1. Freshman English (English 1) Mr. Briggs’ Class Room B3 Monday, August 24 2009

2. Please sit quietly while attendance is taken.

3. Today’s Objective and Learning Standard Discuss the methods authors use to employ characterization in their stories. characterization Focus on characterization. Standard: Written and Oral language 1.3 - Demonstrate an understanding of proper English usage and control of grammar, paragraph and sentence structure

4. Tonight’s Homework – quiz tomorrow Read and understand literary terms on pages 84-85 in textbook First-person narration First-person narration Dialogue Dialogue Dramatic monologue Dramatic monologue Soliloquy Soliloquy Main character or protagonist Main character or protagonist Antagonist Antagonist Making Inferences Making Inferences Direct characterization Direct characterization Indirect characterization Indirect characterization

5. Review “The White Umbrella” From Friday on pages 65-74 in Interactive Reader Answer side questions (in green) 1. Complete Chart on page 75 2. Complete review on page 76 3. Complete Vocab. Development on page 77 I.R. Check for Chapter 2 I.R. Check for Chapter 2

6. Characterization (Review) First-Person Narrator: author uses “I” or “me” to refer to the narrator The narrator is also the story’s main character or protagonist Protagonist is often called the main actor of the story. Antagonist is the opposite of the protagonist – often the bad guy

7. Making inferences (review) You use clues from the story You use your own experiences Making good guesses about why a character acts a certain way or does certain things helps you connect with the story Why is it important that you connect with the story?

8. Characterization (new) Creating Characters Telling what humans are like, the whole point of telling stories What’s the most obvious way of telling your friends apart? - speech

9. Characterization (new) First-person narration First-person narration: characters speak directly to the reader Dialogue Dialogue: characters respond to each other Dramatic Monologue Dramatic Monologue: a poem, speaker addresses one or more silent listeners - Discusses a specific problem - The speaker reveals a lot about his/her life and values

10. Characterization (new) Soliloquy: Soliloquy: delivered by a character alone onstage - Addresses him/herself - Used by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet - Direct Characterization: Author tells us directly what a character is like, their traits. - Indirect Characterization: Author shows us a character but allows us to interpret for our selves the person we are meeting

11. “Mother to Son” page 92 textbook Read the poem Told in Dramatic dialogue (speech by a single person) Create a poem offering advice about life to a friend or younger sibling (bro or sis) - May be free-verse - Minimum of 10 lines - Assignment name: “Mother to Son”

12. Today’s Terms to know “Thank you Ma’m questions due. On back, or on a separate piece of paper... - Write a letter to Mrs. Jones from Roger 10 years after their encounter. Go to page 94 in textbook. - Use first-person narration. - About 100 words. - Questions from yesterday and letter due at the end of the period

13. Today’s review I.R. Check Review new / old literary terms Connect with poetry