Friday, September 7, 2012

Day 4

Champion of the World & Desert Dance

Discussion

  • COTW:
    • Favorite sentence. What effect does it have?
    • How does the Angelou draw in her audience?
    • How does she alienate her audience?
    • Angelou is a master at pacing. How does she accomplish this from paragraph to paragraph? Give specific examples.
    • At times, Angelou capitalizes Store and Black. What effect does this have on the narrative? 
    • Look at her verbs!
  • DD:
    • Thesis?
    • Structure of the last line/paragraph. Does this sentence work with or against the content and mood of the paragraph? (classic content and form question)
    • Paragraph #3. Effect of the sentence patterns?

Writing: Write a paragraph describing one subject from each category

  • Person (sight): friend, musician, politician
  • Place (smell): bedroom, vacation spot, vacation spot
  • Thing (touch): photograph, foggy day, childhood toy

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