1. Bell Ringer Lesson 2 INCORRECT:
yes i a coffee snob from versailles would not like any sugar cream or flavoring in my coffee from starbucks
*Find as many mistakes as you can and correct it on your own*

2. Bell Ringer Lesson 2 CORRECT:
Yes, I, a coffee snob from Versailles, would not like any sugar, cream, or flavoring in my coffee from Starbucks.
Rules: Capitalize the beginning of a sentence; Comma after intro word; Capitalize “I”; Comma at beginning and end of extra info; Capitalize names of cities; Comma in between items in a list of 3 or more; Capitalize names of businesses/places

3. Agenda: Bell Ringer: MUGShot Sentences Organization and Structure
Class Practice with “Same Song” by Pat Mora
Formative Assessment: “The Leader in the Mirror” by Pat Mora

4. Identity through Poetry
How organization affects meaning.
R.I.11.5:I can analyze the effectiveness of an author’s structure.

5. Organization Notes
One of the first things someone thinks about when they start writing is how they will structure their piece. The structure of a piece includes organization of ideas AND the actual visual structure (how it looks) Think of a building—the OUTSIDE structure is the visual structure and the INSIDE structure is the organization of ideas!

6. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
Different ways to organize ideas:
Compare/Contrast
Cause/Effect
Claim/Reasons/Counterclaim
Problem/Solution
Narration in chronological order
Related ideas by order of importance

7. Introduction – The beginning of an informational text or speech
Introduction – The beginning of an informational text or speech. When telling a story, we call this the exposition!
Most author begin their writing with a HOOK, for example:
The introduction often (but not always!) introduces the author’s message in the form of a thesis statement.
A startling statement, fact, or statistic
An anecdote
A quotation related to the topic
Stated Thesis is directly stated in the text.
A dialogue
A vivid scene
Implied Thesis is never directly mentioned, but implied through the points made in the text and becomes clear to the reader by the end of the text.
A question or a problem
A personal reflection on the topic
A rhetorical question
A brief background
Sometimes the Introduction/ Exposition is more than one paragraph long!

8. Conclusion – The end of an informational text or speech
Conclusion – The end of an informational text or speech. When telling a story, we call this the resolution!
Most authors wrap up their writing with one of the following strategies:
Asking a provocative question.
Reflecting on the significance of something.
Calling the audience to take an action action.
Universalizing their message (by comparing it to other situations).
Suggesting the results or consequences of something.
Reflections are a very common strategy for personal non fiction writing.
Conveys the author’s feelings without telling the reader how to feel.
Offers thoughts about what has happened.
Can add clarity to a complex situation.
Shows the writer thinking through the experience.
Emphasizes the impact/significance of the experience.

9. VISUAL STRUCTURE:
The visual structure of a text matters. If a piece is written in all paragraphs but has a big bulleted list in the middle, that difference in visual structure matters. The author tries to tell us things by changing up the visual structure.

10. VISUAL STRUCTURE: Common Visual Structural Components:
Photos/Illustrations and captions
Lists
Pull-out quotes (quotes that are pulled out and made bigger)
About-the-author boxes
Common PURPOSES for using visual components
To reiterate or emphasize main ideas or make them clearer
To provide new but complimentary information
To provide a visual example of the written argument

11. VISUAL STRUCTURE:
Visual structure can also have to do with text itself— Is there a super short paragraph or stanza in the middle of a bunch of long ones? That’s on purpose! Is there ONE exclamation point when the author only uses periods before? That’s on purpose!

12. Class Practice Follow along as we read “Same Song” by Pat Mora.
The first time we read through the poem, identify the different pieces of SOAPSTone in order to have a better understanding of its purpose.
Determine the overall organizational structure of the poem and examine the visual structure.

13. Formative Assessment:
Read “The Leader in the Mirror” by Pat Mora.
Fill out the SOAPSTone chart in order to break down the speech.
Then use your notes to analyze the organization and structure of the speech and what it adds to the overall meaning.