agenda invitation to write: what were your favorite children’s books and cartoons growing up? why...
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Agenda• Invitation to Write: What were your favorite children’s books
and cartoons growing up? Why did you like them so much?
• Dr. Seuss Literary Analysis
• Create your own Dr. Seuss character
• Tic Tac Toe Alternative Book Report Assignment, Due April 17. Information available at http://seabreezebradley.weebly.com
• All late assignments due by Friday.• Quiz on Friday
• His real name is Theodore Seuss Geissel.
• Wrote over 40 children’s books.
• In a two year period, wrote over 400 cartoons for a left leaning newspaper. He often criticized America’s hesitancy to become involved with World War II, or the “isolationist” policy.
Dr. Seuss Literary Analysis• Objective: Students will write a literary
analysis of their Dr. Seuss book considering how the characters, setting, symbols, and figurative language contribute to a theme.
• One to two students will read. • While that student is reading, everybody
else will take notes on the above concepts.• As a group, write a paragraph long analysis
of your story. You will verbally present the analysis to the class and receive a formative grade.
When considering the setting, characters, symbols, and fig. language…
Decide which theme your book is: 1. Democratization in post-war Japan, treating
Japanese people with respect and really listening to them
2. Hitler, thirst for power3. anti-Semitism, racism, tolerance4. general subversion and rebellion against authority,
new optimism and energy of the 1960s5. conservation, corporate greed, against the
consumer culture6. Cold War, against silly conflict that escalates into a
dangerous situation
Finally…
• Create a colorful, creative rendition a Dr. Seuss-like character of your own imagining.
• Describe in a thorough paragraph what moral, political, or ethical idea your Dr. Seuss character is trying to teach. Make sure to include a setting in your picture, as well as various symbols. (Remember: Colors can be symbols!)
Agenda• Invitation to Write: What is the most pressing, important issue facing
your generation? Why? Offer a solution.
• Finish your Dr. Seuss cartoon. Make sure to include symbols, a character, and a setting for your cartoon. Due tomorrow at the beginning of class.
• Editorial cartoon analysis
• All late assignments due by Friday.• Quiz on Friday
• Tic Tac Toe Alternative Book Report Assignment, Due April 17. Information available at http://seabreezebradley.weebly.com
Video on Editorial Cartoons
• The power of cartoons: http://www.ted.com/talks/patrick_chappatte_the_power_of_cartoons#t-116092
• Find an example of logos, pathos, and ethos in the video.
• Remember: Logos is an appeal to logic, pathos is an appeal to emotion, and ethos is an appeal to credibility.
• Choose two cartoons regarding a topic you are interested in.
• Then, complete the hand out titled Cartoons in the Classroom.
• This will be due by the end of class tomorrow.
Quiz on Friday… you will be asked to:
• Analyze a piece of literature.
• Analyze a political cartoon.
• This will be a multiple choice quiz, and will include a short answer response.
Agenda• Invitation to Write: Create eight to ten of your own annotation
symbols/colors. Consider characters, settings, author’s purpose, word choice, and rhetoric (logos, pathos, ethos).
• Close Reader: Read “The Wife’s Story” by Ursula K. Le Guin on page 3. Answer the short response on page 8.
• Read the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights on page 9.” Answer the short response on page 10.
• Read “Towards a True Refuge” on page 11 Answer the Short response on page 14.
• Read “In Defense of Everglade’s Pythons” on page 23, and answer the short response on page 26.