WEEK 6: Final Week for Fiction/Poetry

RESOURCES:  SyllabusRACERZinc + Springboard | Bronx Masquerade 58-107- (AUDIO) | Bronx Masquerade (TEXT) | Vocab List #2|Vocab List 3| Vocab List 4Character Logs (12-18)Bronx Audio (107-167) | Mr. Leu’s Book of the Break

MONDAY
1. Complete assignments below:
       >Complete vocab that goes with Snowden article.
       >Take short 7 question quiz on article
       >RACE Paragraph: Is Edward Snowden a hero or traitor?  Support answer with at least 3 direct             quotes from the article using author's last name in parenthesis (Shaw).

TUESDAY
1. Double-entry journal: Read Tyrone's part of the poem 5 O'clock News and use the notes to analyze, connect, and ask questions about the line you choose for DEJ
2. Writer's Workshop: Revise RACE paragraph from Monday lab.
3. Review for Unit Test
HW: Write a short summary explaining your idea for a new character/chapter for Bronx Masq

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY
  1. Review Unit Project: Create a new character to add to Mr. Ward's 10th Literature class.  The character must be somebody totally new and unlike the other characters.  Complete the steps below for characterization to help bring this new character to life!
  2. Brainstorm: New character you will add as a new chapter to Bronx Masquerade. In your Writer's Workshop section copy the following characterization map to help you. Characters must have the following:
    • Personality Traits: Adjectives describing their personality
    • Speech: A few lines of dialogue that reveal their personality and struggle
    • Thoughts/Feeling: List how they feel about themselves, school, their classmates, family, their future
    • Effect on Others: How do the other classmates react to this student.  Does the character have enemies? Who? Do they have friends? Who?
    • Actions: What do they spend most of their time doing? What major things have they done?  What future goals are they working towards?  If they have no goals in life, why?
    • Looks: What do they look like (height, weight, skin color/complexion, hair texture, eye-color, etc) 
  3. Rough Draft: Write 3-4 pages in your rough draft section.  Include a page and half for your narration with dialogue and a poem with Tyrone's reflection at bottom of second page.  Look at these final drafts from last year >>>HERE<<<
    • How to use dialogue using novel for sentence starters and tips. Need 7-10 lines of dialogue in your final draft.
    • An original poem about the character's conflict, future dreams, family, etc
      • Poem must use two literary devices
      • Poem must be minimum of 8 lines long. You can break it up into stanzas, add a rhyme scheme (AABB vs ABAB and arrange your lines into patterned syllables.
      • Poem must have a title connected to theme (main point)
      • Poem must have a TPCASTT organizer completed for it.
  4. Extra Credit: Design the cover of our class anthology for a HW grade if your artwork is selected by the class. See last years examples >>>HERE<<<
HW: A complete rough draft (3-4 pages) is due Monday 25th along with TPCAST organizer filled out for your poem in rough draft.  This will be a grade first thing in lab.

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