Agenda Day 1: “Narrator + Voice” Unit (3 pgs).

1. Agenda Day 1: “Narrator + Voice” Unit (3 pgs). BW = Author Notes (Frank McCourt) (new: p.212) Vocabulary Notes on terms (new: p.190) Discuss: + and – of narrator type Homework: study notes *Begin: (5 min.) Author Notes: read and write top 3 things.

2. Author Notes: Frank McCourt (p.212) • Emigrated from Ireland (poor) • Father left (became even poorer). • Award-winnng book: Angela’s Ashes • About filthy childhood in Ireland (1930s). • Lived in a over-crowded slum • Diseases spread (typhoid + diphtheria) • Quarantined in “fever hospitals”

3. (new: p.211) Vocabulary (write the red). Answer in complete sentences. What are two potent things? 1. Two potentthings are ____ because they are so ___. 2. What would induce you to scream loudly? 2. I would be induced to scream loudly if ___.

4. (old: p.193) Vocabulary (write the red). Answer in complete sentences. How might a child be induced into picking up her toys? 1. A child might be induced into picking up her toys by__________. 2. How might someone feel after hearing a torrent of abuse? 2. After hearing a torrent of abuse, a person might feel better by______.

5. Vocabulary …continued (new p.222) • Complete “Vocabulary Check” • Bring up for extra credit (1st 3 people). • Antonyms: complete “Your Turn” • Bring up for extra credit (1st 3 people).

6. “Narrator + Voice” Terminology (new:p.190)

7. Pros and Cons 1st person: (+) (-) 3rd person: (+) (-)

8. Agenda Day 2: “Narrator + Voice” Unit Review P.O.V. (point of view) notes Video clips: Typhoid Fever + write 2 reflections Cornell notes/read: “Typhoid Fever” Homework: study notes

9. Objectives: Students will be able to analyze the narrator’s credibility in “Typhoid Fever” by taking Cornell notes.

10. Preview “Typhoid Fever” (excerpt from Angela’s Ashes) • Frank McCourt’s autobiography. • Characters: • Frankie McCourt (10 yrs. old) • has typhoid  in a fever hospital • Patricia Madigan (13 yrs. old) • in next room • Seamus (hospital staff)

11. Cornell Notes- Topic : “Typhoid Fever” (old: p.194-196; new: p.213?). COPY THE RED ONLY. CREDIBILITY - How credible is McCourt’s memory of the hospital rules about laughing and singing?

12. Cornell Notes - Topic : “Typhoid Fever”– COPY THE RED ONLY. VOICEHow does McCourt create voice- the speaking style and viewpoint of a ten-year old boy? What do the narrator’s thought reveal about him? CREDIBILITY - Does the description of the nurse’s reaction seem credible? CREDIBILITY - Does young Frank really see “people in the nineteen beds”? How would you describe young Frank’s behavior? Why?

13. Story Summary = 1 paragraph • Use the CM template.

14. True or False? • Frankie catches typhoid fever from Patricia. • Seamus smuggles a book to Frankie. • In the fever hospital, no laughing or singing is allowed. • Frankie’s family visits every day. • Frankie never finds out what happens to the highwayman in the poem.

15. True or False? • (F) Frankie catches typhoid fever from Patricia. • (T) Seamus smuggles a book to Frankie. • (T) In the fever hospital, no laughing or singing is allowed. • (F) Frankie’s family visits every day. • (F) Frankie never finds out what happens to the highwayman in the poem.