February 26th, 2014

2/26/14

In Class:
Journal--  What does one have to do to earn your respect and trust? What characteristics do you value in other people?

Lesson on Literary Analysis:

Using the iceberg analogy, discussed literature as a reader-informed process. Although the author can control what we literally see on the page (above water), most of the content is shaped by the community of readers and their various life experiences & beliefs. Therefore, things like theme, meaning, tone, etc. (below water) are created by a transaction between the author and the readers.

literary analysis: an 'underwater' exploration of a piece of literature.
Read and discussed "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, using supplementary materials from The Bedford Guide to College Writing to guide literary analysis.

Students worked independently on the following tasks:
  * GMX.
  * TW #5 on "So the Mexicans Are Taking Jobs from Americans?" by Jimmy Santiago Baca and "In Response to Executive Order 9066" by Dwight Okita (see prompts to the right).
  * Final project.
  * Missing assignments/journals.

Exit ticket: Identify one way that you can kick butt next week for finals.

Homework:
Work on final project!
Finish TW #5.