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English 10 B

English 10 B. Week Four April 9 – 13 2012 . Monday. Welcome Back! Thought of the Day – Spring Break around the room and sign-up for the next two weeks Elements of a short story p. 17-19 – plot, character, setting, theme and point of view. Focus: Theme

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English 10 B

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  1. English 10 B Week Four April 9 – 13 2012

  2. Monday • Welcome Back! • Thought of the Day – Spring Break around the room and sign-up for the next two weeks • Elements of a short story p. 17-19 – plot, character, setting, theme and point of view. • Focus: Theme • Read Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” p. 20 • Found online at: http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/harrison.html • Small Group Discussion of theme and short story

  3. Small Group discussion: What is the theme? (Each group write on the whiteboard) • Small Group Discussion: How did you determine the theme? What brought you to the theme? Write that on the board as well.

  4. Theme • What is theme? • How do we discover a theme from a text? • What a theme statement should be: A statement not a single word. Ex. “Censorship” – no. “From Fahrenheit 451 the message seems to be that without access to information from books society will lack motivation and knowledge to make a positive influence in their communities.” • Constructing theme thesis statements – follow with explanation of why you believe the theme fits the story.

  5. Thought of the day sign - up • Tuesday (4-10) - Matt • Wednesday (4-11) – Nate and Sam • Thursday (4-12) – Brandon and Bailey • Friday (4-13) – Jesse and Chris • Monday (4-16) - Ryan • Tuesday (4-17) - Bright • Wednesday (4-18) - Kaela • Thursday (4-19) - Jon • Friday (4-20) - Teresa

  6. Tuesday • Thought of the day • Theme expressed through character • Character PPT • “Searching for Summer” by Joan Aiken p. 31 (answer questions as we go along) • Take notes on characters – Dialectic Notes • Online at: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/85850134/Searching-for-Summer • Journal – Write a short story that explains why Mr. Noakesacts the way he does. What event in the past shaped him to be the man he is in the story? • Answer questions 2-6 and question 9 in small groups.

  7. Character Notes • what are their motivations? • What causes the characters to act the way they do? Take notes on how they speak, think, act, etc and infer a cause • Do the characters change or remain the same? If they change, what allows them to change? • How are characters similar and how are they different? In particular pay attention to Tom and Lily.

  8. Lily • Determine for each main character, there are 4,whether they are dynamic or static and then explain why (individually) • Apply character terms discussed earlier • Motivations for actions, speech, thoughts, etc?

  9. Tom • Determine for each main character, there are 4,whether they are dynamic or static and then explain why (individually) • Motivations for actions, speech, thoughts, etc?

  10. Mr. Noakes • Determine for each main character, there are 4,whether they are dynamic or static and then explain why (individually) • Motivations for actions, speech, thoughts, etc?

  11. Mrs. Hatching • Determine for each main character, there are 4,whether they are dynamic or static and then explain why (individually) • Motivations for actions, speech, thoughts, etc?

  12. Wednesday • Apostrophes – the oatmeal and exercise • Poe on writing a short story • “No Witchcraft for Sale” by Doris Lessing p. 148 • What is the theme? Present through a thesis statement

  13. Thursday • PPT Plot • “One Thousand Dollars” by O. Henry • Online at: http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/14964/ • Friag’sTriangle

  14. Friday

  15. Monday • “The Son from America” by Isaac Bashevis Singer pg159-166

  16. Tuesday • “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury • Online at: http://www.lasalle.edu/~didio/courses/hon462/hon462_assets/sound_of_thunder.htm

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