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Standards
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Writing Strategies: 1.7 Use systematic
strategies to organize and record information
(e.g., anecdotal scripting, annotated
bibliographies).
Reading Comprehension: 2.1 Analyze both
the features and the rhetorical devices of
different types of public documents (e.g.,
policy statements, speeches, debates,
platforms) and the way in which authors use
those features and devices. 2.2 Analyze the
way in which clarity of meaning is affected by
the patterns of organization, hierarchical
structures, repetition of the main ideas,
syntax, and word choice in the text.
Literary Response and Analysis: 3.3 Analyze
the ways in which irony, tone, mood, the
author’s style, and the “sound” of language
achieve specific rhetorical or aesthetic
purposes or both.
Objectives
 Students will be able to…
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draw inferences and conclusions
about a text based on the
writer’s stylistic choices
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respond to tone and connotation
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identify and visually represent
the organizational structure of
an essay
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summarize a given text
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identify passive verbs, subjects,
and agents in senences
Analyzing Stylistic Choices
 Words:
 1. Which words or synonyms are repeated?
 2. Why do you think they are repeated?
 3. Paragraph 5 of this essay has several strong words that
draw on readers’ emotions. Circle the words that are the
most highly charged and be prepared to explain your
choices. (Why did you choose certain words over others?)
 Sentences
 1. Is the author’s sentence structure mostly varied or not?
 2. Are the sentences readable? (Interesting, attention
grabbing, not repetitive, enjoyable, etc.) Explain your
answer.
Answers…
 Words
 1. stopping, frisking, profiling, law-enforcement,
unconstitutional, black, and Hispanic
 2. To emphasize these particular words.
 3. Let’s hear what you got…
 Sentences
 1. Herbert uses a combination of simple, compound, complex,
and compound-complex sentences in this essay, concentrating
mostly on simple and complex.
 2. The varied sentence structure makes the essay very readable.
This keeps the essay from becoming stagnant or repetitive
sounding.
Structure of the Text
 With your partner:
 1. What is the main method of organization in this
essay?
 2. Create a picture outline showing how this essay is
structured.
 3. Prepare to present to the class
Summary and Response
In no more than 5 sentences please summarize this
essay’s main points. You must include the vocabulary
we discussed in the pre-reading of this text.
Remember to identify the author, article, and date of
production.
Notes: Passive Verbs
 Forming the Passive A passive verb always includes a form of be plus the participle
of the verb. (A participle is the –ed or –en form of the verb.)
 Examples: is practiced, was arrested, have been taken
 In general, only verbs that have a direct object (transitive verbs)
can occur in the passive. [direct object]
 Active: The police stopped [motorists] based on their race..
 Passive: Motorists were stopped by the police based on their
race.
 Therefore, verbs such as be, agree, die, seem, happen, and
appear do not have passive forms because they never have
direct objects. However, some verbs can be either transitive or
intransitive with a slight change in meaning.
Examples
 Intransitive (no direct object after the verb)
 Active: Racial profiling happened in all major cities.
 Incorrect: Racial profiling was happened in all major cities.
 Intransitive (no direct object after the verb)
 Active: The attitude towards racial profiling has changed a
lot.
 Transitive (a direct object follows the verb)
 Active: The legislature has changed the law on loitering.
 Passive: The anti-loitering law has been changed.
Agents: The “Doers”
 The “doer” of the action in an active sentence is the subject.
In a passive sentence, the “doer” is called the agent and is
expressed in a prepositional phrase with by. Often the agent
is omitted.
 Active (“doer” = subject): The officer stopped the motorist for
speeding.
 Passive (“doer” = agent) The motorist was stopped [by the
officer] for speeding.
 Examples: see chart 5.1
 Exercise 2: On a separate piece of paper complete this
exercise.
Revisiting Objectives…
 Are you able to…
 draw inferences and conclusions about a text, based on
the writer’s stylistic choices
 identify and visually represent the organizational
structure of an essay
 How? Why? When?
Forming the Passive
Passive/A
ctive
Past
Present
Future
Active
The officer stopped the motorist
yesterday.
The officer stops her
often.
The officer will stop
her next week.
Passive
The motorist was stopped.
She is stopped often.
She will be stopped.
Active
The officer was stopping the
motorist.
The officer is stopping
her now.
Not in common use
Passive
The motorist was being stopped.
She is being stopped
now.
Not in common use
Active
The officer had stopped the
motorist.
The officer has stopped The officer will have
her.
stopped her by
tomorrow.
Passive
The motorist had been stopped.
She has been stopped.
The motorist will be
stopped by tomorrow
Active
The officer should have stopped
the motorist.
The officer should
have stopped her.
N/A
Passive
The motorist should have been
stopped.
She should have been
stopped.
N/A
Outside reading
book criteria
• MUST be considered high school reading
level
•Minimum of about 200 pages
•Cannot be a book read in previous LA
classes
•Should be about something you are
interested in
•I am willing to make exceptions for
certain books, but you must discuss with
me first.
Outside Reading
assignments for Semester 1
First Impressions: Due_____________________________________ Please answer the following questions about your chosen book:
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Title
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Author
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Number of pages
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Why did you choose this book?
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What are your first impression and expectations for this book?
Check Up: Due_____________________________________ Please answer the following questions about your book and your progress.
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What page have you read up to?
Has reading this book been easy or hard? Why?
Has reading this book been enjoyable or boring? Why?
How do you feel and what do you think about your book now? Are you glad you chose it? Has it met or is it meeting your
expectations?
Movie Poster: Due__________________________________ Create a movie poster for your book including the following information:
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Title
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Author
Tagline
Image representing your book- NOT a copy of what is on the cover.
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Cast of the main characters (at least 4) with explanations of why the actors were chosen.