Text Evidence #1 (external)
• Explanation/Commentary
• Text Evidence #2 (internal)
• Explanation/Commentary
• Summary sentence

• _____ (author) also uses ______ (details) to reveal ___________________.

• Text Evidence #1
• Explanation/Commentary
• Text Evidence #2
• Explanation/Commentary
• Summary sentence

• Finally, (author) uses _______ (fig. lang) to __________________.

• Text Evidence #1
• Explanation/Commentary
• Text Evidence #2
• Explanation/Commentar