English II—February 11, 2015 Bell work: Imagine a cultural anthropologist (a person who studies the cultural variations among humans) visits your house. Describe an object that he or she might think gives insight into your family’s culture. Homework: – Study Island homework (textual evidence) due Friday.

EA2: Writing a Synthesis Paper Synthesis: the act of combining ideas from different sources to create, express, or support a new idea. p. 86 Scoring Guide State a strong and clear claim that takes a specific position. Develop the argument effectively by integrating relevant evidence from a variety of texts and personal insights. Use effective organization that establishes clear relationships among claims, counterclaims, reason and evidence. Introduce ideas smoothly, develop claims and counterclaims fairly, and provide a satisfying conclusion. Use appropriate and varied transitions. Use diction and syntax that convey formal, authoritative voice. Correctly embed and punctuate parenthetical citations. Demonstrate correct spelling and excellent command of standard English conventions. To what extent does one’s culture inform the way one views others and the world? Be sure to support your claim with evidence from at least three different texts you have read, viewed or listened to in this unit, as well as with personal experience and insights.

Perspectives on Poetry Complete the following in the SB book: – Reread the poem, highlighting 5 or 6 strong examples of imagery. – Find and label examples of the following figurative language: Simile, alliteration x 3; metaphor x2, personification, anaphora (repetition of same words at the beginning of a line) Complete the following with your partner on the same sheet of paper: – Choose one example of figurative language and explain its effect and why you like it. – List examples of colors, places, seasons, fabrics, textures. How do these create a sense of family history told through the quilts? – What are the connotations (the emotional overtones of a word – for example, ‘knotted’ has the connotation of something tied tightly to last forever) of the following words: pounding, dime store velvets, cemented, cracked linoleum floor, thrashings. – Answer key ideas and details questions and complete SIFT on p.56

Comparing Texts The quilts in “Everyday Use” and “My Mother Pieced Quilts” take on a symbolic significance. What does the quilt in each story represent? How does each quilt convey the family’s heritage? Use the Venn Diagram to compare and contrast how the two texts explore a similar question. “Everyday Use”“My Mother Pieced Quilts”

Everyday Use 1. What are the characters’ feelings about their cultural heritage? Discuss each character (Dee, Maggie, and the mother). 2. What do those attitudes reveal about the characters? About what one’s cultural heritage really means? 3. Where else have we seen a character struggle to embrace family heritage? How are these situations similar? Different? 4. How might each character be considered a symbol? Of what? 5. What is the significance of the title? How does it relate to the theme? 6. To what extent does their cultural background influence the different characters’ perspectives?