Cores 1-4:
- Go over the Language Arts instructions for your SLC.
- Show off the new Authenticity Awards.
- Explore some good Building Comments:
Core 1:
- Discuss-On: Do we have the power to create new genres of writing? How?
- Distribute the Genre Master List and discuss the unknown genres.
- Ask for a few Good Parts.
Core 2:
- Discuss-On: What new insights do you have about the speeches of FDR and GWB? Compare your ideas on the Speech Analysis Form.
- As Moose so eloquently put it, imagine if you were the “little speech dude” in charge of writing a presidential speech after a major attack on the country.
- What sorts of things would you be forced to consider/include?
- What would not be able to talk about?
- What words would you use to convey your message?
- Write out the first paragraph of your speech and perform it for a partner.
- Ask for a few Good Parts.
Core 3:
- Play Vocabulary Basketball with “Word Stories”.
- Get into three/four teams.
- I will ask you questions about a vocabulary word about synonyms, antonyms, definitions, or parts of speech. You must answer the question and give a sentence that uses the word that evokes an image. For example, “The crusty vagabond with spinach in his teeth had nothing to do, so he hurtled himself down a flight of stairs, breaking every bone in his body.”
- Ask for a few Good Parts.
Core 4:
- Compare-On: Discuss your answers to this question: “How can books, writing, and words influence social change?”
- Presentation of Change by self-selected group.
- Group Brainstorm:
- Which words are most likely to produce social change? Why?
- Can anyone use these words? At any time?
- Homework: Is it easier or harder to produce social change (a change of the mind) than a change in someone’s actions? Why? or Is it more or less important to produce social change (a change of the mind) than a change in someone’s actions? Why?
- Ask for a few Good Parts.
