HW Reminders: Final literary analysis essay will be due on Friday, November 11. Your dialectical journal will be due this day as well.
DJ #1 pages 1-50 DJ#2 pages 51-75 DJ #3 pages 76-100 DJ#4 pages 101-125 DJ #5 pages 126-150 DJ #6 pages 151-end Agenda: Warm-up: Unpacking evidence--this is a hand out--see me for maek-up work Conferences over thesis statements and time to polish thesis statements and gather evidence for outline. HW Reminders: Come with a polished thesis statement next class.
Agenda: Themes debate--what would Coelho agree/disagree with? Intro to thesis statements and time to work on rough draft thesis statement. HW reminders: If you were absent, your job is to finish reading the book! We finished it in class today.
Agenda: Warm-up: PEA paragraph part II The desert functions as an important symbol in this story. Prompt: What does the desert symbolize and how do you know what you know? Get back together with your group from last class and get out the point you created together. Now, go to the direct evidence you used in your paragraph from last class. Share your quote with your group and explain why it proves your point. As a group, decide who most convincingly argues their piece of evidence and why. Be prepared to share! Read together as a large group and discuss the climax of the novel. Work on DJs--two quotes/entry DJ #1 pages 1-50 DJ#2 pages 51-75 DJ #3 pages 76-100 DJ#4 pages 101-125 DJ #5 pages 126-150 DJ #6 pages 151-end HW Reminders and Agenda:
HW reminders: none! Agenda: Warm-up: PEA paragraph--this is your third notebook check for the month! The desert functions as an important symbol in this story. What does the desert symbolize and how do you know what you know? First, brainstorm ideas with a group no larger than three. Together, write a possible POINT for your body paragraph. Be prepared to share this. On your own: Write a paragraph where you make a specific claim about what the desert symbolizes (Point), you find a direct piece of evidence to support it (Evidence), analyze your piece of evidence (Analysis), and explain how it proves your claim (Link to your point). Popcorn read--preparing to finish the novel! HW Reminders and agenda:
HW reminders: For Monday, 10/24, be read through page 148. There will be a reading quiz. Agenda: Warm-up: Santiago and the Alchemist Side one: Find a direct piece of evidence that you think demonstrates what the relationship between Santiago and the Alchemist is like. Side two: Find a direct piece of evidence that offers clues about the archetypal character the Alchemist could be. *Add your quote to the board when you're ready. Notes: motif and theme--know and understand these terms Read--we reached page 137 in class. HW Reminders and Agenda:
HW reminders: Be read through page 127 by next class--this would complete DJ#4 Agenda: Group quiz and discuss Individual or partner reading time while I check Oct 3 and 5 warm-ups for October NB check HW Reminders and Agenda:
HW Reminders: Reading assignment for Tuesday: be read through p.107—you will have another reading quiz. Agenda: Introduce literary analysis essay--inner outer circle discussion to begin brainstorming ideas Popcorn read! HW Reminders and Agenda:
HW reminders: check your grade! What are you missing? Agenda: The Alchemist reading quiz Discuss quiz Popcorn read and work on DJ #2--pages 51-75 Go see Eurydice--discuss Hero's Journey
Read pages 48-63 for Tuesday--reading quiz on Tuesday 10/11 HW reminders and Agenda:
HW reminders: Reading assignment for next Tuesday 10/11: read through page 63. We will have a reading quiz on 10/11. Our next DJ assignment will span pages 51-75. Agenda: Warm-up: Using the Oxford Literary Terms glossaries, create a “slide” of notes about symbolism. Your slide should have a definition that makes sense to your intended audience: juniors in high school. It should also have an example from The Alchemist. Return to our reading from last class. What did we encounter that could possibly symbolize something important? Find a piece of direct evidence. Discuss the Hero's Journey--put notes in notebook Read as a large group |
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