Week of September 15-19

Monday, September 15:

• Fiction Reading and Log #3 (write this in your composition book)
• Plot Writing Assignment for "A&P"
• Using your notes and a book, write about the elements of plot as they appear in the story, "A&P" (p. 16).  Define the terms:  exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.  Then describe (using complete sentences) the contents of the various elements of the story and support your thinking.

Tuesday, September 16:

• Finish and turn in "A&P" Plot Writing Assignment
• Notes:  Point of View
• Activity:  Identifying Point of View/Narrative Perspective
• Identify the point of view of 15 short passages.  Determine if the point of view is 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person omniscient, 3rd person limited, or 3rd person objective.  Explain how you arrived at your answer.

Wednesday, September 17:

• Fiction Reading and Log #4 (write this in your composition book)
• Go over the Identifying Point of View Activity
• Begin reading "A Rose for Emily" (p. 29) in groups, using the "Say Something" reading strategy

Thursday, September 18:

• Finish reading "A Rose for Emily" (p. 29) in groups and work on the questions.  Staple the handout with the questions into your composition book (this should be your 7th entry).  In addition, in your groups, write one open-ended discussion question for each section (5 questions total) - we will use them tomorrow to discuss the reading.

Friday, September 19:

• Fiction Reading and Log #5 (write this in your composition book)
• Discuss "A Rose for Emily"
• Notes:  Unreliable Narrator