Today’s writer is David Sedaris. It’s Pride Week at AISD… In honor of pride week, I will be sharing some of my favorite LGBT writers with you. Some of them are my friends. (So, if you have questions about their work, I can ask them.) Today’s writer is David Sedaris. With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. David Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays,Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, and his most recent book, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, each of which became an immediate bestseller. There are a total of ten million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 25 languages. 

You have 15 minutes. Make sure you’re ready to go when the bell rings. Silent Reading Time! You have 15 minutes. Make sure you’re ready to go when the bell rings. I am keeping track!

Point-of-view! Closely allied to the concept of voice is point of view. Point of view as a literary technique is a complex and specific concept, dealing with vantage point. An author’s view of the world, as it is and as it ought to be, will ultimately be revealed by manipulation of the point of view, but not vice versa. First Person- “I” Second Person – “You” Third Person- “He, She, etc…”

Third Person Point of View- Objective

Third Person Point of View- Limited

Third Person Omniscient

First Reading * Use a star for significant information, devices, and strategies you notice. ! Use an exclamation point to indicate what you feel strongly about in the article. ? Use a question mark next for parts that are confusing or next to any information that you’d like to explore further.

(repetition, punctuation) Second reading F Figurative Language (literary devices including similes, metaphors, allusions, personification) S Syntax (repetition, punctuation) D Details. (Point of View)

Exit Ticket: Point of view The novel is told from Scout’s perspective which creates an interesting division between reality and perspective. Because she is a child, she hasn’t formed society’s built in prejudices. The reader is forced to look at them through the unbiased eye of a child, which reinforces the theme that people should not judge one another before really understanding each other. For example, Scout does not understand why Aunt Alexandra says that “[Scout] will not invite Walter Cunningham to this house… Because—he—is—trash” (Lee 224). Scout sees Walter as a nice boy; she does not see that she is from a higher class and should not socialize with someone from a lower class. Later on in the novel, we see her childlike perspective when she is at school and the children are giving current events. In the story it says, “Why she frowned when a child recited from the Grit Paper, I never knew, but in some way it was associated with liking fiddling, eating syrupy biscuits for lunch, being a holy-roller, singing Sweetly Sings the Donkey and pronouncing it dunkey, all of which the state paid teachers to discourage” (244). While Scout recognizes the differences between her and the kids who are bussed in from the rural community, she cannot comprehend why the adults view them negatively, which highlights the theme of the novel. How does the point-of- view in the selection contribute to the overall theme of the work? You can choose one of the poems or the story.

Grammar Focus: Punctuation- Series Comma For today’s entry: use at least three sentences with series commas. One should use a list of nouns (person, place or thing), one should be a listing of actions (verbs) and one should be a listing of adjectives (descriptive words). Circle the commas and write the proof above. Also, don’t forget to find an example quote from your reading.