--Submit the revised, finalized version of your argumentative literary analysis paragraph writing assignment by placing the writing piece in the black basket on the front table.
--Engage in some last-minute studying quietly and independently.
--When Mr. Martin directs you to do so, pick up the Unit #6 vocabulary quiz from the front table. Complete the quiz quietly and independently. Good luck!
S. the C.
--Reminder: The few of you still needing to take care of CWP revisions due to my absence--let's get together ASAP! :)
--agenda/HW
--trade and grade--return quizzes to rightful owners--reflect on performance and note still-not-mastered words in your vocabulary book--Mr. Martin collects quizzes
*+1 awarded to winners from last class*
Transition -- submit your mostly-scored vocabulary quiz and pick up a copy of the essay from the front table
Reading Activity #1 -- Roland Barthes' "The Death of the Author" (1967)
--conduct a gist reading of the first paragraph of the essay orally
--engage in discussion about the first paragraph (e.g., Why Sarrasine? What concept is being introduced in the first sentence? Etc.)--"talk to the text" (and, of course, each other!)
--conduct a gist reading of the rest of the essay (silently or orally?--majority rules!)--feel free to annotate a little bit (though this is not the purpose during an initial reading)
Reading Activity #2/Looking Ahead
--Mr. Martin's "Personal Legend": To create a form/packet/whatever! for us to use each time we analyze nonfiction together to streamline the process/assure we work toward mastering the standards
--elaborate upon goal with reading a poem as an example--when you read a poem, this is just what you do...
--LIFE LESSON: Sometimes, we just need help (the "universe conspir[ing]," an "omen," a friend, a coworker...in this case, fellow scholars!)
--Rough process:
- Visit the following link and study the standards together: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/common_core_standards/pdfdocs/p12_common_core_learning_standards_ela.pdf
- On the front board, create a list of tasks, prompts, questions, etc. together in order to begin creating the "dream document" (MR. MARTIN MODELS WITH RI.1)--we will begin using this document together next class in our continued grapple with "The Death of the Author"
--Close read (SEE MR. MARTIN'S SAMPLE--SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH "THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH") the second paragraph of Barthes' essay ("No doubt it has...author 'confiding' in us."), and be prepared to discuss your observations, thoughts, questions (and answers), etc. formulated when "talking to the text."
