Tuesday,+September+28,+2010

Bell Ringer
Refresh your memory! Review the slide show on Friday's lesson about "Integrating Quotations." Read through the example sentences from the Discussion Board.

Read Aloud
Read the passage from //Water for Elephants//.

Notice the following words/phrases that the author uses to show Jacob's emotions after learning of the deaths of his parents:
 * he's zooming away from me
 * receding to the end of a long black tunnel
 * Stars explode in my peripheral vision.
 * can't process this
 * vomit explodes from my mouth
 * until there's nothing left
 * possible to turn inside out
 * fall to my knees
 * howling into splayed hands

Use 3 of these details to write a sentence that shows the author's use of diction to show Jacob's emotions. Remember to make this a **"DO"** sentence that **integrates quotations smoothly into your sentence structure**. Post this into the discussion board for this page. (Make sure to pick the right post!)

Mini-Lesson
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Independent Reading
Spend some time reading and journaling. Make sure to have an entry on diction!

Homework
Finish your paragraph on diction on Google Docs!