Due Thursday and Friday October 16/17

Sports Columns are due and should:

• be polished (typed--unless you received prior permission from me not to type)
• be formatted as a column
• include a picture
• have a beautiful, effective, and gripping title
• utilize the best of your vocabulary, imagery, and vivid language
• follow the profile format we worked on in class
• have been edited by at least two people, one for content and the other for writing mechanics
• include the editing sheet 
• include the first and any other drafts.

See Below!

For Tuesday/Wednesday

• Choose a person whom you would like to write a sports column about. You can choose Muhammad Ali, or you may choose someone else. 

Periods 1 and 2: we will work to peer edit your columns tomorrow. Columns must be formatted as such, and be accompanied by a picture or photograph. You must use vivid language throughout and title the columns creatively. Incorporate all five of the elements of a profile including a lede, a nut, a bio/background, back-to-present, and kicker.

Periods 5 and 6: Polished drafts are due on Friday!

Homework for Tuesday Sept.30 Wednesday Oct. 1--The Power of Language

Read the agreed upon pages in the article by Joyce Carol Oates called "The Greatest," about Muhammad Ali. Remember, if you are reading with a partner, you are both responsible to each other for completing your section.

Annotate using the prompts from the CARPE note making method. Remember to stretch yourself to annotate in a variety of ways. Ask deep questions. Probe for meaning. Connect to the text. The purpose of this activity is not necessarily to look for figurative language, but rather to show that you can understand the text, interpret the meaning accurately, and analyze the author's message, style, purpose, tone, structure, etc.

You should have at least one annotation every two paragraphs. Circle and look up definitions for words you don't know. Write definitions in the margins. Come to class prepared to share your work!

HW for Tuesday/Wednesday

Of course--read each day for pleasure.
Visit your vocabulary words.

Nothing else. Except second period. Please annotate that poem. Mark wildly all over it! Use CARPE as a guide.

Monday Homework

This weekend pay attention to figurative language that is used by your friends, family, on the radio, or in song lyrics. Bring one "piece" of figurative language to class on Monday. (Just write it on a scrap of paper or put it in your journal.)

Period 8 exempt because I didn't have time to tell you :)

Final Drafts Vignettes are due Thursday and Friday!