1.  Journal-  write an analysis of the grade you gave yourself.  What are you good at?  Where can you improve?  Why and how?


2.  Grade another's essay.  Be firm, but fair.

3.  Discuss grades.

HW-  Re-writing.   Reading, finally, this and this.  TV art pictures....

SS

1.  What thematic similarities exist in the three stories we've read?  Why so?


2.  Short story discussion.


3.  Noticing Lit Devices in short story.


4.  Finding meaning in the short stories.


5.  HW-  Reading.  This and this--- Thinking about the TV art!

1. What’s the best short story you’ve read?

5 short stories.

2. Short Story Lit devices…. Your list.

3. How to think and write about short stories-

The lit devices create a tool for us to describe theme and explain meaning.

4. Essays due Tuesday.

5. Essay readers?  Read aloud?

6. HW- reading short stories:  Lottery     Lottery    

 Salvation

Lit terms list for SS-

Foreshadowing: 

Hints within the story that illustrate what will happen

Direct Characterization: 

The author tells you what the character is like.

Indirect Characterization:

Author implies what the character is like through dialogue and other ways.

Conflict:

Internal, within the character…existential crisis.

External, outside forces.

Setting:

Time and place

Plot:

Sequence of events.

Tone: 

Author’s attitude.

Mood:

Reader’s attitude.

Theme:

Message-  what the story means.

Denouement-

Climax, where the plot is solved.

Allusion:

Reference to something else, usually literature.

Symbolism:

Object represents an idea or something else.

Imagery:

Creates a mental picture.

Essay two work.

1.                  Journal-  Read a neighbor’s poem and try to make meaning out of it.

2.                  Poem celebration.

3.                  Groups and reading—essay two.

4.                  HW- revise essay two, revise poems or submit.

5.                  Short story, next.

Thurs- Oct-4

1.   Poems and groups- speed shop.

2.   Planning the art essay-- 

3.   Short story, next.

4.   HW-  Completing the Art Essay, Revising the ekprhastic poem.

Ekprha...

1.                       Journal-    

2.                       What was the art museum like?  What did you like?  What did you dislike? Why did you like what you liked?  Any questions?  What the heck is art, then?

3.                       Practice Ekphrasis- 

Describe, but go further, or just describe.  Don’t make meaning, just make.  Short, but vivid, let your mind wander above, around, through the painting.  Usually they start with description and get to something else.

4.                       Groups and reading?

5.                       MLA check

6.                       HW-  Ekphrastic poem due Thursday.  Art Museum draft due Tuesday.  Poem about the painting you chose/Essay about the painting you chose.