WEEK FIVE AGENDA

Foci: Literature and Life & MLA Format

Weekly Homework:

Daybook Pages 15-22 - due Friday
"The Man in the Casket" Responses - Re-do's are due on Friday

NOTES:

We will be MAP testing on October 2nd. Make sure to bring your SSR book to class on these days in case you finish early.

MONDAY:

Review CD, CM, topic and concluding sentences
How to Write a Better Paragraph
Literary Terms, cont.

TUESDAY:

MAP testing
*Bring your SSR book to class*


WEDNESDAY:

Literary Terms Bingo
Vocabulary

THURSDAY:

Expand on definition of narrative
Read sample narratives in Base Groups:
1) Determine what makes them good.
2) Come up with a list of common criteria for strong narratives.

FRIDAY:

Turn in Daybooks
Turn in reworked Casket Responses
MLA Format: Parenthetical References Powerpoint & Thesis Sentence
Narrative Pre-Writing

Nuggets from Miracle Boy Discussion

Scars stay forever…you can’t take them away.

A message could be many things.

The color yellow symbolizes change – maybe that’s why Miracle Boy wears yellow at the end of the story.

I thought of the telephone wire as a timeline for the story.

Miracle Boy seems to become more innocent after his feet are cut off.

The shoes are a symbol of both guilt and forgiveness.

It was interesting that the seasons changed from before the accident to afterward.

You don’t have to relate to the story literally to understand its message.

Guilt and pity have a lot to do with each other.

I think the cigarette hanging from Miracle Boy’s dad’s mouth symbolized his burning hatred for Lizard.

Violence doesn’t solve anything; it just creates more anger.

Maybe the old shoes symbolized Miracle Boy’s old self; cutting them down from the wire revealed his new self.

Sometimes flashbacks interrupt a story.

Miracle Boy seems to be going through a kind of mental puberty.