Wednesday
October 26, 2011 (10.26.11)
1. Materials
2. Agenda
Minutes
Composition Book
+ Pen or Pencil
HAMPTON Binder
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Remaining
Activity
Warm Up
Homework
Notes: Final Fiction Project Information
Fiction SLM: Concept 6
Listen: Ironic (A. Morissette)
Read: Where Have You Gone… (Part I)
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Warm Up
October 26, 2011 (10.26.11)
Volume-O-Meter: 0 (No Talking)
Time: 3 Minutes
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Word Part of the Day: in-, im-, il-, ir- — in or into
(as in “implode”)
1. Brainstorm at least 3-5 words with the word part of the
day in it. Now, make 1 context clue sentence that helps
give away the meaning of the word.
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Student
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Homework
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Wednesday
10.26
Assignment
Record
in Student Planner: Rubric
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Begin work on Final Project for
Fiction (Short story reviewer for
the New York Times)
Choose a short story from
Hampton’s website; print or read at
home
• Look for strong uses of plot,
setting, characters, point of
view, theme, irony
Rubric will be given tomorrow
BASIC
Due Date
Monday
10.31
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Notes
Final Project for Fiction (9.21.11)
1. Role: New York Times book reviewer
2. Audience: Readers of the NYT (college-educated
professionals)
3. Product: 3-5 page, double-spaced review. Rubric will be
included.
You will choose parts of story to review (plot, setting, characters,
point of view, theme, and irony)
Story Choices
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The Possibility of Evil: you think you know, but you don’t
Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge: man about to be hung
The Lottery: someone has won the lottery
The Devil and Tom Walker: Tom meets the Devil
The First Seven Years: sacrifice for the one you love
A Good Man is Hard to Find: it is…
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall: someone has died
The Lady or the Tiger?: a difficult choice!
The Catbird Seat: man tries to kill woman he works with
Button, Button: what would you do for money?
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Fiction
SLM
SLM
Unit Essential Question:
What makes a great story?
Key Text(s):
Short stories, movie clips
Concept 1:
The Reader
1. What do “good” readers do?
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Concept 2:
Plot
4. How does the structure of a
story work?
2. Why should I set a purpose
before I read?
3. What is “interacting” with a
text, and why should I do it?
Vocabulary
Written conversations, quick
writes, dual entry journals
Vocabulary
Plot (Freytag’s Triangle),
exposition, conflict, climax,
resolution
Concept 3:
Characters and Point of View
5. How can making inferences
help me understand a
character?
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6. How can a “body biography”
help me understand a
character?
7. What is point of view and how
does it affect a story?
Vocabulary
Direct, indirect characterization,
inferencing, point of view
Concept 4:
Setting
8. What are the dimensions of
setting in a story?
9. What is the setting’s role in a
story?
10.To what extent does temporal
setting affect a story?
11.To what extent does social
setting affect a story?
Vocabulary
Setting, physical, temporal, social
dimensions
Concept 5:
Theme
12.How is theme different from
the main idea?
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Concept 6:
Irony
14.What are the types of irony?
15.What does irony really do in a
13.How is every story really about
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me?
16.How can I tell the difference
between irony and “bad luck”?
Vocabulary
Theme, “the human condition”
Vocabulary
Irony, dramatic, situational,
verbal, cosmic
Listen: Ironic
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Directions:
 Turn to new page in Comp
Notebook
 Label:
 Left side: Bad Luck
 Right side: Irony
 Listen to song; lyrics will be
on screen.
 After song, work with team;
place lyrics in appropriate
column
Listen: Ironic
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An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay [wine]
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
Isn't it ironic ... don't you think?
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and
everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and
everything blows up in your face
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It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought ... it figures
It's a traffic jam when you're already late
It's a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons
When all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic... don't you think?
A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think...
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
'Well isn't this nice...?'
And isn't it ironic ... don't you think?
Chorus
Chorus
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out
Read: Where Have You Gone…
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Directions:
 Turn to Unit 2, Pg. 39 in
HAMPTON Binder.
 Stop and Quick write
 Focus on essential
question for today about
irony