1. Mr. Verlin South Philadelphia High School January 28, 2015
Everyday use

2. Preliminaries
Respond to the following prompt: “Sometimes we give objects great value because they have special meaning for us; perhaps something was a gift or made just for you. Think of something you own that you consider valuable in this way and explain why it is important to you.”

3. Objectives:
The students will be able to identify character traits in literature.
The students will be able to draw inferences from the action and dialogue in the short story “Everyday Use”.
The students will be able to identify physical symbols in the story.

4. Focus Lesson: Drawing…
Background: “Everyday Use…”
Literary Terms:
Dialogue
Narrator
Inference
“Everyday Use” (Elements… pp )
Audio and Class Reading
Inferences about characters
Dee
Maggie
Small Groups (exit ticket): symbol analysis

5. Focus Lesson: Homework
Read “The Man in the Water” (Elements… pp )
Take at least 5 QNTs (due next class for 20 homework points).