Revise Johnny's Last Letter

Aim:
IWBAT revise and edit Johnny's last letter, by adding realistic dialogue, in order to improve the voice.

• Format: personal (friendly) letter
• Audience: Ponyboy Curtin
• Role: Johnny Cade
• Topic: what I've learned & my advice for Ponyboy

Tasks:

1. Do Now: Two/To/Too Practice (please complete in order):

• A) Tutorial & Practice Activity
• B) Flashcards Practice:


• C) Practice Activity #2
• D) Finished early? Practice with advanced homophones (choose your level)

2. Review: Tough Questions

3. Read Chapter 11 in The Outsiders and analyze the tough questions

4. Share Your Letter with Mr. T:

1. In the upper left corner of your document, click Share.
2. Next to People at kippbayarea.org who have the link can view, click Change.
3. Next to Access: Anyone within kippbayarea.org, click Can view and select Can comment from the dropdown menu. Click Save.
4. When the link to share is highlighted, press Ctrl + C to copy the link.
5. Complete the form below, and use Ctrl + V to paste the link. 

5. Revise Letter for Voice:

• Revising literally means seeing again. 
• When we revise, we improve big-picture things in our writing, like our ideas and the way they connect to one another.
• We don't worry about the nitty-gritty details like capital letters and punctuation (that is editing).
• Today, we will revise specifically for voice.
• Voice is how the personality of the author (or speaker) comes through the writing. 
• Since you are writing as Johnny, we are working to make Johnny's voice come through.
• We must first determine what Johnny's voice is like and then work to replicate it in our writing.
• Directions for Writer's Workshop:
• Reread your letter.
• Find places where your voice does not sound like Johnny and get rid of it or change it.
• Don't tell Pony things he would already know.
• Johnny uses improper (not perfect) English and has a Southern accent.
• Find places where you can make Johnny's voice come through more clearly.
• Johnny is quiet, but deep down, he is courageous. Show this in your writing.
• Johnny frequently talks to Pony about his feelings and is deep. Add this to your writing.

6. Edit Letter for CUPS (Capitalization/Usage/Punctuation/Spelling): Check to make sure...

• FORMAT MATTERS.
• I have formatted my writing as a personal letter.
• I have written in complete sentences.
• I have indented all paragraphs with the TAB key.
• There is a space after each period, comma, and question mark.
• CAPITALIZATION COUNTS.
• I have capitalized the first word of each sentence.
• I have capitalized all proper nouns: specific people, places, things, and dates.
• SPELL WELL.
• I have used the correct forms of there/their/they're, your/you're, and to/two/too.
• I have correctly spelled Johnny, Ponyboy, Windrixville, and other words from the book.
• PUNCTUATE CORRECTLY.
• I have used end punctuation correctly, meaning all sentences end in . / ! / ?
• I have included commas after the greeting (Dear Ponyboy,) and after the number in the date (September 25, 1963).

7. Complete Exit Slip: 

Homework: Homophones

Your second unit assessment is tomorrow!