Debrief+of+Ayanna's+Lesson

THINGS WE CAN USE OR ADAPT FROM THIS LESSON: Use lesson as an ice breaker for classes Graphs and charts on popularity of names in different times Generating word lists before creative writing Grid for words with different voices or feelings Tie in with an art project Make a wordle to create individual word banks for students Check spelling by reading backwards the words of the piece

WAYS TO MODIFY LESSON Difficulty in developing tone words without a text model or how to approach the voice Write your model name piece while we are writing Have a way to handle the great number and variety of the model texts so that participants know how to process Clarify the difference between persona, voice, and tone add some background on the tradition of African Americans choosing new names or immigrants Americanizing their names Have the word grid visible while we revise Practice switching tones with a short chunk of sentences