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I've moved the vocab quiz to Friday: we'll take the vocabulary quiz and M.C. exam then.
 * I've defined the red words for you (in embedded flash cards below). I'm leaving the others for you to define.
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Author's Chair (15 minutes)
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 * Volunteers read sonnets.
 * The rest turn in sonnets.
 * Any one who hasn't performed two-voice poem do so.

=Writing Workshop: Going Beyond the Mundane 5-Paragraph Essay (20 minutes)=
 * Story of my near-death accident in Chicago
 * Model 10-minute Pre-Writing: Generating SENSORY DETAILS and FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
 * Share Model Essay [[file:MemorableMoment_ModelEssay.docx]]

Your Turn:

 * Generate Topic Ideas (3 minutes)
 * List Memorable Events/Moments that have impacted you.
 * Share in small groups
 * 45 minute Timed Writing (Test Grade): TOPIC
 * 10 Minute Pre-Write
 * Generate list of sensory details
 * As you brainstorm, jot comparisons you might make: simile, metaphor, personification
 * 30 Minute Draft
 * 5 Minute Edit