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OL Agenda for October 8-10, 2012. Analyzing a Prompt and Creating a Do/What Chart Read “Thank You, M’am ” by Langston Hughes and reflect on the characters’ paradigms as revealed through direct and indirect characterization. Mark the text as you read. Answer Critical Reading Questions
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OL Agenda for October 8-10, 2012 • Analyzing a Prompt and Creating a Do/What Chart • Read “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes and reflect on the characters’ paradigms as revealed through direct and indirect characterization. Mark the text as you read. • Answer Critical Reading Questions • Write an epilogue to reveal whether the character had a paradigm shift. • Epilogue- in literature, a short chapter or section at the end of a literary work, sometimes detailing the fate of its characters
“Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes • Read the story and make connections to paradigms and principles. • Use what the characters say and do to draw conclusions and make inferences about their beliefs and principles. • Use text evidence as to support your thoughts and ideas.
Warm Up: Copy this Prompt in Your Journal • As you read “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes, summarize the key events of the plot and describe the paradigms guiding the behavior of each character. Does either character experience a paradigm shift due to their encounter?
Steps for Analyzing the Prompt • Circle the directive verbs • Underline the words, phrases or clauses the directive verbs apply to. • Number the circled verbs in the order you feel they should be addressed in your response. • Box the intended audience (if none, indicate General Academic Audience). • Using TAPFG and Do What? Strategies, develop 2-column notes following the “Analyzing a Prompt” strategy from LiteracyTA.com