Devotional text: 1 John 3:16-18
16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?
18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
Membean vocabulary practice--10 minutes
Sharing: Students exchanged the love letters or descriptions of someone/something they love with a classmate. (Mr. Stone made photocopies of the handwritten letters.)
Analysis: Students reread their own writing and highlighted their use of naming (nouns and verbs) in green, their use of detailing (adjectives and adverbs) in red, and comparing (similes or metaphors) in blue.
Peer Comment: Students exchanged their writing with a partner again and wrote comments of praise to their partner next to the descriptions that were concrete and specific and wrote suggestions of alternative words or phrases their partner could have used when he/she had selected too abstract or too general words.
Journal: Reflect on your love letter or description of what you love for at least one page. Quote the passages that you feel were the most effective descriptions. Explain why you think they work well. Quote the passages that you feel were the least effective descriptions. Explain why you think they are ineffective. Describe the changes you could make to make your love letter/description of something you love that would make it create clearer images in your readers' minds. If these reflections don't get you to the minimum page length, than quote a short passage (1-3 sentences) of someone else's writing and describe how their writing provides effective description.
Homework: Finish your journal entry if you didn't complete it during in class time. Be sure you use MLA format.
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