October 26 2009

natant • \NAY-tunt\ • adjective : swimming or floating in water Did you know... In ancient Egypt, the apricot was called the "egg of the sun.

National Mule Day (The first mules in America arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1785. They were a gift from King Charles III of Spain.)

A temperature of 70 million degrees Celsius was generated at Princeton University in 1978. This was during a fusionism experiment and is the highest man-made temperature ever. 1881 - Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday were involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

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TODAY IS NOT A COLOR DAY!!!!! DON”T ASK. THE FIRST PERSON TO ASK WILL HAVE TO WRITE ME AN ESSAY ON WHY READING DIRECTIONS IS IMPORTANT

WHAT WAS POV? What were the different types of POV???

POV – Compare Contrast  We all see life through our own eyes. It is often said that we

should walk a mile in each other’s shoes to better understand who the other person is. In literature, often authors select a specific Point of View to tell a story. This has a dramatic influence over the kind of story being told, how characters are viewed, and how biased information might be. As a reader, consider this story from a different Point of View. How would the narration be different, the characterization, the validity, or truth of the story? Compare and Contrast this Point of View to the actual Point of View. How are they different? Similar? Once you compare and contrast these two points of view, come to a conclusion for why the author chose this Point of View over another POV.

Raymond’s Run  As you read the story, pay close attention to who

is telling the story, the way characters are reveled (characterization), and if the narration is biased.  This will be what you will need to consider in a

different POINT OF VIEW.  After you finish reading. Fill out the Point of View

organizer. This should help you write the Compare Contrast Essay.

When you compare things, you show their similarities; when you contrast things, you show their differences.

 We can really understand only those things

that are familiar to us or similar to things we already understand, so comparing and contrasting the unfamiliar with the familiar is one of the most important techniques for writing. You can, and probably do, use comparison and contrast to describe things, to define things, to analyze things, to make an argument -- to do, in fact, almost any kind of writing.

YOUR C&C ESSAY IS DUE BY THE END OF THE WEEK. IF YOU DIDN”T FINISH THE STORY OR CHART – IT IS HOMEWORK!!!

Compare & Contrast Story’s POV

NARRATION

CHARACTERIZATION

BIAS

Alternative POV