1. Bell Ringer 10/25  Please get out your Arthur Miller Obituary and Discussion Questions so that we can begin going over the answers.  Periods 1, 2, 7, & 9

2. Bell Ringer 10/25  Please get out yesterday’s background/character activity so that we can begin going over it.  Period 3

3. Bell Ringer 10/25  Please get out your Irony Examples so that we can start sharing them with the class.  Period 4

4. English III  EQ: How did Arthur Miller’s point of view and purpose shape the content and style of Death of a Salesman?  Agenda  Bell Ringer: Discussing yesterday’s work  EQ/Agenda  Historical Discussion/Character Intro  Arthur Miller’s Obituary  Discussion Questions  Irony (definitions and examples)  Foils (definitions and activity)

5. Historical Context/Character Intro  With a partner, please read the handout on the historical context of Death of a Salesman.  How did economics and politics affect the lives of regular American, middle class people?  Read the character descriptions:  Where do our characters fit into the economic situation of the late 1940’s?  Answer these questions with your partner, in full sentences, on one paper for each pairing.

6. Arthur Miller’s Obituary  In groups of 3:  Read through the discussion questions together.  Take turns reading Miller’s Obituary.  Answer the discussion questions AS YOU READ.  Be detailed and support your answers.

7. Irony  Situational: an event occurs that contradicts the expectations of the characters, of the reader, or of the audience.  Dramatic: there is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows.  Verbal: a word or a phrase is used to suggest the opposite of its usual meaning.

8. Irony Activity  With a partner, come up with an example for each type of irony:  Dramatic, Verbal, Situational  Use these characters and situation in your examples:  Sarah – 16 year old girl  Allen – 16 year old boy  Sarah and Allen are taking a road trip in a beat up old car.  You do not have to write a whole story, just short parts of a story that illustrate the examples.  Situational: Give character expectation and show them getting something opposite  Dramatic: We as the reader should know something that the characters don’t know  Verbal: the character must say something (use dialogue) but mean the opposite

9. Foils  Foil – a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.  A foil usually either differs drastically or is extremely similar but with a key difference setting them apart.  Example: Dumbledore vs. Voldemort

10. Foil Activity  Take a look at our character map.  Who could we pair together as foils?  Think in terms of categories:  Bosses  Fathers  Sons  Etc.  Predict what comparisons we could make.

11. Bell Ringer 10/25  Please get out your Story Part Note Cards from yesterday.  Bring them to my desk so we can start putting them in the correct piles.

12. Creative Writing  EQ: How can we engage and orient the reader when writing a short story?  Agenda  Bell Ringer: Discussing SS Idea Homework  Agenda/EQ  Plot Notes  Activity – New Story Premise due by the end of the period

13. Plot Activity  Write out 5 cards:  Character, place, object, dramatic event, twist  Place cards on appropriate pile, shuffle  Each person picks 5 cards (1 from each pile)  Start playing the “What if?” game  Come up with a story premise using all the elements from your cards  Apply “What if?” and the six journalistic questions: who, what, why, where, when, how.