1. F EBRUARY 11-15 Allegories/Symbols

2. D O N OW Librarians pass out all reading materials Do Now: How can an author’s life influence a text? Describe how Mark Twain’s life influenced The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. How did John Steinbeck’s life influence his works? Please be specific. 10mins 11L

3. A GENDA Poetic Devices (rhyme, consonance, assonance, imagery) Sample poem/label some of these devices Author’s background/background of the text (2 clips, two articles + power-point notes) Vocabulary in context quiz Reading program: Symbolism

4. R USSIAN R EVOLUTION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Wf6pdFGbE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VldXUyCaeQ Please take notes during the clips!

5. R EADING PROGRAM Table of Contents………….Symbolism Come up with a symbol that represents the theme of your book (guided OR independent). Write a brief five-ten line poem about what that symbol represents in your story and what message the reader should get from the book. Model: Tom Sawyer Symbol: Treasure-represents Tom growing up Treasure was lost and so was this boy Looking for gold was his only joy Until a murderer was found in town Then he had to turn it all around Growing up is hard to do But to save his family he had follow to through

6. D O NOW What do you know about World War 2 and the Holocaust? What can we learn from this event? Do you think this could happen again today? 10mins 13L Table of Contents: Allegory…………….13

7. A GENDA 2/13-2/14 Terrible Things Brainstorm Eve Bunting’s Terrible Things http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2xH2187-Ts Journal/Discuss Allegory Assignment Animal Farm Vocab worksheet Study Questions Copy Read/While you read Questions Character Chart

8. J OURNAL Q UESTIONS What happened in the story? Why were the terrible things taking the animals? What happened in the end? Is this similar to an event you can think of? How? What is the theme of this allegory? What is the author’s purpose? 10mins to write 5mins to share 5mins to share whole class

9. A LLEGORY ASSIGNMENT : DUE 2/21-2/22 Assignment due 2/21-2/22 It is your turn to create a short picture book allegory based on the model shown in class. You will present this story to the class! At least 5 pages of text and 3 pages of pictures that depict your story in a book format! Get creative, make it colorful. Your book needs an original title! You are writing this story as a children’s book so make sure the story is age appropriate! Think about the allegory we read in class Choose one terrible thing from our brainstorm list and create your allegory Remember: An allegory is a story where people, objects, animals represent a larger social concept Example: The terrible things in the story represent the Nazis and the animals the Jews

10. D O NOW 2/15 What are some of the most important poetic devices you learned this Monday/Tuesday? Please list and describe. (Use your notes!) 12L Table of Contents: Allegory/symbolism……..12

11. D EFINITIONS : P LEASE COPY Symbol- a person, object or animal that represents something else Example: An eagle represents freedom Extended Metaphor- where one metaphor is used throughout an entire story or poem (it extends through the whole text)

12. A LLEGORY Allegory is a form of extended metaphor, in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative, are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity, greed, or envy. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning.

13. Q UESTIONS Our class novel is an allegory of what? What do some of the characters represent? (Based on your notes) Why do authors, like George Orwell, write allegories? Complete the activities on a separate piece of paper