Monday, 10/28/13

Today you’ll determine how details reveal mood by analyzing both a visual and a written text.

We’ll set up reading logs and do 15 minutes of independent reading with a focus on mood.

You’ll write a brief comparison between “Fields of Flashing Light” and a Dust Bowl photograph.

Homework: 20 minutes independent reading with summary.

Tuesday, 10/29/13

Today you’ll look at how to analyze a text more deeply based on the three levels of reading question format.

You’ll do a 20-minute free write on a disaster story.

You’ll read the preface of This Land was Made for You and Me and develop questions for each level.

Homework: Write three questions, one for each level for a book or movie you’ve read or seen.

Wednesday, 10/30/13

Today you’ll examine our essential question in terms of how Woody’s environment shaped him.

You’ll read aloud Chapter 1 of This Land and discuss and practice three levels of questions as we go, looking for characterization (and answers to our essential question) as we go.

Homework: Write down an example of someone whose environment shaped them.

Thursday, 10/31/13

You’ll examine how different components interact to create character by examining the forces applied to Woody in childhood.

You’ll do a 15-minute free write that focuses on the senses and create a “Post-Mortem” of Woody as we know him in Chapter 1.

Homework: Write a paragraph that explains the impact of Woody’s childhood in forming his character.

Friday, 11/01/13

Today you’ll consider how the author uses Woody’s background as a means of showing his later character through analysis in your dialectical journals.

You’ll read for 10 and conduct your book club for 10 minutes.

We’ll read Chapter 2 aloud and do a dialectical journal with focus on how Woody’s struggles shaped him as a person.

Homework: None.