October 9, 2017 Knight Time Focus: Text Analysis Guided annotation: Excerpt from The Beet Queen Working the prompt What do we NEED to annotate for? How would we plan an answer?

October 6-9, 2017 Objectives: Compose an essay draft for an AP Exam question through individual understanding and collaborative discussion. Discuss the impact characterization has on a literary text. Catalyst: Grab a Chromebook Have manila folder on your desk Homework & Reminders: Online reading: “Barn Burning” (Faulkner) for next class Typed timed writing for peer-editing Native Son MWDS check 10.12/10.13 (have Book 2 Finished; know what I’ll be checking for)

Verb Use - Student Examples The futuristic setting almost completely characterizes the characters and drives the plot. The idea of “handicapping” everyone results in Hazel and George having similar characterizations because their brain capacities are similar. Harrison rebels against the equality and gets killed, and even though he is Hazel and George’s son, they do not even realize that he has died because their attention spans are so short. If the description of the setting was taken away, the whole meaning of the short story would fall apart and it would no longer make sense. Compared with “The Swimmer” which had a fairly realistic setting and a surrealistic passage of time, “Harrison Bergeron” had a fairly realistic passage of time and a surrealistic setting. Both short stories were set in alternate realities and the setting heavily influenced the characters and plot.

Verb Use - Student Examples Having the story be set in a utopia dictates how the plot unfolds and how characters act. Everyone is supposed to behave, think, and look the same. Residents are given handicaps to allow them to only comprehend so much. This greatly affects who they are because their conversations and thoughts can only be surface level. If the setting was changed, then there wouldn't have been any need to for Harrison to be taken to jail, rebel, and then be killed. The story would have been very different. Also, much of the sympathy would've been lost if the descriptions of the setting were deleted. The reader learns about the many handicaps everyone has to wear, and they feel sorry for the world the Bergerons have to live in. The setting in “Harrison Bergeron” is very different from  “The Swimmer.” In “The Swimmer,” Neddy changes. He can feel emotion, and becomes increasingly depressed as the story goes on. The seasons change and each of his neighbors act a different way; each pool is something new. This contrasts to “Harrison Bergeron” very much, whereas I said earlier, being different and feeling emotions is not allowed. The stories greatly differ, but they both have the central idea that change isn't a good thing.

Prose Passage Analysis General Notes: one-page excerpt of fiction (usually from novel/short story) sometimes drama Purpose ability to read and interpret analyze techniques and devices to achieve author's purpose ease/fluency with terminology, interpretation, and criticism make connections between analysis and interpretation Scoring

Out of the Mouth(s) of College Board

Types of Questions (from past exams): Analyze narrative and literary techniques and other resources of language used for characterization. How does a narrator reveal character? (i.e. tone, diction, syntax, point of view) How does the author reveal a character's predicament? (i.e. diction, imagery, point of view) Explain the effect of the passage on the reader. Compare/contrast two passages concerning diction and details for the effect on the reader. How does the passage provide characterization and evaluation of one character over another? (i.e. diction, syntax, imagery, tone) What is the attitude of the speaker toward a particular subject? Analyze the effect of revision when given both the original and the revised version of a text. Analyze style and tone and how they are used to explore the author's attitudes toward his or her subject. How is the reader prepared for the conclusion of the piece?

Excerpt from Johnny Got His Gun (Trumbo) Read the prompt and text. Annotate appropriately. Compose an essay draft. Suggested time: 1-2 mins: “working the prompt” 10 mins: annotating text and planning outline 20 mins: writing Extra time: revise/proofread