“The end was in the beginning”

1. “The end was in the beginning” Invisible Man Chapter 25

2. Independent Reading: Finish Book by April 9Annotated Bibliography due that day Monday’s Focus Question: Identify a literary element within the novel you are reading. Copy down an example of it and provide the page number. • Monday’s Learning Target: I can identify literary elements in a piece of fiction. • Tuesday: No reading log • Wednesday’s Focus Question: Identify a recurring motif in your novel. Write a claim statement about its importance. • Wednesday’s Learning Target: I can identify and explain the importance of motifs in a novel.

3. This Week’s Schedule • Today’s Schedule: • Pre-write for IM test • Finish “motif and theme” chart • Select an essay topic • Decide on three main topics for body paragraphs • Collect evidence (page numbers) • Begin pre-writing an introduction • Tomorrow: IM test (choice of essay) • Friday: Study Island

4. Theme statements from the great minds of period 1 • Although violence is often used to solve problems, in the end it only makes things worse. • Dreams start as ambitious goals, but as time passes a person often loses sight of those goals and dreams turn into regrets. • Invisibility can be a result of skin color and prevent one from being acknowledged by society. • Too much power can be harmful if used the wrong way. • Power can come to individuals in many ways that society doesn’t always recognize.

5. Theme statements from the great minds of period 4 • Power can be constructive or destructive depending on whose hands it is in. • Failure to see a person’s true identity can result in violence. • Power can come to individuals in many ways that society does not always recognize. • Failure to recognize other races as you would your own can lead to individuals feeling invisible to the world.

6. Theme statements from the great minds of 6th period • Power can cause people to ignore their morals and betray their own people or the ones they love because they are blinded by their lust for power and control. • Dreams are not always what they seem to be because the world can be a harsh reality. • Invisibility pushes people to construct a personal identity in a divided society.

7. Themes from the great minds of 7th period • Invisibility is constructed by others as a collection of general stereotypes rather than an actual individual person. • One can gain powerful positions through manipulating others. • Society perceives others as invisible if they don’t have the same views and appearance as others. • Society often uses violence as a form of resolution to the conflict on inequality. • When people let their ego control them, it can lead to violence.

8. Motifs and Themes • Motif: a recurring or dominant idea in a literary work • Theme: a statement of universal truth that reveals itself in a work of literature. Invisibility is a motif. What Ellison is saying about invisibility is a theme.

9. Group Work: Be ready to share • Select 3 motifs off your motif chart. Write them on chart paper. • Discuss what you think the author is trying to say about these topics. • Write a theme statement for each. Remember: themes are NOT clichéd statements. They are insightful and complex. Example: Racism obscures individuality as perceptions are colored by skin. • Provide specific evidence from the novel (include page or chapter number) for each theme statement you write.

10. Today’s Agenda • Invisible Man test • Proofread your response when finished and check against the rubric • Attach rubric to test and put in basket • Meet in Lab 218 tomorrow for EOC practice • 1st deadline for Study Island is Friday, April 18 – have an entire section finished (Reading Literature, Reading Informational, Writing or Language) • Annotated Bibliography Due Wednesday, April 9