Tuesday, February 11, NArrative Perspective / The Love Letter

Objective: By the end of class, students will identify narrative perspectives and analyze short fiction in order to improve reading comprehension necessary for all all life skills

DO NOW

Narrative perspective handout - side one.

Direct Instruction

A summary is a brief account of the main points of a story.  It should include WHO/ WHAT / WHERE / WHEN / WHY.  Everything in a summary is important to the PLOT (series of event) of the story. It is not necessary to describe something or someone in detail.

If you did not do a summary for Love Letter yesterday, or if you received one back that says "REDO" - you must do one for homework or receive a "0."

Get soft holt readers and turn to page 32.  Review all sidebars together through page 39 for periods 1/2 and 3/4 and to page 43 for periods 6/7. 

Guided

Analyze the flashback on page 38. Why is this flashback important to the PLOT? Answer on paper provided.

Continue to read together next several pages. Analyze and answer sidebars and annotate as we read.

Independent

Complete the timeline on page 47. You may want to use a separate piece of paper first to ensure you have the events in the correct order of when they actually OCCURRED (chronological timeline).

Complete multiple choice questions at end of story.

Closure 

Review

Exit Pass

Do you believe time travel or time communication can exist? If you could communicate with one person from the past in three letters only, what would you tell them? What would you ask them? (Write on opposite side of paper provided earlier).