1. Welcome! January 5th, 2016 Thursday
Do Now
Get your folder from the front crate and find your seat
Begin working on your Daily Edit paragraph. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find all 10 mistakes in today’s paragraph.
Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

2. Thursday January 5, 2016
Every January, New orleans holds a parade call the Krewe de Jeanne d’Arc. The parade celebrates Joan of Arc, a woman who fought with French troops during the Hundred Years’ War. Joan was only 17 years old. she was also a woman. Woman were not aloud to be soldiers, but Joan was speshul. She said she herd the voices of saints. Those voices told her God was commanding her to fight. Joan helped lead the French to victory but she was captured by the English. They found her guilty of witchcraft and disobedience to the church. She was burned at the steak in fourteen thirty-one.

3. Journal Heading
Name
1/5/17
CP 10
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“Symbolism vs Allegory”

4. Symbolism Recap
A symbol is often an event, object, person or animal to which an extraordinary meaning or significance has been attached.
Allow writers to suggest layers of meanings and possibilities that a simple literal statement could not convey as well.
Allow writers to convey an idea with layers of meaning without having to explain those layers in the text.
A symbol is like a pebble cast into a pond: It sends out ever widening ripples.

5. Symbolism recap
On your own, consider a symbol you remember from something you’ve read (in this class or another). Then, write the title of the piece, what the symbol was, and what the symbol represented.
If you’re drawing a blank, consider “Yellow Wallpaper,” “The Raven,” “The Black Cat,” Animal Farm, Romeo and Juliet, Sold, ect.

6. Allegory Basically, it’s an extended metaphor!
An Allegory is a story in which characters, settings and actions stand for something beyond themselves.
In some types of Allegories, the characters and setting represent abstract ideas to convey the author’s message
In other types, characters and situations stand for historical figures and events.
An allegory can be read on two levels:
It’s literal meaning
It’s symbolic meaning
Basically, it’s an extended metaphor!

7. Symbolism vs Allegory
A symbol can be a word, place, character or object that means something beyond what it is on a literal level. An allegory involves using many interconnected symbols or allegorical figures in such a way that nearly every element of the narrative has a meaning beyond the literal level, i.e., everything in the narrative is a symbol that relates to other symbols within the story.

8. Examples of Allegory
Animal Farm: George Orwell's Animal Farm is probably one of the best known examples of this literary technique in which a farm governed by animals stands to represent the communist regime of Stalin in Russia before the Second World War. The pigs symbolize the government; the dogs are the police force; and the rest of the animals symbolize the working class.

9. Example: “Appointment in samara”
GRIMM SPEAKS: There was a merchant in Baghdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, “Master, just now when I was in the marketplace I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I turned I saw it was the Grimm that jostled me. She looked at me and made a threatening gesture; now lend me your horse, and I will ride away from this city and find my fate. I will go to Samarra and there Grimm will not find me.” The Merchant lent him his horse, and the servant mounted it, and he dug his spurs in its flanks and as fast as the horse could gallop, he went. Then the merchant went down to the market-place and he saw me standing in the crowd and he came to me and said, “Why did you make a threatening gesture to my servant when you saw him this morning?” “That was not a threatening gesture,” I said, “it was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.”

10. “Appointment in samara”
Symbols: Grimm =death, Servant = humanity/all of mankind Allegory: Parable for man’s unsuccessful attempts to take charge of his own destiny and escape death Theme: Fate is inescapable; When trying to escape your destiny, you may in fact seal it; Our fates cannot be changed, no matter our actions
GRIMM SPEAKS: There was a merchant in Baghdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, “Master, just now when I was in the marketplace I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I turned I saw it was the Grimm that jostled me. She looked at me and made a threatening gesture; now lend me your horse, and I will ride away from this city and find my fate. I will go to Samarra and there Grimm will not find me.”
The Merchant lent him his horse, and the servant mounted it, and he dug his spurs in its flanks and as fast as the horse could gallop, he went. Then the merchant went down to the market-place and he saw me standing in the crowd and he came to me and said, “Why did you make a threatening gesture to my servant when you saw him this morning?”
“That was not a threatening gesture,” I said, “it was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.”

11. Allegory Poster Project
For our first project this year, we’re going to analyze pieces that make use of allegory. For this assignment, either by yourself or with a partner, you will choose one of the options below to analyze on a symbolic, allegoric, and thematic level.
Summarizing: Tell me what happens in the story on a literal level in 3-5 sentences (4 pts)
Identifying Symbols: List at least two important symbols found in the story. For both symbols, explain what they represent, how you know, and use one piece of textual evidence for support for each explanation (8pts total, 4pts each)
Explaining the Allegory: What is the story about on a symbolic level? How do your symbols interact throughout the story? What is the reader supposed to understand from their interactions? Use at least two pieces of textual evidence to support your answer. (10 pts)

12. Allegory Poster Project
4. Analyzing Theme: What is the author trying to tell us through his/her use of allegory? What are we supposed to take away from the story? How do you know? (6 pts) 5. Two Visual Representations: Your poster should include two visual elements to reflect the dual nature of the allegory – one image should depict something from the literal interpretation of your story, and the other should depict something from the symbolic interpretation. (6 pts) 6. Playing with Parables: If you could change one important thing about the story, what would you change? How would this impact the parable and theme in a way you enjoy? Explain. (6 pts)

13. Allegory Poster Project
With a partner or by yourself (no groups of three, sorry), take 15 minutes to skim through the allegorical stories in your packets. Then, get out a scrap of paper and write:
You and your partner’s names
Your top three story choices
After 15 minutes, I’ll go around, collect your papers, and draw them randomly out of a hat to see who gets which story!

14. Allegory Poster Project
The Lorax
The Lion, the Fox, and the Stag
Where the Wild Things Are
Terrible Things
The Giving Tree
The Emperor’s New Clothes
The Sneetches
The Butterfly
The Wemmicks
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie