Description in Autobiography

Monday 3 February 2014 for Periods 1, 2, 5 & 6 and Tuesday 4 February 2014 for Period 7

Mr. Stone announced at the beginning of class that students should be sure to bring Diane Hacker's A Pocket Style Manual to the next class and bring it every day until told otherwise.

Journal Entry #1: Comics
Write in your journal a half of a page about a favorite comic character. (Why do you like this character? What makes the character special? How did you get introduced to the character? How have you tried/would you like to be like this character? etc.)

Students then read "Words of the Witch," a recent autobiographical essay from Mr. Stone's website: writestone.com.

Journal Entry #2: Witch
Write a half a page in your journal about Mr. Stone's use of naming, detailing, and comparing in "The Words of the Witch." Writers use nouns to identify people, place, things, and ideas. They use verbs to identify actions and states of being. Adjectives and adjectival phrases and clauses are used to provide details about nouns. Adverbs and adverbial phrases are used to provide details about verbs. Comparing is done through similes and metaphors. Similes use "like" or "as" to discuss the similarity between to items. Metaphors directly relate two items. "You are as messy as a pig" would be an example of a simile. "You're a pig" is an example of a metaphor. In your entry you should discuss at least four examples of naming, four examples of detailing and one example of comparing.

While students were working Mr. Stone checked to make sure students brought the cartoon they were assigned to bring to class. Students will begin analyzing the cartoon during the next period.

Homework: Read "Arthur Ashe Remembered" (682).