1. World Literature and Composition
23 September 2014

2. Content Language Objective
Students will speak and write in order to create a text-supported visual representation of a significant character in a novel/play and his/her connection to developing themes, using
Peer Collaboration
An image or symbol
Dialectical Journal Entries

3. Content Language Objective
Students identify in writing speaker’s tone and purpose using citation language (Dumas explains, The speaker indicates, Dumas’s tone is) after modeling SOAPSTone strategy, using
Collaborative grouping
Graphic organizer
Guiding questions

4. Warm-up
TASK:
Write down two quotes from the text Funny in Farsi that reveal the speaker’s attitudes toward America and herself.
Describe what these attitudes are and why the words and phrases you chose convey this attitude.
Academic Language
North:
East:
West:
Discourse Roles

5. Agenda Seating/Attendance/Warmup Learning Objectives
Literature Circles
Funny in Farsi analysis
SOAPSTone activity
Wrap-up, reflection on learning objectives

6. Week of 9/22 – 9/26 Lit Circles Focus on character development.
What are struggles/conflicts the main characters are facing.
How are they responding to this?
Text based predictions?

7. Excerpt from Funny in Farsi
Use the SOAPSTone graphic organizer to help analyze Funny in Farsi
First, read silently the excerpt, annotating the text for significant details that relate to main idea, theme, tone, etc.

8. SOAPSTone Process Groups of 6 (teacher selected)
Use the Active Reading Activities sheet
Number group members 1 to 6
First we will be focusing on the Speaker and Occasion sections, working individually and then in whole groups
Next we will be working on the Audience, Subject, and Tone sections, working in pairs and then in whole groups
Finally, we will be working on the Purpose section individually

9. SOAPSTone Process
Round one: Look at the questions for Speaker and Occasion that correspond with your number
Skim the text and annotate for text support for your question (you could annotate using a shorthand code, such as S1 for Speaker question 1)
Write down detailed, text-supported responses for each of your questions
Work together as a group to create a comprehensive, text-supported document of the Speaker and Occasion portions of the SOAPSTone

10. SOAPSTone Process
Round two: Working in pairs, complete the Audience, Subject, and Tone sections
1’s and 2’s work on Audience, 3’s and 4’s Subject, 5’s and 6’s Tone
Skim the text and annotate for text support for your questions (you could annotate using a shorthand code, such as A2 for Audience question 2)
With your partner, write down detailed, text-supported responses for each of your questions
Share your responses with the whole group

11. Purpose paragraph
In a well-developed 8 to 11 sentence paragraph, describe the author’s purpose. Use evidence gathered in your SOAPSTone. Refer explicitly to the various elements of SOAPSTone.