Week of October 16-20, 2017Monday-Library Day & Book response directions; Quarterly Reflection

Tuesday- Direct & Indirect Characterization, Harrison Bergeron body bio class practice

Wednesday- satire/irony with video clips

Thursday- fable / fairytale notes, “Fable” by Mark Twain

Friday- analyze fable elements in Tales of Beedle the Bard

Handouts: book response ELA & PAP, put 3 articles on classroom, HB copies/on classroom & full-size body drawing to put post-its on, satire & irony, and types of irony, copies of “Fable” and fables

Monday, October 16, 2017● Put your War Horse analysis in the inbox● Quickwrite –

○ ELA: How did you see ideas from Truce come to life in the film War Horse?

○ Pre-AP: What differences occurred in the film that enhanced the storyline of War Horse?

● Discuss ● Take survey over our learning 1st quarter

○ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1y-z492AWCJfd8zwabrqEH97hi2B4IKOzceEfGESDKtM/edit?ts=59db9eb2

● Library Visit

3rd Quarter outside reading● 3rd Quarter outside reading assignment:

◦ ELA: Biography / Memoir or a Narrative Non Fiction

◦ ELA book requirements● Pre-AP: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

or Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl or I Am Malala (explain project criteria/expectations and form teams)

● Pre-AP read articles (about Frederick Douglass, Malala or Anne Frank) on Google Classroom if you need to decide which book to read

Tuesday, October 17, 2017● Warmup: Look at the following images: choose ONE

and analyze. What kinds of things can you infer about the person/people, their character, social class, occupation, etc.?

● Discuss

Characterization (Direct vs. Indirect)● Take brief notes on characterization:● Do you know which is which?

◦ Direct Characterization ◦ Indirect Characterization

● Direct Characterization: the author or narrator makes direct statements about a character’s traits. The author tells us about the character’s personality to our face.

● Example:● Perhaps it had something to do with living in a dark cupboard, but

Harry had always been small and skinny for his age. He looked even smaller and skinnier than he really was because all he had to wear were old clothes of Dudley’s, and Dudley was about four times bigger than he was. Harry had a thin face, knobbly knees, black hair, and bright green eyes. He wore round glasses held together with a lot of Scotch tape because of all the times Dudley had punched him on the nose. The only thing Harry liked about his own appearance was a very thin scar on his forehead that was shaped like a bolt of lightning.

Indirect Characterization● SPEECH - What does the character say? How does the character speak?

(Salvador: “…inside the throat that must clear itself and apologize each time it speaks.”)

● THOUGHTS - What is revealed through the character’s private thoughts and feelings? (“…inside that body too small to contain the hundred balloons of happiness, the single guitar of grief.”)

● EFFECTS - What is revealed through the character’s effect on other people? How do other characters feel or behave in reaction to the character? (“…shakes the sleepy brothers awake, ties their shoes, combs their hair with water, feeds them milk and cornflakes from a tin cup…” – *We have to infer how the brothers and mom react to Salvador*)

● ACTIONS - What does the character do? How does the character behave? (“Helps his mama, who is busy with the business of the baby.”)

● LOOKS - What does the character look like? How does the character dress? (“…inside that forty-pound body of boy with its geography of scars, its history of hurt…”)

Indirect Characterization Practice● Let’s look back at the short story “Harrison Bergeron.” Analyze the

character Harrison with the people at your table. Use the sticky notes you are given to record examples for your task. Use quotes when you can.

● Tables 1, 7: SPEECH - What does the character say? How does the character speak? (head)

● Table 2. 5: THOUGHTS - What is revealed through the character’s private thoughts and feelings? ***You will have to infer what he was thinking by his behaviors.*** (see below for looks, also) (heart)

● Tables 3, 6: EFFECTS - What is revealed through the character’s effect on other people? How do other characters feel or behave in reaction to the character? (arms)

● Table: 4: ACTIONS - What does the character do? How does the character behave? (legs)

● Tables 2, 5 LOOKS - What does the character look like? How does the character dress? (around the head and body)

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Characterization continued...● Place sticky notes on the body outline:◦ speech -- head◦ thoughts -- heart◦ effects -- arms◦ actions -- legs◦ looks -- around the head and body

● Let’s read what we said about Harrison and discuss● Did we find enough evidence to show who Harrison really is?● This is the type of direct & indirect character analysis you will be

doing with the book Animal Farm this quarter.

● Pick up 2 handouts: Satire / Irony handout and a “types of irony” handout from the Outbox. Glue/tape them into your Writer’s Notebook. Answer the satire and irony questions.

● What key word helps you understand the difference between irony and something that is funny or strange.

● Why do you think Toy Story was used on the handout for irony? Write about it.

● Video about situational irony (3:55):◦ http://video.scholastic.com/services/player/bcpid858992059001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAFv

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● What aspects of “Harrison Bergeron” / 2081 were ironic? ● Discuss with your shoulder partner. Then, share at your table.

Can you think of other examples of irony?

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

TYPES OF IRONY (see handout)● Verbal irony – “A statement in which the meaning that a speaker employs

is sharply different from the meaning that is expressed.”● Situational irony - “When the result of an action is contrary to the desired

or expected effect.”● Dramatic Irony – “When words and actions possess a significance that the

listener or audience understands, but the speaker or character does not.”● All of these forms of irony are tools a writer can use to enhance his or her

storytelling. ● Dramatic Irony refers to a situation where the reader or viewer has

information that the characters do not have. This generally leads to misunderstandings for the characters, while the reader watches and waits for the truth to be revealed.

● Well-known example of Dramatic Irony would include:◦ In the first Toy Story, Buzz thinks he’s a space ranger while the audience

knows he’s a toy.

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

● What are characteristics of fairy tales? ◦ Table discussion/class list

● Clip from “Shrek” (2:27)◦ https://goo.gl/RtofmA◦ Create a list of things that depart from the fairy tale

ideas we wrote about earlier.◦ Stand up/share out list. ◦What are the underlying ideas the creator of

“Shrek” is trying to criticize using satire/irony?

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

SATIRE● Based on your understanding from the definition given

and the class discussion, watch the following clips and jot down notes about what is being made fun of (What does the writer hope to change?):

● 1. Clip from “Wall E” (4:38): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9s7afoYI-M

● 2. Clip from the movie “The Incredibles” (1:18):● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4J-Fuo0vLE ● 3. Clip from the movie “Cars” (3:38):● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggtH05LFF3k

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Satirical Cartoon

Thursday October 19, 2017● QW - What is a fable? What is a fairytale? How are they similar? What

are differences?● Prezi – take notes over Fairy Tales and Fables (NO t-chart) ● https://prezi.com/ar0kc5srlg6i/copy-of-fairytales-and-fables/ (stop at

moral/lesson)● Fable analysis ☺◦ Your team has a fable. Read it.◦ What is the moral / lesson? Discuss and be prepared to share.◦ Read “Fable” by Mark Twain. What moral/ lesson did you take away

from this? (sesquipedalian - characterized by long words; long-winded.)◦ Discuss

● Show The Ant and the Grasshopper (8 minutes) – time permitting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V9uL_ruafU

If you have a copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, bring it tomorrow!

Friday, October 20, 2017• QW: How do you determine what the moral/lesson is from a

fable? Why are certain animals selected for certain characters?

• How to determine the moral/lesson:• Identify what the problem was• Examine how characters responded to the situation• Think about what the characters learned from the

problem – that is the moral/lesson

Friday, October 20, 2017• ELA: Read “The Tale of the Three Brothers” (87-93)• What moral/lesson did you take from this story? • Make a t-chart and find examples of direct and indirect

characterization about the 3 brothers and death.• You will need to share books. There are only 20 copies.• PAP: Individually read any story from the book, Tales of Beedle the

Bard. • Summarize the story. Identify moral/lesson.• Make a t-chart and find examples of direct and indirect

characterization in the story you read.• Discuss stories / characterization• Watch video version of “Tale of the 3 Brothers”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR939M48BG4&safe=active