1. Warm-Up Revision of a “claim” or “thesis” statement: “Coming of age” is the age where you become more responsible for the things you do. Also you have to be responsible of the privileges. – Combine these two sentences to make one sentence. – Do NOT use these two words “things” or “you”

2. Pizza Party Objective: To analyze how a writer creates voice through the use of diction, imagery, syntax, tone by citing text and developing inferences

3. Quickwrite Describe the best or worst pizza you have ever eaten? Try to use descriptive diction and imagery that conveys the experience.

4. Definitions Voice: the way a writer or speaker uses words and tone to express ideas Diction: Word Choice Syntax: the arrangement of words to make meaning (phrases, clauses, sentences…) Imagery: the verbal expression of sensory experience; descriptive or figurative language to create a visualization of the experience

5. Who’s the Speaker? “Well, it’s no secret that the best thing about a secret is secretly telling someone your secret, thereby adding another secret to their secret collection of secrets, secretly.” “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” “Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.”

6. Speaker 1 Read and Annotate for diction, imagery, and syntax Fill in Graphic Organizer

7. Jigsaw Silently read the three speakers – Jigsaw (one person for each speaker) – Read your speaker aloud to the group – Share your annotations – Share your answers to the graphic organizer – Group take notes

8. Analytical Paragraph Write a well-developed analytical paragraph describing the speaker’s voice. Provide an example of diction from the text and explain WHY it creates that voice. Then provide an an example of imagery from the text and explain WHY it creates that voice.