What stories have people told about the expansion of America?
Objective: Students will analyze how themes are developed by the progression of details in a novel.
1. We assembled and submitted our narrative portfolios, including writing a reflection letter.
2. Writer's Notebook #42
3. As a class, we discussed the idea of Manifest Destiny and how it influenced American ideas about expansion and the frontier.
4. Working individually or as partners, we moved to 4 different stations where we analyzed the progression of settings, character types, cultural expressions, and types of conflicts in Books I-III of My Ántonia.
For next time: Read pages 207-238 of My Ántonia and complete reading response #8.
Objective: Students will analyze how themes are developed by the progression of details in a novel.
1. We assembled and submitted our narrative portfolios, including writing a reflection letter.
2. Writer's Notebook #42
3. As a class, we discussed the idea of Manifest Destiny and how it influenced American ideas about expansion and the frontier.
4. Working individually or as partners, we moved to 4 different stations where we analyzed the progression of settings, character types, cultural expressions, and types of conflicts in Books I-III of My Ántonia.
For next time: Read pages 207-238 of My Ántonia and complete reading response #8.