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=Bell Ringer:= // One Kashmiri morning in the early Spring of 1925, my Grandfather Adam Aziz hit his nose against a frost-hardened tussock of earth while attempting to pray. Three drops of blood plopped out of his left nostril, hardened instantly in the brittle air and lay before his eyes on the prayer-mat, transformed into rubies. Lurching back until he knelt with head once more upright he found that the tears which had sprung to his eyes had solidified, too; and at that moment, as he brushed diamonds contemptuously from his lashes, he resolved never again to kiss earth for any god or man. This decision, however, made a hole in him, a vacancy in a vital inner changer, leaving him vulnerable to women and history. //(from Salman Rushdie's //Midnight's Children)//
 * What writer's tricks do you notice in the following excerpt? **

=Writing Workshop: Using Imagery & Other Charms to Make Your Writing Pop=
 * Finish the paragraph we started last class period. **
 * Use at least four (4) of the five (5) charms we've been exploring:
 * Simile or metaphor
 * Sensory Details
 * Rhetorical Questions
 * Intentional Fragments
 * Personification


 * Read Aloud Essay Model **
 * Read Mrs. Huff's first draft [[file:MemorableMoment_ModelEssay.docx]]
 * Share Pre-Writing--How I generated ideas and organized them BEFORE writing my draft.
 * Highlight all the Writer's Tricks I've used.
 * Pre-Write (7 minutes) for your own essay.
 * Pair and Share.

=Reading Workshop=
 * Timed Reading quiz (think THEME!) **