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.
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.
Homework: Bring your Writer's Notebook for a notebook check (pages 34-41).