Week+17+~+Dec.+12+-+16,+2016

__Learning Goals: __

 * ==analyze the effect of point of view in a story ==
 * ==determine the tone of an excerpt from a short story ==
 * ==analyze the effect of a writer's use of vivid verbs and specific nouns in a text ==
 * ==determine how a writer's use of figurative language helps to reveal character and tone in a text ==
 * ==analyze the writer's craft ==

==__Word of the Week:__ disingenuous (adj) insincere; false; hypocritical == ==__Quote of the Week: __ "Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear." Martin Luther King, Jr. == ==__Essential Question: __ How does mental state affect thought processes and perspective? ==

__Monday __
Warm Up: Week 11 Day 3 Tone and Mood Analysis

__Tuesday __
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Warm Up: Week 11 Day 4 <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Author's Craft

__<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday __
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Warm Up: Week 11 Day 5 <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Evaluating the Narrator

__<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Thursday __
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Warm Up: Week Check <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Vocabulary Review