Overview from 7/12 and Assignment due 7/16

Today we reviewed direct and indirect characterization and the acronym STEAL that goes with indirect characterization:

S-speech
T-thoughts
E-effects on others
A-actions
L-looks

We started to give characters from our new book traits based off of STEAL.

For next week students will read and annotate according to the UPDATED reading schedule below:

Students also need to come to class on Monday with their top 3 choices of which characters/historical figures they would like to be for our boarding week wax museum.

Overview from 7/11 and Assignment due 7/12

Students clicked on the following link to take their test in class:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekGJu4qheVLxocvpTcO4xfnWVSvYPUuNvf1L0dqjWx0F7Wng/viewform?usp=sf_link

Quizzes submitted after 7/11 will be marked as a zero.

For tomorrow:
Students are to read an annotate pages 1-32 in Brotherhood.

Overview from 7/10 and Assignment due 7/11

Today we reviewed THEME and how it is a message of the text rather than just one word (like love or revenge). Has to be a message like "love conquers all" or "revenge is a dish best served cold," etc.

We let theme drive the discussions for our books after we took one final look at what will be on tomorrow's quiz.

Students should be studying for their quiz using the information posted on yesterday's post, but they should also be getting reading to dive into their next book. Their next book's reading schedule was also posted yesterday.

I encourage students to bring their next book to FAME tomorrow in case they have some time to read after their quiz or in study hall.

Overview from 7/9 and Assignment due 7/10

For tomorrow students should have finished reading and annotating pages 258-283 of "The Underground Railroad".

Today I presented the monologue requirements for the wax museum. Students should consider these things (and what they will do for a costume) when choosing the character/figure they wish to portray. We will have students pick their characters by the end of class on Monday, July 16.

We also learned/reviewed the Marxist Critical Theory that will be one Wednesday's quiz:

For the quiz, students need to be prepared for open ended questions on the following:

• Psychoanalytic Criticism 
• Fretyag's Plot Triangle 
• Types of Conflict
• Marxist Criticism

Here is the reading schedule for the next book for students that choose to be proactive:

Overview from 7/6 and Assignment due 7/9

Today we reviewed Freytag's Plot Triangle:

Conflict is not generally in the center of the triangle, but established that a plot wouldn't move on without some type of conflict. We also went over the types of conflict this week that tie in to the Psychoanalytic Criticism.

We also analyzed paintings that were representative of Slavery and The Underground Railroad.

Students are to continue reading and annotating based off of the reading schedule for Monday.

Overview from 7/5 and Assignment due 7/6

Today we reviewed the Psychoanalytic criticism and started to apply it to the book. Students can look for how dreams, desires, and defenses motive the characters in their current book.

Students can follow the reading schedule for what is due tomorrow for reading and annotations from their current book.

Students also started to look at more elements of plot today (Freytag's Plot Triangle), and we will be looking more at that tomorrow along with the types of conflict. These things tie into the Psychoanalytic Criticism.

Overview from 7/3 and Assignment due 7/5

Today we looked at a conflict review and discussed the conflict in the story:

FOR THURSDAY: Students are to continue reading and annotating based off of the reading schedule for our current book.