1. October 3 rd, 2011

2.  Today, I will read and respond to “ On a Rainy River” by analyzing the components of the author’s voice and justify this analysis in a paragraph.

3. Listen, Watch, and Respond  Listen and watch the clip from “The Voice.” Discuss the questions with your neighbor. 1. How do the judges pick somebody for their team? 2. What are they looking for? 3. Why is the show called “The Voice”? The Voice

4. Listen, Watch, and Respond  Writing has voice, too.  Discuss with your neighbor what you think voice in writing is.  Write your predictions down

5. Voice  The writer’s style  It makes the writer’s work unique

6. Voice  One of the most important elements of a piece of writing.  Determines the reader's experience with a work of literature

7. Relate it back to music  "Only Girl" 1 "Only Girl" 1  "Only Girl" 2 "Only Girl" 2 Is it the singer’s style? Is it unique to the singer? Does it determine the experience of the listener?

8. Relate it back to music  "Only Girl" 1 "Only Girl" 1  "Only Girl" 2 "Only Girl" 2 Experience of “Only Girl” 1 Experience of “Only Girl” 2 Do the singers have the same voice? Why or why not?

9. Voice Components  Style  Consistency  Transportation  Authority  Authenticity

10. Voice Components  Style  Consistency  Transportation  Authority  Authenticity

11. Style  The way an author dresses his/her writing

12. Style  Carefully chosen vocabulary  A sense of a flow or rhythm to the sentences  Slang specific to the culture/geographical location on the author

13. Voice Components  Style  Consistency  Transportation  Authority  Authenticity

14. Consistency  The author keeps a constant style. I’m a constant birthday panda! I celebrate my birthday constantly! Every day is my birthday! Woot woot!

15. Consistency  A good voice is never lost when the plot shifts

16. Voice Components  Style  Consistency  Transportation  Authority  Authenticity

17. Transportation  The reader is transported into the story.  Teleporting pandas! I will be transported into this awesome world.

18. Transportation  It puts the reader in a certain frame of mind  Allows the reader to see the world from someone else’s perspective  Provides the character of the world, not just details How the world “feels”

19. Voice Components  Style  Consistency  Transportation  Authority  Authenticity

20. Authority  The AUTHOR is the AUTHORity  Ha! Miss, you’re so funny! Verbal Irony

21. Authority  The writer is in complete control of the story  If the author is taking a stand on a situation, his/her opinion is made clear

22. Voice Components  Style  Consistency  Transportation  Authority  Authenticity

23. Authenticity  The author is believable and an expert

24. Authenticity  The writer’s voice represents HIM/HER  It expresses his/her emotions through character traits  Leaves the reader feeling like it could only be that author’s work

25. Directions  Read “The Connection Between Strangers” by Miles Goodwin  Analyze the writing for voice.  Cite examples to support your findings.

26. October 4th, 2011

27. Narrative Voice  The mode from which the author chooses to tell the story

28. Five Types of Narrative Voice  Stream-of- consciousness voice  Character Voice  Unreliable Voice  Epistolary Voice  Third-Person Voice

29. Stream-of- Consciousness  Gives the narrator’s perspective by attempting to replicate the thought process of the narrator.

30. Koolaids: The Art of War

31. Character Voice  A realistic, relatable character within the story  May or may not be involved in the events in the story  May not be the main character of the story

32. Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

33. Unreliable Voice  The narrator is untrustworthy  Used by the author to reveal that the narrator (often a character in the story) is: Unstable Biased Immature

34. Holden, Catcher in the Rye  If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

35. Epistolary Voice  Uses a series of letters to convey the plot of the story

36. Dear America: The Voyage on the Great Titanic Monday, 15 April 1912 My hands are shaking, I feel hot tears struggling against my eyes, and I have no idea where to begin. I120feel a driving need to tell everything properly, exactly as it happened, but my mind is cluttered with con- fusion, and exhaustion, and despair. And grief; I am overcome by grief. The Boat Deck. I will go back to the Boat Deck, and follow the evening through from there. Or — no, the story begins earlier, so that is where I will start.