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November 16th 2009 Agenda: -Dailies #7 part 1 -Dialectical Journal -Theme Groups -Vocabulary -Begin Reading Chapter One
+ The JOURNAL, It’s DIALECTICAL From
the Greek words for dispute and debate, this is the science of the general laws governing the development of nature, science, society and thought. It considers all facts to be in movement and in perpetual change. This concept relates to process of development in all things through struggle, contradiction and the replacement on one form by another.
You
will be reading this story from a point of view based on who you are right now. By the end, you will have changed. We will hopefully struggle with ideas, issues, and understanding, and I WANT TO SEE IT IN YOUR JOURNAL!!!
VOCABULARY THERE ARE WORDS YOU WILL NOT KNOW. THESE WORDS YOU WILL LEARN. FOR EACH VOCABULARY WORD:
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-WRITE DOWN THE WORD, -THE PAGE, -THE DEFINITION, -AN ORIGINAL EXAMPLE SENTENCE.
+ LET’S READ!!! As we read, begin working on your DJ skillz. We learn some valuable info the first chapter: Introduction
of SCOUT as narrator: She is recounting a childhood story What is she like?
Jem’s
broken arm. Connecting the beginning of the story with the ending.
Simon Intro The
Finch, Finch’s Landing
of Calpurnia, Dill, Jem, and Atticus
Legend of Boo Radley!!
+ Some Questions so far. As
the characters are revealed to us: who do you like? Dislike?
What
one adjective comes to mind when you think about the story so far?
Dill
get’s a very detailed description when he is introduced, yet we don’t get a description of our narrator, Scout. What do you imagine she looks like?
+ NOTICE ANY LITERARY DEVICES? “DREW
HIM AS THE MOON DRAWS WATER”
“HER
HAND WAS AS WIDE AS A BED STAND AND TWICE AS HARD”
FOR NEXT CLASS:
READ THE REST OF CHAPTER ONE. COMPLETE A DIALECTICAL JOURNAL -remember to look for quotes, or evidence or passages + that fit into your topic for the theme groups. -remember to look for passages that reveal character information, key plot events, literary devices, and thought provoking ideas.