Monday, September 9, 2013

Monday,September 9, 2013 Do Now! Imagine someone is writing a story about your life. What would be an important SYMBOL? What would be an important MOTIF? Identify ONE SYMBOL and ONE MOTIF from the story of your life, and say why they are important.

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Do Now! • Finish our Intro to Literary Analysis • Imagery + Diction • Characters + Conflict • Practice: analyzing “The Lottery” Agenda

Due WEDNESDAY, 9/11 • READ “The First Day” (Jones) and complete a Literary Analysis Matrix • Will be collected for a HW grade Homework tonight!

Continue to develop reading comprehension strategies • Continue to discuss language of Literary Analysis • Apply knowledge of Literary Analysis to a story SLOs: “What are we doing today Miss?”

From last class: • What is the best way to read a novel and get something out of it? • What should we be looking for when we read a novel? Essential Questions

Last class we read an excerpt from Foster’s How to read Literature Like a Professor • Remind me: what was his main point? What did he tell us about how to read literature? Intro to Reading Like a Professor

Literary Analysis is a fancy way of saying “understanding what the author did and why he may have done it” • Better way to think about it: HAVING THOUGHTS AS YOU READ • Literary Analysis is all about making connections and engaging your whole brain (memory, opinions, emotions, intellect) as you read Intro to Reading Like a Professor

Symbols Motifs LITERARY ANALYSIS Themes MATRIX Imagery/Diction Characters + Conflict

Memory, Symbol, and Pattern are ways to CONNECT with a text • The Literary Analysis Matrix is a way to keep track of those connections you make, and organize them into different areas of connection and meaning • Each section on here touches on Memory, Symbol, and Pattern Literary Analysis Matrix

Using this matrix will help you better get something out of a text • Our goal as readers is to make connections with what we are reading in order to make meaning from what we read • Literary Analysis Matrix: way to record connections Literary Analysis Matrix

A SYMBOL is anything that stands for or represents something else • For example, words are symbols for ideas • Word “FREEDOM” [stands for] idea of “FREEDOM” • Ex. a flag is a SYMBOL for a country WHAT is a SYMBOL?

Match the symbols below to the idea they represent. Death, dying Symbols Cross Engagement Ring Diploma The color black A rose Peace sign A Achievement B Romance C Unity D E Christianity Quick Check! F Commitment

Match the symbols below to the idea they represent. A Death, dying Symbols Cross Engagement Ring Diploma The color black A rose Peace sign E B Achievement F Romance C B D Unity A E Christianity Quick Check! C Commitment F D

Authors use symbols to represent ideas • Symbols are objects/things that represent an idea in literature • They can also be characters or settings that represent an idea • YOU MUST GO INTO EVERY READING WITH THE IDEA THAT EVERYTHING/EVERYONE REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE WHAT is a SYMBOL in literature?

Finding SYMBOLS requires close, careful attention to objects, people, and places while reading – everything represents something else! • SYMBOLS can be people or places as well as objects • PAUSE & JOT • What are some symbols you remember from stories you’ve read/movies you’ve seen? YOUR TURN! Finding SYMBOLS in literature

A MOTIF is anything that comes up over and over again in a story – like a pattern • A MOTIF can be an image: • Ex. images of fire • A MOTIF can be an action: • Ex. walking, dancing • A MOTIF can be a concept or idea: • Ex. good vs. evil, light and dark WHAT is a Motif?

Recognizing a pattern helps us to be aware while we read • We notice, “Hey, he’s doing it again!” or “Boy, they sure are talking about the color red a lot.” • It helps us as readers make meaning of the text WHAT do Motifs DO for us?

PAUSE & JOT: • What PATTERNS am I seeing over and over again? • What IMAGES do I keep seeing? What are characters DOING repeatedly? • Trailer YOUR TURN! Let’s look at an example using film…

IMAGERY refers to the mental images the reader gets when reading • We talk about imagery in relation to how it makes us feel when we read something • Ex. The Dark Knight Rises trailer has a lot of violent imagery WHAT is IMAGERY?

DICTION refers to the kind of words the author uses in the story • Ask: how do the words sound together? • Can be characterized as simple, choppy, intense, violent, depressing, formal, slang • Ex. Formal diction: “We request your attendance at our home this weekend” • Ex. Informal diction: “Yo, come to our crib on Saturday” • Ex. Choppy diction: “Our house. Saturday. Be there.” • Ex. Corny diction: “We’d be thrilled if you came this weekend!” WHAT is DICTION?

YOUR TURN! • PAUSE & JOT: • Let’s try: take the sentence below • “WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEKEND?” • Now try writing in different dictions below: • Informal • Angry • Sad • Violent • Positive • Negative Quick Check!

Examining IMAGERY and DICTION help us understand how the author wanted to tell his/her story • Was the author speaking to a certain audience? Was the author forceful in his words or message? Was he unsure of what he wanted to say? How are the two related?

How would you characterize the IMAGERY and DICTION in this excerpt? • She stepped out of the apartment into the freezing rain. It was pouring by now; beating her shoulders and the backs of her thighs mercilessly. She didn’t care, she just wanted to get away – from John, from their problems, from the mountains of unpaid bills and relentless phone calls – from everything. She realized she had been standing in the open for some time when she finally pulled her eyes away from her heart, and started walking. YOUR TURN!

How would you characterize the IMAGERY and DICTION in this excerpt? • She stepped out of the apartment into the freezing rain. It was pouring by now; beating her shoulders and the backs of her thighs mercilessly. She didn’t care, she just wanted to get away – from John, from their problems, from the mountains of unpaid bills and relentless phone calls – from everything. She realized she had been standing in the open for some time when she finally pulled her eyes away from her heart, and started walking.

How would you characterize the IMAGERY and DICTION in this excerpt? • I think the imagery is very depressing, but also hopeful in a way. The image of her stepping into the cold rain is a sad one. The author’s diction like “beating” and “mercilessly” when describing the rain also helps give an impression of being pressured or weighed down. You also get an image of her wanting to escape, from the “mountains” of pressure she has. The author’s final image of her “pulling her eyes” away shows that she’s reluctant but knows she has to leave.

Symbols Motifs LITERARY ANALYSIS Themes MATRIX Imagery/Diction/Tone Characters + Conflict

We use CHARACTERIZATION (the way the author presents the character) to examine CHARACTERS and their actions/thoughts/feelings • Knowing who CHARACTERS are helps understand other elements of the story • We often ask, “Would I have done the same thing in that position?” • Tip: authors helps us learn a lot about characters through their names – pay attention to what characters are named in stories!! How do we examine CHARACTERS?

CONFLICT refers to the problem or struggle the CHARACTERS experience • Can be a large conflict • Man vs. Man • Man vs. Society • Man vs. Nature • Can also be a struggle or point of tension in a book • Man vs. Self • A clock ticking, time passing, sickness, language barrier, etc. How do we examine CONFLICT?

Read the passage below. How would you describe the CHARACTER? What CONFLICTS do you see? • When I came home to dinner my uncle had not yet been home. Still it was early. I sat staring at the clock for some time and, when its ticking began to irritate me, I left the room. I mounted the staircase and gained the upper part of the house. The high, cold, empty, gloomy rooms liberated me and I went from room to room singing. From the front window I saw my companions playing below in the street. Their cries reached me weakened and indistinct and, leaning my forehead against the cool glass, I looked over at the dark house where she lived. I may have stood there for an hour, seeing nothing but the brown-clad figure cast by my imagination, touched discreetly by the lamplight at the curved neck, at the hand upon the railings and at the border below the dress. YOUR TURN!

Read the passage below. How would you describe the CHARACTER? What CONFLICTS do you see? • When I came home to dinner my uncle had not yet been home. Still it was early. I sat staring at the clock for some time and, when its ticking began to irritate me, I left the room. I mounted the staircase and gained the upper part of the house. The high, cold, empty, gloomy rooms liberated me and I went from room to room singing. From the front window I saw my companions playing below in the street. Their cries reached me weakened and indistinct and, leaning my forehead against the cool glass, I looked over at the dark house where she lived. I may have stood there for an hour, seeing nothing but the brown-clad figure cast by my imagination, touched discreetly by the lamplight at the curved neck, at the hand upon the railings and at the border below the dress.

Read the passage below. How would you describe the CHARACTER? What CONFLICTS do you see? • The character in the excerpt seems very isolated. He likes to be alone and feels “liberated” by cold empty rooms. He seems to live with his uncle, and is upset by the passage of time. He also seems to be struggling with the loss of someone, a woman, who used to live near him. He sees her shape in his head and seems to long for her by pressing his head against the glass. This guy (sounds like a guy) likes being alone but longs for her company.

Theme refers to THE MESSAGE of an author’s written work • Usually an insight or examination about/into life or human behavior revealed in a story • Good way to remember what theme is: • THEMESSAGE • Sometimes referred to as the piece’s “moral” • “The moral of the story is…” • Some examples: • The loss of innocence as children grow up • The afterlife is a big unknown • Power corrupts even the noblest of men What is a THEME of a text?

In most stories, the theme is not stated directly. • Instead: revealed to us through characters’ experiences • Different writers from different cultures often express similar themes • A theme is a generalization about life or human nature  certain experiences are common to all people everywhere • These are called universal themes What is a THEME of a text?

Match the familiar stories below to the appropriate theme. It pays to work hard and plan ahead. Stories Beauty and the Beast The Three Little Pigs The Ugly Duckling The Frog Prince A Appearances can be deceiving. B Quick Check!

Match the familiar stories below to the appropriate theme. It pays to work hard and plan ahead. Stories Beauty and the Beast The Three Little Pigs The Ugly Duckling The Frog Prince A B Appearances can be deceiving. B A B B Quick Check!

NO! The subject is simply the topic and can be summed up in one word (Ex. “loyalty,”“World War II,”“Two feuding families”) • The theme should make some revelation about the subject and should be expressed in a sentence (Ex. “Loyalty to a leader is not always noble,”“War is a necessary evil,”“Fate is an unstoppable force”) Wait, isn’t the THEME the same thing as the SUBJECT?

Questions to ask when identifying/connecting with theme: • What does the author want me to learn/think about from reading this text? • What MESSAGE or MORAL is this book teaching through what happens in the story? • What do the characters LEARN? How do they CHANGE? How do you find the theme?

Symbols Motifs LITERARY ANALYSIS Themes WHY is this in the middle like this? What does this tell you about the relationship between theme and the other parts? MATRIX Imagery/Diction Characters + Conflict

Symbols Motifs LITERARY ANALYSIS Themes Theme is the BIGGER PICTURE TOGETHER—all the other elements help to MAKE THE BOOK/STORY’S THEME Every other piece of the literary matrix feeds into the book/story’s THEME MATRIX Imagery/Diction Characters + Conflict

Below is a poem by Tupac Shakur called “The Rose that Grew from Concrete” • Read the poem and write: • The SUBJECT of the poem • The THEME of the poem and WHY you think it’s the theme Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?  Proving nature's law is wrong it  learned to walk with out having feet.  Funny it seems, but by keeping it's dreams,  it learned to breathe fresh air.  Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared. Practice!

Monday, September 9, 2013