Thursday,+November+15

=***Pre AP Only***=

Bell Ringer: Anaphora
What do you notice about these sentences from Josh Bossie's essay?

//"I gasped in horror, my 9-year-old eyes seeing a broken pole, my 9-year-old mind seeing a broken dream."//
What is anaphora?

Can you use it in your writing? Write a sentence or a group of sentences that uses anaphora like the ones above.

=***English 10 Only***=

Bell Ringer: Active vs Passive Voice (Using Vivid Verbs)
Note the difference in the two sentences.

// It is believed by the candidate that a ceiling must be placed on the budget by Congress. // // The candidate believes that Congress must place a ceiling on the budget. // // I was bitten by the rabid dog. // // The rabid dog lunged and sunk its teeth into my arm. //

What makes the second sentences stronger?

What is ACTIVE VOICE? What is PASSIVE VOICE?

=Revise the sentence below to use active voice by adding vivid action verbs.=

Writer's Workshop: Revision Stations
Students move through stations that ask them to first do an activity with the anchor text and then revise each other's writing
 * RIP Words [[file:RIP Words Station.docx]]
 * Figurative Language [[file:Figurative Language Station.docx]]
 * Dialogue [[file:Dialogue Station.docx]]
 * Editing [[file:Editing Station.docx]]
 * Conferencing [[file:Conferencing Station.docx]]