1. Do Now: On your Do Now paper, answer this question: What do we mean when we talk about “Voice” in a piece of text, whether it is one we are reading or a piece we are writing?

2. …in both reading and writing

3. Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings What you are expected to understand through this unit.

4. What is voice ? Essential Questions “Turn and Talk”

5. How does voice develop, change, and influence others in different situations or at different times? Essential Questions “Think, Pair, Share”

6. What relationships do you see between voice and power? Essential Questions “Turn and Talk”

7. Choose one of these three Essential Questions and write your thoughts, ideas, experiences, and questions about it in your journal. What is voice? How does voice develop, change, and influence others in different situations or at different times? What is the relationship between voice and power?

8. What is Voice? Voice is the sense of the person behind the words; the personality of the writing. Every text has voice; sometimes it is lively and personal and sometimes it is distant and objective. Everyone has a voice…or multiple voices. Enduring Understandings

9. What is Voice? Authors choose to assume different voices based on genre, audience, and purpose. The words and types of sentences an author or speaker uses help to create the voice(s) of the text. The author of a text and the narrator of the story can be different. Enduring Understandings

10. How does voice develop, change, and influence within various contexts and times? People choose to change the voice they use based on the situations and the group or audience. People belong to many “voice groups”. Enduring Understandings

11. How does voice develop, change and influence within various contexts and times? Voice has changed throughout history. Voice changes as people change. Different cultures use and accept different “voices”. Enduring Understandings

12. What is the relationship between voice and power? There is a relationship between power and voice. Words can be used as a weapon or to inspire and uplift others. Words have denotations and connotations; some words are “loaded”. Enduring Understandings

13. What is the relationship between voice and power? Every culture silences certain voices. People can “lose” their voice or choose to silence themselves. What is “appropriate” varies from place to place, culture to culture, group to group, and time to time. Enduring Understandings

14. What is the relationship between voice and power? The most powerful or loudest voice is not necessarily the right voice to follow. Sometimes a “soft” voice is powerful. Speaking up can be risky. Enduring Understandings

15. How will you show your understanding? …participate in class discussions—partner talk, table talk, and whole class talk. …collect evidence of the Enduring Understandings and answers to these Essential Questions as you read by using your journal. Assessment

16. How you will show your understanding… …show your understanding of these Enduring Understandings in Quickwrites and Power Paragraphs. …demonstrate your ability to use voice in creative writing assignments. Assessment

17. Recording Your Thinking As You Read

18. Double Entry Journals (DEJ) Fold your journal page in half lengthwise. On the LH side of the page, write details from the text that you think are significant or interesting. Also include the page number so you can find it again if you want to On the RH side of the page, write what that detail makes you think.

19. Types of Thinking to Record: Noticing significant sentences or details Connecting the text to your experiences, other things you have read or seen, and other things you already know about (T-T, T-S, T-W) Questioning or Wondering Inferring Predicting

20. What goes in the journal? Noticing— significant detail or sentence Why this caught your attention and what it makes you think about Why this detail is significant or important

21. What goes in the journal? Connecting the text to your experiences, other things you have read or seen, and other things you already know about (T-T, T-S, T-W) Details about the connection you are making Why this connection is significant or important

22. What goes in the journal? The text that tickled your brain and made you ask questions OR The question you are wondering about Why this question seems significant or important A possible answer to your question

23. What goes in the journal? The text clues (usually more than one) that helped you make an inference The inference you made: “I think that…” Why this inference is significant or important

24. Seedfolks: “Kim” pp. 1-4 Details from the text. Your thoughts and ideas.

25. Now that we have finished this chapter, what have you learned about Kim? What is Kim’s voice like? How can we know Kim’s voice when she never speaks in this chapter? Is Kim’s voice powerful or influential? How do you think Kim’s voice might change as the story progresses (predict)?