Jump Off
--Please find your name card and sit in the corresponding desk. Then, take out the following:
--Please find your name card and sit in the corresponding desk. Then, take out the following:
- your notebook
- Please date the page (3/11/2019), and label this section of your notes "Notes for Writing a Literary Analysis".
- your copies of the following:
- the "The Alchemist Novella Unit--End-of-Novella-Unit Literary Analysis Written Response" sheet
- the "The Alchemist Novella Unit--End-of-Novella-Unit Literary Analysis Written Response Exemplar" document
--Wrapping Up With the End in Mind: You will write a two paragraph literary analysis response in which you...
- show that Coelho is implementing a writing strategy (literary element or literary technique or rhetorical device) within the novella The Alchemist
- explain how Coelho uses the writing strategy to develop an emergent theme of the story.
--agenda/HW
Writing Workshop (cont.) -- End-of-Novella-Unit Literary Analysis Written Response
- Jot down any notes that end up on the whiteboard (about organization, about transitioning into evidence, etc.).
- When I finish, copy down the first paragraph of the exemplary written response.
- re-column the desks
- aim to finish outlining/writing paragraph 1
- begin re-reading/revising and RE-READING paragraph 1?
*DURING THIS TIME, I WILL MEET WITH STUDENTS ONE-ON-ONE AT THE FRONT TABLE.*
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 3/14 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
Writing
- What is a strong theme statement for the novella?
- What additional pieces of evidence from the novella do you intend to use?
--Continue thinking about the following questions:
- Research Unit: What might you argue with regard to your research topic?
- At this point, you should have at least two proper sources printed out and actively/purposefully read. Continuing to read in this manner should help you zero in on your argument!
- End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?
HW (Class Preparation)
--FINISH your free reading book. Work toward fulfillment of the Free Reading Course Component for Marking Periods 3 and 4 as per the parameters set forth in the document you received last class block.
--Be thinking about the memoir genre. Whose life/what "type" of life would you like to read about during the last 12 weeks of the school year?
Miscellaneous
--FINISH your free reading book. Work toward fulfillment of the Free Reading Course Component for Marking Periods 3 and 4 as per the parameters set forth in the document you received last class block.
- One-pagers are due NEXT TIME (Wednesday, 3/13).
- Class time will be given to complete this task.
- Book reviews are due NEXT TIME (Wednesday, 3/13).
- Class time will be given to complete this task.
- Voicemails are due by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, 3/13.
- Book talks must be completed by the end of the after-school period on Thursday, 3/14.
