Day 45 (1.20.11) B Day

Objective: Students will be able to: practice close-reading and explicating a text. 

  

Class Activities

• Homework Log:
• Log onto Blackboard
• Go to the Agenda Blog
• Click on "Daily Homework Log"
• Literature Book:
• Please read “The Evaluation of Fiction,” “A and P” by John Updike, and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin (pages 31-42) and complete all “Questions for Critical Thinking and Writing” after the stories on a separate sheet of paper to turn in before you leave.
• (Students you should be able to complete this work with the black Literature Books located at the back of the room on the table.)

Homework:

1. DUE on Monday (1.24.11) B Day: Allusions
2. DUE on Monday (1.24.11)  B Day: SUMMATIVE Literature Circles Round 2

Work collected in class:

• Homework Log
• Questions from Critical Thinking and Writing

TEKS: 5(B) analyze the moral dilemmas and quandaries in works of fiction as revealed by the underlying motivations and behaviors of the characters; 7(A) analyze how the author's patterns of imagery, literary allusions, and conceits reveal theme, set tone, and create meaning in metaphors, passages, and literary works.