1. Building Sentence Fluency with the SIX TRAITS: Quote Incorporation/ Quote Sandwiching

2. Activity 1: Think-pair-share warm-up: Discuss the following questions with a partner  What do you think FLUENCY means?  What does it mean to be “fluent in a language”?  How can someone be a fluent speaker, but not a fluent writer?  What challenges do we experience in being fluent writers?

3. According to the SIX TRAIT rubric, a fluent paragraph has…  Natural flow  Clarity  Interest  Variety  Readability

4. Activity 2: Paraphrase our learning goals in the space provided on your paper. LEARNING GOAL A: Learn how to create effective quote incorporation that utilizes the rules of fluency and evaluate through the SIX TRAIT fluency rubric.

5. LEARNING GOAL B: Provide verbal accountability to your growing knowledge by verifying, unpacking and supporting. Accountable Talk Rubric: Accountability to Knowledge

6. Activity 3: Self-assessment-- Circle the number that best applies to you Rate the level of fluency of your quote incorporation.  4: I thoroughly mastered the art of fluent quote incorporation and can instruct someone else on the topic.  3: I have a strong grasp of fluent quote incorporation.  2: I have a basic understanding, but need more knowledge and practice in fluent quote incorporation.  1: I am confused and need further instruction before I can incorporate quotes fluently.

7. Activity 4: Label the following parts on the quote sandwich paragraph.  Top bun: Introduce context of the quote  “Meat” and condiments: Quote itself, between sentence opener and page citation  Bottom bun: Commentary on quote and how it supports your thesis/claim

8. Activity 5: Test your knowledge of the Rules of Fluent Quote Incorporation  Rule A: MLA Format parenthetical citation rule  Rule B: Quote within a quote rule  Rule C: Grammatical fluency rule  Rule D: No quote tag filler rule  Rule E: Ellipses rule  Rule F: No floating quote rule  Rule G: Avoid block quotes rule

9. RULE A: MLA Format Page Citation Rule Pick the sentence with strongest fluency: 1. Athena encouraged Telemachus to make Nestor “yield the secrets” (page 108.) 2. Athena encouraged Telemachus to make Nestor “yield the secrets. (pg 108)” 3. Athena encouraged Telemachus to make Nestor “yield the secrets” (Homer 108).

10. RULE B: QUOTE WITHIN A QUOTE RULE Pick the sentence with strongest fluency: 1. Realizing how worried the loyal caretaker Eurycleia was, “Telemachus tried to reassure her, ‘there’s a god who made this plan’” (Homer 105). 2. Realizing how worried the loyal caretaker Eurycleia was, “Telemachus tried to reassure her, “there’s a god who made this plan”” (Homer 105). 3. Realizing how worried the loyal caretaker Eurycleia is, “Telemachus tried to reassure her, there’s a god who made this plan.” (105 Homer)

11. RULE C: GRAMMATICAL FLUENCY RULE Pick the sentence with strongest fluency: 1. Eurymachus, the suitor, didn’t believe the prophet, “go home and babble your omens to your children” (Homer 99). 2. Eurymachus saying “go home and babble your omens to your children” (Homer 99). 3. Eurymachus rejected the prophet’s claims by telling him to “go home and babble your omens to your children” (Homer 99).

12. Rule D: No quote tag filler rule Pick the sentence with strongest fluency: 1. The quote, “seagirt Ithaca” shows the Homeric epithet of the home of Odysseus (Homer 90). 2. Homer displays his stylistic device of the Homeric epithet in the quote “seagirt Ithaca” (Homer 90). 3. Homer characterizes the homeland of Odysseus in the Homeric epithet “seagirt Ithaca” (Homer 90).

13. Rule E: Ellipses rule Pick the sentence with strongest fluency: 1. Odysseus is “never at a loss…” (Homer 84). 2. Odysseus is “never at a loss” (Homer 84). 3. Odysseus is “…never at a loss” (Homer 84).

14. THINK-PAIR-SHARE: INFERENCE LEARNING GOAL: Learn how to create effective quote incorporation that utilizes the rules of fluency and evaluate through the SIX TRAIT fluency rubric. According to the SIX TRAIT rubric, a fluent paragraph has:  Natural flow  Clarity  Interest  Variety  Readability THINK-PAIR-SHARE: Which element of fluency is most important to your audience and why?

15. Build your original quote sandwich! Activity 6: Write an original three-sentence quote sandwich in response to the prompt and excerpt that follows the rules of fluency. Activity 7: Trade with a partner and score one another’s quote sandwiches using the SIX TRAIT fluency rubric. Write an average score and an explanation for your score. Activity 8: Self-assess and celebrate success!

16. Activity 8: Self-assessment/reflection on LEARNING GOAL: How well do I now know how to create effective quote incorporation that utilizes the rules of fluency according to the SIX TRAIT fluency rubric?  4: I thoroughly mastered the art of fluent quote incorporation and can instruct someone else on the topic.  3: I have a strong grasp of fluent quote incorporation.  2: I have a basic understanding, but need more knowledge and practice in fluent quote incorporation.  1: I am confused and need further instruction before I can incorporate quotes fluently.