Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson
Journal: September 8: Communication
ADJECTIVE | NOUN | VERB | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE |
| sophomores | | | |
ADJECTIVE | NOUN | VERB | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE |
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Pic File Sort
Include one another:
What do you think?
I’d like to hear your opinion.
Which images go together? Put them in piles.
What’s their connection? Or, what is the category of each pile?
Raise your hands and explain each category to me (as a group).
Claim | Agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, disagree | |
1. The teenage years are the best years of one’s life. | | |
2. Grades are an accurate reflection of one’s knowledge and ability. | | |
3. The best way to deal with a problem is to avoid it. | | |
4. Bullying is not a problem at KeHS. | | |
5. Mental health is more important than physical health. | | |
Claim | Agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, disagree | Example or reason:(personal experience, history, current event, literature/TV/film) |
1. The teenage years are the best years of one’s life. | | |
2. Grades are an accurate reflection of one’s knowledge and ability. | | |
3. The best way to deal with a problem is to avoid it. | | |
4. Bullying is not a problem at KeHS. | | |
5. Mental health is more important than physical health. | | |
My Stress Level | My Body’s Response: |
HIGH |
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Medium |
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Low |
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In the novel Speak, our main character Melinda experiences a significant amount of stress. We can all relate to Melinda right now as we are currently living in an extraordinary time of uncertainty and anxiety. Consider what happens to you when you feel stress; what happens to your heart rate, breathing, muscles, stomach, hands/feet, hunger level, energy level, thoughts, other feelings/sensations?
First Ten Lies They Tell You in High School p. 5
For each of the ten lies Melinda describes on page 5, discuss at your tables the extent to which you believe it is true or not.
Be sure everyone at your table contributes for each lie.
I do not think # ___ is true for KeHS because…
First Ten Lies They Tell You in High School p. 5
Evaluate each of the lies Melinda mentions. Is it true for Kennewick High; why or why not?
The Lie | Is it true for KeHS? | Why or why not? |
1. | I do not think it is true for KeHS because… | My counselor has already helped me change into the correct math class. |
2. | Yes | Five minutes is NOT enough to get from band to English! |
Typical Night @ Home: Sensory Imagery
Good writing = descriptive language
Descriptive language includes sensory imagery
Pages 15-16: Melinda’s ‘typical’ night at home
In five sentences, describe a typical night at your home using all five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, feel). Each sentence should have a different sense!
Let’s plan!
2:30
5:00��
7:00��
9:00��
Bedtime?
Nouns need adjectives!
Verbs need adverbs!
I’m loudly talking with a motivated student.
I’m carefully cutting fresh vegetables.
We’re quickly walking the lively dog.
I’m calmly reading a history book.
I vigorously brush my yellow teeth.
Imagery: using senses to describe an experience
Let’s plan!
I’m loudly talking with a motivated student.
I’m carefully cutting fresh vegetables.
We’re quickly walking the lively dog.
I’m calmly reading a history book.
I vigorously brush my yellow teeth.
Nouns need adjectives!
Verbs need adverbs!�—----------------------------------------------------
Family Communication in First Marking Period
Page 14: Mel’s family “communicates with notes on the kitchen counter. I write when I need school supplies or a ride to the mall. They write what time they’ll be home from work and if I should thaw anything.”
Page 22: Heather’s mother is much more verbally engaged; she “greets us at the door. She wants to hear all about our day, how long I’ve lived in town, and asks little sideways questions about my parents, so she can figure out if I’m the kind of friend she wants for her daughter. I don’t mind. I think it’s nice that she cares.”
Page 35: Dinner Theater (hostile, reactive)
Communication Through Art: “The Dot”
Melinda’s art teacher (Mr. Freeman) tells his class that art is the only class that will teach them how to survive. In his class, students are required to make their objects “say something, express an emotion, speak to every person that looks at it” (12). Watch this video: it’s an example of what Mr. Freeman says.
Communication Through Art: “The Dot”
A “Real” American: Your Definition
Details: What does an American look, sound, think, act like? What does an American believe or how does one behave? Be specific!
Negation: An American does NOT look, sound, think, act, or believe...
Comparison: How is being an American different from being a Canadian, Mexican, Brit, Argentinian, etc? Get specific here. What is unique about American?
Anecdote/Example: Do you have any personal experiences of being an American? What does being an American feel like to you?
A “Real” American: Your Definition
Details: A real American believes all people are equal. A real American treats everyone the same. I real American has manners.
Negation: A real American is NOT exclusive. I real American is NOT profile people. A real American does NOT blame others.
Comparison: A real American does not have an official language like Canadians. A real American has more freedoms than North Koreans.
Anecdote/Example: A real American honors fallen heroes by honoring their service with a family tradition. For example, my family hangs my grandfather’s WWII flag outside each Fourth of July.
A Kennewick Lion: Your Definition
Details: What does a Lion look, sound, think, act like? What does a Lion believe or how does one behave? Be specific! (at least three sentences!)
Negation: A Lion does NOT look, sound, think, act, or believe… (at least three sentences!)
Comparison: How is being a Lion different from being a Brave, a Sun, a Falcon, a Bomber, a Bulldog? Get specific here. What is unique about being a Lion? (at least two sentences!)
Anecdote/Example: Do you have any personal experiences of being a Lion? What does being a Lion feel like to you?
Group Chat!
Maya Angelou’s image keeps Melinda company in the janitor’s closet;the poster is from the school library and was taken down due to the censorship of her books. Her poems and autobiographical accounts often address abuse, sexual experience, poverty, feminism, and discrimination.
Hello!
My ‘something’ for #5 is ___.
My ‘something’ for #6 is ___.
If I were Mel, I would have covered the mirror with a poster of ___.
Figurative Language Devices
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Figurative Language Devices
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Figurative Language Devices
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Figurative Language Devices
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Figurative Language Devices
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Figurative Language Devices
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Figurative Language �Scavenger Hunt
Find one example of each in the book thus far (pages 3-70).
First table to find all six wins!
Figurative Language Devices
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
And more!
Why use that device in that moment?
To impact tone, theme, setting, character development, etc!
#7 page 70-82: “Elephant in the Room”
There's an elephant in the room.
It is large and squatting, so it is hard to get around it.
Yet we squeeze by with, "How are you?" and "I'm fine," �and a thousand other
forms of trivial chatter. We talk about the weather. We talk about work.
We talk about everything else, except the elephant in the room.
There's an elephant in the room.
We all know it's there. We are thinking about the elephant as we talk together.
It is constantly on our minds. For, you see, it is a very large elephant.
It has hurt us all.
But we don't talk about the elephant.
Oh, please, let's talk about the elephant in the room.
For if I cannot, then you are leaving me....
alone....
in a room....
with an elephant.
There's an elephant in the room.
It is large and squatting, so it is hard to get around it.
Yet we squeeze by with, "How are you?" and "I'm fine," �and a thousand other
forms of trivial chatter. We talk about the weather. We talk about work.
We talk about everything else, except the elephant in the room.
There's an elephant in the room.
We all know it's there. We are thinking about the elephant as we talk together.
It is constantly on our minds. For, you see, it is a very large elephant.
It has hurt us all.
But we don't talk about the elephant.
Oh, please, let's talk about the elephant in the room.
For if I cannot, then you are leaving me....
alone....
in a room....
with an elephant.
There's an elephant in the room.
It is large and squatting, so it is hard to get around it.
Yet we squeeze by with, "How are you?" and "I'm fine," �and a thousand other
forms of trivial chatter. We talk about the weather. We talk about work.
We talk about everything else, except the elephant in the room.
There's an elephant in the room.
We all know it's there. We are thinking about the elephant as we talk together.
It is constantly on our minds. For, you see, it is a very large elephant.
It has hurt us all.
But we don't talk about the elephant.
Oh, please, let's talk about the elephant in the room.
For if I cannot, then you are leaving me....
alone....
in a room....
with an elephant.
“Elephant in the Room”
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9 lines from book on wall between fire extinguisher and Leyde’s room
A-I (not in chronological order)
When your group has all 9 in chronological order, bring them to me!
/ORDER
“To This Day” Poem
“To This Day” Poem (Reading #8 82-92)
“To This Day” Poem
#9 page 95-107
In the Code Breaking chapter, Mel speaks a lot about symbolism in the book she’s reading for her English class.
There have been a few symbols mentioned in this book thus far: trees, rooms, and lips.
Make an educated guess as to what each of those symbols might represent for Mel and the book.
Name!
Trees might symbolize ______
Her room or closet might symbolize _____
Scabby, crusted lips might symbolize _____
Symbolism
Trees might symbolize (re)growth or her true self
Her room or closet might symbolize an escape, peace, or comfort.
Scabby, crusted lips might symbolize loneliness, self hatred, need to communicate about what happened, or view of self.
Group Chat!
Hello!
Best part of my long weekend was ___.
My ‘something’ for today is ___.
I think trees might symbolize ___, rooms might symbolize ___, and her lips might symbolize ___.
#10 page 107-119
Journal 9/28: Frontier Study
Depression is a serious mental health problem that has a detrimental effect on adolescents’ psychosocial functioning. Depression in adolescents has been found to be associated with many negative outcomes, such as a higher risk of suicide, poorer academic performance, and higher levels of substance abuse. Early adolescents are vulnerable to depression, because early adolescence is an important transition period from childhood to adolescence during which adolescents face greater challenges and stressors from all the tasks of physical, psychological, and social development.
Positive parent-adolescent communication is an important protective factor in preventing adolescents’ depressive symptoms. The high quality of parent-adolescent communication can strengthen parental connectedness, intimacy, trust, family cohesion, and family adaptability and provide emotional and instrumental support for children, which has been found to be associated with low levels of internalizing and externalizing problems in adolescents. On the contrary, low-quality parent-adolescent communication, such as parental rejection, parental criticism, adolescents’ secrecy, and non-disclosure can contribute to the development of depressive symptoms.
Journal 9/28: Frontier Study
“Low-quality parent-adolescent communication, such as parental rejection, parental criticism, adolescents’ secrecy, and non-disclosure can contribute to the development of depressive symptoms.”
Thus far, there is at least one example of each of these four examples of low quality communication between Mel and her parents. Explain those examples:
#10 page 107-119
Answer: answer the prompt (your claim)�No, physical and mental illness are not treated the same by society.
Cite: include real world evidence to support your claim (personal experience, history, current events, literature/TV/film) For example, annual physicals at the doctor are covered under most health insurance plans, but visits to a counselor must be paid out of pocket.
Explain: connect your evidence to your claim; how does your example prove your point? This demonstrates how society deems physical health as a priority but not mental health.
#11: I’m nobody!
On page 34, Melinda tells Heather that they can’t get into the musical or any cool club because they are ‘nobody.’
On page 105, just before Heather breaks off her friendship with Mel, she says, “You don’t like anything. You are the most depressed person I’ve ever met, and excuse me for saying this, but you are no fun to be around and I think you need professional help.”
On page 116, after the meeting with her parents, the principal, and the counselors, Melinda claims, “I have nothing. I say nothing. I am nothing.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you?” by Emily Dickinson
I'm nobody! Who are you? �Are you nobody, too? �Then there's a pair of us -- don't tell! �They'd banish -- you know!
How dreary to be somebody! �How public like a frog �To tell one's name the livelong day �To an admiring bog!
How is the speaker of this poem similar to Melinda? Find two similarities!
How is the speaker of this poem different from Melinda? Find two differences!
“I'm nobody! Who are you?” by �Emily Dickinson
I'm nobody! Who are you? �Are you nobody, too? �Then there's a pair of us -- don't tell! �They'd banish -- you know!
How dreary to be somebody! �How public like a frog �To tell one's name the livelong day �To an admiring bog!�—----------------------------------------------------------�The speaker of Emily Dickinson’s poem is similar to Melinda in how…They are also similar in the way they…
One difference between the two characters is how… Another difference is the way they…
How is the speaker of this poem similar to Melinda? Find two similarities!
How is the speaker of this poem different from Melinda? Find two differences!
Pages 34, 115, 116
#11 page 120-128
In the Riding Shotgun chapter, Mr. Freeman tells Mel that art is “about making mistakes and learning from them.” What are some mistakes that you’ve learned from?
Brainstorm some possibilities:
ADJECTIVE | NOUN | VERB | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE |
Accidental Unfortunate Repeated Impactful Embarrassing Disruptive Siupid Silly Huge Public | mistakes | start influence create destroy spill show prove | constantly frequently occasionally usually | at my house |
#11 page 120-128
In the Riding Shotgun chapter, Mr. Freeman tells Mel that art is “about making mistakes and learning from them.” What is a mistake that you’ve learned from? Tell the story of you learning from a mistake (on the same paper as yesterday’s ACE response). Remember to have a clear beginning, middle, and end!
#11 page 120-128
In the Riding Shotgun chapter, Mr. Freeman tells Mel that art is “about making mistakes and learning from them.” When is a time that you made a mistake but learned from it?
Answer: answer the prompt (your claim)�Silly mistakes occasionally show the process of growing up.
Cite: include real world evidence to support your claim (personal experience, history, current events, literature/TV/film) For example, when I was in the eighth grade, I lied to my parents about visiting my friends’ house; I got caught, and I had to work very hard to rebuild my parents’ trust.
Explain: connect your evidence to your claim; how does your example prove your point? This demonstrates how mistakes are a necessary part of growing up and discovering what kind of person you want to be.
Say Something (or a few things…)
Something you agree with.
One question you have.
Point of clarification.
Something that surprised you.
#12 page 129-137
WARNING: Mel recounts the rape in this section (A Night to Remember chapter), so please be sure to take care of yourself and reach out if you are feeling upset in any way.
Watch my reading of this essay by Laurie Halse Anderson (the same author of the book Speak!) or read it on your own here.
Watch this video on consent.
WARNING: flashback to sexual assault. Take care of yourself.
Compare & Contrast Paragraphs (“I’m nobody”)
The speaker of Emily Dickinson’s poem is similar to Melinda in how they both know they are nobody. For example, the speaker of the poem says, “I’m nobody! Who are you?” Melinda says, “I have nothing. I say nothing. I am nothing.” They both have internalized the alienation and live with it now. Another way they are similar is how they think. From the poem, she says “They’d banish us you know,” and Mel thinks the people around her won’t accept her if she told them the truth. Emily Dickinson’s speaker and Melinda are pretty similar.
Compare & Contrast Paragraphs (“I’m nobody”)
The speaker of Emily Dickinson’s poem is also different from Melinda. For example, the speaker of the poem is open about her nobodyness, but Mel doesn’t tell anyone. Emily is telling the person she’s talking to that she’s a nobody, whereas Mel won’t tell a single soul how she feels. Another way they are different is how alone they are. The speaker is making a friend, whereas Mel just lost hers. The speaker has a friend to share her pain with, but Mel didn’t share anything with Heather. The speaker of the poem and Mel are also quite different.
Essay & Tea Video Comments:
We are finally talking about this. It’s true; we don't talk about stuff we actually need to learn.
I agree with everything that was said.
It never hurts to clarify. You are never wrong to ask. You are always right to ask.
Someone can ask for tea, then take a drink and realize the tea is too hot - and they don’t want it anymore. They don’t have to drink the tea. No exceptions.
No means no. Don’t try and ask again
What is your opinion: can reading help young people navigate difficult life experiences? Explain.
Maya Angelou’s image keeps Melinda company in the janitor’s closet;the poster is from the school library and was taken down due to the censorship of her books. Her poems and autobiographical accounts often address abuse, sexual experience, poverty, feminism, and discrimination.
What is your opinion: can reading help young people navigate difficult life experiences? Explain.
Answer the prompt: Yes, reading can help young people navigate difficult life experiences.
Cite evidence: For example, on page ___, Mel uses Maya Angelou as inspiration to …
Explain how evidence proves claim: By analyzing Angelou’s choices, Mel better understands …
Maya Angelou’s image keeps Melinda company in the janitor’s closet;the poster is from the school library and was taken down due to the censorship of her books. Her poems and autobiographical accounts often address abuse, sexual experience, poverty, feminism, and discrimination.
#13 page 141-152
In the Genetics chapter, Mel says she gets her “I don’t want to know about it” gene from her dad and her “I’ll think about it tomorrow” gene from her mom. Think about what you have inherited from your family (a personality or character trait - not physical).�
Example: I get my “I can’t stop worrying about everything in the world” gene from my grandmother.�
Example: I get my “I’m going to tell you a million side stories and talk so long that I eventually forget the point of talking at all” gene from my dad.�
Figurative Language Scavenger Hunt
Find one example of each and copy it down on your paper!
Group Chat!
Hello!
Best part of my weekend was ___.
My ‘something’ for today is ___.
One issue I am passionate about is ___.
If I took a mental health day, I would ___.
#14 page 152-164
#14 page 152-164
In the Advice from a Smart Mouth chapter, David tells Mel that she got it wrong: “You can’t speak up for your right to be silent. That’s letting the bad guys win. If the suffragettes did that, women wouldn’t be able to vote yet [...] Don’t expect to make a difference unless you speak up for yourself.” Provide an example: when is a time that you spoke up for yourself?
David also tells Mel that she can’t “expect to make a difference” unless she speaks up. How do you want to make a difference? What are some issues that you are passionate about?
I want to make a difference in ��OR��I am passionate about:
#14 page 152-164
3. In the Advice from a Smart Mouth chapter, David tells Mel that she got it wrong: “You can’t speak up for your right to be silent. That’s letting the bad guys win. If the suffragettes did that, women wouldn’t be able to vote yet [...] Don’t expect to make a difference unless you speak up for yourself.” Provide an example: when is a time that you spoke up for yourself?
4. David also tells Mel that she can’t “expect to make a difference” unless she speaks up. How do you want to make a difference? What are some issues that you are passionate about?
Say SOMETHING
Ask a question��Establish a connection��Make a prediction��Identify a line or passage��Respond or react��Brief summary
Reading #14: Advice for Mel
How does this advice resonate with Mel? How does it impact her? Consider what she finally realizes or recognizes.
Reading #14: Advice for Mel
2. In the Advice from a Smart Mouth chapter, David tells Mel that she got it wrong: “You can’t speak up for your right to be silent. That’s letting the bad guys win. If the suffragettes did that, women wouldn’t be able to vote yet [...] Don’t expect to make a difference unless you speak up for yourself” (159).
How does this advice resonate with Mel? How does it impact her? Consider what she finally realizes or recognizes.
2. David’s advice helps Mel recognize…
How does this advice resonate with Mel? How does it impact her? Consider what she finally realizes or recognizes.�
Maya Angelou
Bio video
Censorship: poems, books banned at Merryweather High because of her autobiographical portrayals of abuse, sexual experiences, discrimination, poverty, and feminism.
Symbols
Images that represent something else, something bigger
Caged bird represents who/what…
Free bird represents who/what...
#15 page 164-176: �“Caged Bird”
1. Examine the perspectives of the birds in this picture; why do you think the free birds are looking at the caged bird?�
2. How does the caged bird appear to feel? How do you know this?�
3. What do you suppose the message of this drawing is?
4. Who/what do you think the caged bird symbolizes? How do you know?�
5. Who/what do you think the free birds symbolize? How do you know?
4. Who/what do you think the caged bird symbolizes? How do you know?�
5. Who/what do you think the free birds symbolize? How do you know?
When done, check PowerSchool/Schoology for missing assignments…�essay starts tomorrow!
Journal 10/6: “Caged Bird”
Read Maya Angelou’s poem “Caged Bird.”
Remember Maya Angelou is the author we discussed earlier in the book; she is a survivor of sexual assault and an accomplished author. Her poster is what Mel initially used to cover up the mirror in her closet at school.
A. Who/what do you think the caged bird symbolizes? How do you know?�
B. Who/what do you think the free birds symbolize? How do you know?�
Symbols
Images that represent something else, something bigger
Caged bird represents who/what…
Free bird represents who/what...
Say SOMETHING
Ask a question��Establish a connection��Make a prediction��Identify a line or passage��Respond or react��Brief summary
“Caged Bird” Symbols
Caged bird is facts/knowledge; free birds are people who spin facts/knowledge.
Caged bird is people that need help; free birds are people who see but do nothing.
Narrative (Story) Writing
Step 1: Plan the events
2: Write rough draft
3: Revise
4: Edit
5: Turn in!
#16 page 176-186
When have words mattered in your own life? Describe a time when words had a large impact on your life: what did you (or someone else) say that changed your life? Remember to have a beginning, middle, and end to your story!
Step 1: plan the events!
Step 2: Write rough draft
It all started on Friday, September 6th at Dotty Dumpling’s Dowry in Madison, Wisconsin. It was a busy night: men’s basketball brought in scores of people. My coworker Kelly and I always worked the Friday night shift as we were the most efficient and kindest servers, but we were not always kind to each other.
#16 page 176-186
When have words mattered in your own life? Describe a time when words had a large impact on your life: what did you (or someone else) say that changed your life?
Remember that every NOUN should have an ADJECTIVE and every VERB should have an ADVERB!
Step 3: revise!
#16 page 176-186
When have words mattered in your own life? Describe a time when words had a large impact on your life: what did you (or someone else) say that changed your life?
Try to include as many details (SPECIFIC), sensory imagery (sight, sound, taste, smell, feel), and figurative language (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia) as possible!
Step 3: revise!
When have words mattered in your own life? Describe a time when words had a large impact on your life: what did you (or someone else) say that changed your life?
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Remember to have a beginning, middle, and end to your story!
Remember that every NOUN should have an ADJECTIVE and every VERB should have an ADVERB!
Try to include as many details (SPECIFIC), sensory imagery (sight, sound, taste, smell, feel), and figurative language (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia) as possible!
Step 3: revise!
#17 page 186-end
Answer: answer the prompt (your claim)�I have grown tremendously since the beginning of the pandemic.
Cite: include personal experience as evidence to support your claim: For example, I used to _____ but have started to ______.
Explain: connect your evidence to your claim; how does your example prove your point? This shows that new growth can indeed be the best part of evolving as person.
Say SOMETHING
Ask a question��Establish a connection��Make a prediction��Identify a line or passage��Respond or react��Brief summary
Turning in your ‘somethings’:
Count how many ‘somethings’ you have
Write that on the top of your paper /17
Make sure your name is on it
Turn it into orange folder on my desk
Essay Prompt: Do words matter?
Thesis:
Yes, words matter because ________.
OR
No, words do not matter because _______.
Using at least three different texts we’ve studied in this unit, you are going to write an essay answering this question.
First, you must write your thesis statement.
The Essay Outline
First, you must select at least one scene from Speak that you think best supports your thesis. Find the exact quote and copy it down (with page #) into your outline.
Looking for a challenge? You may choose to find two scenes.
Thesis: Yes, words matter because … OR No, words do not always matter because…
1. Speak ex “Quote” (page #)
Next, you will select TWO other texts that prove your thesis.
Find two more quotes (from two more texts) that develop your thesis and align with your quote from Speak.
(Speak texts link on Schoology)
Next, you will select TWO other texts that we have studied in class to write about.
Each text must demonstrate or prove your thesis.
Each text will have a separate paragraph. You must have at least ONE example from each text; you may have two.
Outline:
Thesis:
1.Speak ex: “Quote” (pae #)�2.Text ___ ex: “Quote”�3.Text ___ ex: “Quote”
ONLY quotes! No need for YOUR writing.
Do Words Matter?
Your essay will have 3 body paragraphs.
The first body paragraph will have citations (1-2 quotes) from the novel Speak.
The second body paragraph will have citations (1-2 quotes) from another text we’ve studied.
The third body paragraph will have citations (1-2 quotes) from a THIRD text we’ve studied.
(Speak texts link on Schoology)
Outline:
Thesis:
Speak ex:�
Text ___ ex:�
Text ___ ex:�
Your outline will now become your rough draft! Each of your quotes will become your C in an ACE paragraph! You will have three ACE paragraphs; one for each quote you found.
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Answer: Introduce your example(s)
Cite: Textual evidence; your quotes!
Explain: Clarify how your evidence proves your point.
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If you are using two pieces of evidence from each text, you would have another Cite and Explain in your paragraphs. It would be more like an ACECE paragraph.
Thesis
1.Speak ex:
2.Text ___ ex:
3.Text ___ ex:
Your outline will now become your essay! Each of your quotes will become your C in an ACE paragraph!
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Answer: Introduce your example(s)
Cite: Textual evidence; your quotes!
Explain: Clarify how your evidence proves your point.
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If you are using two pieces of evidence from each text, you would have another Cite and Explain in your paragraphs. It would be more like an ACECE paragraph.
THESIS: Words matter when used thoughtfully to influence others in a positive way.
Answer: The first example of when words matter is from the novel Speak written by Laurie Halse Anderson.
Cite: In the book, Mel initially refuses to speak at all but David convinces her that…”Quote” (page #).
Explain: This example proves how words can only truly matter when used intentionally; Mel is not careless with her words, and in doing so, she speaks to the true power of words.
Answer: Introduce your example(s)
Cite: Textual evidence; your quotes! This is from your outline.
Explain: Clarify how your evidence proves your point.
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If you are using two pieces of evidence from each text, you would have another Cite and Explain in your paragraphs. It would be more like an ACECE paragraph.
Remember that books should be italicised when typing (Speak) or underlined when writing (Speak), and poems/essays should be in quotation marks (“Caged Bird”).
Answer: Transition into your example(s): �The first example of when words matter is from the novel Speak written by Laurie Halse Anderson.
Cite: Provide evidence (quotes) from the text: �In the book, Mel initially refuses to speak at all but David convinces her that…”Quote” (page #).
Explain: Clarify how your evidence proves your point: �This example proves how words can only truly matter when used intentionally; Mel is not careless with her words, and in doing so, she speaks to the true power of words.
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If you are using two pieces of evidence from each text, you would have another Cite and Explain in your paragraphs. It would be more like an ACECE paragraph.
Rough Draft: thesis + three body paragraphs
Words matter when used thoughtfully to influence others in a positive way.
The first example of when words matter is from the novel Speak written by Laurie Halse Anderson. In the book, Mel initially refuses to speak at all but David convinces her that…”Quote” (page #). This example proves how words can only truly matter when used intentionally; Mel is not careless with her words, and in doing so, she speaks to the true power of words.
The second example of when words matter is from the poem … written by ... In the poem, (introduce what is happening when you took the quote) …”Quote.” This example proves how words …
The third example of when words matter is from the poem … written by ... In the poem, (introduce what is happening when you took the quote) …”Quote.” This example proves how words …
Rubric: 32 points
Rough Draft → Final Draft
Remember that books should be italicised when typing (Speak) or underlined when writing (Speak), and poems/essays should be in quotation marks (“Caged Bird”). New paragraphs should be indented!
Words matter when used thoughtfully to influence others in a positive way.� The first example of when words matter is from the novel Speak written by Laurie Halse Anderson. In the book, Mel initially refuses to speak at all but David convinces her that…”Quote” (page #). This example proves how words can only truly matter when used intentionally; Mel is not careless with her words, and in doing so, she speaks to the true power of words.� The second example of when words matter is from the poem … written by ... In the poem, introduce what is happening at the time you took your quote …”Quote.” This example proves how words …� The third example of when words matter is from the poem … written by ... In the poem, introduce what is happening at the time you took your quote …”Quote.” This example proves how words …
Speak Passion Project
Follow Week 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
~five chapters at a time
Consumable Texts
“I am offering this poem” page 19
“My grandmother washes her feet…” page 55
Commentary on above. Page 59
“A voice” page 87
“Elephant”
“I know why the caged bird sings”
Anticipation Guide:
Anticipation Guide → Boxing Discussion
Objective Mastery Log
Four main skills:
The Fan Club: Journal
Characterization: �
Irony:
Setting:
Theme:
“The Fan Club”
“The Fan Club”
“The Fan Club”
“The Fan Club”
| 2. Causes of issue/problem: | 3. Ideas to remedy: |
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Synthesis Essay Comments
RADAR
Revision
PSA Planning
What do you think are some pressing issues for
PSA
Similes & Metaphors
A comparison saying one thing is like another. It will have the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ in the comparison.
Your eyes are as bright as diamonds.
You are quick like a cat.
A comparison saying one thing IS another thing. It does NOT have the words like or as.
Her eyes were diamonds shining in the moonlight.
He became a cat creeping through the bushes looking for its prey.
Free write...
Statistics You Need to Know
Date rapes account for 78% of all rapes
One in four girls will be a victim to date rape before the age of 25
Three of every five rapes occur before the female victim is 18
84% of women date raped knew their assailant
Addressing Sexual Assault
Video: http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/22/health/campus-sexual-assault-new-large-survey/
NPR article (listen while reading): http://www.npr.org/2016/08/09/487497208/to-prevent-sexual-assault-schools-and-parents-start-lessons-early
Tea Video: https://youtu.be/fGoWLWS4-kU
What is one thing you learned about sexual assault�that you never knew before today?
Resources in the Tri Cities
Sexual Assault Response Center
Columbia Center Blvd, Kennewick
509-374-5391
Crime Victim Service Center
Pasco
509-545-4042
Victim Blaming: The Atlantic
After first few chapters?
Outcasts
Mean Girls clip
Symbol & Motif:
Symbol: an image that stands for something beyond itself
Motif: a repeating image or idea throughout a text
In Romeo & Juliet:
Symbol of Your Life: Journal/Writing
If you had only one symbol to represent your life, �what would it be and why?
Start a sketch of that symbol.
Symbol of Your Life: Journal/Writing
Explain why you chose that symbol.
If I had only one symbol to represent me, I would select a bicycle. The first reason I selected a bicycle is because I love to spend as much time outside as I can, and traditionally, bicycles are ridden outside. Another reason I selected a bicycle is because it is an efficient mode of transportation: I love to go out for coffee or meet a friend for dinner without having to waste some natural resources that cars require. The most important reason I chose a bicycle is because of its historical significance: in the 1920s, a woman riding a bicycle became the impetus of women’s independence and suffrage. Because of its functionality and legacy, a bicycle is the best symbol for me.
Motifs
Trees
Mouth/lips
Rabbits
Rooms
Motif:
recurring image within a text
Pick one from the left to track while we read!
First Marking Period 1-46
Read 1-24 (stop at Burrow)
5: Allusion to National Geographic-appropriate comparison or not? Write a detailed description of a scene in Kennewick as a NG scene.
6-7: Is our district’s social studies curriculum similar in that it only focuses on US history? What is a TV war?
9: “Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.” Do you agree or disagree with this? MELT.
12: If you had to focus for an entire semester or year on one object in order to ‘bring it to life’ or turn it into a piece of what, what would you pick? Think simply.
1st: Home.Work.
A. (p. 14) Family communication: How does communication break down in Melinda’s�family? What could each person do to improve it? If you were a parent, how would�communication be in your family?�B. (p. 15) How does Heather’s room express her personality? Why does Melinda feel�that her room does not express her personality? How does your room express (or fail�to express) who you are?
Describe...
1st MP: Heathering
Since the novel is written in first person, we only hear Melinda’s side of things. In this chapter she shares with the reader her opinion of Heather: “She is happy, driven, aerobically fit. She has a nice mom and an awesome television. But she’s like a dog that keeps jumping into your lap.”�Imagine you are observing their exchange as a fly on the wall. What would your opinion of Melinda and Heather be? Does Heather really seem as needy as Melinda describes her? Why or why not? How would you describe their interaction? What is each girl’s tone of voice like? What kind of body language do�you notice between the two? Write out one to two paragraphs of your observations in first person, be descriptive.
To do 1-24
Read 1-24
Tone Activity
Allusions
Similes
Motifs
Allusions , Metaphors, & Similes
A reference to another well known person, character, story, text, etc.
A comparison saying one thing is like another. It will have the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ in the comparison.
A comparison saying one thing IS another thing. It does NOT have the words like or as.
Motifs: recurring images or ideas in a text
Keep an eye out for these images as we continue to read!
Allusions , Metaphors, & Similes
Allusion to Greek mythology: “dryad”(Anderson 17).
dryad-tree nymph
“Art follows lunch, like a dream follows nightmare” (Anderson 9).
“Let the lunch drones fill my tray” (Anderson 8).
Allusion | Metaphor | Simile |
1. 2. | 1. | 1. 2. |
Abstract vs Concrete
Courage, goodness, honor, beauty
Dog, flower, bitter, red, warm
**You want this kind!
General vs Specific
Broad classes or groups
→ Dog, flower, soda
Definite or precise nouns
→ Weimaraner, tiger lily, Sunkist orange
**You want this one!
Imagery Figurative Language
Charades
Melinda, our protagonist & narrator, struggles to speak in our novel.
She communicates frequently through hand gestures.
We will take a turn at communicating ideas without speaking.
Room Comparison
Melinda describes her room, saying that it is “stuck in the middle, a bit�stolen from everyone else.” On the other hand, when she visits Heather on�Columbus Day, she describes Heather’s room as “a commercial for vacuum�Cleaners.”
�Compare and contrast Melinda’s and Heather’s rooms. Include�how the different descriptions reflect the girls’ personalities and their different�situations in life. Use page numbers when citing the book!
Discussion
On page 9, Melinda says that “nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.”
Give one example to support this claim.
Give one example to refute this claim.
Refute: disprove, counter, challenge
Discuss in your groups.
Pick best evidence to support
Pick best evidence to refute
As a class, ,which is best evidence? Which would you use in MELT paragraph?
First Ten Lies in High School
Pick one of these lies that (you feel) applies to KeHS. Explain this application in a MELT.
Main idea: claim�One lie mentioned in Speak that is prevalent at KeHS is #8: “Your schedule was created with you in mind” (Anderson 6).�Evidence: quote/reason/example from KeHS�Here at Kennewick, we have almost 1700 students and only four guidance counselors. There is no practical way each grade level counselor and take the time to ensure that every individual student’s schedule best fits his/her needs. �Link: Explaining example and how/why it’s a lie or problem at KeHS. This should be about two sentences.�Counselors do what they can to help students, but there is a computer software they use to input required classes and it spews out a schedule; there is not enough time in the day to create individual schedules. This is why we have difficult but necessary classes of 33 students with not enough books or chairs. It’s hard to believe that that kind of class was created with the best interest of the kids in mind.�Transition/conclusion:�While KeHS does all it can to ensure student success; an online system to redress schedule errors would not be necessary if all schedules were designed with students’ individual needs in mind.
1st MP: Second Reading
24-46-end of first marking period
Dot video
Elephant in the Room assgn
Maya Angelou poems/bio?
ID Simile, Metaphor, Allusion, two motifs in 24-46
Read the poem “Elephant in the Room” (author unknown).�There's an elephant in the room.�It is large and squatting, so it is hard to get around it.�Yet we squeeze by with, "How are you?" and "I'm fine," and a thousand other�forms of trivial chatter. We talk about the weather. We talk about work.�We talk about everything else, except the elephant in the room.�There's an elephant in the room.�We all know it's there. We are thinking about the elephant as we talk together.�It is constantly on our minds. For, you see, it is a very large elephant.�It has hurt us all.�But we don't talk about the elephant.�Oh, please, let's talk about the elephant in the room.�For if I cannot, then you are leaving me....�alone....�7�in a room....�with an elephant.�2. In your reading journals, respond to this poem. Label this entry “Elephant Poem”.�Some things to consider:�Who is the speaker in this poem?�What is the “elephant”? What does the elephant represent?�What will be accomplished if they talk about the elephant?�What are your thoughts about the mood of the poem?�What elements of dialog are used in the poem? Why are the effective?�How does this poem relate to Speak? Have you ever had an elephant in the room?�
Motif Analysis
Mouth/lips
Room
Tree
Mirror
Rabbits
Find one quote from each section (3-24, 24-46) of the book that pertains to one of these motifs.
Copy it into your content notes section!
Skills: page 31(journal near symbol sketch)
Dot video
2. What is one step you can take to remedy or improve that skill?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAcwt04-oc0
Revisit your Symbol of Life
Art PPT
Journal: 3. Which of the styles best fits your symbol? Why?
Start planning what that might look like!
1st MP: Halloween/Name Name Name
At the start of the novel, the protagonist/narrator was nameless, and then she named herself Outcast. Eventually, Melinda shares her name with the reader. Think about these phases of Melinda. How has Laurie Halse Anderson slowly been developing this protagonist? In what ways has Melinda changed from�the beginning of the novel? In what ways has she not? With a small group of students, you are going to chart the progression of Melinda throughout the four�parts of the novel. Select the shortest student in your group to be the model. Your teacher will give each group a large piece of banner paper. The shortest group member should lay face up on the paper while the group loosely traces his or her outline. This will become your Melinda. Divide your life sized Melinda into four equal sections. Using images and words from magazines, newspapers,�and your own original drawings, create a collage that represents Melinda’s state of mind in this section of the novel. Hang the Melinda’s up around the classroom and add to them after each part of the book. Take note of any changes that occur in colors that are used, or words, and images selected.
Anne Frank Connection
Tuesday, 1st Aug 1944
I'm awfully scared that everyone who knows me as I always am will discover that I have another side, a finer and better side. I'm afraid they'll laugh at me, think I'm ridiculous and sentimental, not take me seriously. I'm used to not being taked seriously but it's only the "light-hearted" Anne that's used to it and can bear it; the "deeper" Anne is is too frail for it. Sometimes, when I really compel the good Anne to take the stage for a quarter of an hour, she simply shrivels up as soon as she has to speak, and lets Anne number one take over, and before I realize it, she has disappeared.
Therefore, the nice Anne is never present in company, has not appeared one simgle time so far, but almost always predominates when we're alone. I know exactly how I'd like to be, how I am too... inside. But, alas, I'm only like that for myself. And perhaps that's why, no, I'm sure it's the reason why I say I've got a happy nature within and why other people think I've got a happy nature without. I'm guided by the pure Anne within, but outside I'm nothing but a frolicsome little goat who's broken loose.
As I've already said, I never utter my real feelings about anything and that's how I've acquired the name of chaser-after-boys, flirt, know-all, reader of love stories. The cheerful Anne laughs about it, gives cheeky answers, shrugs her shoulders indifferently, behaves as if she dosen't care, but, oh dearie me, the quiet Anne's reactions are just the opposite. If I'm to be quite honest, then I must admit that it does hurt me, that I try terribly hard to change myself, but that I'm always fighting against a more powerful enemy.
A voice sobs within me: "There you are, that's what's become of you: you're uncharitable, you look supercilious and peevish, people dislike you and all because you won't listen to the advice given you by your own better half." Oh, I would like to listen, but it doesen't work; if I'm quiet and serious, everyone thinks it's a new comedy and then I have to get out of it by turning it into a joke, not to mention my own family, who are sure to think I'm ill, make me swallow pills for headaches and nerves, feel my neck and my head to see whether I'm running a temperature, ask me if I'm constipated and criticize me for being in a bad mood. I can't keep that up: if I'm watched to that extent, I start by getting snappy, then unhappy, and finally I twist my heart around again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and what I could be, if... there weren't any people living in the world.
End of first: fig lang
ID simile, metaphor, personification, allusion, two motifs
Art styles: pick one to research?
Snowball
Snowball
Elephant in the Room
“I am not going to think about it. It was ugly, but it’s over, and I’m not going to think about it” (5).
“I am in the middle of a hostile crowd that hates me for what I had to do. I can’t tell them what really happened. I can’t even look at that part myself [...] I put my head in my hands and scream to let out the animal noise and some of that night” (28).
What does this saying mean?
What might have happened to Melinda?
Why isn’t she confronting it?
“To This Day”
“To This Day”
“To This Day”
PSA: Being a Teen
Public Service Announcement
Warning, heads up, be aware
Enjoy your time, YOLO, smile
Color, effort, grammar
Speaker: everything you know about the narrator of the poem; what can you infer or deduce from what is said?
Dialogue:
Mood:
12.13.19
“Speak is the book that I wasn’t going to write. Why would I want to revisit the agonies of adolescence? Wasn’t that the part of surviving to adulthood—so I could block out the traumas of being a teenager?”-LHA
2nd Reading Chunks
49-70 (stop before winter break)
70-92 (finish 2nd marking period)
Sentence Patterning Chart
Americans
Debates!
A-B-C-D-E-F
Students should/should not be required to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
The phrase “under God” should/should not be included in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Americans should/should not be required to vote in elections.
Research!
Reputable/impartial news organizations:
Kennewick High homepage→ School Tab → Library Media Center→
How to refute (prove wrong with evidence)
Ethos: credibility, reliability
How can you prove the opposition is NOT CREDIBLE in their argument?
Pathos: heart strings, emotion
How can you make the opposition’s claim FEEL bad/wrong/immoral?
Logos: logic, data, evidence
What RESEARCH can you find to prove the opposition wrong?
Questions to prep for debate:
Definition Paragraph
Who is a real American? Revisit pages 53-57 to find your answers.
2nd MP: Closet Space
Maya Angelou’s image keeps Melinda company in the janitor’s closet. She likes having Maya’s strong, sweet face looking down upon her while she works on cleaning the place up. The poster is from the school library and was taken down due to the censorship of Maya Angelou’s books. Maya Angelou’s work speaks to many people who have struggled in their lives. Her poems and autobiographical�accounts often address abuse, sexual experience, poverty, feminism, and discrimination.
2nd MP: First Amendment/Giving Thanks
Immigration is often debated. Mr. Neck and David Petrakis stand on opposite sides of the issue. Unfortunately, in class, Mr. Neck does not do a great job at structuring the debate. Anger and a desire to be in control through intimidation and sarcasm seem to be what motivate him. Many authority figures use these techniques to win arguments, but bullying is not the best way to get a point across.�With your classmates, conduct a debate about immigration. Divide the class into two groups, Pro immigration and Con, or against immigration. In your teams collect your evidence and organize your ideas. Each side will have a chance to present. After group shares their argument, each side will be allowed to rebut,�or disagree with, the opinions of the other team. The rest of the class will vote to determine a winner
2nd MP: Winter Break/ Hard Labor
In the novel, Laurie Halse Anderson is constantly making the reader focus on Melinda’s mouth. We keep waiting for Melinda to use her mouth to communicate what is going on with her, but instead we are bombarded with images of her torn chapped lips, and even her bleeding lips. List various themes and motifs that you can identify on the top lip. After you have included the themes and motifs write a short paragraph on the bottom lip about one theme/motif that is present in the novel.
2nd:
Pages 61-83 David Petrakis juxtaposition (foil?) to Melinda.; fond childhood memories-I am From poem; “The Fan Club” my Rona Maynard-found on FSU pdf on drive
1. Find two quotes from the reading referencing Melinda’s silence. Discuss.
2. How is the character of David Petrakis a juxtaposition to Melinda? Think communication versus silence.
Tension
Very often, what someone is thinking is very different from what that person is saying or�doing. This tension can be ironic and humorous. And it can be fun to write. Read the�selection below—a more humorous example of interior monologue written by Dorothy�parker.�Excerpt from Dorothy Parker's "But the One on the Right"�I knew it. I knew if I came to this dinner, I'd draw something like this baby on�my left. They've been saving him up for me for weeks. Now, we've simply got to�have him--his sister was so sweet to us in London; we can stick him next to Mrs.�Parker--she talks enough for two. Oh, I should never have come, never. I'm here�9�against my better judgment, to a decision. That would be a good thing for them to�cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better�judgment. This is a fine time of the evening to be thinking about tombstones.�That's the effect he's had on me, already, and the soup hardly cold yet. I should�have stayed at home for dinner. I could have had something on a tray. The head�of John the Baptist, or something. Oh, I should not have come.�Well, the soup's over, anyway. I'm that much nearer to my Eternal Home.�Now the soup belongs to the ages, and I have said precisely four words to the�gentleman on my left. I said, "Isn't this soup delicious?"; that's four words. And�he said, "Yes, isn't it?"; that's three. He's one up on me.�At any rate, we're in perfect accord. We agree like lambs. We've been all�through the soup together, and never a cross word between us. It seems rather a�pity to let the subject drop, now we've found something on which we harmonize so�admirably. I believe I'll bring it up again; I'll ask him if that wasn't delicious�soup. He says, "Yes, wasn't it?" Look at that, will you; perfect command of his�tenses.�Here comes the fish. Goody, goody, goody, we got fish. I wonder if he likes�fish. Yes, he does; he says he likes fish. Ah, that's nice. I love that in a man. Look,�he's talking! He's chattering away like a veritable magpie! He's asking me if I like�fish. Now does he really want to know, or is it only a line? I'd better play it cagey.�I'll tell him, "Oh, pretty well." Oh, I like fish pretty well; there's a fascinating bit�of autobiography for him to study over. Maybe he would rather wrestle with it�alone. I'd better steal softly away, and leave him to his thoughts.�2. Experiment with this genre by creating an interior voice of a character in one of the�following states�longing�envy�inebriation�joy�grief�boredom�Create some tension between the external setting and dialogue and the interior voice. Try�at least one hundred words.�
2nd: First Amendment
Debates on drive!
Debate Format
Debate Format
Tyler Mariah Jennifer J Matthew
Chris Matt Amaya Sam
Zulma Alejandro Bella Jennifer O Alex
Alyssa Brandon Jordyne Valerina Michael
Who won?
Students should or should not be required to say the pledge of allegiance.
Debate 1 vs 2: I think ____ won the debate because _____, _____, & _____.
The US should or should not allow persecuted citizens to seek asylum in the US.
Debate 3 vs 4: I think ____ won the debate because _____, _____, & _____.
Debate Feedback (for OTHER debate)
Side ____
Positives:
1.�2.
Next time, try:
1.�2.
Side ____
Positives:
1.�2.
Next time, try:
1.�2.
Motif Analysis
Mouth/lips
Room
Rabbits
Tree
Mirror
Find another quote from this section of the book that pertains to one of these motifs. It can be the same or a different one than last time.
Definition Strategies
Origin: What are its roots; how did word American first start? Has meaning changed over time? What has caused that change?
Comparison: How is being an American different from being a Canadian, Mexican, Brit, Argentinian, etc? Get specific here. What is unique about American?
Details: What does an American look, sound, think, act like? What does an American believe? Be specific!
Negation: An American does NOT look, sound, think, act, or believe...
Anecdote/Example: Do you have any personal experiences of being an American? What does being an American feel like to you?
Origin | Comparison | Details | Negation | Anecdote |
| | | | |
Define an EKU Lion
Debate!
1 Students should be required to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
2. The US should have closed its borders in 1900 (Mr. Neck).
3. Athletes should not be required to stand for the national anthem.
Motifs
Using the selected quotes you’ve gathered thus far in the novel, write a TRIAC paragraph arguing the significance or meaning of your motif.
Motif TRIAC
Using the selected quotes you’ve gathered over the course of the novel, write a TRIAC paragraph arguing the significance or meaning of your motif.
Topic: Laurie Halse Anderson repeatedly mentions Melinda’s mouth throughout the novel Speak.
Motif TRIAC
Using the selected quotes you’ve gathered over the course of the novel, write a TRIAC paragraph arguing the significance or meaning of your motif.
Topic: Laurie Halse Anderson repeatedly mentions Melinda’s mouth throughout the the novel Speak.
Restriction: In doing so, Anderson is conveying the idea that _________.
Motif TRIAC
Using the selected quotes you’ve gathered over the course of the novel, write a TRIAC paragraph arguing the significance or meaning of your motif.
Topic: Laurie Halse Anderson repeatedly mentions Melinda’s mouth throughout t the novel Speak.
Restriction: In doing so, Anderson is conveying the idea that _________.
Illustration: This can be seen on page ____ when she writes “Quote.”
Motif TRIAC
Using the selected quotes you’ve gathered over the course of the novel, write a TRIAC paragraph arguing the significance or meaning of your motif.
Topic: Laurie Halse Anderson repeatedly mentions Melinda’s mouth throughout t the novel Speak.
Restriction: In doing so, Anderson is conveying the idea that _________.
Illustration: This can be seen on page ____ when she writes “Quote.”
This motif is developed when on page ___, Anderson includes “Quote.”
Motif TRIAC
Topic: Laurie Halse Anderson repeatedly mentions Melinda’s mouth throughout the novel Speak.
Restriction: In doing so, Anderson is conveying the idea that _________.
Illustration: This can be seen on page ____ when she writes “Quote.” This is developed further on page ___: “Quote.” Later, on page ___, Anderson includes “Quote.”
Analysis: In these situations, it is difficult for Melinda to speak, so by drawing attention to her mouth, Anderson is suggesting...
Motif TRIAC
Topic: Laurie Halse Anderson repeatedly mentions Melinda’s mouth throughout the novel Speak.
Restriction: In doing so, Anderson is conveying the idea that _________.
Illustration: This can be seen on page ____ when she writes “Quote.” This is developed further on page ___: “Quote.”
Analysis: In these situations, it is difficult for Melinda to speak, so by drawing attention to her mouth, Anderson is suggesting…
Over the course of the book, the motif clearly evolved to represent...
Motif TRIAC
Topic: Laurie Halse Anderson repeatedly mentions Melinda’s mouth throughout the novel Speak.
Restriction: In doing so, Anderson is conveying the idea that _________.
Illustration: This can be seen on page ____ when she writes “Quote.” This is developed further on page ___: “Quote.”
Analysis: In these situations, it is difficult for Melinda to speak, so by drawing attention to her mouth, Anderson is suggesting…
Over the course of the book, the motif clearly evolved to represent...
Conclusion: While her mouth may still be sore and scabby, we can only hope that it heals soon so that Melinda is finally able to speak.
Motif TRIAC
Using the selected quotes you’ve gathered over the course of the novel, write a TRIAC paragraph arguing the significance or meaning of your motif.
Topic: Laurie Halse Anderson repeatedly mentions Melinda’s mouth throughout the novel Speak.
Restriction: In doing so, Anderson is conveying the idea that _________.
Illustration: This can be seen on page ____ when she writes “Quote.” This is developed further on page ___: “Quote.”
Analysis: In these situations, it is difficult for Melinda to speak, so by drawing attention to her mouth, Anderson is suggesting…
Over the course of the book, the motif clearly evolved to represent...
Conclusion: While her mouth may still be sore and scabby, we can only hope that it heals soon so that Melinda is finally able to speak.
2nd
Wishbone symbolism 61
Green Day “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” to compare to Melinda
Quiz
First and second marking periods
Part two lit elements https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxob2ZmZXJ0ZW5nbGlzaHxneDoyMmJlYWMzYzBmZmVkMTY (hoffert)
3rd Reading Chunks
94-119 (stop after Picasso)
120-137 (end of 3rd)
3rd: Escape
Was being a child better than being a teenager? In what ways? In what�ways is it better to be older? Why is it hard to be in-between childhood and adulthood?�
Semester 1 Reflection
Answer on a piece of paper and turn in!
3rd MP: Escape/Code Breaking
Hairwoman tries desperately to get the students in her English class to understand the symbolism behind Hester Prynn’s scarlet letter. In the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the young woman, Hester Prynne, is persecuted by her community for committing the sin of adultery. She is forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” on her chest until she reveals the man she had the affair with. Hester Prynne refuses and braves the torment of the community. Of course, the scarlet letter is a symbol of Hester Prynn’s sin. With a partner, discuss why Melinda feels the letter S would be an appropriate symbol for her internalized ‘mistake.’ Brainstorm together another�letter or object that you feel would better serve as a symbol for what Melinda is feeling. Share your ideas�with the class.
Written Response to "Code Breaking"
In “Code Breaking” Melinda discusses her English class where the students are reading The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In The Scarlet Letter there is a great deal of symbolism. The book, which is set in colonial New England, takes places in a conservative, religious, Puritan community. The main character, Hester, becomes pregnant in the absence of her husband. This is a mortal sin in this community. Hester is arrested and punished by the town. During this era punishment for adultery was extreme. Hester is shunned by the community (no one will speak to her, associate with her, or be friends with her) and she is forced to wear a scarlet letter "A" on the exterior of all of her clothing. The "A" stands for adultery and is meant to mark her as a sinful, shamed woman.
Melinda identifies with Hester. She, too, feels shunned by her community. She imagines that she has a giant "S" on her clothing. Write 2 – 3 paragraphs about the following:
3rd: Escape/Code Breaking
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter connection on drive
Situational irony: opposite of what you would expect: why does Melinda call Freeman the only sane one? What does she mean?
3rd:
(p. 118) Mr. Freeman tells his class, “You must walk alone to find your soul.”
What does this mean?
What is a soul?
Is the saying true?
How does it hold true for you?
(p. 104) Why does Melinda call Freeman the “sanest person she knows”? What does she mean?
It is the color of… (103-104)
Pick a color-any color-but get specific (oceansparay blue, mint green, Kennewick Lion orange)!
Describe it in five different ways mimicking what Mr. Freeman has done! Show me when done!
Use his descriptions as templates.
Bird & Bees
Page 109
NPR’s Fresh Air:
Peggy Orenstein “Boys & Sex” & “Girls & Sex” Interviews
120-137
3rd: Motif Analysis
Mirrors
Trees
Mouth/lips
Rabbits
Rooms
Find third quote from this section relating to one of the motifs
3rd Picasso
Find one Picasso image
Write story that motivated painting
Model, practice as a class
Concrete, specific details
Figurative language
Imagery
3rd: Picasso
B. c�C. Mr. Freeman also says that “art is about making mistakes and learning from them.”�What else is like this? Explain. �
“Say something, express an emotion, speak to every person who looks at it” (12). Choose one of the artists or authors mentioned in the book. Select one example of their work that speaks to you. Research and analyze it. Write a paper that offers biographical information on the creator, explains the creator’s creative process, and analyzes its success as a piece of art
End of 3rd
role play exercise (LUNCH DOOM” (2 ppl), “CUTTING OUT HEARTS” (2-4), “OUR LADY OF THE WAITING ROOM” (4+), “CLASH OF THE TITANS” (5), “MISS” (3+), “PICASSO” (2), “RIDING SHOTGUN” (2)). Reenact scenes; what is most important component or connection to motifs/tone
Caged Bird
Censorship:
Maya Angelou: Her poems and autobiographical accounts often address abuse, sexual experience, poverty, feminism, and discrimination.
4th Reading Chunks
141-170 (stop before yearbooks)
171-198 (end of book)
Allusions
There are repeated allusions to children’s stories throughout the novel (Daffy Duck, Alice in Wonderland, princesses, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, etc.). Why do you suppose Melinda continuously references stories for young kids? What does that say about what she is feeling?
#metoo
Motif Analysis
For your selected motif, analyze its significance over the course of the story. In your constructed response (TRIAC, paragraph), explain the function of the motif by considering the following questions: what does it represent to Melinda? What purpose does it serve to the overall story-what did it represent at the beginning of the story and what does it mean at the end? How does it help Melinda grow over the course of the novel?
Your paragraph should include 2-4 quotes- from different marking periods. Be sure to analyze each quote individually- in addition to as a whole. How do those four quotes work together to understand the meaning of that motif?
Develop YOUR motif
Throughout the novel Speak, we have revisited the symbol you selected that best represents you. Now you will pick one final medium to represent your motif.
Include an artist’s statement with your creation. In it,
You may
Artist’s Statements
Charlene Fuhrman-Schulz, sumi-é artist:
“My subject matter is nature, whether it is a traditional landscape or a bird and flower painting. I use traditional materials, ink and brush on rice paper, to capture movement and life — making the brush dance and the ink sing. Everything is captured in the spontaneous dance and movement of the brush as it meets the rice paper. There is no going back and correcting when painting with ink and rice paper.”
Nancy McIntyre, silk screen artist:
“I like it when a place has been around long enough that there is a kind of tension between the way it was originally designed to look and the way it looks now, as well as a tension between the way it looks to whoever is caring for it and the way it looks to me. Trouble is, the kinds of places I find most appealing keep getting closed or torn down.��What do I want to say with my art?��Celebrate the human, the marks people make on the world. Treasure the local, the small-scale, the eccentric, the ordinary: whatever is made out of caring. Respect what people have built for themselves. Find the beauty in some battered old porch or cluttered, human-scale storefront, while it still stands.”
4th
Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier
Eleven short story : http://www.stjohns-chs.org/english/nwixon_courses/english-9-111/eleven-by-sandra-cisneros.pdf
c/c alienation, bully, protagonist reactions/actions
Letting the Bad Guys Win
“They Came for Me” poem
Functions of Report Cards/Narrative Structure
Grades represent what?
Why told through holidays?
Quiz
After third and fourth marking periods
Theme or no theme?
Finish theme statements https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxob2ZmZXJ0ZW5nbGlzaHxneDozMzM1OGI0Y2I0YjYzZTE4 (hoffert)
This I Believe
•Name a belief, moral, or guiding principle�•Tell a story/experience to show how it is true/important in your life�•Reflect personally to give the piece the reflective, personal tone of a memoir�•Tie your story/belief to a guiding question: topic will relate to a pressure, experience, an idea that needs to be spoken/shared, etc.
Or six word memoir for MElinda
Editorials
What’s an Editorial?
Final: an editorial!
“Don't expect to make a difference unless you speak up.”
Get specific.
What frustrates you?
What bothers you?
What motivates you?
What excites you?
What are you worried about?
What are you fired up about?
Think locally (Tri Cities).
Think regionally (Washington or PNW).
Think nationally (US).
Think globally (world).
Citations Provided
Copy & paste URL into easybib.com:�
New York Times
Newsweek
Time
NPR
BBC
USA Today
Washington Post
The Guardian
Must have at least two sources!
Kennewick High → ��School → ��Library
Works Cited
MLA formatting
Easybib.com
Details
Today (1 hour) and tomorrow (2 hours)
Due to PowerSchool by end of period on Wednesday
Pick a topic you actually care about!
Summative Assessment
Editorial: NYT Find Your Voice contest
Definition essay:
“Fifteen” by Taylor Swift
c/c
How can the song relate to any of the situations
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Writing Responses