Unit 4 “What are life’s big lessons?” English 10 Unit 4

“The Interlopers” Pre-reading Activity MLA heading (+1) Goals – comprehend theme, analyze irony, and think critically by evaluating literary criticism (+1) Journal – What’s wrong with holding a grudge? Write at least ten sentences. See the prompt on page 426. (+5) Define theme and setting in a quick class discussion. (+2) Write the author’s name and a detail about him that you find interesting. See page 427. (+1) Define satire from page 427. (+1) Vocabulary – see page 427 and the next slide for more information. Unit 4

“The Interlopers” During-reading Activity Fill in this chart with the ten vocabulary words and their definitions. (+10) Words I’m confident I know + their definitions Words I might know + my guess at their definition (These are corrected if I found out I was wrong.) Words I don’t know + the definition I learn while reading the story. Unit 4

“The Interlopers” Post-reading Activity Comprehension Analysis Thinking Critically Questions: as always, include a MLA cited paraphrase and a MLA cited quote for each question. Do not draw any extra charts; answer each question using IQIA in paragraph format. C = #8 theme (+3) A = #6 literary element: irony (+3) T = #10 + add your opinion by agreeing/disagreeing with the literary criticism provided (+3) Write a Works Cited for this story (+1) Unit 4

“When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine” Pre-reading Activities MLA heading (+1) Goals – to comprehend theme, analyze literary elements of conflict, and evaluate the text. (+1) Journal – When do world conflicts affect us? Write at least ten sentences. See the prompt on page 452.(+5) Define theme using the information on page 453. (+1) Vocabulary – complete the activity as described on page 453 (+8) Write the author’s name and a detail about her that you find interesting.(+1) Unit 4

“When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine” During-reading Activities Details about characters (plus page #s) Cultural significance of detail 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Unit 4

“When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine” Post-reading Activities Comprehension Analysis Thinking Critically Questions: as always, include a MLA cited paraphrase and a MLA cited quote for each question. Do not draw any extra charts; answer each question using IQIA in paragraph format. C = #6 theme (+3) A = #7 literary elements: conflict (+3) T = #8 evaluate text (+3) Write a Works Cited for this story (+1) Read the interview on page 470, and summarize details you find the most important to understand when reading “When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine.” (+3) Unit 4

“Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind” “the sonnet-ballad” Pre-reading Activities MLA heading (+1) Goals – to comprehend theme, analyze poetic literary elements, and evaluate the text. (+1) Journal – Who are the victims of war? Write at least ten sentences. See the prompt on page 476.(+5) Define theme, speaker, images, repetition, mood, and verbal irony using the information on page 477. (+6) Write the authors’ names and a detail about each of them that you find interesting.(+2) Unit 4

“Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind” “the sonnet-ballad” During-reading Activities Look at page 481 question number 6. Create a chart like they have as a model. Fill in the chart with details gathered while reading the poems. (When you answer number 6, you will need Unit 4

“Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind” “the sonnet-ballad” Post-reading Activities Comprehension Analysis Thinking Critically Questions: as always, include a MLA cited paraphrase and a MLA cited quote for each question. Do not draw any extra charts; answer each question using IQIA in paragraph format. C = #6 theme (+3) A = #5 literary elements: verbal irony (+3) T = #7 evaluate text (+3) Write a works cited for these two poems. (+2) Unit 4

Writer’s Workshop Compare/Contrast Essay Avoid simplistic similarities or differences Compare OR contrast (except as elaboration in the introduction and/or conclusion) Your body paragraphs will be most effective if you organize your ideas by category (and have three or more categories for a minimum five paragraph essay) Prompt: compare or contrast anything you want. The trick may be choosing a topic! Use your brainstorming and pre-writing skills to select the best topic for you. You have in-class work time today, and the essay is due Friday. Unit 4