Preparing for your embedded assessment 2 - "What gives writing a voice?"

As you continue to work on your projects outside of class, here are some more activities to get you thinking:

in your Springboar books, look at pages 30-31 (those of you who still don't have books, please share with someone who does or ask someone to photocopy the pages for you.) (These are NOT required activities, but rather suggested ones to aid you in your assignment... I STRONGLY RECOMMEND you take the time to do them, as they will help you prepare your assignment.)

• What are the voices of the speaker? Highlight lines that indicate the speaker's identities.
• How does diction show identity? Highlight examples (diction - word choice)
• Who is the audience?
• What is the author's purpose?
• What is the speaker's attitude or tone? Make the text to show textual evidence.

You  can also apply these things to what you read in your independent reading... when you are identifying author's craft, you may want to talk about diction or tone... what does your author do that is successful to a reader?  Voice can also come across in passages about protagonist's quality or conflict.