09.23 - Set 2 Roots / Country Tones (cont'd)

At the beginning of class today, people reunited with their partners from the country song activity yesterday to share their analysis of the country song they had analyzed for it's use of diction in establishing a country tone. Partners shared their analysis and then decided which song was more country, writing down this decision and their explanation for it in their writer's journal. We then discussed these decisions as a class.

Next, everyone had about 15 minutes to work on the set 2 roots and prefixes for words this week. We will have the quiz for these words on Thursday since Friday will be our NWEA testing. We will also be having a quiz on diction on Thursday.

I then handed out grade report sheets while several students helped to return work that had been assessed. This work included feedback on the salt water tones or tones in The Giver assignment. These assignments were not graded (credit was given for completion as a repeated practice grade which shows up in the grade book, but does not influence a person's grade). On these assignments, I provided everyone with feedback on their analysis of diction (including denotation and connotation) to explore tone. With this feedback in mind, everyone was to look at a new country song analyzing it's use of diction to develop tone (see prompt and handouts below). Today's song was "Front Porch Swing Afternoon" by Jamey Johnson.

In class, everyone had enough time to begin annotating this song and should finish their written analysis as homework.

Handouts:
Set 2 Roots and Prefixes
"Front Porch Swing Afternoon" lyrics

Homework:

Finish your analysis of how diction is used to shape the tone of "Front Porch Swing Afternoon"

Prepare for the set 2 roots and prefixes quiz on Thursday.
Prepare for the diction quiz on Thursday.

Revisions for essays on "A Separate Peace" and the paragraph comparing "2081" and "Harrison Bergeron" are due Friday (this will be the final revision opportunity for both of these assignments).

Class Site Bonus:

Jamey Johnson performing "Front Porch Swing Afternoon"