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January 23, 2013 “It’s a ‘Wicked Burn!’ Wednesday !”

January 23, 2013 “It’s a ‘Wicked Burn!’ Wednesday !” . AP Language and Composition Mr. Houghteling. AGENDA. The use of the Appositive bellringer Reading and Analyzing “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read.” Quick Quiz on Francine Prose Discussion of Homework and summary statements. .

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January 23, 2013 “It’s a ‘Wicked Burn!’ Wednesday !”

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  1. January 23, 2013“It’s a ‘Wicked Burn!’ Wednesday!” AP Language and Composition Mr. Houghteling

  2. AGENDA • The use of the Appositive bellringer • Reading and Analyzing “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read.” • Quick Quiz on Francine Prose • Discussion of Homework and summary statements.

  3. HOMEWORK • Read pages 92 through 95 (paragraphs 14-25) of Francine Prose’s essay. • Complete the EVEN-numbered questions from Exercise 2 in “Grammar as Rhetoric and Style” (PAGE 171).

  4. Creating Summary Statements • What is the most important information from the paragraph? • Should or could you use a direct quote as part of the summary statement?

  5. Creating Summary Statements--Examples • 4A. According to Prose, people have criticized our declining academic standards, yet nothing has been done about it. Plus, no one is paying attention to the “misinformation” and “missed opportunities” of high school English classes. • 4B. We sacrifice difficult texts for diversity; our academic standards have decreased; and no one is paying attention to high school English classes.

  6. Creating Summary Statements--Examples 5. Prose’s sons have read the good—Shakespeare, Melville, and Hawthorne—as well as the bad—Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, John Steinbeck, Ray Bradbury, and To Kill a Mockingbird, A Separate Peace, and Ordinary People.

  7. Creating Summary Statements--Examples 6. Instead of reading the titles previous listed, students should read The Metamorphosis and author Alice Munro.

  8. Quick Quiz Part 1 • List two authors (besides Dante or Homer) that Prose likes or respects. • List two authors or book titles (besides Maya Angelou) that Prose does not like or respect.

  9. Quick Quiz Part 2 3. Discuss briefly who Dante and Homer are. NOTE: Neither Dante nor Homer can be used as a correct answer for #1.

  10. Quick Quiz Part 1 • List two authors (besides Dante or Homer) that Prose likes or respects. • List two authors or book titles (besides Maya Angelou) that Prose does not like or respect.

  11. Quick Quiz Part 2 3. Discuss briefly who Dante and Homer are. NOTE: Neither Dante nor Homer can be used as a correct answer for #1.

  12. NOTE-TAKING Quotations NOTE-MAKING Your responses, comments, or questions about the quotations you’ve selected. Make a Dialectical Journal

  13. Answers to Quick Quiz questions • Authors Prose likes or respects include Shakespeare, Hawthorne, Melville, Kafka, Alice Munro, Orwell, and the Brontes.

  14. Answers to Quick Quiz questions 2. Authors or books that Prose does not like or respect include Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird; Alice Walker, A Separate Peace, the weaker novels of John Steinbeck, Ray Bradbury, and Ordinary People by Judith Guest.

  15. Answers to Quick Quiz questions 3. Dante, whose full name was Dante Alighieri, was called the “Father of Italian language” and “The Supreme Poet.” Dante’s most famous work was The Divine Comedy. Homer was the Greek poet who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey.

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