Introduction to Literature & Composition

Introduction to Literature & Composition

November 14-18, 2016

Monday 14

1. Review characterization.

2. Brainstorm: Winston’s traits

3. Analysis: Winston’s character development in Part 1 of 1984

4. Independent reading of 1984

HW: Read Part 3, Chapter 2.

Tuesday 15

1. Journal

2. Analysis: Winston’s character development in Part 2 of 1984

3. Independent reading of 1984.

HW: Read Part 2, Chapters 3 and 4.

Wednesday 16

1. Analysis: Winston’s character development in Part 3 of 1984.

2. Theme in 1984.

3. Julia’s character development in 1984.

HW: Prepare for on-demand essay.

Thursday 17

1. On-Demand Essay

Friday 18

1. Summative review for 1984:

- diction and tone

- characterization

- theme

HW: Prepare for summative assessment over 1984 on Monday.

Learning Goals:

- I can read closely and find answers explicitly in text and answers that require an inference

- I can thoroughly support both explicit and inferential questions by analyzing an author’s words and determining multiple pieces of textual evidence that strongly support those questions.

- I can determine how specific details in the text reveal and continually refine a theme.

- I can analyze how complex characters develop over the course of the grade-appropriate text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot of a text or develop the theme.

- I can analyze how specific word choices build upon one another to create a cumulative impact on the overall meaning and tone of a text (i.e., denotative, connotative, figurative).