Friday, October 2 - Everyday Use - Characterization and Point of View

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze character and evaluate narrative perspective in short fiction in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW 
Write into notebooks:

Narrative  =  Story
Perspective = Viewpoint

Therefore, narrative perspective = point of view.

First person point of view uses "I." It always has some bias or prejudice because it is the viewpoint of only one person.

Direct Instruction

It's all how you look at it - this is interesting to determine reliability of 1st person

good illusions

Guided

List character traits of MAMA, Dee and Maggie from yesterday's graphic organizers. 

Read pages  60-64 in soft holt reader and complete sidebars as we read.

Independent

Evaluate how Dee's behavior during her visit home was pretentious and hypocritical. (Some things to consider are her change in name, that she ate pork at dinner, took pictures, why she wanted the butter churner, etc).

Check for understanding

Individual student checks during independent work.

Closure 

Review characterization and the effect of first person POV on the story.

Exit pass

If the story was told from Dee's perspective, how do you think she would have described Mama? 
On page 62 it says, "Every once in a while, he and Wangero sent eye signals over my head." What do you think they were thinking?