- Fiction Reading and Log #6
- Begin reading "Strawberry Spring" in groups. Use the symbols described in the "Thinking Notes" to respond to text by writing in the margins. Finish reading the story for homework.
Tuesday, September 23:
- Complete the "Strawberry Spring" questions (write the answers in your comp book)
- Discuss "Strawberry Spring" by sharing your thinking notes and discussion questions
- Point of View Writing Assignment instructions
- Write a page-long story using 1st person point of view. Then re-write the same story using 3rd person objective point of view. Finally, write a reflection explaining the benefits and limitations of both points of view, with a final explanation of which point of view is more effective in telling your story and why. Due next week Tuesday.
Wednesday, September 24:
- Fiction Reading and Log #7
- Notes: Showing Devices
Thursday, September 25:
- Watch "The Tell-Tale Heart"
- In groups, look for reasons why the story's point of view is effective and details that identify the speaker as an unreliable narrator.
- Discuss the point of view and the narrator's unreliability. Share quotes from the story that identify the speaker as an unreliable narrator. Finally, choose two quotes that act as the best pieces of evidence. Why are these quotes better to use than the others?
Friday, September 26:
- Fiction Reading and Log #8
- Notes: Analytic Writing
- In your groups, use the two unreliable narrator quotes chosen yesterday to write an analytic body paragraph explaining why the narrator is unreliable. These belong in your comp books.
- Turn in comp books for the weekend
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