Thursday, March 26 - POV and Allusion

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze ALLUSION and review INFERENCING and POINT OF VIEW in order to improve literary interpretive skills (reading comprehension).


DO NOW

Explain why the author of 'Notes from a Bottle" makes an allusion to the song from the Titanic - "Nearer My God to Thee."

Direct Instruction

Reread right column of page 377 holt text. What does this scene look like? Does the allusion to the Titanic help you picture the scene?


Watch the clip from the Titanic. It is the scene where the band is playing "Nearer My God to Thee." It is the scene that is used as an ALLUSION in "Notes from a Bottle." 

The allusion draws three PARALLELS:
1. It foreshadows impending doom.
2. It makes the reader realize how big the disaster is in "Notes."
3. It brings attention to how the characters react differently in a crisis/ tragic situation.

Take note now of these three things again when you watch the clip for a second time. 

Guided

Compare the narrator's behavior to Langford's when they are on the rooftop at the end of the story. Then, give each of them at least three character traits from what you know about them throughout the journal entires. How would you have behaved if you were on that roof? Why?

Independent

Practice POV and inferencing for test tomorrow. Click on the following links to practice:

POINT OF VIEW

INFERENCING

Point of View Game

Check for understanding

Individual Student checks during independent work.

Closure 

Review POV and Inferencing

Exit Pass