1. Agenda – hawk hour schedule
Vocab Quiz Unit 2
Quiz over Texts IR
After Lunch:
IR Book Presentation: Ally
Read “Funny in Farsi” / Discuss/ Focus: Narrative Elements & Theme
Introduce Narrative Assignment (EA1)
*Study Guide= Chart/Synthesis Chart

2. Reminders Grab your IR Book – we will read after quizzes.
Vocab Unit 2 quiz and Story Quiz – BEFORE LUNCH today!
You need a copy of the Shakespeare Play: Much Ado About Nothing by next Wednesday. It looks like this
Unit Test – Monday, 9/17

3. 1. Vocab Quiz unit 2 2. reading quiz – texts 3
1. Vocab Quiz unit 2 2. reading quiz – texts 3. ir – when you finish both

4. IR Presentation
Rachel W.

5. Funny in Farsi
Think/Pair/Share: What assumptions are made about people who don’t speak English?
Key Vocabulary Words
memoir
anecdote
humor
As we read, look for the following and mark them:
Narrative Elements: setting, character(s), Point of View, Sequence of Events
Theme – next slide

6. Theme Theme: the writer’s main message/central idea
How do I identify theme?
In the text, ______________ (title of text), there are messages about _____________. (identify topics)
The message about _____________ (topic) is...
EX:
In Romeo and Juliet, there are messages about love.
The message about love is that it is a powerful and even dangerous emotion that can take over people and even destroy them.

7. Narrative assignment – Unit 2 EA1
Tomorrow, you will have an opportunity to work on the rough draft of your narrative.
Hawk Hour – next Tuesday – will give you an opportunity to finalize/revise your narrative.
Narrative is DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY, 9/19!!

8. 1. Update Literary terms chart 2. Begin Synthesis chart