1. READ SILENTLY e ither your independent SEM-R novel or your Literature book

2. October 10, 2011 - The Red Guards Author's perspective and identifying symbols Ho mework: Freedom haiku and symbol Lesson Essential Questions: H ow is an author's point of view conveyed in text? How can readers identify symbols and their purpose in text? War m Up: Read the paragraph on pg. 274 under "What happens when freedom vanishes?" and in your notes, jot down some of the freedoms you cherish most and what it would mean if they were taken away.

3. Turn in your Literature book to pg. 275 To day we will be focusing on two skills: Text analysis: Author's perspective Reading strategy: Identifying symbols

4. TEXT ANALYSIS: Author's perspective Define author's perspective - the combination of ideas, values, feelings and beliefs that shapes the way an author looks at a topic. 2 ways to identify it in nonfiction direct statements by the author words used by the author to describe people, places and things

5. MODEL THE SKILL: Author's perspective Let's read the following passage together... My dad won't let me play in the soccer game because I didn't get my homework done. It's so unfair! I was late for the bus and left my math book at school. What are some clue words / phrases that point out how the author feels about the situation? it's so unfair! Create a 2-3 sentence example written from the father's perspective.

6. READING STRATEGY: Identifying symbols Define symbol - a person, place or thing that stands for something else 2 ways to identify symbols things that author mentions over and over objects that seem to have great importance to the author

7. MODEL THE SKILL: Identifying symbols Let's read the following passage together... I g ave my teddy bear away yesterday. Now I'm ready for 6th grade. What does the teddy bear symbolize? childhood, youth What is an object that might symbolize your elementary / teen years?

8. GENRE REVIEW: memoir What is a memoir? memory - a memorable experience recounted by the author narrator = the author

9. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Ji- li Jiang

10. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Cultural Revolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=UD5zpZQk_C8

11. Follow along in your book as you listen to The Red Guards. Complete both sides of the handout.

12. TEXT ANALYSIS: Author's perspective TopicPerspective her family's experience She feels fearful, scared - she is only 12 years old at the time 125 - we stared in paralyzed fascination... 63- All day we were terrified. 1 - Mom got home from work that evening looking worried. the Cultural Revolution / Red Guards She feels angry and like they are being unfair, cruel 109 - zealous, aggressively 175 - The apartment was a mess... 169 - She didn't even look at me...

13. READING STRATEGY: Identifying symbols SymbolWhat it stands for - for the author and for the Red Guards old photographs stamp album author - memory of the past, special events, special times Red Guards - fourolds, previous wealth, a link to the past author - dearest treasure, sentimental value, communication with people in other places Red Guards - xenophile, no coming in of foreign ideas, beliefs, a link to another way of life

14. How is an author's point of view conveyed in text? How can readers identify symbols and their purpose?

15. Homework Write a 3 line haiku giving your perspective on freedom and what it means to you. At the bottom of your paper, include a picture of the symbol used in your haiku.

16. Haiku 5Winter solitude - 7 In a world of one color 5the sounds of the wind. When the wind passes The sparrows in the branches They cling so tightly. by Basho

17. Haiku requirements ·3 lines ·5,7,5 syllable pattern ·Expresses what freedom means to you ·Includes a picture of a symbol (something included in your poem that represents freedom for you)