Aug 23

• ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE:
• CHR 1.A- Description, dialogue, and behavior reveal characters to readers.
• CHR 1.B- Descriptions of characters may come from a speaker, narrator, other characters, or the characters themselves.
• CHR 1.C- Perspective is how narrators, characters, or speakers understand their circumstances, and is informed by background, personality traits, biases, and relationships.
• CHR 1.D- A character’s perspective is both shaped and revealed by relationships with other characters, the environment, the events of the plot, and the ideas expressed in the text.

Agenda:

• Read Aloud: "A & P"
• Introduction to IPNs
• QuickWrite: : Many works of literature use setting(s) as an extension of character. Write an essay in which you explain how the author uses literary elements and techniques to establish a setting that helps convey the main character’s complex attitude towards heroism?.
  • Think very specifically about how you are crafting a claim. Your claim should be both responding to the question and setting up a clear argument you could maintain throughout an essay.
  • Take a glance at the thesis part of the rubric.
• Group Discussion: Introduction to How to Read Literature Like a Professor and "A & P"
• Revise/respond to your quick write now that you had your discussion.
• In your small group, discuss your lit journey and the ideas you have. Begin working.
• Ask questions about the journey.

Homework:

• Read “The White Quail” and read "Is That a Symbol?" (in my book it's chapter 12) and "It's My Symbol and I'll Cry If I Want to"(in my book it's chapter 25) from How to Read Lit like a Professor due Tuesday, August 27th.
• Literacy Journey Due September 3.
• Complete IPN for A & P by Tuesday, August 27th