1. Unit 4 “What are life’s big lessons?”
English 10
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2. “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.
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3. “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.
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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)
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5. “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)
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6. “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.
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7. “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)
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8. “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)
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9. “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
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10. “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)
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11. 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.
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