Warm Up: 9/25-9/26 Copy the following quote onto your page: “The barrack we had been assigned to was very long. On the roof, a few bluish skylights. I thought: This is what the antechamber of hell must look like. So many crazed men, so much shouting, so much brutality” (Wiesel 34). 1. What is Wiesel saying in the quote above? (paraphrase) 2. Copy the chart from the board and complete it, using the quote 3. Choose one strategy from the chart. Write a short paragraph explaining how this strategy creates meaning. Due: WAWW Vocab Mini-Poster

Night Practice Quiz Let’s review each section! As we review, “score” your paper What did I do well? What am I missing?

For each ID… Context:Significance: Did the response include a valid definition or description of the ID? Did the response provide details of a specific appearance of the ID? Did the response explain how this ID is significant to the novel as a whole? Did the response explain how the ID is a literary device, if applicable?

For each quotation… Context:Significance: Did the response correctly identify the context (speaker, person being spoken to, occasion, setting)? Did the response explain what the quote means in context? Did the response analyze how the author used language in this quote (I)? Did the response explain how this quotation is significant to the meaning of the novel as a whole (M)?

How did we do? What questions do we still have about the quiz? What can we do to prepare for next week’s real reading quiz? How do we study for this?

Common Assessment #1 Results are posted in PowerSchool. They will be returned when everyone has tested. I will write your diagnostic grade and growth on your individual test. Test corrections will be offered… details to follow.

Writing for Literature

When we write responses to literature, we are ultimately creating an argument. What is an argument? In order to write an effective argument, we have to be comfortable with the text we are writing about. This is why annotations, summarizing, and thinking critically about text before writing is important.

An argument has 3 parts: 1.Claim – response to the question; is arguable 2.Data – text evidence to support the claim (min. of 2 pieces) 3.Warrant – explanation of how the text evidence supports the claim

William Golding uses symbolism in the novel The Lord of the Flies in the form of the conch to represents the concept of society. The boys’ evolving relationship with the conch illustrates Golding’s theme that humans, when removed form the pressures of civilized authority, will become evil. In the beginning, the boys view the conch as an important symbol that unites them and gives them the power to deal with their difficult situation. When the conch is first found and blown, it brings everyone together: “Ralph found his breath and blew a series of short blasts. Piggy exclaimed, ‘There’s one!’” (Golding 16). Here Piggy observes one boy emerging from the jungle but soon boys conform all around. Each comes for his own reason: some for plain curiosity, other for the prospect of rescue. They all form the first assembly thanks to the conch. The first job of this assembly is to unite even further and choose a leader or chief. Once again the conch plays an important part. It is Ralph who is chosen to be chief, and the main reason for this is because he holds the conch. When it is put to a vote, the boys exclaim, “Him with the shell. Ralph! Ralph! Let him be chief with the trumpet-thing” (Golding 21). Because Ralph possesses the conch, a symbol of power and authority, he is chosen chief. Thus, at first the conch is an important object bringing civilizing influences to the boys as they work together to make the best of a bad situation.

Your turn! In your small group, construct a response with a clear claim, data, and warrant to the following question: How does Hughes use a rhetorical strategy to support the theme of “Theme for English B?”

Official Progress Report Your parent needs to… 1. Check your grade in PowerSchool. 2. Visit the class wiki: megansmith.cmswiki.wikispaces.net 3. Complete the Google Form on the class wiki by next Friday, 10/3/2014.

Homework: Nothing is due next class! Lucky you Use this reprieve to work on or study for… Annotation Guide (10/1-10/2) Lit. Circle Role Sheet (10/1-10/2) Night Ch. 1-4 Reading Quiz (10/1-10/2) Vocab Lesson 1.2 Handout (10/1-10/2) Signed Progress Report (Online; 10/3)