Survey Lit/Comp Period 6 Friday October 18, 2013

Get out your Homework Literary Analysis Square + Paragraph The House on Mango Street book open and face down to page 12 Partner Review for Card Quiz ( 3 minutes): Review what you learn about Cathy. Consider whose voice or voices the Cathy Queen of Cats vignette is told through. Discuss: Rachel and Lucy: How similar to Esperanza and Nenny? How different?

Quick Quiz (books open, skim text as needed) Cathy Queen of Cats – Cathy keeps moving because….. – Whose voice (or voices) is this vignette told through? How do you know? – There are two signs that Cathy is “not all there”. They are….. – How old do you think Cathy is? – What’s the effect of mentioning France?

Quick Quiz, Continued Our Good Day (page 14) Why does the author start this vignette with Esperanza and Cathy. The little one is Rachel. What offer does she make to Esperanza? There’s an implied judgment of Rachel and Lucy as unworthy of friendship (Cathy’s observations). What physical descriptions lead to this….. In going to get the $5, what does Esperanza sacrifice? Rachel and Lucy build Esperanza’s trust in them because they don’t laugh when she….. Describe the bike ride. What do they see? How are they seen? What’s the feeling on the ride?

Read, Annotate, Infer, Square it Up…

Then, From Square to Paragraph SCORING GUIDE (EXCERPT) for LITERARY ANALYSIS PARAGRAPH Proficient Follows established format for Informational/Explanatory essay writing – Introduction with hook – Thesis statement is an inference that interprets the text or addresses author’s intent. – Body paragraphs with claims that support thesis – Details that support body paragraph claims – Conclusion that restates or summarizes the argument Evidence is relevant to the claims made in the body paragraph in which it appears. Evidence consists of specific, relevant quotations from and/or paraphrases of the text. Connection between evidence and claim is explained through commentary.

Homework: 1. Read and annotate Meme Ortiz 2. Complete the inference organizer 3. Complete the literary analysis square 3. Complete the front side of the literary analysis square Read and annotate Record prior knowledge on inference organizer Complete front of literary analysis square Complete paragraph planner

Class Work Listen to “Laughter” “Gils Furniture” Read and annotate Record prior knowledge on inference organizer Complete front of literary analysis square Complete paragraph planner Listen/Observe the modeled process for homework.