1. English II PreAP April 27 – May 1 Monday Photo Reflection Due (to Mrs. Giles beginning of class, to be posted afterschool) Notecards for Seminar Explained Tuesday WNB#9: Reflect upon Photo Reflection Intro to Artful Essay Samples in class and on edmodo Wednesday Notecards Explained Draft Essays or Read Thursday Draft Essays or read Friday Seminar Reading

2. Notecards 6 Notecards must be prepared BEFORE discussion. This is your ticket to the discussion. No cards = no participation in discussion = no points awarded for discussion. Write your name on all cards and bundle them with a rubber band. Prepare the cards as follows: 1.Significant Passage #1 2.Significant Passage #2 3.3 Level 3 Questions 4.Choice Card: Title, Character, *or bring a prop* 5.3 examples of stylistic devices (page, example, device, effect/meaning) 6.Vocabulary: Five words defined, with sentence from book and page number. 7.Discussion Reflection to be completed AFTER discussion

3. WNB#9 Peruse the Photo Reflections in the hallway. Note at least five of the following (consider making a chart): Most attractive layout Favorite line of prose Favorite line of poetry Something surprising you learned about a classmate Something you learned about yourself in the process After reading these, think of three possible writing ideas (moments); jot these down.

4. Artful Essay Refer to Gary Soto’s “The Pie” Sensibility and Structure Begin brainstorming your essay 1 moment Diction-Imagery-Detail-Language Every word, every sentence, has purpose—literally and figuratively Structure is important Focus on purposeful structure and sense as you will be writing a companion to your essay to help with analysis.

5. Drafting PLAN: Create a new document in googledocs. Draft DUE Thursday, May 5. Share with jgiles@k12ahisd.netjgiles@k12ahisd.net Moment and Message Images And Detail Structure of Essay (one of these) Literary Techniques Sentence Structures Hyphenated adjectives Sensory detail Centrifugal Centripetal Circular/Framed Serial/Spoke S-shaped Imagery Symbol Comparison Parallelism Repetition Juxtaposition