Focus: What are allusions? Why do people use them?
Objective: Students will analyze how and why a piece of literature draws on outside sources through allusions.
1. Independent reading and reading log.
2. Writers Notebook #40.
3. We individually began reading the Fourth Marking Period of Speak.
4. We learned that an allusion is when an author refers to another person, place, or event. As a class, we discussed reasons why Picasso might be alluded to in Speak.
5. We broke into small groups to learn and discuss some of the different allusions in Speak.
6. In new small groups, we shared what we had learned about each allusion.
Homework: Bring your Writer's Notebook for a notebook check (pages 34-41).
Objective: Students will analyze how and why a piece of literature draws on outside sources through allusions.
1. Independent reading and reading log.
2. Writers Notebook #40.
3. We individually began reading the Fourth Marking Period of Speak.
4. We learned that an allusion is when an author refers to another person, place, or event. As a class, we discussed reasons why Picasso might be alluded to in Speak.
5. We broke into small groups to learn and discuss some of the different allusions in Speak.
6. In new small groups, we shared what we had learned about each allusion.
Homework: Bring your Writer's Notebook for a notebook check (pages 34-41).