Secondary ELA Curriculum

Opening activity (Session Packet) In your journal, respond to the quote below and relate it to the editorial cartoon. “For the love of money is the root of all evil….”

Objective Using a variety of resources and strategies, the participants will learn how to incorporate dialectical journals into their classroom.

What is a dialectical journal? Dialectical : art or practice of arriving at the truth through logical arguments Journal : personal record of events, experiences, and reflections kept on a regular basis a dialogue or conversation between ideas in a text (words read) and the ideas of the reader (thoughts, questions, insights, and ideas) an intellectual response that is anchored to a personal observation, concern, or experience

Why use Dialectical Journals? Actively engages students in reading Increases critical reading skills Increases critical thinking skills Provides a place for students to model style of professional authors while developing their own style Provides focus for class discussions

Dialectical Journal Templates

Original Dialectical Journal Quotes from TextResponse o Powerful o Thought – provoking o Insightful o Written in quotation marks o Includes page number of paragraph number o Connections: Text to self, text, or world o Literary Element o Syntax o Diction o Characterization o Prediction (with textual support) o Symbols o Motifs o Plot shifts

Dialectical Journal Source MaterialPageRespond, Analyze, and Evaluate Identify the literary element you are analyzing. Provide the direct quotation or ellipsis and a parenthetical citation. What makes the passage so important?

Revised DJ Template Quotes from TextAnalysis o Powerful o Thought – provoking o Insightful o Written in quotation marks o Includes page number or paragraph number Why did the author use.... (purpose or effect) o Literary Elements o Syntax o Diction o Characterization o Prediction (with textual support) o Symbols o Motifs o Plot shifts Connections -Text to Self -Text to Text -Text to World

Symbolic Dialectical Journal Symbolism – LiteralSymbolism – AbstractEffect, Purpose, or Insight What is the literal meaning of the “symbol” in the context of the work? What does the “symbol” represent in the larger context of life? What insight can be made about the effect or purpose of the symbol?

3 Question DJ Template What does it say?What does it matter? Significant quoteYour analysis of the quote as it relates to the “big picture”. What does it mean? Your interpretation of the quote

Dialectical Journal: Planning Choose a text Choose focus for journal Choose template(s) for journal Provide explicit instructions on journal assignment Provide model passage and analysis (how)

Choosing Passages from the Text: Look for QUOTES that seem significant, powerful, thought provoking or puzzling. For example, you might record:  Effective &/or creative use of stylistic or literary devices  Passages that remind you of your own life or something you’ve seen before  Structural shifts or turns in the plot  A passage that makes you realize something you hadn’t seen before  Examples of patterns: recurring images, ideas, colors, symbols or motifs.  Passages with confusing language or unfamiliar vocabulary  Events you find surprising or confusing  Passages that illustrate a particular character or setting

Responding to Text: Simple For the RESPONSE column, you have several ways to respond to a text:  Raise questions about the beliefs and values implied in the text  Give your personal reactions to the passage  Tell how it reminds you of your own experiences  Write about what it makes you think or feel  Argue with or speak to the characters or author

Responding to Text: Complex  Analyze the text for use of literary devices (page  Make connections between different characters or events within the text  Make connections to a different text (or film, song, etc…)  Discuss the words, ideas, or actions of the author or character(s)  Consider an event or description from the perspective of a different character  Analyze a passage and its relationship to the story as a whole Refer to pages

Application  Journal  Session Packet  Literary Analysis Terms (8)  Character Traits (37)  Tone and Attitude (31) Texts I Timothy 6:10 Enron Editorial Cartoon “For the Love of Money” The Pearl “Killed by Greed and Oppression” Steinbeck: Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

Primary Source and Visual “For the love of money is the root of all evil ….” I Timothy 6:10

Song Lyrics “For the Love of Money” - OJays atch?v=nujQHu_j3Sw Activity 3 Questions (Deeper Reading) What does it say? What does it mean? What does it matter? Choose a minimum of three lines from the song lyrics and write a paragraph response that incorporates the three questions.

Literature – The Pearl Read passage Consider the following: Coyotito, the baby of Kino, a poor Mexican fisherman, and Juana, his mate, is bitten by a scorpion. Juana sucks the scorpion poison from Coyotito’s wound. When the baby falls ill, the grief- stricken parents take him to the only doctor in the neighboring town.  Character motivation  Methods of Characterization  Imagery  Symbols  Motifs  Plot  Setting  Conflict  Theme  Allusion  Conflict  Syntax  Diction

Literature # 2 – The Pearl Read the passage Consider the following: After being rejected by the doctor, Kino and Juana go to the beach where they take their boat out into the sea. He sees an enormous oyster lying alone under a stone, and through its open lips, he glimpses a phantom brightness. Without hurry, he gets the oyster and holds it against his chest. He violently kicks the immersion stone and goes back to the surface. Kino looks at the big oyster and he hesitates to open it, but Juana, her hand over Coyotito's head, encourages him. He forces the lips open with his knife and there it is, a pearl "perfect as the moon", big as a gull's egg. The news that Kino found the "Pearl of the World" spreads over the brush houses even before he gets home, and then goes on to the stone and plaster village.  Character motivation  Methods of Characterization  Imagery  Symbols  Motifs  Conflict  Theme  Allusion  Conflict  Syntax  Diction

Expository – “Killed by Greed and Oppression” Read passage Consider the following: In India the ancient custom of the bridal dowry has become a vicious and increasingly murderous way for a husband's family to acquire material goods Thesis Claims or assertions Author’s purpose Audience Author’s bias Tone Connotation Text structure Syntax

Discussion and Reflection How will you apply these strategies to achieve the best grade your classroom?

Resources NTC’s Literary Terms (on order) What’s the Big Idea? – Jim Burke (on order) Deeper Reading by Kelly Gallagher Tools for Thought by Jim Burke m m

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