Tuesday, April 22nd

TODAY'S GOALS

• Understand the guidelines for the Sense of Place writing p iece
• Critique student example sense of place writings
• Generate ideas and creative thought for your own writing!

REMINDERS

• Missed seminar on Friday? Meet me during lunch today! 
  
• Book club proposals due Friday for honors

Starter: Silently read the Sense of Place Writing Task Statement and Rubric and write down questions you have about it in your journal.

AGENDA
1. Go over the Sense of Place Writing Task Statement + Class of 2014 Guest Speakers to share their experience with this project

2. JOURNAL # 12: Critique student examples from the Class of 2014

Read 2 of the 4 student examples and as you do, jot down notes in your journal that answer these questions:

• What is this student's environmental ethic?
• Does he/she use elements of the “Grand Style” to SHOW the place to the reader?  (at least two of the following should be present: metaphor, simile, analogy, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, sensory images like sight, taste, touch, sound, smell).  QUOTE the lines from the writing and explain which element of the Grand Style it uses.
  
• Overall, what is your reaction to this piece? Do you like it? What specifically do you like? What questions did it raise for you?  

3. Turn in your journal (be sure each entry is numbered): LIST OF JOURNAL REQUIREMENTS

4. Begin brainstorming/drafting your written piece

• Stuck? Look through the list of examples and inspiration I provided on the task statement document