Scribe Notes 9/10/08

Agenda:
1- Keats: Poem vs. paraphrase
2-"Style": Write-up
3- Poetry: Register

HW:
1- Vocab ex 4
2- Work on memoir project

First we went over the homework. We each read the Keats poem that we chose yesterday and the paraphrase. Then mentioned the differences we saw between the poem and the paraphrase. After that, we did a write-up to see if we could recognize the different writing styles we all have. We were all given a secret topic. Then we spread out and wrote a short paragraph on the topic. We turned them in to Sister Salma, who read them out loud. We guessed the writer when she was done. Each time we guessed the author correctly, which shows that we know each other's writing style very well.
After we finished the Write-up activity, we took some notes on Register. Because class was short, we only took some of the notes. The rest we will take tomorrow.

Register:
Register is the degree of formality in language suitable for the situation (writing)
1- Intimate: the language of people who love each other. ex: parents to kids, kids to pets, etc. Nearly always accompanied by touch, consists of broken fragments of words.
Ex: "Mmmm" "Thats a good boy."

2-Casual: the language of friends and family; no planning beforehand, sentences not always grammatical; in-jokes; sometimes accompanied by touch.
Ex: "and like, she had no idea!" "I was wondering-yeah exactly!"

For homework, we should do vocab example 4 and continue working on our memoir project which is due Friday.