Wednesday-Thursday,+January+25-26

=Essential Question: How do our perceptions affect our relationships?=

Bell Ringer: Checking the Homework
Click the link to go to my blog. Comment to leave your point sentence and chunk (4 sentences) about a character in your independent reading novel.

Refresher Course
Read and discuss a few of the Widow Wycherly group writes.

Formative Assessment: Open Response (25 minutes)
Describe the character of Dr. Heidegger. Use textual evidence in your analysis.

= Point/Topic Sentence = = Concrete Detail/Evidence = = Commentary/Explanation = = Commentary/Explanation = = Concrete Detail/Evidence = =Commentary/Explanation= =Commentary/Explanation= =Conclusion=

A Note About Books!
We are about to start reading Shakespeare's //The Taming of the Shrew//. I will be requiring you to annotate. This means that you will either need your own copy of the book, or you can annotate with post-it notes. You can purchase the book from me for $2 now. This would allow you to write in the book, highlight quotes, dog-ear the pages, etc. If you choose not to purchase the book, you will need to acquire your own sticky notes. If you do not purchase the book, but it is returned to me with any damage or it is lost, you will be required to pay $2.

Independent Reading
Read and do at least 1 journal entry. Instead of the standard text evidence and commentary, structure today's response like the last one with a 4 sentence entry consisting of a point sentence and 1 chunk. You could do this for any of the LOT #s.

Teacher Sample for //Heart of Darkness// by Joseph Conrad
LOT 3 (Lit Terms) The narrator displays a passionate reverence for the sea. As the ship waits for the tide at the base of the Thames River, he meditates on the "greatness [that] had ... floated on the ebb of that river into the mystery of an unknown earth" carrying "the dreams of men, the seed of commonwealths, the germs of empires." This description of the ocean as mysterious and "unknown" reminds readers that endless possibilities await beyond the tide, and the parallel phrases connect these "dreams of men" with the beginnings of great and terrible civilizations while providing a flowing cadence that mimics the rhythm of the tide. The author is building the narrator's persona as a dedicated sailor by displaying this sense of awe on the cusp of setting sail into the dark, distant horizon.

LOT 4 (Text to Text) This novel, like so many other novels, appears to begin with a flashback. The character Marlow prepares his rather reluctant audience for his tale as he proclaims that "to understand the effect of it on [him] [the men] ought to know how [he] got there, what [he] saw, [and] how [he] went up that river to the place where [he] first met the poor chap" that this story will most likely be about. This reminds me of //The Notebook// by Nicholas Sparks. Like this Conrad's novel, this begins with a man preparing his audience for his story.