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In Gary Soto's poem, "Oranges" (Title Author Genre) he demonstrates the voice of a nostalgic old man remembering his childhood. Soto's (Using author's last name or "the author" instead of saying the full name) use of diction suggests that this story happened many years ago, to support that he uses the memories of an old man. To an old man, a nickel used to be worth a lot, "I fingered a nickel in my pocket" a nickel used to be able to buy candy, but now, it can barely buy anything. The use of this example shows that the old man remembers when a nickel used to be worth a lot more than it is today. Soto embraces (Thesaurus troubles...) the story by using diction to describe the voice of an old man revisiting his childhood memories. "The first time I walked with a girl I was twelve." The old man revisited this part of his childhood because it shows that this is a part of his memory that he doesn't want to forget. This example shows that the old man is nastalgic, the flashback shows that this happened in the past and refers to "12 years old" like it was a while ago. The author uses imagery to demonstrate the voice of a old man's vivid memory of his first girlfriend and his memory of when hep walked to pick her up. The old man in the story remembers the December day he walked to his girlfriends house to take her on their date "Her house. the one with the one whose porch light burned yellow night and day in any weather." The man's visualsation of her house shows that he had walked buy and gone to her house many times and it always be a vivid memory. (Good explanation.) By using the voice of a old man Soto shows us that no matter how old we get we will remember the important times, the unforgettable moments that make you who you are later.

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In the poem "Oranges", Gary Soto portrays the voice of a calm twelve year old boy. First, Soto uses syntax to convey the voice of a caring but young child. for example, we hear the child say, "The lady's eyes met met mine, and held them, knowing very well what this was all about" (Lines 39-42). This shows that he is young because he could have shortened the sentence, but he had it drag on for a little. Next, the author depicts a mature diction to emphasize how the main character's first date with a girl went.For example, he chooses to say, "a few cars hissing past' instead of "driving past" (Line 44). This shows that the character is mature because he uses more descriptive words. Finally, Soto demonstrates imagery in the voice of a very calm boy to the point where you could almost imagine what is going on. A good example of this is when he says, "...fog hanging like old coats between trees" (45-46). This shows the complexity of the boys imagery because he uses metaphors that make you feel like you're seeing what he is seeing. To conclude, Gary uses syntax, diction, and imagery to create the voice of a young buy going on his first date on a girl (Good job bringing out the coming of age moment, but it would have been more effective if this was mentioned at the beginning of the paragraph.)

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In the poem “Oranges” by Gary Soto, the author uses a guileless voice when he describes his first walk with a girl. The author is describing the world through his younger-self’s eyes. He uses a childlike tone and look out on the world.When he puts an orange on the counter along with a nickel, not really understanding how american currency works. Im also pretty sure the lady wouldn’t do that for an adult. (True -- what does this say about the narrator? Did he take a risk here?) “I took a nickel from my pocket then an orange, set them quietly on the counter and looked at the lady.” He just expected to have at least a total of 10 cents. We also think the word guileless describes him well because he just expects everything to go well and nothing bad to happen. A few cars hissing past, fog hanging like old coats in the trees are just a few examples of how his world is happy-go-lucky and mellow. His innocence describes a world without crime,poverty or people just him and his “girl” Overall the author did a great job by making his younger eyes shine bright like a diamond (@rihanna) as an innocent childish outlook of the world is conveyed.

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Melinda the narrator in Laurie Halse Anderson's novel Spotlight, tells her story of her going through high school. Melinda has a very self-conscious diction. She uses long rambling sentences in a paranoid sounding way. (Will this be about diction or syntax?) After Melinda dives into the fourth period students and went to lunch she is forced to figure out where to sit and what is being served at lunch. "I know enough not to bring lunch on the first day of high school. There is no telling what the acceptable fashion will be." ( 2 ) Melindas  self-conscious and rambling shows her coming of age moment in the different places but they all flow together. By showing how self conscious she is on not knowing where to sit or simply what lunch box she brings. Laurie Halse shows how she over reacts about the style of a lunch box she will need to fit in. As she goes on and on about lunches she says, "There is no way of telling what the acceptable fashion will be. Brown bags- Humble testament to subscribe or terminal geek gear." Anderson shows Melinda over reacting about a lunch box someone has, she is just over reacting. Finally Anderson uses imagery in her story to show the struggles of Melinda's first day of high school. "All conversation stops as the entire lunchroom gawks, my face burning into their retinas." ( 6 ) This shows her problem she has at lunch that day. Anderson uses many vivid words to show her voice and describe Melinda's terrible first day of high school. Altogether Anderson uses methods of diction imagery and syntax to show Melinda's voice. The voice in this piece is one of a teenage girl who I frustrated and very self conscoins on her first big day at high school. (Good summary of the paragraph, but what does Melinda realize about high school? So far, does she think she's right to be self-conscious?)

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The novel, "Speak" written by Laurie Anderson shows the voice of an inner self conscious girl named Melinda. In the novel "Speak" the author portrays Melinda's inner-self conscious voice and uses a lot of diction to convey that. An example that shows her voice is, "I know enough not to bring lunch on the first day of school." The narrator Melinda has an inner self-conscious voice and the quote shows that she knows not to bring a lunch because she doesn't want to be judged on her lunchbox. Throughout the story "Speak", Laurie Anderson portrays Melinda's panicked, self-conscious, and paranoid voice through the way she questions herself. When Melinda is confronted by Mr.Neck in the hallway she argues with herself which shows how she is paranoid when she asks herself "Would he listen... Not a chance, I'll keep my mouth shut." She then talks about how nobody cares. Anderson places Melinda's logical thoughts before she speaks or makes judgement. This displays how her mind works as 2 friends, one logical, one leading with feelings. This displays how lonely Melinda is. (I like this -- kind of like the angel and devil on the shoulder?) Throughout the piece, Laurie Anderson illustrates Melinda's loneliness with long titles through every day objects. When Melinda's in the cafeteria she describes everything like lunch bags as "humble testament to suburbia" and "terminal geek gear." When she says this you can clearly notice Melinda's wordy description of everyday objects which conveys how lonely and desperate she is for friends. (I don't agree with this explanation. The narrator describes everyday objects with great detail and cynicism -- does this really mean she's lonely?) The author Laurie Anderson uses the narrator Melinda to convey the inner self-conscious voice she has. Melinda realizes when she is talking to Mr. Neck (Does she actually talk to him?) that no one cares about what she says.

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Team 2: Spotlight

In the short story "Spotlight" by Laurie Halse Anderson, Anderson portrays the voice of a self-conscious high schooler named Melinda. The narrator emphasizes Melinda's voice by using embarrassing moments and onomatopoeias to evoke her self-consciousness. On the first day, Melinda, full of caution and worry is given the worst case scenario when, "Thwap! A lump of potatoes and gravy hits [her] square in the center of [her] chest ..." (6). (Great job introducing the context of the scene before giving the example.) This scene helps paint a self conscious picture of Melinda by showing the embarrassment that follows with her "face burning into their [other students] retinas" Throughout this piece Anderson also creates Melinda's self-consciousness through her use of inner monologue directions for herself. After Melinda is stopped by Mr. Neck, she thinks to herself "Shut your trap, button your lip, can it...."(?). This coveys Melinda's self-consciousness because she thinks it's better to just say nothing than to stand up for yourself. Within the short story, Anderson demonstrates Melinda's self-consciousness by showing her lack of high school experience and using short sentences that resemble to notes being taken. (This is an interesting point that connects well to the high school setting.) When she was getting her lunch, Melinda didn't understand how to ask for any specific food item, while the older student in front of her got a custom lunch. Melinda's inner monologue questioned the reason why this happened, suggesting that it was "Some sort of Morse code with his eyes, maybe." and that she "Must study this further."(?). Melinda's short, note like sentences illustrate her self-consciousness by depicting the steps she wants to take to fit in. By using the voice of a self-conscious teenage girl, the author shows the difficulty in the transition to high school.

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"Spotlight" is a excerpt from a novel, by Laurie Halse Anderson about a self conscious freshman starting in high school. Melinda uses words that show fear, troubles and stereotypes that she is facing in high school. When she's in the lunch room, " A lump of potatoes and gravy hit me square in the middle of chest."(6) She feels humiliated after the experience of potatoes hitting her in the chest and realizes that high school isn't perfect and incidents are bound to happen.

Melinda feels worthless in this new environment and is ignored by many people that used to be her friends. She feels lost and confused as she "dives into the stream of fourth-period lunch students and swims down the hall..."(1) (This is a great observation and example. For the narrator, being without friends in high school feels like drowning, or like she's invisible in a sea of people.) The imagery of the statement shows how Melinda is struggling through high school feeling worthless.

Melinda coming of age moment is when she realizes that being confident and making choices for yourself that aren't dictated by others are important life skills. (Does she realize this by the end of the story?)

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1. One team member will log into a chromebook after the team paragraph has been approved by Mrs. Fleetham.

2. Go to the website above: padlet.com/kafleeth/teamparagraph

3. Type in the password given to you.

4. Double-click anywhere on the padlet wall.

5. Title your submission as "Team _" with your number.

6. Type your response.

Done! :)