1. What we do today  Journal  Hours 2,3,4. “Lady or the Tiger” Work. Learning Targets: 1.Use evidence and citation from the text to support a claim. 2.Understand Characterization and Character Motivation. 3.Read for Comprehension.

2. Journal  10/9/2014  Topic: big decisions  Write a story where a character has to make a life or death decision. After the protagonist makes the decision, describe the results (or consequences) of the decision made – either for good or bad. Write the journal in 1 st person point of view. Try your best to include (if time) situational irony.

3. Journal  10/8/2014  Topic: The Lie  Write about a character who is lying to another character. Tell it like a story. Use 3 rd person Limited point of view and tell the story from the perspective of the one trying to figure out if the other is lying.  Example: Sandra looked at Nevil. She wondered if he was telling her the truth or not. She noticed his eyes were darting back and forth and there were small blots of moisture forming on his upper lip. But Nevil was a curious guy, one never knew what to make of him, with his odd quirks and secluded mannerisms.

4. Interlopers Learning Target Review

5. Point of View: 1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd.  The perspective from which a story is told.  1 st Person – story is told by a person within the story.  2 nd Person - The author uses the word “you.”  3 rd Person – story is told by a voice from outside the story. There are three types of 3 rd person. 1.Objective – storyteller’s knowledge is limited to the actions of the character 2.Limited – storyteller’s knowledge is limited to the thoughts of one characters 3.Omniscient – The storyteller knows all and sees all.

6. Irony: Verbal, Dramatic, and Situational  Basic Definition: A contrast of what the reader expects and what actually happens. Three Types: 1.Verbal Irony: When a writer or character says one thing, but means something completely different. 2.Dramatic Irony: When the audience knows something that the characters do not. 3.Situational Irony: When the reader expects something to happen and the reader is surprised by an alternate event or outcome.

7. Tone, diction, and Mood  Tone is the attitude that the author takes towards his or her characters or subject.  Tone is created through diction (an author’s choice of words.

8. Unit 2 “The Lady or the Tiger” Pages 297 - 304  Exuberant  Genial  Impartial  Allegiance  Procured  Dire  Retribution  Fervent  Aspiring  Deliberation

9. Stealing Ken  You have been accused of stealing your sister’s Ken doll from her bedroom. You are brought before the judge to decide if you are guilty or innocent.  What is the normal process in deciding if a person is guilty or innocent?  How effective is it?  Do you know of any cases where someone was proven innocent and they were guilty, or guilty and later proven innocent?  Is there a better way?

10. The polygraph test  Have you heard of the polygraph test?  Perhaps you recognize something like this:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgyZ7yb2mmI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgyZ7yb2mmI  Make a guess. How reliable are polygraph tests?  According to experts they are between 60 to 70 percent effective.

11. The latest in lie detection  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2tXSb2IW-w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2tXSb2IW-w

12. Back to Ken: roll the dice  What if guilt or innocence were determined by chance? Fair or unfair?  http://www.random.org/ dice/ http://www.random.org/ dice/

13. Story background  Judgment by chance dates back to Medieval times. It was process known as The Ordeal.  Keeping order during the Middle Ages was especially difficult. Peasants, who were oppressed by the feudal system, frequently revolted; there were numerous spies and assassins working to wreak havoc in another kingdom, some killed their neighbors to steal their possessions, economical problems opened the way for thieves. Keeping law and order in the Middle Ages was not so easy as today, because there was little or no democracy and therefore the law was biased.  Most criminals were subject to a trial which was nothing like the ones we know of today. Each accused person was subject to an ordeal; there were dozens of different ordeals:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raQSRCu40JM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raQSRCu40JM

14. What we do today  Journal  Read “Lady or the Tiger.” Answer reader comprehension questions.  Evidence in Text

15. Journal  10/7/2014  Topic: big decisions  Write a story where a character has to make a life or death decision. After the protagonist makes the decision, describe the results (or consequences) of the decision made – either for good or bad. Write the journal in 1 st person point of view. Try your best to include (if time) situational irony.

16. Story Preview  In this fairy tale, a king rules his subjects through public trials with verdicts that are determined by chance. The accused person must choose to open one of two identical doors. Behind one door is the reward – a beautiful woman to marry. Behind the other door lies the punishment – a ferocious and hungry tiger. When the King’s daughter falls in love with a man with whom the king does not approve, he must face this trial…

17. Today  Learning Target redo  Journal  Evidence in text  Start 12 sentence paragraph #2  Suckablood

18. Journal  10/10/2014  Topic: Perfect Fairytale World  For this journal, create a story where everything is perfect. There are no complications. It could be a perfect setting, a perfect relationship, etc. The ending to your tale also must have a pleasant ending.

19. Evidence 1.Find evidence in the text. 2.Quote the evidence directly. 3.Write a clear explanation of the evidence. 4.Write in complete sentences.  Example on the next slide

20. Find 3 Pieces for Each side Evidence that suggests that the princess will choose the tiger door. Evidence that suggests that the Princess will choose the princess door.  Example: “…as she thought of her lover opening the door on the other side of which waited the cruel fangs of the tiger!” (Collier 303)  This quote is saying that the Princess did not want to see her lover get mauled by a tiger.

21. Writing.  You now have all the evidence needed to start your writing.  Assignment: Which do you think came out the door, the lady or the tiger? Write a 12 sentence paragraph that explains your viewpoint. 1.Do not Use “I” or “me,” or “you.” 2.Finish with a strong closing sentence.

22. Main Idea, Sentence 1 1.Start with a clear Main Idea Statement: The story “Lady or the Tiger,” by Frank Stockton, provides plenty of evidence for either the lady or the tiger coming out of the door.

23. Elaboration Sentence (Thesis Statement) Next, your thesis statement, Elaboration Sentence: But, after analyzing the evidence, it is clear that the _______ came out of the door and the three most compelling pieces of evidence are the ________________, ________________ and ______________________. OR It may be impossible to ever really know, but the evidence suggests that the ______ came out of the door and the three best examples that prove this are the _____________________, __________________________ and _____________________.

24. Claim, Evidence, Analysis Use your transition words and phrases to start: Claim # 1: The author tells the reader that the princess is too fearful of seeing her lover getting torn to shreds by the vicious tiger. Evidence: The author writes of this fear stating, “…as she thought of her lover opening the door on the other side of which waited the cruel fangs of the tiger!” (Collier 303). Analysis: This quote is most interesting because it clearly states that the princess would never let her lover be killed in front of all those people and supports the idea that she would allow him to live, even if it is with another woman.

25.  Claim, Evidence, Analysis #2 and #3  And then finish with strong closing sentence.

26. Unit 2 “The Lady or the Tiger” Pages 298 - 304  Exuberant  Genial  Impartial  Allegiance  Procured  Dire  Retribution  Fervent Vocab Quiz today  Aspiring Vocab Quiz today  Deliberation

27. Text Work  Go to Page 305  Answer in complete sentences.  Answer questions 1 – 7