1. J.E. 17: Diction 2/19/2013
Copy:
A rowan* like a lipsticked girl. – Seamus Heaney, “Song,” Field Work
*a small deciduous tree native
to Europe, having white flower
clusters and orange berries.
Words used in an unexpected way and unusual way make us rethink the way we see things and re-examine meaning.
Discuss:
Other than color, what comes to mind when you think of a lipsticked girl?
How would it change the meaning and feeling of the line if, instead of lipsticked girl, the author wrote girl with lipstick on?
Apply:
Write a simile comparing a tree with a domesticated animal. In your simile, use a word that is normally used as a noun (like lipstick) as an adjective (like lipsticked). Prepare to share.
- Inform people of problems occurring around the world, reveal people’s common interests and beliefs, help solve problems together.

2. Agenda: 2/19/2013 Vocabulary: Sit with Assisgned Group
Review Unit 5; complete pp.61-64; Unit 5 Vocab. Squares on your own paper (first 10 words)and Smartboard Sample; Flash Cards
Reading Workshop/Literary Analysis Work
Group-share Background Notes (assign a scribe and collectively agree on the most important notes to use)
Grade Discrepancy Mini-Conferences
 Bring all proof of work with you
Edmodo (end of class)
 Discuss Edmodo “Code of Conduct” form
- Inform people of problems occurring around the world, reveal people’s common interests and beliefs, help solve problems together.

3. Homework: 2/19/13
If you missed the turnitin.com Publish-Ready Deadline, your paper, and include a short blurb explaining why you missed the week-long deadline by Friday, February 22. You will receive ½ credit for missing this submission deadline.
WRITING WORKSHOP: 2/21/13
Peer-Edit Draft #1 Comp./Cont. (ensure you’ve included a Venn Diagram or Chart, Outline in your paper-clipped stack); you will include vocabulary words from Units 4 & 5).
Writing Folder Organization Check (ensure that all drafts are correctly labeled, formatted, and included in each paper-clipped stack)
VOCABULARY
2/20: Unit 5 Vocab. FC (1st 10 Words)….Vocab. Word on 1 side; P.O.S., Def., Syn & Ant. On the
Flip)
 2/25/13: Check (Units 1-5)
EDMODO ASSIGNMENT DUE DATE
 Post no lo later than Feb. 21, by 10 p.m.

4. Publish-Ready Submission: Object Talking or Remembering an Incident
Editors
Creative and Thoughtful Title (“RAI” or “OT”)
Highlight Vocab. (3 words from Unit 1; 1 from Unit 2)
Properly punctuate Dialogue
Detail (Shows, Does Not Tell)

5. Online Codes/Info. www.Turnitin.com: 5948540
Class enrollment ID (case sensitive): Wheeler1
Group Code: vipp1x
see provided Log-in handout