Thursday, 3/9 - Printed copy of Literary Analysis #1 due in class for peer review
Friday, 3/10 - Literary Analysis #1 due to TurnItIn.com before midnight
Sunday, 3/12 - 45 minutes of Membean practice due before midnight
Please also remember to keep up with the Joy Luck Club reading calendar and to continue creating your motif scholar’s journal.
Monday, March 6
LG: Consider an author's use of diction and setting to convey mood. ELAGSE9-10RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone.) ELAGSE9-10RL6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
Agenda:
- Add tone words to IAN
- In computer lab (2nd period in 113; 4th period in 9234) for literary analysis #1 preparation - due for a peer review on Thursday 3/9 and the final is due to TurnItIn.com by midnight on Friday, 3/10
- Begin Ponder and Responds - Chapter 6 & Chapter 7
- Chapter 6: Compare and contrast the relationships between Ying Ying and Lena and the mother/daughter neighbors. What does this juxtaposition do for the reader? Write a potential theme statement for this chapter.
- Chapter 7: Is Rose in any way responsible for Bing’s death? Consider what June explains in The Joy Luck Club about her childhood responsibility for the Hsu children. How does "Half and Half" fit into the larger context of the novel, and what does it teach readers about An-mei Hsu?
- Homework: Read chapter 8, “Two Kinds” and continue to create your motif scholar’s journal.
Tuesday, March 7
LG: Draw comparisons between literary texts. Understand author’s rhetorical strategies in literary works, focusing on word choices and how they develop character and create meaning/theme. ELAGSE9-10RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone.) ELAGSE9-10L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens practice
- Read “Rice and Rose Bowl Blues” poem by Diane Mei Lin Mark; complete TPFASSTT analysis on the poem; draw comparisons between this text and Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds”
- Homework: Homework: Read chapter 9, “Rice Husband” and continue to create your motif scholar’s journal.
Wednesday, March 8
LG: Trace character actions throughout a text to understand how complex characters create and reveal plot and theme. ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters(e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens Level 3 Notes in IAN and practice sentences
- Add STEAL to IAN
- Assign mother/daughter relationship to Chinese families to track for entire novel; go back to chapters for that relationship and begin tracking their character development, motivation and how that drives conflict. Add findings to group butcher paper.
- Homework: Read chapter 10, “Four Directions” and continue to create your motif scholar’s journal. Bring copies of printed literary analysis #1 for peer review tomorrow.
Thursday, March 9
LG: Practice role as a “peer editor” to improve revision skills and help create polished pieces. Understand author’s rhetorical strategies in literary works, focusing on word choices and how they develop character and create meaning/theme. ELAGSE9-10RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone.) ELAGSE9-10L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens Level 3 practice sentences
- Add Lead-ins Handout to IAN
- Complete a peer review (peer review handout here) for Literary Analysis #1, focusing on author’s style, clarity, and conventions
- Continue characterization lesson and share findings with the class
- If time, Ponder & Respond for Chapter 10, "Four Directions"
- Homework: Read chapter 11, “Without Wood” and continue to create your motif scholar’s journal. Literary Analysis #1 due to TurnItIn.com tomorrow before midnight.
Friday, March 10
LG: Understand author’s rhetorical strategies in literary works, focusing on word choices and how they develop character and create meaning/theme. ELAGSE9-10RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone.) ELAGSE9-10L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens Level 3 practice
- Ponder and Respond: At the start of “Without Wood,” Rose tells of her believing in her mother’s tales of ghosts and magic because “the power of her words was that strong.” At the end of the story, when she tells Ted he can’t throw her away, he looks confused and scared: “The power of my words was that strong.” What does this repetition show about mother and daughter and East and West?
- Group Butcher Paper Activity: The Garden of Marriage—Tan uses garden and weed imagery to show the condition of Ted and Rose’s marriage in “Without Wood.” Even Mr. Chou is incorporated into the image pattern. Trace the images through Rose’s story and decide what each images represents and how it fits into the pattern. Consider what the former condition of the garden shows about Ted; what the present condition reveals about Rose; what the imagery suggests about the future of their marriage. Explain how hulihuda connects to the imagery. What is the significance of Rose’s final dream? Her name?
- Homework: Read chapter 12, “Best Quality” and continue to create your motif scholar’s journal. Submit Literary Analysis #1 to TurnItIn.com by midnight tonight. Practice Membean - 45 minutes due Sunday, 3/12 by midnight.