1. Step One:
a. Step One: Students will read the handout “Angles of Literacy” and complete all of the work within, including:
i. Annotating “Blackberry-Picking”
ii. Summarizing the poem.
iii. Answering questions posed about the poem in the summary (page 12).
2. Step Two:
a. Step Two: Students with DiYanni textbooks should get the books out and begin reading pages 31 – 37.
i. After reading the pages, students should complete questions 1 – 11 on page 37.
1. Students should do this work on a piece of notebook paper to turn in.
2. Students should use complete sentences in their answer.
b. Step Two (Alternate): Students who do not have a Diyanni textbook will pick up from Mr. Thompson the excerpt from the DiYanni textbook: “The Evaluation of Fiction” which contains “A & P” by John Updike.
i. Students will read through the entire handout.
ii. Students will answer the 11 questions after the story.
1. Students should use complete sentences in their answers.
3. Step Three: The Iliad
a. Step Three: If students finish and TURN IN the work on A & P by Updike, they may use their computers to read the next books of The Iliad.
i. Computers may only be turned on once both steps one and two are turned in to Mr. Thompson.
