WHAT GIVES A TEXT “LITERARY MERIT”? WHAT IS “LITERATURE”? Getting Started...

How do we learn to identify and experience literature? 1. Notice  How do we learn to notice? 2. Know what to notice  What should we be noticing? 3. Interpret the “so what?”  What can we get out of interpreting what we notice in literature?

INDEPENDENT: Complete the handout “How do we learn to identify and experience literature? Task One

How do we learn to notice? What do you think? Our approach in this course:  Study what to notice  Observe what others notice  Annotate texts we are reading  Practice asking questions

SMALL GROUPS (2-3): 1. Share your answers to the question “What should we be noticing?” 2. On chart paper work together to produce an organized list of the things a reader of literature should practice noticing. Task Two

What to Notice Purpose So I can direct lessons toward your needs. - To get you thinking about what you should be doing while reading. When reading throughout this course I will be asking you to annotate, ask and answer questions that require you to have a significant knowledge of the vocabulary and concepts used to study and discuss literature. As we go through this overview, please note (or ask) about any term/concept which you are unfamiliar or uncomfortable with.

YOUR OWN REACTION TO THE TEXT How are you responding to what you are reading? Why? What is making you respond in this way? Has the author intentionally made you respond in this way? What connections are you making to the text? What to Notice

NARRATION Point of View  1 st Person  2 nd Person  3 rd person limited  3 rd person omniscient  3 rd person objective Perspective  Time & Culture  Bias Reliability What to Notice

CHARACTER- IZATION Protagonist, antagonist Major, minor characters Archetypal characters ( Round, flat What has the author done to develop the character? What is their motivation? How & why do they change? What to Notice

REPETITION What is being repeated?  Word, Phrase  Image  Style Why? Is there a motif in the work?motif What to Notice

SETTING What is the setting? How is affecting the characters and the plot? What is the social-cultural context of the work AND of the writer when the work was written? What to Notice

PLOT Foreshadowing Dramatic Irony What to Notice

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE & TROPES Irony Allusions Metaphors Simile Analogies Symbolism Satire Paradox Personification Metonymy Synecdoche More... What to Notice

VOICE Rhetorical & Stylistic Choices  Tone  Diction  Syntax What to Notice

THEME What is it? How is it being developed? What can we learn about the human experience? What to Notice

PRACTICING METACOGNITION: Review your summer reading journal & your annotations of “reading ourselves and the world around us” 1. What are you good at noticing? 2. What do you frequently not notice? 3. Reread a small portion of one of the texts – try to notice 3 new things Task Three

SO WHAT? What is the purpose of noticing all these things? When writing about literature, you must go further than just listing the things you notice. How would you use the things you have noticed to write about and analyze literature?

WORKING WITH A PARTNER: 1. Share your annotations for “Reading ourselves and the world around us” 2. Answer the questions on structure and style. (Did your annotations help you ? Did the questions guide you to notice more?) 3. Choose 3 things you and your partner noticed in the reading. Discuss the possible affect/purpose/meaning (“So What”) of your observations. Task Four