How do literary details combine to create a theme or idea?
Objective: Students will be able to interpret an idea or feeling expressed in a literary vignette and identify details to support their interpretations.
1. Word of Day #10: churlish
2. Language Lab #7
3. We had an introductory discussion about The House on Mango Street, sharing our first impressions.
4. We learned about the literary genre of vignettes in which small details are important not because of how they contribute to plot but because of the impression they convey.
5. First as a class and then in pairs, we practice interpreting details in the first three vignettes from The House on Mango Street.
6. Individually, we annotated a copy of the the fourth ("My Name") vignette from The House on Mango Street and answered a couple of questions about it.
7. Writer's Notebook #10: Draw a map or floor plan of a place that has been important for you (examples: your neighborhood, your house, your grandparent's house, etc.). As you draw, include symbols for some of the stories you have experienced in the setting.
8. We were introduced to our upcoming book of vignettes assignment.
For next time: Read p. 12-34 of The House on Mango Street and complete a theme sheet. Also, begin brainstorming a focus for your book of vignettes.
Objective: Students will be able to interpret an idea or feeling expressed in a literary vignette and identify details to support their interpretations.
1. Word of Day #10: churlish
2. Language Lab #7
3. We had an introductory discussion about The House on Mango Street, sharing our first impressions.
4. We learned about the literary genre of vignettes in which small details are important not because of how they contribute to plot but because of the impression they convey.
5. First as a class and then in pairs, we practice interpreting details in the first three vignettes from The House on Mango Street.
6. Individually, we annotated a copy of the the fourth ("My Name") vignette from The House on Mango Street and answered a couple of questions about it.
7. Writer's Notebook #10: Draw a map or floor plan of a place that has been important for you (examples: your neighborhood, your house, your grandparent's house, etc.). As you draw, include symbols for some of the stories you have experienced in the setting.
8. We were introduced to our upcoming book of vignettes assignment.
For next time: Read p. 12-34 of The House on Mango Street and complete a theme sheet. Also, begin brainstorming a focus for your book of vignettes.