ICTW #16 26 September 2012

Art focus: Character These questions are on the handout. Please complete the writing in your notes based on the painting on the next slide. 1.Describe this painting in at least five sentences. 1.Describe the background of this painting. 2.What do the details reveal about this woman? 2.Describe the woman in the painting in at lease three sentences (use strong diction!). 1.What can you tell about her by looking at her clothes, where she is and what she is doing? 3.What details has the artist included to let the viewer get to know her? 4.Why might the artist have titled this The Shepherd’s Star? 5.If you could ask this woman one question, what would it be? WHY?

Jules Breton (1827–1906) The Shepherd’s Star. Oil on canvas, 1887.

On Tap: ICTW #16 Homework past due=fill in binder before you leave class. Homework reminder: –Watch the posted prezi on edmodo: Building Schema: Edgar Allan Poe & “The Cask of Amontillado” –DUE: FRIDAY Diction Day 3 “The Gift of the Magi” SOAPSTone Theme mini-lesson “A Rose for Emily”

Diction 3 Read and think: For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school, and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible. Then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw me my first lifeline. Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Answer these questions in your notes (be prepared to share out loud!): 1.What is the dictionary definition of the verb sops This word is not usually used to describe a person's actions. What effect does this have on the reader? 2.What is a lifeline? How is Angelou's use of the word different from its usual use? How does this diction affect your understanding of the sentence?

Diction 3 Now you try it: Write a sentence using the verb ring in a fresh and new way to capture your behavior around your house. Use Angelou’s first sentence as a model. Now you try it: For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school, and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible. Then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw me my first lifeline. Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“The Gift of the Magi” SOAPSTone Ten minutes. DUE: Thursday when you walk in the door. STAPLE TOGETHER & TURN IN: –SOAPSTone (on top) –Background on Henry –Story itself