Garaux’s 9 C.P.Week Four 9/17-21 Fall ‘12
Objectives/Goals: Students Will…- Analyze interactions between characters in literary text and how the interactions affect plot.
- Identify and analyze how an author uses figurative language, sound, devices and literary techniques to shape plot, set meaning and develop tone.
- Write responses to literature that extend beyond the summary and support references to the text, other works, other authors or to personal knowledge
- Use documented textual evidence to justify interpretations of literature
Class Activities/Assessments:
Monday, 9/17
- Students present their posters
- Look through pics for images that are repeated; these become symbols in the novel
- Ask the students for things that get repeated throughout the novel: actions, settings, objects, colors, dialogue, etc.
- In assigned groups students make posters for the symbols in the novel
- (Have posters prepared: Symbol written across the top and page numbers)
- Finish working on the posters
- Go over the posters.
- Define theme in poetry packet
- Watch clip from Pink Floyd’s The Wall: Min. 54-57- Pink is alone and grasping at a wall and trying to climb over it while “Is there anybody out there” plays in the background.
Hmk: Theme page in poetry packet
Wedensday, 9/19
- How do these symbols reveal themes in this novel? Students get back into their groups and I will send the posters back around: Students add possible themes to their posters.
- Students add something a character says that seems to embody/imply/state the theme.
- Dreams destroy us. We destroy our dreams. If we don’t surrender our dreams, they won’t come true. We don’t always get “exactly” what we want…We have to find a way to cope with loneliness or we will go nuts. Someone else can easily take your power away from you…
- Show bio from the Soul Surfer girl
- clips from the movie, Soul Serfer: What is her symbol? What is her theme? What would she say the theme of the novel is? If you lose sight of your dream (give up) you will fail.
- Theme is influenced by, symbols in the novel, the author’s life, the reader’s experiences
- Introduce essay prompt
- Give a basic rundown of S…ite,ite,ite
- Notes on writing an extended response
- Work on outlines: Write the first two “SITEs”
- Watch the Stienbeck video- find evidence of the theme you chose in his life
- Work on the last two “SITEs”- Using textual evidence from the Steinbeck article and a specific experience in your life
- Rules of the computer lab and formatting essay
- Computer lab to type up outlines
- Block 1+3=104; Block 4=106