1. Welcome  Pick up the Soundtrack assignment guidelines and vocabulary notes handouts from the front of the room. Turn in your parent contact/technology agreement to your class box. Make sure to pick up your picture day order forms!!!
1. On a sheet of notebook paper, write down three public figures that are easily recognizable just by hearing their voice.
Random fact: In Minnesota it is illegal to cross state lines with a duck on your head 

2. Agenda Important info- turn in parent contact/technology agreement
Turn in letter to me if you haven’t done so already
Picture day order forms (A day- 9/3; B day- 9/4 in this class) bring order forms back with you on picture day
Freshmen class council meeting WEDNESDAY at 8AM in the lecture hall (Talk to Ms. Hickman and Mrs. Mann for more info)
We will be getting super WEIRD next week. Make sure you have your book!!!!! I will check it for a completion grade  You’re welcome.

3. Soundtrack Project
Let’s go over what is expected…

4. Warm-up
1. On a sheet of notebook paper, write down three public figures that are easily recognizable just by hearing their voice.

5. “Mystery Bag” One at a time… Pick up the bag at your table
Try to guess what is inside of the bag
Once everyone has guessed, open the bag and choose one surprise per person 

6. Quick write activity
On a sheet of notebook paper, write a short paragraph (4-7 sentences) describing the “Mystery Bag” incident.

7. What kind of voice do you have?

8. Diction Syntax Imagery Tone
What is voice?
A writer’s (or speaker’s) distinctive use of language
Diction
Syntax
Imagery
Tone

9. Word choice intended to convey a certain effect.
Diction
Word choice intended to convey a certain effect.
Ask yourself…
1. What words does the author choose?
2. Why did the author choose that particular word?
3. What are the connotations of that word choice?
Consider this:
House: mansion, home, shack…
Old: mature, senior, ancient…

10. Syntax
The arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence.
Consider this:
Similarly styled sentences create interconnected emotions, feelings, and ideas.
Authors manipulate punctuation to achieve a desired effect. They use dashes, periods, and colons to create pauses and emphasize certain parts of a sentence.
Commas and semicolons connect ideas.
Ask yourself…
1. What are the sentences like?
2. Are they simple or do they have multiple phrases (choppy or flowing)?
3. What emotional impression do they leave?
Short
-Punchy and intense
- emphatic, passionate, or flippant
Long
-reflective and more abstract
-suggest greater thought

11. Imagery Ask yourself: Consider this:
The words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses.
Ask yourself:
1. What images does the author use?
2. What does he/she focus on in a sensory way?
Consider this:
Author’s slow down and describe in detail when they want to emphasize something.

12. A writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward the subject.
Tone
A writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward the subject.
Ask yourself…
1. How would you describe the authors attitude using adjectives?
Consider this:
Tone is not explained or expressed directly; a reader must “read between the lines” to feel the author’s attitude and identify the tone.
cheerful
sarcastic
depressed
humorous
intense
impersonal

13. Look back to your quick write
1. Double the length of your paragraph by including:
Voice- think about the three words you chose to describe your voice
Diction- specific word choices to convey a certain effect
[Syntax]- style your sentences to leave a specific emotional impression
Imagery- words that appeal to the senses
Tone- what kind of attitude did you have during the “Mystery Bag” incident?”