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=Today's Learning Goals=
 * 1) Analyze a text to determine author's tone and purpose.

**Bell Ringer**
 * 1) Read and annotate the excerpt from Dan Pink's //A Whole New Mind//.
 * Mark ANYTHING that catches your eye: diction, details, figurative language.
 * In the margin, jot notes about connotation, meaning, purpose.

**Mini-Lesson**: **Umbrella Analysis**
 * 1) Elements of text to analyze to determine author's tone and purpose.
 * 2) Read excerpt from //A Whole New Mind//.
 * 3) Model three-column note-taking
 * CD/CM/So What?
 * 1) Individuals add three (3) entries from Pink's passage to notes.

= **Target Test** =
 * 1) Essay (45 min.)

Reading Time
 * 1) After you finish and turn in essay, find a cozy spot, and read.
 * 2) Try to add a couple three-column note entries to your reading journal.

= **Homework** =
 * 1) Finish three-column notes. You need this COMPLETED when you return to class Thursday.