1. When the bell rings you should be writing silently in your journal. Going back to the movie you watched on Tuesday, are you for or against allowing illegal immigrants to become American citizens?

2. Remember:  Materials:  Make sure to always have your notebook.  Make sure to always have something to write with. Make-up  Course outline received  Pretest  Notes on: foreshadowing, imagery, characters, and plot pyramid. Perseus and review questions, or inference questions  Notes on: genres, points of view, and mood and tone. Study Island fiction test.  IRP day: first reading log, first note card  Nonfiction: main idea, supporting details, and topic sentences  Bias, propaganda, and movie  Author’s purpose, fact and opinion, and hands-on activity -Grades are on MMS -Study Island TEST TODAY. -Documented essay/speech brainstorm TODAY -IRP day/journals TOMORROW -Stay on top of your attendance/work ethic. Bathroom policy -Your documented essay OR speech is due NEXT FRIDAY

3. Author’s Purpose -What is the author’s purpose, or GOAL, in writing any given piece of literature?

4. To Inform  The author’s purpose, or goal, is to inform the reader about whatever given topic they are writing about.  Strictly informational in nature-knowledge is given in an objective and neutral fashion.

5. To Persuade  The author’s purpose, or goal, is to convince the reader to think or feel a certain way about a given topic.  The author’s method of persuasion may be emotional or rational- or both! I believe that flying squirrels and their distant relatives, flying fish, will conspire to take over the world in 2012. I have already lost my brother and chihuahua. Be prepared. We must drain our lakes, ponds, and oceans NOW!

6. To Entertain  The author’s purpose, or goal, is to entertain or amuse the reader with a story.  Entertainment writing may be fiction or nonfiction, and the writer will appeal to the reader’s imagination.

7. FACTS  Something that is known to be true.  Facts are based on information that can be verified.  A fact can be PROVED.

8. OPINIONS  A belief, judgment, or conclusion based on what someone thinks.  An opinion can’t be proved or disproved.

9. Warm-up -Take a quick glance at pages 3-5. Make a mental note of which article you would like to read as a warm-up for our activity today. -In the FRONT of your notebook, write down the title of the article you chose. Next, read your article fully and write down the COMPLETE main idea. -Finally, choose TWO of the “5Ws+H” and write down the COMPLETE supporting detail sentences you find them in.

10. Today you will be taking the nonfiction 40-point TEST. When you finish your nonfiction test, raise your hand to show your results to me. After you finish, you will have another graded assignment.

11. After you finish…  By the end of the period, I need to see a completed brainstorm strategy for your documented essay/speech topic.  Your brainstorm may take ONE of the following forms:  Web- central topic bubble; at least FIVE filled-in supporting bubbles  Outline- at least FIVE main ideas with each containing at least TWO supporting details  This will count as an additional 25-point grade.