Welcome to Language Arts!

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Welcome to Language Arts!

• I am glad you are here today!

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September 20 - 24

• Monday TLW support main idea in The Vision of
  Maya Ying Lin
• Homefun None
• Tuesday TLW support main idea in The Vision of
  Maya Ying Lin and design a personal monument
  based on your impact story.
• Homefun Complete monument design for personal
  event.
• Wednesday TLW SFA Revise and Edit and Evaluate
  personal monument.
• Need a 2 pencil!
• Homefun None
• Thursday TLW complete Reading SFA
• Need a 2 pencil!
• Homefun None
• Friday TLW Read articles pgs 529-530, create an
  outline independently focusing on main idea.
• Homefun None

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On a post-it note

• How do you think people honor those who have
  fought and died in a war for their country?

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Main Idea
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Main Ideas are the most important points in a
literary work. Writers often organize essays so
that main ideas are part of a clear structure.

• An Introduction states the main idea and each
  paragraph supports or develops it.

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Make connections between supporting paragraphs
and the main idea

• Pause to note the main idea of paragraphs or
  sections.
• Write notes, or complete an organizer to track
  main ideas and key details.
• Review the main ideas and details in each section
  to see how they support the essays main idea.

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Read this passage from the selection about Maya
Yin Lin.

• Announcement of the competition in October,
  1980, brought an astonishing response. The
  Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund received over five
  thousand inquiries. They came from every state in
  the nation and from every field of design.
• The details support the main idea the
  astonishing support for the competition.

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Directions For each passage, list details that
support the stated main idea.

• Maya Lin grew up in an environment of art an
  literature. She was interested in sculpture and
  made both small and large sculptural figures, one
  cast in bronze. She learned silversmithing and
  made jewelry. She was surrounded by books and
  read a great deal.

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Main idea of whole section

• Maya Lins home was full of art and literature.
• Identify supporting details

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List the details that support he stated main idea.

• 2. On the day of their visit, Maya Lin
  remembers, Constitution Gardens was awash with a
  late November sun the park was full of light,
  alive with joggers and people walking beside the
  lake.

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Main idea of whole section

• Mayas visit to the building site was memorable.
• Identify supporting details

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Directions For each passage, list details that
support the stated main idea

• The designs were displayed without any indication
  of the designers name so that they could be
  judged anonymously, on their design merits alone.
  The jury spent one week reviewing all the
  designsOn May 1 it made its report to the
  Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund the experts
  declared Entry Number 1, 026 the winner.

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Main idea of whole section

• Designs were judged impartially.
• Identify supporting details

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From Always to Remember The Vision of Maya Ying
Lin

• Page 504

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Biographical Essay

• A short work in which a writer tells about an
  important event in the life of another person.
• An autobiographical essay is also a true account,
  but is written by the person who experienced the
  event himself/herself. It includes the writers
  thoughts and feelings about an event.
• Both types of writing look a the influence of
  personal experiences, such as schooling, on the
  later personalities and accomplishments of a
  person.

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I. Background and education

• A . Background
• Childhood in Athens, Ohio
• Chinese American heritage
• Parent artists and teachers
• B. Education
• Undergraduate at Yale University

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II. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Contest

• Steps to winning
• Lins entry a class assignment
• 1,421 designs submitted
• B. Rewards
• 20,000 prize
• Recognition

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Read The Vision of Maya Ying Linpage 505 in
lit. book

• A biographical essay is a short work in which a
  writer tells about an important even in the life
  of another person.
• An autobiographical essay is also a true account,
  but it is written by the person who experienced
  the event himself or herself. It includes the
  writers thoughts and felling about an event.
• Both types of writing look at the influence of
  personal experiences, such as schooling, on the
  later personalities and accomplishments of a
  person.

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Maya Ying Lin

• Background and education
• A. Background
• 1.________________________
• 2.________________________
• 3.________________________
• B. Education
• ___________________________