Learning Focus:
I can…
Opening:
- examine diction
- recognize the importance of precise diction
Opening:
1. Hand out The Giver by Lois Lowry
2. In your journal, create a sketch.
3. In a quickwrite, describe the sketch.
4. Share aloud
Work Period:
5. Shared Reading: Chapter 1: through double space on page 4.
6. Answer #1-3 in your small group, carefully determining the words Jonas considers.
7. Fill in the frame paragraph when you understand the contrast between Jonas and Asher.
8. Situation Activity, page 61. Which do you choose, A or B?
9. After arranging the words, from least precise (1) to most precise (6), share your arrangement of the words, and explain to your small group why.
2. In your journal, create a sketch.
3. In a quickwrite, describe the sketch.
4. Share aloud
Work Period:
5. Shared Reading: Chapter 1: through double space on page 4.
6. Answer #1-3 in your small group, carefully determining the words Jonas considers.
7. Fill in the frame paragraph when you understand the contrast between Jonas and Asher.
8. Situation Activity, page 61. Which do you choose, A or B?
9. After arranging the words, from least precise (1) to most precise (6), share your arrangement of the words, and explain to your small group why.
Closing:
10. Complete #6 and #7.
- Why is precise diction - or the lack of it - important to the story?
- Why is it important to use precise diction?
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