Tuesday, April 22, 2014


 Starter:  Let's go take a #GlobalSelfie to participate in NASA's Earth Day effort to collect portraits of Earthlings in their places!  Post your photo to social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+) with the hash tag #GlobalSelfie.  Also, email me a copy so that I can make a collage!

 REMINDERS: 

  • TURN IN:  Abbey assignment (by the end of the hour today!).  You should turn in the physical annotations as well as share the partner discussion notes on a Google Doc 
  • INSPIRATION JOURNAL DUE IN ONE WEEK!  You should be doing the out-of-class assignments as homework.
  • HONORS Book Club meeting on Wednesday to discuss The Omnivore's Dilemma.


 TODAY'S GOALS
  • Understand the guidelines for the Sense of Place writing piece
  • Critique student example sense of place writings
  • Generate ideas and creative thought for your own writing!

 AGENDA
1. Go over the Sense of Place Writing Task Statement and Rubric 

2. JOURNAL: Critique student examples from the Class of 2014 (Call this "Student Critiques")

Read the 3 student examples in this folder and as you do, jot down notes in your journal that answer these questions under the heading "Student Critiques":
  • What is this student's environmental ethic?
  • Does he/she use elements of the “Grand Style” to SHOW the place to the reader?  (at least two of the following should be present: metaphor, simile, analogy, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, sensory images like sight, taste, touch, sound, smell).  QUOTE the lines from the writing and explain which element of the Grand Style it uses.
  • Overall, what is your reaction to this piece? Do you like it? What specifically do you like? What questions did it raise for you?  

3. WORK TIME!
*Finish partner discussion in Abbey assignment:  due today!
*Brainstorm/draft your written piece and/or visual piece
  • Stuck? Look through the list of examples and inspiration provided on the task statement document.  Re-read all your starters, journals, and assignments to rediscover your own ideas.

HOMEWORK:
  • INSPIRATION JOURNAL
  • YOU SHOULD HAVE A WORKING DRAFT OF YOUR SENSE OF PLACE WRITING FOR THURSDAY...