1. Agenda (for me)
TED Talk: Mining for Literature (use TFA as the focus for digging deeper)
Mini-Socratic Seminars (Grape Sherbet & The Second Coming)
Unit Test Prep – poem & claim writing practice; study guide work
HW: Unit Test tomorrow – m.c. & written

2. Reminders (1/30/18) HOMEWORK: Continue studying for unit test tomorrow
Still need syllabus from you:
2nd Block: Fernando, Ayanna, Deshawn
3rd Block: Tanner, Khalil
Reminders
Unit 1 Test –TOMORROW, 1/31
Study Guide was posted to blog last Thursday.
Pre-Course Reading: Things Fall Apart
We will start discussing and working with this book Thursday, 2/1
You will need your pre-course reading book (In class) as well as your completed work. You should have the book finished – not a fake read…real read! No excuses.
Need a copy of The Tragedy of Othello (No Fear copy is OK) by Monday, 2/5

3. TED TALK: Mining Literature
What is insight?
What is the importance of complexity in literature?
What might this look like in practice? (Say when you are analyzing poetry or reading a painting, etc.)

4. Mini-Socratic Seminars
Group 3 – Grape Sherbet
Group 4 – The Second Coming

5. 2nd Block Grape Sherbet The Second Coming Kevin Emily H. Venicia Alyse
Ben O.
Nikki
Marley
Griffin
Jaedyn
Levi
Alex
Deshawn
Daniel
Lily

6. 3rd Block Grape Sherbet The Second Coming Justin Nyima Christina
Braxton
Lexi
Tanner
Josh
Adam
Jayla
Kelli
Joy
Isabel
Camryn
Ethan
Will
Heaven

7. Poetry analysis practice
Writing a claim demonstrating what you know/understand about the poem.

8. Poetry Analysis Practice
Educators poem – use Imagery technique
Willard poem – use Blau’s method
Grandfather poem – use Inductive Reasoning
Clark Kent poem – use TPCASTT technique (you may need your book to give you more details on each letter of the acronym – this is the technique we’ve used before)