Language Arts 9: Voice

Writer's Journal entry: Choose one of the "totally radical" 1980s yearbook photos from the board. Write a paragraph as the person you choose, in what you imagine their voice to be like. Your classmates will guess which person you are. You are not writing ABOUT that person, you ARE that person.

Discuss voice trait

Using a voice trait rubric handout, assess three writing samples, giving each a score for voice.

Peer edit another student's environmental autobiography, marking places where voice is strong and places where voice could be improved. Mark AT LEAST 10 places.

Extra credit assignment(sentence fluency): For one point of extra credit, do the following correctly:

Write at least 10 sentences about any topic you choose, following the rules below.  

1.  Do not begin any sentence with a, an, or the.

2.  All sentences must begin with a different word.

3.  Do not begin any sentences with a common noun.

4.  Do not begin any sentences with I, my, or you. (personal pronouns)

5.  Do not begin more than two sentences with the same part of speech. (noun, adjective, verb, pronoun, etc.)

Homework: None!