Tuesday,+October+4

Bell Ringer
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 * Click here to learn more about participial phrases.
 * Write a sentence using a participial phrase and put it on the discussion board. Spicing up your writing, you might try a sentence opener, sentence closer, or a subject-verb split!

===Surrounded by an eclectic mix of modern art galleries, fashionable boutiques, and forgotten storefronts with boarded windows and dusty memorabilia, the restaurant stands as an icon of the past, reminding patrons that this part of town once buzzed with energy and excitement. ===

Discussion/Peer Revision

 * Discuss ideas from your DID handout on Steinbeck's description of the river valley.
 * Find a partner and trade first drafts of your description of a setting.
 * Read your work together and discuss. Complete the checklist for your partner's writing. This should involve DISCUSSION. Nothing should be marked on the peer review checklist that is not discussed with your partner!

Mini-Lesson: Analyzing a Character
Character Autopsy! Grab a group, a piece of butcher paper, and a handout! Choose a character to analyze from Of Mice and Men. (George, Lennie, Slim, Curley's wife, Curley, Candy, Crooks, Carlson)

Homework
Put a final draft of your setting description on your blog. If you know how to embed your photo, go ahead and do this. If not, I will help you in class next time.