mr. verlin south philadelphia high school november 6-7, 2014
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Mr. VerlinSouth Philadelphia High SchoolNovember 6-7, 2014
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Preliminaries In your journals, respond to the
following prompt: “Many writers have compared life to a journey or trip. Briefly, describe the highlights of your freshman year of high school by comparing it to a journey. Your journey can begin on the first day of high school and should include some of the detours (obstacles) you have encountered along the way.”
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Objectives: The students will be able to choose words
appropriately when writing to advance the theme of a work.
The students will be able to skim a text to quickly locate information.
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Focus Lesson: The Vision… Literary Terms
Epic poem Quest Skimming Symbol Figurative language Allegory Fable Parable
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Focus Lesson: The Vision… Background
The Trojan War The Odyssey Information and Data
Divide in to groups of 3. Take turns reading “Vision Quest” (Elements
p. 413) Write a definition of the Vision Quest. Paragraph on the vision quest (5 sentences
min.)
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Focus Lesson: The Vision… Symbolism and Allegory
Small Group Reading: Elements… p. 398
Small Group Writing Why are symbols effective? Why do writers use symbols
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Homework (due next class) Read “Mosi’s Coyote”. Take at least 3 QNTs.