The Path to Close Reading

All classes are continuing with vocabulary on the block days with fourth hour completing all 15 words at this point. All classes reviewed tips from my previous blog regarding how to write a strong rhetorical analysis essay. All classes came up with new nicknames for our buddies Jeffy and Washy. All classes started Banneker prompt meetings to clarify future writings. All classes should know what rhetorical strategy I have been using throughout this paragraph.

Individually...

1: Still have a few meetings to finish for Friday's class. Afterwards, we will work on a class close read to practice the skill and to encourage your rhetorical strategy identification.

3 & 7: Meetings are completed. We ended class breaking down the prompt for the Capote passage to determine what we will be close reading in the upcoming passage on Friday.

4: Meetings are completed. We spent the remainder of the class breaking down the prompt for the Capote passage and almost finishing 2 paragraphs for the class close read. At this point, you have identified several words to characterize the town and a few strategies that are already popping up in Capote's view of Holcomb. We will continue this tomorrow during class, and then it will be time to take the close read and apply it to the writing process.

All band students should have picked up their homework assignment - one page has the instructions, and the other page has the actual text.