1. Terms for The Bean Trees

2. For Thursday Read Chapter 3 and finish SG questions
5 topic sentences on five of the symbols you chose. 10pts
TYPED Paragraph is due on Monday for self-edit. 5pts
Final paragraph due Tuesday or Wednesday. 30pts

3. What do we learn about Missy in first two pages?
Find evidence in book

4. What do we learn about mom?
Find evidence in book

5. Mama: what is she like?
“…no mater what I did, whatever I came home with, she acted like it was the moon I had just hung up in the sky and plugged in all the stars. Like I was that good!”

6. Juxtaposition jux·ta·pose vt
to place two or more things together, especially in order to suggest a link between them or emphasize the contrast between them
Missy and Newt
Parents
Jesus is Lord Tires and fanny Heaven

7. Who is Juxtaposed to whom here
Who is Juxtaposed to whom here? What do we learn from these Juxtapositions?
How is Missy juxtaposed with Newt? How is Missy juxtaposed with Jolene? How is Missy’s mother juxtaposed with Newt’s and Missy’s parents? Find passages that show contrast.

8. Significance of Title?

9. Symbol Objects, characters or other
concrete representations of an idea.
“Scarecrow”
“The way I see it, a person ain’t nothing more than a scarecrow, The only difference between one that stands up good and one that blows over is what kind of stick they’re stuck up there on” (5) (7 in little book.
What does the “stick” they’re stuck up on represent?
Upbringing
Some people have no backbone-
Others have backbone because of how they were reared.

10. In groups Compare your symbol/simile sheet
Choose 3 that seem significant and be able to give two reasons why. Connect to character or emerging theme.
Share with class
Topic sentences?

11. Simile
Comparison between two dissimilar things that share a common characteristic, using the word like or as.
P. 3: “Believe me in those days girls were dropping by the wayside like seeds off a poppy seed bun…”
Girls getting pregnant and dropping out of school= seeds from a bun

12. Topic sentence Introduces the main idea of the paragraph
Should be specific.
Think how symbols have more than two meanings.

13. Let’ Practice
The ________________represents __________and _____________.

14. Colorful clothes
The colorful clothes that Taylor wears represent her bright personality and her desire to be different from the other girls at her school.

15. Tires are an important symbol in The Bean Trees.
How can you make this stronger? Write.

16. Tire
The tire represents both Taylor’s fear of what could go wrong, as well as her desire to escape Pitman County.

17. Homework
Choose five symbols, similes or metaphors and write 5 strong topic sentences for a paragraph. Typed or written neatly in pen. (10 points)

18. Irony The opposite of what one expects
Verbal irony: speaker says the opposite of what he means.
Situational: the situation is ironic.
Dramatic irony: audience knows something the character doesn’t.
Examples: has to fill tires to leave Kentucky
No trees in Oklahoma
She didn’t want a baby but ended up with one

19. Irony on page 18 (Small book) (14 big book)

20. What does Taylor learn about Turtle? (23 big book) (29 small book)

21. Assignment
5 topic sentences for tomorrow. Type or write neatly in pen. Due tomorrow

22. Agenda
Shout out: new symbols in ch. 1 discuss passages where symbol appears Write a topic sentence for one of these symbols Share Discuss Ch. 1 What is ironic? What happens at the end?

23. Discuss end of ch. 1 What is ironic? What happens at the end?

24. Pay attention to titles
How are either symbolic or significant to the events in chapter.

25. Voice The voice of the narrator
It isn’t what is said, but how it is said.
Voice goes hand-in-hand with pov.
Tone and word choice contribute to voice.

26. Fiction Character+desire+action=plot
What does Taylor want?
Keep giving character trouble/conflict.
What trouble does Taylor get?
Wants to remain child free
Wants to get out of town
Car trouble
Turtle

27. Hyperbole
An exaggerated statement.
Find examples

28. Schedule Turn in topic sentences Review paragraph assignment T-shirt
Chapter 2
Make chart Juxtaposing Taylor/Louann
One side has similarities
One side has differences
Page numbers for quotes
In groups discuss New Years pig quote

29. “Damn I’m good T-shirt”
(24) big book (31) small book
How does this serve as a symbol?
Confidence
Trying to help Turtle- build her self-esteem
Learning to pass on

30. Chapter 2 Juxtapose Taylor and Lou Ann
Make chart Juxtaposing Taylor/Lou Ann
One side has similarities
One side has differences
Page numbers for quotes
In groups discuss New Years pig quote (43) little book (32) big book

31. How are they the same? Both from Kentucky Both have kids
Men have left them
Single moms who were raised by single moms

32. Differences Taylor takes Action; Lou Ann is passive
Divorce (34 big book), 26
Independent vs dependent.
Taylor talks back to people Lou Ann feels like a gumby doll, quit job
Taylor not afraid/ Lou Ann afraid of everything: (46 small book), 35

33. Feeding a girl is like feeding the neighbor’d New Year pig
Feeding a girl is like feeding the neighbor’d New Year pig. All that work. In the end, it goes to some other family.
What does she mean?

34. What is the other Juxtaposition in this chapter?
Fanny Heaven
Jesus.is.lord.used.tires.

35. Staple firsts draft to final revision with rubric.
Write in seat #;
turn in to file
Stamp homework

36. 5th Hour Turn in Symbol/Simile paragraphs
Staple final draft on top of rough draft.
Rubric should be on top.
Turn in to file.
Stamp and collect Study Guide
Return Autobiography Chapter
Group work on scenes
Perform scenes

37. Work in groups for 20 minutes
Act out scene; use all dialogue
Use actions
Where do you sit? Stand?
Mime or use props
After presentation explain to class:
What do we learn about the characters in your scene?
What thoughts does the narrator have that are important as well?

38. Ch 3

39. p. 39 Big book/51 small book
I never could figure out why men thought they could impress a woman by making the world out to be such a dangerous deal. I mean, we’ve got to live in the same world every damn day of the week.

40. Turn in vocab, study guides, paragraphs
For Monday:
Read Chapter 7 How They Eat in Heaven (pop quiz Monday)
On Wed. Test chapters 1-8
Vocabulary
Juxtaposition
Quotes

41. p. 41/ 53
-A bug’s just got one life to live, after all. Like us. -It’s too early in the morning for bad news. (42/55) - Why, honey, don’t feel bad. I wasn’t trying to make a sale. I just thought you two needed some cheering up. (60/ 46

42. Outside was a bright, wild wonderland of flowers and vegetables and auto parts. Heads of cabbages and lettuce sprouted out of old tires…”
(47/62)
Matties back yard looked like the place where old cars die and go to heaven. (47/62)

43. “Can you picture that? Keeping the same beans going all these years?
(48/63)
What do these purple beans represent?
Moving to a new place
Taking root
Transplantation
Adaptability (growing out of tires
Serve as metaphor for characters

44. Why is the art gallery included in this scene?
Shes not full of pretense. She is real and grounded
“Excuse me for living”
She doesn’t let people push her around.

45. Chapter Four What do we learn?
She and husband lived with Granny Logan
Ivy:
“Ivy’s arms and apron-covered front moved around like she was the boss, even in her daughter’s unfamiliar kitchen.”

46. I guess I always thought it would have been something to go off on our own, like you done. But there was so much work in them days, no time for fun, and besides I’d of been scared to death out someplace all by myself” (57/74)

47. Granny Logan
“It’s a sin to be working on Sunday. He ouught to be home with his family on the Lord’s day. I guess I oughtn’t expect better from a heathern Mexican.” (61/78)
“Don’t sit on it. “It’ll be hot as a poler in this sun (62/80)

48. Ivy (61/79)
He’ll put his eyes out before he even gets a good start in life.

49. What do we learn about Lou Ann
Has to lie to family about Angel
Thinks she is fat: “ I’m as fat as a hog since I had him.” 60 /78
Hypochondriac: “I was scared to death I’d caught throat cancer… (58/
Belt 59/77

50. Tug Fork Water
What does it represent?
Pulling away from her roots

51. Bobby Bingo
“Whatever you want the most, it’s going to be the worst thing for you.”
How does it apply to Bobby?
To Lou Ann?

52. Chapter 5
Life had delivered Sandi a truckload of manure with no return address 89/69

53. Why is Taylor juxtaposed with the hippie dippie people?
Show she is more grounded with the reality of everyday requirements. Baby, food, housing
What does it reveal about her character?
She has no time for space cadets
Also helps to set up what she has in common with Lou Ann

54. Meeting Lou Ann What do they have in common? Both from Kentucky
Same Bob Seger concert
Single parents
They talk the same way.
(It’s been so long,…you talk just like me.”

55. Lou Ann Fear of flying Worried about Dwayne Ray’s head
Not sure that Taylor would move in:
“Well my gosh, I mean, jere you are so skinny and smart and cute and everything and me and Dwayne Ray, Well, we’re just lumping along here trying to get by.” 101/79

56. Taylor
“I’m just a plain hillbilly from East Jesus Nowhere with this adopted child that everybody keeps on telling me is dumb as a box of rocks. I’ve got nothing on you, girl.”

57. Taylor