agenda: without title think/pair/sharejournal. for my father who lied without ceremony poem by diane...
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Get Your Journal!
October 9
Agenda:Without Title
Think/Pair/ShareJournal
Without Title
for my Father who lied without ceremony
Poem by Diane Glancy
What does the title tell you? What is the meaning of the subtitle? What is missing from the father's life?
Select specific words and/or phrases from the poem that gave you this information.
What word or words does the author repeat in the poem?
Why does the author repeat this word or these words?
How do you relate to this poem? Compare this to someone or something you have seen in your life. Explain in your journal.
Discuss…
Agenda:
Vocabulary QuizNarrative planning
October 10Please take out
paper and pen/pencil.
Profuse Paraphernalia Discriminate Perfunctory Petulant Defiant Intervene Intervened Rational
Vocabulary Quiz Word Bank
A Day in the Life of My Father
NAME __________________________ DATE __________________________ PERIOD ________________________ SUBJECT: A Day in the Life of
TITLE _____________________________ AUTHOR __________________________
PROBLEM
CHARACTERS SETTING(S)
HOW WAS PROBLEM SOLVED PROBLEM SOLVED BY
HOW DOES WRITING THIS STORY MAKE YOU FEEL ABOUT THE FATHER?
FIRST SECOND THIRD LAST
EVENTS OF STORY
What would a day in the life of the speaker’s
family be like? What dialogue would you expect to hear? What activities would you see happening? What emotions, tone, would you experience in
this family? Plan a narrative about one day in the life of
the speaker’s family. How old is the daughter? What does the father
look like? Which city did they have to move to? You will write your narrative over the weekend.
Without Title1 page Narrative Writing
Activity