Monday, October 5th Good morning ladies and gentleman, and a happy Music Monday to you (more on that later) Please get back into your groups from Friday. You will have ten minutes to complete your pyramid and to develop your theme.

Today’s EUs Many stories, from children’s stories and fairy tales to short stories and novels, follow a very standard plot outline. Most stories have a theme, the moral, message or lesson about life that the reader wants the reader to learn.

Today’s EQs How are the elements of plot seen in “The War of the Wall”? How does the theme of our story connect with the theme of our unit? Who were those people painted on the wall?

By the end of class today, you should be able to say to yourself… I have a better understanding of the elements of plot and how they are seen in “The War of the Wall”, as seen through the class completion of the plot chart “The War of the Wall” is more relevant to me because I was introduced to some background information on the people involved I can identify the theme of “The War of the Wall”, and I see how it connects to the theme of our unit “Music Mondays” are awesome

The War of the Wall Toni Cade Bambara ( ) “Writers are everyday people who write stories that come out of their own neighborhoods”

Music Mondays During the playing of the following song, I want you to think about how the song makes you feel. At the end of the song, you will record those feelings in your notebook…be prepared to share with the class

Martin Luther King, Jr. “I recognized some of the faces right off. There was Martin Luther King, Jr.

Malcolm X And there was a man with glasses on and his mouth open like he was laying down a heavy rap. Daddy came up alongside and reminded us that that was Minister Malcolm X.

Harriet Tubman The serious woman with a rifle I knew was Harriet Tubman because my grandmama has pictures of her all over the house.

Fannie Lou Hamer And I knew Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer ‘cause a signed photograph of her hangs in the restaurant next to the calendar.

Louis Armstrong Then I let my eyes follow what looked like a vine. It trailed past a man with a horn, …

Billie Holiday … a woman with a big white flower in her hair, …

Duke Ellington … a handsome dude in a tuxedo seated at a piano, …

W.E.B. DuBois … and a man with a goatee holding a book.”

Closure After learning the time period in which this song was created, and about the person who created it, why do you think Louis Armstrong made this song? What message was he trying to send?