Name: Ms. Fittz English 2 3 September 2014   English 2 Agenda

Wednesday, September 3  

Bell-Ringer. 1. Inference. What does it mean to infer? (think back to “let it go” and to “The Open Window” by Saki.

____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Character. In two or three complete sentences, describe a celebrity without using his or her name. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. Read what you wrote to a partner. See if they can guess who you were thinking of based on what you wrote. What celebrity did your partner describe? How did you know? _________________________________ I knew this because ______________________________________________________________

II. Review: Inference a. The Fray, “How to Save a Life” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjVQ36NhbMk

III. Characterization: S.T.E.A.L. a. Practice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKKLm_sJuJ8

IV. Roald Dahl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLtEzpFoBJQ V. Read “Lamb to the Slaughter”

a. APPLY inference & characterization VI. Exit Ticket: Inference and Characterization

Learning Objectives

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II. Review: Inference What does it mean to infer (verb) something? What is an inference (noun)?

When I infer something about a text, I read _________________ the lines and make an educated guess about what’s happening based on specific ________________.

“How to Save a Life” by The Fray Step one you say we need to talk He walks you say sit down it's just a talk He smiles politely back at you You stare politely right on through Some sort of window to your right As he goes left and you stay right Between the lines of fear and blame You begin to wonder why you came CHORUS: Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend Somewhere along in the bitterness And I would have stayed up with you all night Had I known how to save a life As he begins to raise his voice You lower yours and grant him one last choice Drive until you lose the road Or break with the ones you've followed He will do one of two things He will admit to everything Or he'll say he's just not the same And you'll begin to wonder why you came

Think. Why would an author allow you to infer something, rather than just telling you what is going on?

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PRACTICE! Let’s infer what’s going on in the song “How to Save a Life” by The Fray. 1. Find clues. What words or phrases stand out and hint at what the song is about? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Connect the dots. What do these words or phrases have in common? What themes do these clues point to? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Make a guess. What do you guess is the theme of the song? What might have happened to cause the musicians to write this song? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Steps to inferring: 1. Find clues. 2. Connect the dots. 3. Make a guess.

   

III. Characterization ______________________ is the way the author reveals the _______________ of characters. There are two types of characterization: direct and indirect.

Practice. Using your literary skills, characterize the joker based on the following scene from “The Dark Knight.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKKLm_sJuJ8

S: __________________________________________________________________________ T: __________________________________________________________________________ E: __________________________________________________________________________ A: __________________________________________________________________________ L: __________________________________________________________________________

Which is more interesting: direct or indirect characterization? Why? ___________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

 

“Joaquin is excited to see his friends

in class.”

_____________________ characterization is when an author ___________ the audience exactly what the personality of a character is.  

 

“Cesilia ran into the classroom and gave a sneak-attack hug

to her friend.”

_____________________ characterization is when an author ___________ the audience what the personality of a character is. There are ________ methods of indirect characterization, which we can remember by using the acronym “_______________.”

SPEECH: What does the character ______? How does the character ______________?  

THOUGHTS: What is revealed through the character’s thoughts and ____________? :  

LOOKS: What does the character ______ like? How does the character ________?

ACTIONS: What does the character ______? How does the character ________?

EFFECT ON OTHERS: What is revealed through the character’s effect on other people? How do other characters feel or __________ in reaction to the character?  

" Make a prediction about the rest of the story. What do you think will happen to Mary? Do you think the detectives will figure out who murdered her husband? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

Inferring Mary’s Motives for Murder After finishing today’s section, go back and find specific details about Mary Maloney. These details are clues that will help us figure out Mary’s motivations for (1) killing her husband, (2) for going to the store, and (3) for feeding the police officers. Be sure to include quotes (phrases from the text) that support your claims. 1. Find clues. What details do we know about Mary? What are her thoughts, actions, and dialogues? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Connect the dots. What do these words or phrases say about Mary? How does what we already know about her connect to her actions? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Make a guess. Based on the clues we’ve collected, what do you think motivated Mary to… …kill her husband? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ …to go to the store? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ …to feed the police officers? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

" Characterization in “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl Underline examples of characterization of both Mary and her husband while you are reading. Tomorrow, we’ll be using this characterization to make a claim backed by evidence about the character of Mary.

Name: Ms. Fittz English 2 3 September 2014  

*Points* ___/1 Class on Time

___/1 Bringing Sharpened Pencil

___/1 Completing Bell-ringer

___/1 Answering a Question

___/2 Respectful (to self, classmates, and teacher)

___/2 Completing ALL of Agenda

___/2 Completing Exit Ticket

= ___/10 Total Points

 

 

 

 

*Points* ___/1 Class on Time

___/1 Bringing Sharpened Pencil

___/1 Completing Bell-ringer

___/1 Answering a Question

___/2 Respectful (to self, classmates, and teacher)

___/2 Completing ALL of Agenda

___/2 Completing Exit Ticket

= ___/10 Total Points

 

 

 

 

"Take some time to consider today. Thoughtfully compose the point value you would award yourself out of the following categories. Finally, add up your points. What is the most important thing you learned today? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________

"Take some time to consider today. Thoughtfully compose the point value you would award yourself out of the following categories. Finally, add up your points. What is the most important thing you learned today? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________