AGENDA  FOCUS: How does the theme of father-son play in the book and other literature? How does it compare/contrast?  *Opening: Literary Criticism for Rocking Horse Winner  *Seminar: “Rocking Horse Winner”  *Poem Study: “Daddy” by Plath  *WN Response: pick one of these and compare/contrast it to Kite Runner  *Closing: Discuss  *HW: Apostrophe Hand Poem Final Draft due Friday with reflection!

AGENDA ***“Daddy” Poem Study ***Literary Criticism for Rocking Horse Winner

OPENING ACTIVITY: article Read the literary criticism about “The Rocking Horse Winner” and annotate it for some discussion ideas for seminar…

ANNOUNCEMENTS  HW: Apostrophe Hand Poem Final due tomorrow!!

SEMINAR  Let’s discuss the short story, “The Rocking Horse Winner”  What did you notice?  How could this connect or parallel to The Kite Runner?

POEM STUDY  Let’s read the poem, “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath  Annotate it to make meaning and be ready to discuss what you notice.  I want to do one more read—this time I want you to listen to Plath herself read the poem; it will give you an even stronger sense of the tone and diction! 

WN PROMPTS  Pick one of these literary pieces—”The Rocking Horse Winner” or “Daddy” and tell me why it would be a good literary piece to compare to The Kite Runner.  Example: “The Incident” is a poem about the way a child’s world can change because of the prejudice around them; we also see this in The Kite Runner with the way Hassan is treated.  When you write your argument, use evidence from the short story or poem and use proper citation with the author’s last name and page/line number.  Share with TWO other classmates…  Discuss…

CLOSING  HW: Apostrophe Hand Poem Final Draft due tomorrow! Don’t forget the annotations and final reflection as well!