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=Bell Ringer=
 * What literary device did the author use? What's the meaning?**
 * ||= == "It's not like Regret whacks me over the head. It's more like she sneaks up on me, wraps her tendrils around me, and paralyzes me, drowns me in a sea of forsaken tasks." == ||  ||
 * ||= == "It's not like Regret whacks me over the head. It's more like she sneaks up on me, wraps her tendrils around me, and paralyzes me, drowns me in a sea of forsaken tasks." == ||  ||

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**Read Aloud**
 * Mrs. Huff's first essay draft[[file:Regret_HuffsFirstDraft.docx]]
 * Topic: Write an essay explaining something you regret.
 * Highlight all the sentences that use PERSONIFICATION.
 * Create anchor charts of all the writing techniques used.
 * What's the purpose (EDNA) of this piece?

**Writer's Notebook**
 * Make a list of emotions: regret, love..
 * Choose one, and write an introduction, PERSONIFYING the emotion.
 * Share.

=Pre-Writing=
 * What is it? What are all the things we could do to gather ideas for a piece of writing?
 * On Notecard (your exit slip):
 * Write essay introduction about one emotion on one side(using PERSONIFICATION).
 * Pre-Write on the other.
 * Generate at least two points/ideas you could write about

=Independent Work Time= I'm turning in names today to Mr. Wilson of students who have not submitted a draft. You'll have to serve lunch detention in my room next week to complete the essay!
 * Read or work on essay (on traditions).
 * Those finished with first draft--complete a self-evaluation of essay using this rubric: [[file:AR_EssayRubric.doc]]