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Today's Learning Goals:
Students will determine the author's purpose and cite specific evidence from the text used to develop this purpose. RL.10.1, RL.10.2

Bell Work: Weekly Rhetorical Strategy (Diction)
**Connotation and Denotation: How Word Choice Affects a Paragraph– Positive, Negative or Neutral?**

Create three columns on your paper- positive, negative, and neutral. For each numbered set below, write the individual word under the column which best describes its connotation. 1. mansion, shack, abode, dwelling, domicile, residence, house, home, dump 2. spinster, old maid, unmarried woman, maiden lady, career woman 3. snooty, arrogant, conceited, cocky, vain, self-satisfied, egotistical, proud, high-and mighty, overbearing, high-hat, supercilious 4. titter, giggle, chuckle, laugh, guffaw, roar, snicker, snigger, cackle (Turn in HW journal entry from Excerpt 3!)

Discussion and Modeling: The "So What?"
What do I mean by "So what?" Student Sample Charts

Small Group Practice Charts
 * Question
 * It Says...
 * I Say...
 * And So...

Gallery Walk and Discuss

Homework
Start journaling from your independent reading novel! Have a journal entry ready to show me tomorrow!