Voice Lessons by Nancy Dean

Voice Lessons by Nancy Dean

How does Kate Chopin create a mood in just a few sentences? How does Shakespeare make a character say one thing and mean another? Help your students understand how expert writers control voice and use the power of language. Students will develop an understanding of the elements comprising an author's unique voice--diction, detail, figurative language, imagery, syntax, and tone--and develop the skills needed to express their own unique voices. Voice Lessons provides 35 short passages from complex fiction and nonfiction. Each sharply focused example targets a specific element of voice. Also included are 65 lessons based on longer pieces of text. These lessons integrate the elements of voice and help students understand how they work together. Teachers can use Voice Lessons successfully with any high school curriculum. The short-passage lessons present the elements of voice in manageable exercises that function well as class openers or mini-lessons. Activities in each lesson serve as writing prompts for students to apply what they have learned from specific passages. Lessons on the longer text provide additional models and practice. These lessons also work together within each genre (essay, short story, speech, poem, and drama) and serve well as mini-units to teach voice and literary analysis and to help students develop a personal voice. Notes after each section provide background and discussion suggestions for teachers.

Nancy Dean has three passions--writing, gardening, and the natural world. She started her writing career as a free lancer, typing nonfiction articles at home to ward off toddler tedium. She had modest success, including selling several pieces to Organic Gardening and an article about fire ants to National Wildlife that was picked up by Germany's Das Tier. With her boys in school, Nancy eventually settled into a reporter's job at her city's community newspaper that lasted 20 years. Her many feature stories on nature-related topics earned her the W. Kelly Mosley Environmental Award for Achievements in Forestry, Wildlife and Related Resources. During those years, Nancy also gardened nonstop, explored nature and wilderness at every opportunity, and became a small-fruit farmer. After retirement, she also became a grandmother. She still writes, gardens, and travels to new places between trips to visit family, but she no longer farms. A native of Cleveland, Nancy graduated summa cum laude from Cleveland State University with a major in English. She lives in Bardstown, KY, with her retired husband/small-fruit farmer/fellow traveler, Rick. Please visit www.NancyMDean.com.

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ISBN 13	9780929895352
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Title	Voice Lessons
Author	Nancy Dean
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Maupin House Publishing
Year published	2013-01-01
Number of pages	141
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