1. agenda IR Film Clip Friday: Fast and Furious - Skip
Literary Elements: Quick Wrap-Up
“Kaffir Boy” (Skip the apartheid videos?)
Writing Groups: if time?
Read Aloud Panel

2. Reminders Today is World Read Aloud Day! Synthesis Essay
1 paragraph finished today
Rough Draft of complete essay – Due Monday, 2/4 (thesis and 2 paragraphs)
Next Vocab Unit and Quiz:
Unit 2 – introduction Monday, 2/4
Quiz – Monday, 2/11

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4. Film Clip Friday Film Clip: Fast and the Furious (2001)
“Reading” Purpose:
What do you notice?
Strategy: See/hear/feel/believe
How does the director manipulate time and why?
See, hear, feel, believe

5. Narrative elements Quick Wrap Up

6. Kaffir Boy (p. 123) Background Reading Purpose:
Apartheid
Mark Mathabane
Reading Purpose:
Narrative Elements (same as the film – chart on page 127)
Underline DIALOGUE
Highlight STRONG VERBS (Dialogue tags)

7. Dialogue Kaffir Boy (p. 123)
Dialogue: May be either direct or indirect. (Lit Terms Chart)
Indirect dialogue is a paraphrase of what is said by a character or narrator. This dialogue does not need quotation marks:
When my mother began dropping hints that I would soon be going to school, I vowed never to go to school because it was a waste of time.
DIRECT dialogue is the exact words spoken by a person. This dialogue uses quotation marks and dialogue tags/strong lead in verbs
“This time next fall, you will be in school,” hinted my mother.
“Why would I go to school? You’ll never see me wasting my time at school! I vowed.
Dialogue Tags/Strong Lead In verbs

8. Synthesis Essay Work: Writing groups