3. Compound sentence with explanatory statement (clauses separated by colon)
The empty cookie tin on the kitchen counter could only mean one thing: Mary ate of the cookies before she was able to bring them to school.
2. Writing
None today
3. Discussion
Junior-isms: look back through the text and find those excellent one-liners that transform Junior's narrative from adolescent to transcendent.
For example: :There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away," (107) OR "If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing," (129).
What lesson does this Junior-ism reveal?
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Tone. What is it (the narrator's attitude toward a specific subject) and how do we talk about it (with adjectives)? Let's look at the Thanksgiving chapter more closely.
Notice the contrast of the titles of the two chapters Thanksgiving and Hunger Pains. How do these chapters illuminate the vast differences between the white and Indian cultures written about in the novel?
What does Penelope's struggle reveal about her character?
What does Roger's compassion reveal about his character?
What does hiding his poverty reveal about Junior's character?
2. Writing
None today
3. Discussion
Junior-isms: look back through the text and find those excellent one-liners that transform Junior's narrative from adolescent to transcendent.
For example: :There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away," (107) OR "If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing," (129).
What lesson does this Junior-ism reveal?
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Tone. What is it (the narrator's attitude toward a specific subject) and how do we talk about it (with adjectives)? Let's look at the Thanksgiving chapter more closely.
Notice the contrast of the titles of the two chapters Thanksgiving and Hunger Pains. How do these chapters illuminate the vast differences between the white and Indian cultures written about in the novel?
What does Penelope's struggle reveal about her character?
What does Roger's compassion reveal about his character?
What does hiding his poverty reveal about Junior's character?
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