1. 1 st Block Silent Reading Day:  Unless you brought a book from home, choose a BOOK from the SHELF.  READ SILENTLY for TWENTY MINUTES.  When time is up, turn to the TWELFTH PAGE of your JOURNAL.  Answer these TWO QUESTIONS: 1. What did you read? 2. What did you think of it and why?  FULL PARAGRAPH ANSWERS (SEVEN SENTENCES!)

2. Purple Silent Reading Day:  Unless you brought a book from home, choose a BOOK from the SHELF.  READ SILENTLY for TWENTY MINUTES.  When time is up, turn to the SEVENTH PAGE of your JOURNAL.  Answer these TWO QUESTIONS: 1. What did you read? 2. What did you think of it and why?  FULL PARAGRAPH ANSWERS (SEVEN SENTENCES!)

3. Gold Silent Reading Day:  Unless you brought a book from home, choose a BOOK from the SHELF.  READ SILENTLY for TWENTY MINUTES.  When time is up, turn to the EIGHTH PAGE of your JOURNAL.  Answer these TWO QUESTIONS: 1. What did you read? 2. What did you think of it and why?  FULL PARAGRAPH ANSWERS (SEVEN SENTENCES!)

4. EXPOSITORY WRITING!

5.  What are personal essays?  What types of writing do they blend?  What formats do they come in? LET’S REVIEW…

6.  EXPOSITORY WRITING is defined as presenting reasons, explanations, or steps in a process. Logical order should be used with appropriate sequencing of ideas or steps in a process. Effective expository writing should contain a main idea, supporting details, and a conclusion.  We defined it as “revealing information.” That’s simpler. EXPOSITORY WRITING:

7.  Definition  Problem-Solution  Sequence  Cause and Effect  Compare-Contrast STYLES OF EXPOSITORY WRITING:

8.  NARRATIVE WRITING relates a clear sequence of events that occurs over time. Both what happens and the order in which the events occur are communicated to the reader. Effective narration requires a writer to give a clear sequence of events (fictional or non- fictional) and to provide elaboration.  Narrative means “telling a story.” That is also simpler. NARRATIVE WRITING:

9.  We will watch one example of a personal essay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCw7BwQdBa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCw7BwQdBa0  Answer the provided questions. ANSWER ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER. “EYES FOR YOU” – OLAN ROGERS

10.  What did you think of this?  What text structures are evident? DISCUSSION

11.  Read “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell.  Answer the provided questions. ANSWER ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER. “SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT” – GEORGE ORWELL

12.  Read “Shooting an Elephant” – George Orwell.  Answer the provided questions.  ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES AND ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER. “SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT”

13.  Read “Go Deep to the Sewer” – pages 525-530.  There will be a quiz. HOMEWORK:

14.  How is expository writing different than narrative writing? EXIT SLIP: