Block 2
--Get into assigned groups as per PowerPoint slide.
--Send a group member up to select items from the front table.
Block 4
--Form a circle. Bring your copy of "The Masque of the Red Death" and a notebook.
Block 2/Block 4
S. the C.
--During today's class, we will work on Writing Standards, several Reading Literature standards, and Speaking and Listening standards.
--agenda/HW
--What do we want Friday's class to look like?
Block 4
Story #1 -- “The Masque of the Red Death” Close Reading/Discussion (cont.)
--when in the circle today, bear in mind the following Reading Literature standards, the bolded of which link directly to your "Short Story Writing Assignment":
English 10 students:
- RL.1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
- RL.2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details.
- RL.3: 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.
- RL.4: 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).
- RL.5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
- Recognize specific literary techniques (e.g., figurative language, irony, symbolism, etc.) used by authors, and, via strong and thorough textual evidence, can show how authors use these techniques to develop their texts.
--finish oral re-reading of story paragraph-by-paragraph--students share annotations from close reading--Mr. Martin (if necessary) encourages a "deeper dig" via prompting, items listed below, etc.
- initial questions/thoughts formulated during first reading of the story
- notes written on the "Short Story Analysis Sheet"
- miscellaneous (Essential Questions/Standards/"Short Story Writing Assignment" Preparation):
- What is a short story?
- Poe's command over the short story as a genre
- How does purposefully reading a short story enhance our understanding of the human experience?
- What are some themes that emerge in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
- When and how do these themes emerge?
- What literary techniques does Poe use to develop some of the emergent themes, and how does he effectively use these techniques?
- What does Poe want readers to think about these themes/what insights into the human experience is he presenting (theme statement vs. mere theme)?
- How often do we really stop to think about the ideas about the human experience conveyed to us in literature, from story-to-story, etc.?
Transition -- Mr. Martin assigns small groups via a drawing of cards/one group member selects items from the front table
Block 2/Block 4 (from here forward)
Story #1 -- "The Masque of the Red Death" Literary Analysis Activity
--in assigned groups, engage in discussion/dig back into the story in order to do the following:
Using specific details from "The Masque of the Red Death," show how Edgar Allan Poe uses 1.) ____________ to develop the 2.) ____________ of the story.
--Tip: You might want to assign a scribe to capture your thoughts/ideas for the purpose of sharing out, focusing especially on explanations (tiebacks).
--whole-class Share Out
Transition
--What is a unifying theme statement (or, in terms with which you might be familiar from last year, a controlling idea)? How does a thinker/writer engaging in literary analysis go about creating and developing a quality unifying theme statement?
--sit on the floor in the "cookie jar" close to Mr. Martin so that you can easily see the picture book that he is about to read aloud!
Story #1 -- "The Masque of the Red Death" Literary Analysis/Closure
--Mr. Martin reads "Appointment" aloud--Your Purpose: Come up with a unifying theme statement for "The Masque of the Red Death" and "Appointment"
--Transition -- re-row the desks and pick up an index card from the front table--write your name at the top of the index card
--On your index card, write only the topic sentence(s) for a well-developed paragraph in which you use ideas from both "The Masque of the Red Death" and "Appointment" to establish a unifying theme statement. Somewhere within what you write, you must use one of our first 125 vocabulary words (yes, we've done that many already!), and try not to "force it."
--When you finish, place your index card in the black basket on the front table.
Transition -- take out your homework (a piece of writing that "stands out" for its style) and pick up the "Voice Exposure: Pinpoint the Voice of Another and Mimic It!" document from the front table
Writing Activity -- Voice Exposure: Pinpoint the Voice of Another and Mimic It!
--read through the activity document/modeling
--prompt shared:
Write about wishes...or what annoys you.
--timer set for 10ish minutes...GO!!!
--continue progressing through the activity as per the activity document (continue next class if necessary)
HW
--Continue thinking about your short story. The final draft of the assignment will be due before you know it!
--Bring the materials from today's writing activity again next class.
