Tuesday

Today, we will read a nonfiction memoir (or section of a memoir) on the Montgomery Boycott.  Remember, your unit goal is to write a personal narrative using elements of fiction that you have learned from the short story unit.  Think about how Coretta Scott King uses literary elements in her story.  Also, think about how you would compare this story to "Everyday Use".

Turn to page 968.

Questions: 1-4, 7 and 8 on page 978. 


Tomorrow you will have the following in-class quiz:

Write an Essay comparing “The Possibility of Evil”, “The Lottery”, and “Everyday Use” either by theme, character, symbolism, or irony.

 

New Vocabulary

1) Palliate
2) Confiscate
3) Inundate
4) Deprecate
5) Exonerate
6) Capitulate
7) Svelte
8) Diurnal
9) Canopy
10) Patrimony

Unit Learning goal: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the structure of fiction by breaking down the essential building blocks (literary elements) of short stories by plot, dialogue, imagery, character development, figurative language (metaphor, symbolism, irony), point of view, connecting these blocks to the overall meaning (or theme) of the text, and final writing a personal narrative using some of these devices. 

 Scale/Rubric relating to learning goal:
4 – The student can analyze the elements of a short story come up with a valid theme (or themes) of a text and relate this theme to other texts and/or movies and real world situations.  The student is able to write a personal narrative using these elements to create a text with a realistic theme that relates to the student’s life.

3 – The student can analyze elements of a short story and come up with a valid theme for a text.  The student is able to write a personal narrative using some of these elements to create a text with a valid theme that relates to the student’s life.

2 – With some direction/help from the teacher the student can analyze the elements of a short story and come up with a theme for a text.  With some direction/help from the teacher the student is able to write a personal narrative using some of these elements to create a text with a valid theme that relates to the student’s life.

1 – Even with help from the teacher the student is unable to analyze elements of a short story and come up with a theme for a text.  Even with help from the teacher the student in unable to write a personal narrative using some of these elements to create a text with a valid theme that relates to the student’s life.