1. Instead of having a written warm-up, let’s discuss the homework from last night.

2.  At the end of class, drop of your homework on the stool.  Review of the check system…  Check-plus = 100% (A)  Check = 80% (B-)  Check minus= 60% (D-)  Period 3: Don’t forget about the Pets R’ Us project! Extra credit available.  Homework tonight: pg. 581, question #s… (to be announced at the end of class).  Syllabi needed from newbies.  After tomorrow, you’ll lose points for not having it.

3. STANDARDS Reading 3.2: Analyze the way in which the theme or meaning of a selection represents a view or comment on life Reading 3.3: Analyze the ways in which irony, tone, mood, the author’s style, and the “sound” of language achieve specific purposes.

4. PREPARING TO READ  Turn to pages 576 and 577 of your textbook and let’s read:  The Birth of Islam  What is the Koran?  Worship and the Koran  Focus your Reading  Literary Analysis  Active Reading

5. NOTES Before reading The Koran, review: What is parallelism?  Parallelism: The use of similar grammatical structure to express ideas that are related or equal in importance.  Example: “If not us, who? If not now, when? ( first idea) (second idea)  Example: “Some soar like eagles. Some crawl like bugs” ( first idea) (second idea)  Parallelism makes literature easier to read/memorize at times and can also highlight main ideas.

6. THE KORAN  Let’s read The Koran together as a class first.  Next, you’ll have 10 minutes to annotate for:  Parallelism and its purpose/effect  Questions (answer your own question when possible)  Applications to your life (similarities and differences with what you believe)

7. HOMEWORK Answer questions 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7 AND the parallelism activity in the tan box on page 581. Due tomorrow.