--Pick up the following documents from the front table:
- "English 10 Honors--Article of the Week #4 (9/29-10/3)--2014-2015 School Year"
- the document containing sample work (English 9 Article of the Week active reading)
- "English 10 Honors--Reading Literature--Definitions/Tips from Thomas C. Foster's List of Eighteen for Reading Novels"
--agenda/rationale/HW
--take a quick look at exemplary work in preparation for the next AoW
--EXPECT TO RECEIVE YOUR AOW WORK FROM LAST WEEK SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE
Transition (1 min.)
--Take out your copy of the text titled "Pickup Lines and Open(ing) Seductions, or Why Novels Have First Pages" and your definitions/tips document that you picked up earlier in the block.
Purposeful (Re)reading/Notetaking Activity -- Thomas C. Foster's "Pickup Lines and Open(ing) Seductions, or Why Novels Have First Pages" from How to Read Novels Like a Professor (2008) (45ish mins.--stop with time remaining in order to share some writing pieces)
--Rationale/Purpose:
- As noted on the first day of school, one of the broad, overarching goals of this course is gaining the ability to read "like a champ". Foster's list beginning on page 25 defines the "things" that seasoned readers of literature skillfully look for and think about at the beginning of novels (and, based on what they discover, continue tracking throughout).
- If we can make sense of this list and implement the tips embedded within it, we will be moving toward achieving our year-long goal!
- Independently or in pairs, define the bolded term/concept assigned to you (using prior knowledge, the context of Foster's chapter, materials in the classroom, smart phones, etc.) and summarize tips provided by Foster or thought of based on Foster's text pertaining to your term/concept.
- I WILL MODEL WITH STYLE.
--Assignments:
- Style -- Martin
- Tone -- Mahnke, Vinci
- Mood -- Burley
- Diction -- Thompson
- Point of view -- Hitchcock III
- Narrative presence -- Fasce, Dorey
- Narrative attitude -- Phillips, Tewksbury
- Time frame -- Ellis
- Time management -- Barnard
- Place -- Cisco
- Motif -- Hensler, Smith
- Theme -- Loomis
- Irony -- Weber
- Rhythm -- Hull
- Pace -- Leinders
- Expectations -- Bosch
- Character -- O'Duffy
- Instructions on how to read the novel -- Kowal
--work time
--share out/jot down notes on definitions/tips document
Teambuilding Activity -- Thematic Writing Assignment--Partner Interviews (remainder of class)
--I hand an introduction and first body paragraph of an essay with the name of the student being written about whited out to a random student--he/she then reads the essay segment aloud, substituting the word "blank" for each whited out area
--guess who?!
--student being written about repeats first and last name, reveals the author of the writing piece, and shares one additional "tidbit" about him or herself (perhaps something else that came up during the interviewing sessions?)
--REPEAT THE PROCESS...
--EXPECT TO RECEIVE YOUR SCORED WRITING PIECE WITH AMPLE FEEDBACK SOMETIME NEXT WEEK
HW
--Begin your work with Article of the Week #4, which is due at the beginning of class on Monday, 10/6. This task will include purposefully reading the directions in the box at the top of the page and completing your best work with regard to the directions.
--Finish filling in the notes for the definitions/tips document. I will post pictures on the blog to help you do so ASAP.
--Close read pages 34 (beginning with "18. Instructions on how...") through 36 of Thomas C. Foster's "Pickup Lines and Open(ing) Seductions, or Why Novels Have First Pages". Consult the list under "Step #2" of your "Mr. Martin's English--Reading Nonfiction Document" for close reading tips. I would expect to see most (if not all) of the close reading methods on the list implemented within your own annotations. Expect to write about and/or discuss your annotations next class.
