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Thinking about what you learned through the RAFT activity, pretend you are Jose and write a DETAILED/DESCRIPTIVE diary entry explaining what happened to you. You will be graded on your use of at least 2 adjectives, 2 adverbs, 2 similes OR metaphors (or other type of figurative language), 2 onomatopoeias, and sensory details.      **PLEASE HIGHLIGHT THESE**

Thinking about what you learned through the RAFTS activity, now pretend you are Tom Sawyer and write a DETAILED/DESCRIPTIVE diary entry explaining what happened to you. You will be graded on your use of at least 2 adjectives, 2 adverbs, 2 similes OR metaphors, 2 onomatopoeias, and sensory details.

O pen your mind. Think about all things that come with winter:   snow, Christmas, snowmen, hockey, ice skating, basketball, sledding, snowball fights, snowmobiling, skiing the Birkebeiner, ice, blizzards, downhill skiing, hot chocolate, snow-covered trees, presents, snow angels, candles, etc. Write a poem with a winter theme.   Remember to make your writing more interesting by using the techniques learned in class-- Sound Devices, Figurative Language, Rhyme, & different poetry types. **Remember: descriptive writing done well helps create  imagery .

Setting -- Most Important The setting of a story is very important and impacts the characters and events in the story.  We have been learning about both parts of setting -- time and location.  Which do  you  think has the most impact on the story?  Support your opinion with at least 3 examples and details. Today I will be checking if you have a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence.  (ACE)  9/11: A Dark Day "Boston Bombing: A 5 Day Manhunt" "Chicago" The Great Fire "The Harlem Renaissance" "Langston Hughes" Thank You Ma'am

Setting -- "Time" The setting of a story is very important and impacts the characters and events in the story.  Thinking of the texts we have read in class, describe the "when" (time of day AND time period) of a story and what effect it can have. Today I will be checking if you have a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence.  (ACE) 

Setting -- Location The setting of a story is very important and impacts the characters and events in the story.  Thinking of the texts we have read in class, describe the "where" of a story and what effect it can have. Today I will be checking if you have a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence.  (ACE)  9/11: A Dark Day "Boston Bombing: A 5 Day Manhunt" "Chicago" The Great Fire "The Harlem Renaissance" "Langston Hughes" Thank You Ma'am

Write an 8th grade quality paragraph explaining how the short story Thank You, Ma'am  might change if the setting's time period were different?