1. Ms. Szilage Plato Academy, Quarter 2
Week 1-2 – Learning Objectives ANALYZE how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. ANALYZE how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader create such effects as suspense or humor.
Ms. Szilage
Plato Academy, Quarter 2

2. BELL WORK
Connotative meaning = something suggested by a word or thing; an implication
Example of Literary Connotation:
“Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s Day…” by William Shakespeare
Write what you believe is the connotative meaning of “Summer’s Day.”

3. JOURNAL POCKETS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQjLbUHTujA
All you need is glue and paper.

4. BELL WORK
Read your text strip. Identify all of the transition words by listing them in your journal.
Refer to your transition chart in your journal.
Find, at minimum, two more transitions that could replace the ones you found in your text strip.

5. BELL WORK 10.22.18 Read your text strip.
Determine which part of the essay best matches.
Identify the elements of the paragraph.
Be prepared to share out and explain how you know your responses are correct.

6. POINT OF VIEW (take notes)
Point of view is the perspective or vantage point from which a story is told. It is the angle of considering things.
Shows us the opinion/ feelings of the individual. We get to see life through the narrators eyes.
It is a glimpse into the mind of the main character.

7. ESSAY OUTLINE Introduction Body Paragraph/s Conclusion
Glue your mini-foldable in your journal.

8. Tone vs. Mood
Tone and mood are often confused. If tone is the author's attitude toward a subject, then mood is how we are made to feel as readers, or the emotion evoked by the author.

9. ELA 8: EDGAR ALLAN POE
Quick Write (4 minutes)
 Is there any justifiable reason to kill another person? Why or why not?

10. ELA 8: EDGAR ALAN POE
5pM.
Analyze how the main character's word choice and actions lead to his motivation for killing the old man and then confessing to the murder (Think Aloud –Close Read)

11. Target Words
Point of view is…the perspective or vantage point from which the story is told (third-person limited, third-person omniscient, and first person, for example.)
Point of view can also refer to someone’s understanding or belief about a situation.
Points of view that people have about ideas and events can often differ. The way that narrator views or understands events, for example, may differ from the way the reader views or understands those events.

12. Target Words
Unreliable narrator is…a narrator who does not have an accurate, trustworthy, or unbiased understanding of events. The narrator might be unreliable for many reasons (inexperience, youth, limited perspective, etc.).
Dramatic irony is…occurs when the reader knows something that the character does not know.
Suspense is… a feeling of growing tension and excitement felt by a reader. Suspense makes a reader more curious about the outcome of a story or an event within a story. A writer creates suspense by raising a question in the reader’s mind.

13. To Break Down a Writing Prompt (Steps 1 – 4)
Break down the prompt
Read and take notes to meet the purpose.
If comparing or synthesizing, identify and group related ideas.
Draft a plan or outline of the response.

14. What is the prompt asking us to find in a story
What is the prompt asking us to find in a story? How many parts does the prompt have?
Possible answer: “Well, I have to find the difference in point of view between the reader and the unreliable narrator, but the prompt asks me to show the difference in how point of view creates a suspense.”

15. What is the topic of the prompt. What is the focus
What is the topic of the prompt? What is the focus? Annotate the prompt, circling the topic and underlining the point.
Possible answers: Write an essay that explains how the difference in point of view between the reader and narrator creates suspense for the reader.
“The topic is the difference in POV between the reader and the narrator. The focus is how that difference creates suspense.”

16. How might a fill in the blank thesis statement sound like?
Possible answer: “Throughout the story, the difference in point of view between the narrator and the reader makes the reader wonder _______ _________________________________________.”

17. How could I organize the essay
How could I organize the essay? What are some different ways I could organize my essay?

18. How will I take notes?

19. How could I get it wrong?

20. Read and Take Notes
How does the difference in point of view create suspense?
Paragraphs
Difference in point of view
between the narrator and reader
Suspense created (questions that come to
mind as the narrator tells the story)
Your purpose for reading is….
To determine your own POV of the narrator and the events in the story as the story is told.
To find the suspense that is created (the questions you have about the narrator or about what is going to happen.

21. Let’s read! Read, Write, and Discuss
At the end of each section of the story, you and your group members will share notes, and answer text-dependent questions. Be prepared to share with whole group.
Let’s read!
(Section 1:
(Section 2:
(Section 3:

22. How does the difference in point of view create suspense?
Paragraphs
Difference in point of view
between the narrator and reader
Suspense created (questions that come to
mind as the narrator tells the story)
1-3
(lines 1-20)
The narrator thinks he is clever and sane. The reader knows he is crazy (dramatic irony).
Will he actually kill the old man?
How can he “wisely” proceed to kill someone?
What is such crazy character capable of?
4-12
(lines )
The narrator knows what happens, but he is retelling the events so slowly. This slow-retelling is suspenseful because the reader doesn’t know what is going to happen.
Why is he so slow about killing the old man?
Will he actually kill him? Does he ever do it?
What sound is he hearing? Is he really hearing the old man’s heart?
Is he getting more crazy?
13-19 (lines )
The narrator seems so confident at first, but then starts to become frantic. The reader knows the narrator is crazy, but doesn’t know what will happen.
Can he really be so calm and confident?
Will he get away with murder? Will he not get caught?
Is he hearing the heart, but the officers cannot?
Is going to give himself away?

23. ELA 7: DICKINSON & TEASDALE
Can a person be hungry for something other than food?
Why or why not? Please explain.

24. ELA 7: DICKINSON & TEASDALE (Close Read)
Read both poems.
Text-mark poems. Underline key words and phrases
Write thoughts and questions in the margins
Use the graphic organizers to help you analyze each poem.

25. Friendly Reminder: About Theme
1. Stating theme of a literary work requires a complete thought.
2. Theme is a message, comment, or insight about life or human nature.
For example, the story of “Beauty and the Beast” (originally written by Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, 1740, La Belle et la Bete) was turned into a Disney movie based upon a folk-tale. The theme is that beauty is not on the outside of a person but what is inside of him.

26. To Break Down a Writing Prompt (Steps 1 – 4)
Break down the prompt
Read and take notes to meet the purpose.
If comparing or synthesizing, identify and group related ideas.
Draft a plan or outline of the response.

27. Writing Goals
Clear thesis statements that answer all parts of the prompt.
Supporting main ideas that make clear points and directly support the thesis.
Strong evidence pulled from the texts that directly supports the points in the main ideas.