December 21st/22nd

 BIG 8 LITERARY DEVICES: 

1. Plot- The sequence of events in a poem, play, novel, or short story. 

Analysis starting points: Why does the author order the events in this manner? What is the effect of the events in this order? What is the impact of an event in context to another event? 

2. Characterization- The manner in which the author creates the character. (Characters are vehicles for the author's purpose)

Analysis starting points: How do elements of direct characterization and indirect characterization work to create the character? How is this character being used in this text? Why does the author create the character in this manner? How do we learn more about the tone, theme, historical context through this character? 

3. Setting- The location, time or period, and general environment of the work. 

Analysis starting points: What further information does the setting provide to support the meaning of the text? How does the setting impact the mood of the text or scene? How does the events of the plot interact with the setting? Supportive? Paradoxical? 

4. Theme- The central idea or ideas that the writer explores through a text. (The thematic issue is the central concept. The thematic STATEMENT is the message that the author makes about that issue)

Analysis starting points: What makes this issue universal? How is it developed in this text in contrast to other texts? How do motifs, tone, characterization, plot, symbolism, etc. all work to support and promote this thematic statement by the author? 

5. Tone- The writers attitude toward the subject. 

Analysis starting points: How does the author use diction, syntax, rhythm, repetition to develop or support a tone. How does the tone change in specific places and what is the goal of the author? How does tone support the thematic statement? 

6. Conflict- The struggle that grows out of interplay between two opposing forces. (Conflict- internal or external. This is how an author often 'shows, not tells' their message of their text. 

Analysis starting points: How does the conflict enhance the ultimate learning or message that a text is supplying? How does internal conflict often manifest itself? What can we learn from this? How does it contribute to other devices such as setting, characterization, tone, mood? How does external conflict supply information about internal matters? 

7. Point-of-View- The way that the story is narrated. (All of the 1st, 3rd- L and O) 

Analysis starting points: What is significant about the way that the author chooses to tell this story? How is the POV supportive of the story told? How would the story be different if it was from a different POV. Are the narrator(s) reliable or unreliable? Why? What does this tell us? How does the POV impact characterization (direct and indirect)? 

8. Style- the individual way in which a writer has used language to express his/her ideas. 

Analysis starting points: What is the impact of the diction choices? How would we describe the author's artistic choices and how do they work to support the purpose of the text? How can you tell that this is ______ (insert author). What is their signature style? How is it effective? 

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1. Review Big 8 Fiction Elements. Get definitions and questions in your notes. Use to guide your choices in your summative writing. 

2. Questions about Unit 2 Summative.  Due by the end of Tuesday, December 22nd. 

Thursday/Friday, December 17th/18th

1. Noredink.com review. Embedding evidence. 

Embedding Quotations in Writing 

2. Practice integrating quotes practice quiz- Small groups. 

3.  Dystopian Fiction Writing- DUE- 11:59 on Monday, December 21st. 

Dystopian Fiction- Theme Pastiche Assignment

To get you thinking: 

- Privacy linked to conflict  -Characters experiencing lack of privacy (effect)  -Issues of privacy establishing mood of a text   -Privacy and influence on setting  -Privacy and conditioning   -Privacy and human experience (Birth, relationships, death) 

Creative Writing Resources: Review for the element you select. 

Writing Dialogue- Fiction 

How to Develop a Fictional Character

Writing Point of View Reminders

How to Write Setting- Fiction

Writing Conflict in Fiction

Tone in Literature

4. Brave New World Quiz

Don't forget: NOREDINK is due by Sunday, December 20th. 

Monday/Tuesday, December 14th/15th

Reminders: Academic honesty.  

1. Noredink.com- Parallel Structure and Embedding textual evidence. Complete exercises by the end of Sunday, December 19th. 

Parallelism: also known as parallel structure or parallel construction, is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure.   

2. Theme: The universal issue that is explored in a text. 

Thematic issue: Universal concept.   We are going to examine one specifically: Privacy 

Thematic Statement: The message the author is making about the issue. 

Assignment: 

FIRST- 

* Select and watch TWO Ted Talks on the thematic issue of privacy. 

* Watch and take notes. Clearly label each Ted Talk. Consider the content you are learning about, as well as how this connects to Brave New World. You will be uploading your handwritten notes (image) to Schoology. 

Ted Talk Choice: (Select 2 of 3). 

Why Privacy Matters- Ted Talk

The Ethics of Collecting Data- Ted Talk

Tracking Online Trackers- Ted Talk

SECOND- 

* Find one passage in Brave New World that addresses the thematic issue of PRIVACY. Remember, Huxley may not implicitly state anything about privacy.. he may be demonstrating the issue and through the plot be presenting a message.  (Assignment is in Schoology) 

* Take a picture of the passage. Annotate the image (upload to a Google Doc, Draw, Kami). Mark ideas about Huxley's writing. His message about privacy. Thoughts about HOW Huxley presents these ideas to the reader. (See further questions on the Schoology assignment) Clearly state Huxley's THEMATIC STATEMENT at the top of the page. 

Thursday/Friday, December 10th/11th

 Reminders: 

1. Point of View and Perspective video responses are due to Schoology by the end of the day on Friday, December 11th. 

2. NoRedInk assignment #2 (semicolons, colons, and modifiers) is due by the end of the day on Sunday, December 13th.  This assignment will not be available after this time. 

3. READING SCHEDULE: You should be somewhere near chapters 15-17 by Monday, December 14th. Finishing the book by classes on Thursday 12/17 and Friday 12/18. You will have a plot quiz on this date. This quiz will also have some literary devices, allusions, etc. 

Class today: 

1. Colon/Semicolon Review: 

A colon is a big flashing arrow. When a colon appears in a sentence, it usually gives the silent impression of “as follows,” “which is/are,” or “thus.”

A semicolon joins two independent clauses to signal a close connection between them.

2. Watch: "For the Love of Literature"- TedTalk Love of Literature- TedX Youth

3. Schoology response: Discussion board. (Due by the end of 12/11) 

As we get wrapped up in the analysis of a text, we often forget or lose the beauty of the art of literature. 

For example, a few of my favorite lines are: 

“But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.” -John

"In the excitement of meeting a man who had read Shakespeare he had momentarily forgotten everything else." - John

So, with the time I am providing you to read today, I would like you to find 2-3 lines from BNW that you would either say are your favorite... or that you find the most intriguing.. or that you find are highly literary... 

With each quote.. provide an explanation about why this particular quote stood out to you.. and what makes it ART in your opinion 

Virtual Monday/Tuesday, December 7th/8th

1. Noredink.com assignment: Semicolons, colons, and modifiers (Due by Sunday, December 13th) 

A modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that modifies—that is, gives information about—another word in the same sentence. A modifier is so called because it is said to modify another element in the structure, on which it is dependent. Typically the modifier can be removed without affecting the grammar of the sentence. 

A modifier changes, clarifies, qualifies, or limits a particular word in a sentence in order to add emphasis, explanation, or detail. Modifiers tend to be descriptive words, such as adjectives and adverbs. 

** Can make writing more descriptive and informational. 
*** Misplaced modifiers make writing confusing. 

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2. Review Characterization- Direct and Indirect Characterization

3. Small group discussion of characterization charts. Emphasize evidence from text. 

4. Point of View v. Perspective: 

Point of view- The format of the narration. 1st, 3rd L, 3rd O  

Point of view focuses on WHO.  Who is telling the story? Who is telling the details?  Who is speaking?

Perspective- HOW a character/author feels about a situation. HOW THEY SEE IT. Perspective can be strengthened by the author’s choice for the narrator’s point of view, but the two are separate literary concepts. Perspective can be shaped by a person’s culture, heritage, physical traits, and personal experiences. Perspective can express a different approach to a well-known event or issue, and provides an opportunity for readers to see things in a new way. 

While point of view focuses on the who of a story, perspective focuses on the how.... and all of this is supportive of the PURPOSE- the why? 

HOMEWORK FOR THURSDAY/FRIDAY: 

• Post-class reflection. Indirect characterization. 
• Keep reading Brave New World. 
• In your notes, identify the point of view of BNW. Find specific examples of where this POV is obviously represented. With your notes, include your thoughts on why this choice of POV is a significant choice for the telling of this specific story. 
• In your notes, record whose perspective is being represented in BNW. How does this perspective enhance our understanding of the plot? Huxley's purpose? Why is this perspective important? 
• Complete the Schoology assignment on POV/Perspective. (Due by the end of the day on Friday, December 11th) 
• Don't forget the Noredink.com

Virtual Thursday/Friday, December 3rd/4th

1. Don't forget NoRedInk.com assignment. Due by the end of the day on Sunday, December 6th. 

2. Small group discussion- Dystopian Fiction Genre

3. Characterization: 

Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Characterization is revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization. 

Direct Characterization:  tells the audience what the personality of the character is. 

    Example: “The patient boy and quiet girl were both well mannered and did not disobey 

                     their mother.” 

    Explanation: The author is directly telling the audience the personality of these two children. 
                          The boy is “patient” and the girl is “quiet.” 

Indirect Characterization:  shows things that reveal the personality of a character. There are five different methods of indirect characterization: 

Homework: 

1. Post-class discussion (Schoology) 

2. Continue reading BNW. Be through Chapter 12 by Monday/Tuesday. 

3. Complete the BNW characterization chart for Monday/Tuesday's class: BNW Characterization Chart. Make a copy and upload completed version to Schoology by the end of Sunday, December 6th.