Say What? Considering Voice

Your Say What? projects are due today! Please staple the following things together in this order.

1. Second Draft (top)
2. First Draft (middle)
3. 3 Revision Sheets (bottom)

Put them in your group's basket. Never in my hand. I will lose it.

Say What? Considering Voice Revisions

You will revise the first draft of your Say What? project. You will focus on the words you use, the sentences you use, and the tone of your character's voice. Here's the scoop.

1. Personal Thesaurus: What old, tired, worn out words can you get rid of in your Say What? Project? Highlight them. What do you see when you think of that word. Brainstorm new words with a similar meaning. Then RETIRE and REPLACE them! You may use a thesaurus.
2. Sentence Structure: Find a sentence in the story you based your Say What? project on. Make sure it is not too long. Play around with replacing some of the nouns, adjectives, and verbs to create the same sentence with a new meaning.
3. Tone of Voice: What attitude and tone of voice does your character primarily have? What situation causes him/her to have that tone of voice? (LOOK in the story!!!) Does your Say What? project have a similar tone? How can you change some words and sentences to make that tone real?
   

Say What? Considering Voice Description

How does the character’s voice show us his/her character as a teenager?

Learning Targets

• I can identify the elements of voice in a literary text.
• I can explain how voice shows a character’s social location.
• I can write in a character’s voice to show his/her character.

WHO?

Take a moment to look at your Voice Explosions for Bobby, Hazel, & Arnold.

Which one compels you the most? Commit.

I, ____________________________________________, will to the best of my abilities complete a Say What?: Looking at Voice project about the teenage character _________________________________.

HOW?

This project is aural, meaning it is meant to be HEARD. What does your character SOUND like? Below circle one of the following voice options:

I Am What I Am poem

Criteria: Your project must . . .

Conform to the “I Am What I Am” poem structure

Have a point about being a teenager that the character is trying to make

Incorporate the words, sentences, & emotions established for your character (Voice Explosion Map)

Use accurate details from the story & Social Location Map

Show completely original sentences (NO copying sentences from the story!)

Use appropriate grammar, spelling, punctuation and grammar

Be legibly hand-written or typed

Written/Performed Skit

Criteria: Your project must . . .

Conform to a screenplay or play structure

Have a point about being a teenager that the character is trying to make

Include at least two characters

Incorporate the words, sentences, & emotions established for your character (Voice Explosion Map)

Use accurate details from the story & Social Location Map

Show completely original sentences (NO copying sentences from the story!)

Use appropriate grammar, spelling, punctuation and grammar

Be legibly hand-written or typed

Monologue: Rant/Harangue/Lament/Declaration
Criteria: Your project must . . .

Conform to a monologue structure

Have a point about being a teenager that the character is trying to make

Incorporate the words, sentences, & emotions established for your character (Voice Explosion Map)

Use accurate details from the story & Social Location Map

Show completely original sentences (NO copying sentences from the story!)

Use appropriate grammar, spelling, punctuation and grammar

Be legibly hand-written or typed