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Bell Ringer 12/9

Bell Ringer 12/9. Please get out your Open-Ended Response and a writing utensil. Please mark the following with the appropriate number: 1 – Topic Sentence that Answers the Question 2 – Examples of Flashbacks that Support Y our T opic S entence (Direct Q uotes)

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Bell Ringer 12/9

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  1. Bell Ringer 12/9 • Please get out your Open-Ended Response and a writing utensil. • Please mark the following with the appropriate number: • 1 – Topic Sentence that Answers the Question • 2 – Examples of Flashbacks that Support Your Topic Sentence (Direct Quotes) • 3 – Explanation of How Each Quote Supports the Main Idea

  2. English III • EQ: How do Arthur Miller’s choices about structure (particularly Willy’s day dreams of the past) influence how we interpret DoaS as a tragedy? • Agenda • Bell Ringer/Discussion • Agenda/EQ • Death of a Salesman Open-Ended Response • Marking before submitting • DoaSReview • Tragedy Questions • The American Dream

  3. Sympathy in Tragedy • Using your Examining Structure activity, please write a response to the following question in the form of 1 paragraph. • How does Arthur Miller’s use of Willy’s flashbacks convince the readers/audience to sympathize with Willy even though he is not a “great” man? • Give a topic sentence that answers the question • Use at least 2 examples of flashbacks from Death of a Salesman (direct quotes) • Fully explain how all of your proof (quotes) supports your answer to the question.

  4. Bell Ringer 12/6 • Please be able to answer the following questions when class begins: • What is the purpose of dialogue in a story? • What does “good” dialogue do?

  5. Creative Writing • How do authors use narrative techniques to convey a vivid picture of experiences, events, settings, and characters? • Agenda • Bell Ringer/Discussion • Agenda/EQ • Good Dialogue Discussion • Dialogue Prompt

  6. Good Dialogue • Get a partner • Split the sections (one of you will get 4 – one will get 3) • Read your sections silently to yourself • Be prepared to explain them to your partner. • Explain your sections to your partner • Full Group Discussion • Now you will be explaining the rules of good dialogue to me (so that I can check your understanding)

  7. Dialogue Prompt • Using the same situation/characters as our last prompt (Show vs. Tell), create a conversation between two characters. • Follow the guidelines of good dialogue • Don’t weigh it down with exposition • Use it to build towards something • Make it sound like a real conversation (without the boring parts) • Use it to reveal personality • Don’t overuse exclamation • Keep dialogue tags simple • Make your conversations surprising • Try your best to observe the rules you already know for punctuation and spacing. • We will be discussing these ideas tomorrow (so have your conversations ready) • Keep it between 1 page and 1 page front and back

  8. Do’s and Don’ts • Keep punctuation inside quotation marks • Keep the story moving forward • All dialogue should have a purpose • Use dialogue tags, keep it simple • Break up dialogue with action • Follow capitalization and punctuation rules • Start a new paragraph for each new speaker or idea • Use dialogue for character development • Use dialogue to build tension

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