Today's Agenda

Agenda

1. Schema: Feedback on yesterday's multiple choice practice test
2. Grade the practice test
3. Poetry workshop: Shakespearean sonnets

Homework

Due tomorrow: Read Beloved through page 252 and create a two page character analysis

Due after the break: Finish Beloved and create a 2-3 page choice thesis paper

Today's Agenda

Agenda

1. Schema: How does a multiple choice question reveal hints as to the answers?
2. Continue Beloved close reading discussion
3. Practice multiple choice exam

Homework

Due Friday: Beloved through page 252 with a 2 page character analysis

Today's Agenda

Agenda

1. Schema: Partner review of character analysis papers
2. Continue close reading activity/discussion
3. Gallery Walk: Characterization

Homework

Due Friday: Read Beloved to page 252 - create a 2 page character analysis for another character

Yesterday's Agenda

Agenda

1. Schema: select one line from Beloved as the first line to your creative writing activity
2. Writing Workshop

Homework

Due tomorrow: Read Beloved through page 187 - write a two page character analysis

Today's Agenda

Agenda
1. Schema: Analyze the character of Sethe; what kind of woman is she?
2. Group work to answer close analysis prompts
3. Whole group discussion of the text

Homework
Due Tuesday: Read Beloved (through page 187) and write a two page character analysis of any one character in the story.

Yesterday's Agenda

Sorry for the delay!

Agenda
1. Schema: How do the slave perspective narratives compare to the perspectives in Beloved?
2. PowerPoint presentations of slave perspectives
3. Connection discussion to Beloved

Homework
By tomorrow: read through page 124 of Beloved - create 5 discussion prompts for two scenes (a total of 10)

Today's Agenda

Agenda

1. Schema: First reaction to Beloved - thoughts, questions, concerns...
2. Close Reading Quiz (pages 60-61 of Beloved)
3. Discussion of Quiz and the first 50 pages of Beloved

Homework - Due Friday
1. Read pages 60-124
2. Create 5 discussion prompts for two close reading passages (a total of ten prompts)

Today's Agenda

Agenda

1. Schema: Essay Review (final read, self-assessment of strength, weakness, and grade)
2. Perspective Research: Slave Narratives (read, powerpoint construction, presentation)

Slave Narrative Link: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/index.html

Homework

Due Tuesday: Read Beloved through page 59 - Create 5 discussion prompts for 2 close reading passages (a total of 10 prompts)

Today's Agenda

Agenda

1. Schema: Create a thesis for the close reading passage from yesterday.
2. Review of thesis statement/topic sentence/evidence analysis
3. Time to work on essays: peer review, editing, revising, writing

Homework

DUE TOMORROW: Final draft of literary theory papers!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

1. Schema: What themes are evident in When I Was Puerto Rican?
2. Finish and discuss theme assignment
3. Close analysis partner work with text selection
4. Small group discussion of thesis statements and topic sentences

Homework

1. Rough draft of literary thesis papers due tomorrow!
2. Final drafts of literary thesis papers due Friday!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

1. Schema: Essay Reviews - comments and suggestions for improving randomly selected student essays
2. Prose Workshop: Close analysis of teacher-selected passages in When I Was Puerto Rican
3. Finding Evidence: Partner work to develop thesis statements and find appropriate evidence to support topic sentences

Homework

Literary Theory Papers: Drafts are due on Thursday!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Review recent essays and write an analysis of your strenghts and weaknesses

1. Discuss the essay results
2. Hand back work/grade reports
3. Writer's Workshop Day

Homework

Due tomorrow: Finish When I Was Puerto Rican and Literary Journals. In addition, come to class with your final thesis statement and topic sentences.

Literary Theory Papers

Please post your working thesis as a comment to this post. After you post, please read one thesis and provide some comments for the writer.