Week 2 Response to Literature

	Class Work	Homework
Monday Turn in Syllabus the following Monday  for 100 points Extra credit if and only if you have completed all assignments!	Correct and Discuss Exercises 1-10 in class Typical Questions: How does the author’s use of literary elements convey the theme of the work? How does the poet’s use of sound devices convey the theme of the work?  Model sentences: The narrator helps convey the theme by using…. The author helps convey the theme by using… The poet helps convey the theme by… The author develops character by…	Read for the Gist then Highlight and Annotate An American Story pp. 152-155 * Go to LACER for Homework Help It is open from 3-5 and often 6. Double your Points! Extra Credit for all Revised Compare and Contrast essays submitted by Friday 2/25 by 9 am.
Tuesday	Reread An American Story PP. 152-155 Focus on The News Feature Fact-something that can be proved true Opinion- can be supported but not proved. News reports answer: Who? What? Where? Why? When? How? The rest of news writing (editorial, features, reviews, criticism) mix fact and opinion).	Reread and study for Quiz on American Story and Vocabulary Vocabulary Enter into your Glossary and Make flashcards * Regime Clearance Congenital Op-ed Constituents Fulminating
Wednesday	Prepare for Compare and Contrast Essay using Point by Point Method on page 187	Complete Outline for Compare and contrast essay. Organize by ideas not works! *
Thursday	Write the first draft of your essay. Skip Lines.	Finish the first draft of your essay.   *
Friday	Peer Review of Constructed response Essay	Submit Second Draft of Essay Compare and Contrast on how a similar topic is treated across 3 genres.  The texts are Liberty, Exile, and An American Story to Turnitin.com by 11:59:59 PM Sunday. *