1. Aim: How does the author build up the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist in Bessie’ Head’s “The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses”?
Do now: Match the vocabulary with their definitions or synonyms. ____1.perpetrate a. wrong doing ____2,bedlam b. uncivilized person ____3.contraceptives c. in full battle ____4.bashings d. a place of great noise and confusion ____5.in full swing e. commit ____6.savage f. hitting and striking ____7.misdeed g. device to prevent pregnancy

2. Fill in blanks with some of the vocabulary from the left hand column.
The security didn’t come until the fight was ______________.
Brille led Span One in doing many _________, which were all found out by the warder.
In our hallway, sometimes we find _________ fighting against each other.

3. Aim: How does the author build up the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist in Bessie’ Head’s “The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses”?
Conflict mountain:
*Exposition: introducing character, setting, and backstory
*Rising Action: pressures and obstacles
*Climax: dramatic point, characters or problems come together
*Falling Action: characters or communities change, lessons learned
*Resolution: ending, some things wrap up, others might not
Types of patterns
*How are the parts similar?
*How are the parts different?
*What purpose do the parts serve?

4. *Setting *Inner thinking *Flashbacks *characterization *foreshadowing
Aim: How does the author build up the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist in Bessie’ Head’s “The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses”?
Techniques the author uses:
*Setting
*Inner thinking
*Flashbacks
*characterization
*foreshadowing
*diction
Types of understanding:
Character:
Character traits
Changes (dynamic character/static character)
Critical moments
Whole text:
Central ideas (Themes)
Issues
Lessons
Symbols/metaphors/motifs

5. Do you understand today’s chart?
Checkpoint # 1:
Do you understand today’s chart?
Raise your right hand if you clearly understand today’s vocabulary words of writing strategies and author’s purposes.
Raise your left hand if you do not clearly understand today’s vocabulary words of writing strategies and author’s purposes.

6. Aim: How does the author build up the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist in Bessie’ Head’s “The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses”?
Your Task:Group work. According to the above chart, we will continue the close reading “That evening…p. 235” to “…whispered down the wind p. 237” today. Do the following group work together to identify the literary techniques and explain the reasons why the author uses that literary device.
Quotations
The writing strategy used
The author’s purpose 1
“…He had twelve children p. 235…” to “…running away from Martha and the kids p. 236” 2
“The next day…and for this misdeed the old man spent a week in the isolation. In fact, Span One as a whole was in constant trouble pp ” 3
“He found out how tobacco smoke was beaten into the ground, and he found out how conversations were whispered down the wind p. 237”

7. Do you understand today’s task?
Checkpoint # 2:
Do you understand today’s task?
Raise your right hand if you clearly understand today’s task.
Raise your left hand if you do not clearly understand today’s task.

8. Aim: How does the author build up the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist in Bessie’ Head’s “The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses”?
Writing: Complete the following sentences by using the information from the above chart.
1. I think the first example is _________________. The author uses this writing strategy
because he wants to _______________________.
2. From my point of view, the second example is a _________________. The author uses this writing strategy in order to ______________________________.
3. In my opinion, the third example is __________________. It serves the author’s purpose of
_________________________________________.

9. HW #1115
Write a well developed paragraph to answer the aim: How does the author build up the conflict between the protagonist, and the antagonist in “The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses”? Be sure to include one appropriate writing strategy the author uses with evidence and your clear explanation of the evidence. You may not be limited to today’s lesson.
HW #1114 Summary (following yesterday’s format).

10. Common Core Learning Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL
Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.