1D+Unit+ONE+-+Short+Stories

Hang on to your hats!!! We're in for a ride. . . 
 * Assessment and evaluation: **
 * WED. FEB. 26 - Short Story Test **
 * FRI. Feb. 28 - Mind Map Presentations **

||  || Work period for Mind Map The reading for tomorrow's in-class evaluation is: p 190 "In the Silence" Read it tonight and analyse it as you have been analyzing your Mind Map story. ||  || Introduced MIND MAP due on FRIDAY, Feb. 28: ||  || Took up "Lamb" questions. ||  || Finished questions, using discussion generated response. Do questions 1-3: ||  || Went to Lab and worked on Character analysis. ||  || Worked on THEMES handout: Began 11-sentence paragraph - Character analysis of the narrator: ||  ||
 * **FRI. Feb. 28** ||  ||   ||
 * **THUR. Feb. 27** || TEST for the Short Story Unit. Use the chart below to prepare for the test.
 * **WED. Feb. 26** || Reviewed THEME
 * **TUE. Feb. 25** || Assembly for Black History Month ||  ||
 * **MON. Feb. 24** || Worked on the Mind Map assignment and discussed SYMBOLISM in the "Jade Peony": ||  ||
 * **FRI. Feb. 21** || QUIZ: on literary terms
 * **THURS. Feb. 20** || Quiz game
 * ** W ED. Feb. 19** || Watched Hitchcock's "Lamb to the Slaughter" Discussion followed.
 * HW: study for the quiz on Friday** ||  ||
 * **TUE. Feb. 18** || Finished "The Interlopers" and began "Lamb to the Slaughter"
 * HW: Do the vocabulary words, section A, for homework: [[file:LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTERBarb.doc]]** ||  ||
 * **FRI. Feb. 14** || Watched the movie, discussed various types of irony, did the plot diagram for "The Interlopers" and finished questions on the worksheet. For homework, write another paragraph to end the story!!!!! ||  ||
 * **THUR. Feb.13** || Discussed irony and "the Interlopers":[[file:Irony in Interlopers.doc]] ||  ||
 * **WED. Feb. 12** || Read "The Interlopers" on page 33 of Sightlines.
 * **TUE. Feb. 11** || Did more work on S/P:[[file:SPandPrep.doc]]
 * **MON. Feb. 10** || Did some grammar on S/P from the Blue book. Went to lab to work on Character analysis of the narrator from "The Taste of Melon" ||  ||
 * **FRI. Feb. 7** || Worked on BODY BIO - it needs to be finished by MONDAY
 * **THUR. Feb. 6** || **The class made a body bio using characteristics. Draw the outline of his body and, for the following body parts, identified specific TRAITS:**

HEAD: what traits are revealed by how he thinks? HEART: which traits are revealed by his feelings? HANDS: what does he hold dear? In other words, what are his VALUES? What does he do, say, think, etc, that gives you this impression? BACKBONE: what motivates him? Which traits are revealed by how he is motivated? FEET: what traits are revealed by his actions? MOUTH: how do his words, what he says, show the reader his character? What traits are revealed by his words? BACKGROUND: using symbols in the background, think about his own background and about his environment. What traits are revealed because of his background and environment? 1. Trait 2. Quotation (or a concrete detail from the story) 3. Explanation (in which ways does this detail show the above trait). ||  || READ: "The Taste of Melon" on page 130 of the text.
 * For each trait**, find a quotation that illustrates this trait and explain the ways in which your quotation illustrates this trait.
 * **WED. Feb. 5** || HW: Finish Character Chart:[[file:Character'nChart.doc]] ||  ||
 * **TUE. Feb. 4** || Terms Review and Handout[[file:1Dlit terms OH.doc]]

|| Handed out texts and course outline: ||
 * HW: Leave the first set of vocabulary words for tonight. Focus on Question 1a) b) and c) and #2 and then do #1 of the short answer questions, using complete sentences.**
 * **MON. Feb. 3** |||| Round the clock intros