survey lit/comp period 6 friday october 18, 2013

Survey Lit/Comp Period 6

Friday October 18, 2013

Get out your Homework

• Literary Analysis Square + Paragraph• The House on Mango Street book open and

face down to page 12• Partner Review for Card Quiz ( 3 minutes):

Review what you learn about Cathy.Consider whose voice or voices the Cathy Queen of Cats vignette is told through.Discuss: Rachel and Lucy: How similar to Esperanza and Nenny? How different?

Quick Quiz (books open, skim text as needed)

Cathy Queen of Cats

– Cathy keeps moving because…..

– Whose voice (or voices) is this vignette told through? How do

you know?

– There are two signs that Cathy is “not all there”. They are…..

– How old do you think Cathy is?

– What’s the effect of mentioning France?

Quick Quiz, ContinuedOur Good Day (page 14) • Why does the author start this

vignette with Esperanza and Cathy.• The little one is Rachel. What offer

does she make to Esperanza?• There’s an implied judgment of

Rachel and Lucy as unworthy of friendship (Cathy’s observations). What physical descriptions lead to this…..

• In going to get the $5, what does Esperanza sacrifice?

• Rachel and Lucy build Esperanza’s trust in them because they don’t laugh when she…..

• Describe the bike ride. What do they see? How are they seen? What’s the feeling on the ride?

Read, Annotate, Infer, Square it Up…

Then, From Square to ParagraphSCORING GUIDE (EXCERPT) for LITERARY ANALYSIS PARAGRAPHProficient• Follows established format for Informational/Explanatory essay writing

– Introduction with hook – Thesis statement is an inference that interprets the text or addresses author’s

intent.– Body paragraphs with claims that support thesis– Details that support body paragraph claims– Conclusion that restates or summarizes the argument

• Evidence is relevant to the claims made in the body paragraph in which it appears.

• Evidence consists of specific, relevant quotations from and/or paraphrases of the text.

• Connection between evidence and claim is explained through commentary.

Homework:1. Read and annotate Meme Ortiz2. Complete the inference organizer3. Complete the literary analysis square3. Complete the front side of the literary analysis square

Read and annotate

Record prior knowledge on

inference organizer

Complete front of literary

analysis square

Complete paragraph

planner

Class Work

• Listen to “Laughter”“Gils Furniture”

Read and annotate

Record prior knowledge on

inference organizer

Complete front of literary

analysis square

Complete paragraph

planner

Listen/Observe the modeled process for homework.