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HARMONObjective: You will apply your understanding of non fiction texts filling out a graphic organizer and a facebook post

Activator: Video on attention getter

TITLE: And of Clay Are We Created—-> HEROISM Date: Nov 6, 2015

Activities to make a cross connection between Clay story by apply the literary skill of attention getter in an essay by filling out the active listening worksheet while watching the video on essays beginnings

Heroism was a theme in this story. Write a a facebook post outlining yourhero.

STANDARD: 2.RL.2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and

build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.

Using the FB outline, create an attentiongrabber in your journal for an essay on your hero

Writing Workshop Define: attentiongrabber, theme

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HERO THEME

We discussed a theme

of HEROISM in the story. Use the

Facebook handout

to outline the hero

you contributed to

class the other day.

Heroism was a theme in the story.

Journal:

Without writing the entireessay, just focus on the beginning and use 2 or 3of the TYPES of beginnings of essays.

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Attention Grabber EffectiveAttention Grabbers

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What did he say in the video?

Pair/Share your intros. Write them below.

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Activity: Develop the confidence to be creative & bold

THINK. PROCESS. APPLY THE SKILL: We discussed value and worth. What is a good introduction worth? How could this skill - if applied to your life - change the results you may get in relationships, a job etc?

attention grabber Apply & PracticeEnglish12

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Reflect & Self Assess AccountabilityEnglish

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Descriptive Details Evolution of Once Upon A Time

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“Midway in our life’s journey, I went astray from the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood.” — Inferno – Dante

“Midway in our life’s journey, I went astray from the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood.” — Inferno – Dante

Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. Animal Farm by George Orwell.

“Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him.”Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

“I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.” I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith

“If this typewriter can’t do it, then f*** it, it can’t be done.” Still Life With Woodpecker, Tom Robbins

“Once upon a time…” Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

What does each grabber DO/tell us?

Descriptive Details What kinds are there?

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Introduce a characterIntroduce a scene“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."Leo Tolstoy: Anna Karenina (1878)

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way."Charles Dickens: A Tale Of Two Cities (1859)

"It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York."Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar (1963)

Introduce a theme

"You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by a Mr Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly.”Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)

Reflect: Why are opening lines important?

What is a good question?

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Example: What is the author’s motivation to tell the story?

Halfway through the story we find out “what happened”. Whattechnique is that? Imagine if in life we aren’t told what is happening. Why does this work in literature?

Clay is a symbol in the story. What does it represent?

How do you define a hero? What caused the main character to rise to the occasion?

APPLY & PRESENT Mini PresentationEnglish12

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And of Clay Are We Created Group Mini-PresentationInstructionsStudents will research non-fiction topics related to the narrative “And

of Clay Are We Created” by reading a teacher provided article specific to their group. They will complete a group poster and present their information to the class. As students listen to the presentations, they will record the information that they learn from the presenters on the Information Collection Sheet.

Each Group Must create a 8.5 x11 poster that:teaches the class how this article relates to the storypresents 5 factspresents 2 group-formed opinions about how this information affects reader’s understanding of the storyincludes a visual to help the class better understand your topic Cites their source of information /50

PRESENTEnglish12

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QUALITY presentation?

Good Areas for Growth

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Annotate Story Read & ReviewEnglish12

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Multimedia Summary

Annotate Story: 1ST, let’s dicuss:

What is that worth? Why? What constitutes the full amount of points?

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