Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014

CLASS:

1.  WNB
2.  Three New Close Reading Signposts: (for class notes)

MEMORY MOMENT  
A memory interrupts the flow of the story or the argument, and reveals something important about the speaker (for non-fiction) or characters (fiction).
Questions you should ask yourself:  Why might this memory be important?  How might this memory illustrate the author's point?

TOUGH QUESTIONS
A time when the speaker/ main character asks him/herself a question that does not have an easy answer.
Questions you should ask yourself:  What does this question make me wonder about?  How mght this add to the author's message?

WORDS OF THE WISER
A wiser, older character shares his/her experience, wisdom or life lessons with the speaker, hoping to guide him/her through a difficult time.
Questions you should ask yourself:  How will this affect the speaker or charcter?  How does this contribute to the main idea, argument or theme?

3.  Practice close reading and looking for all six signposts + diction in "Mother Tongue."  Complete Notice and Note Reading Log for "Mother Tongue" for homework.

4.  Vocabulary Character Descriptions (for review for vocab. quiz on Monday).

MODEL
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Livin' Large in L.A.

Corpulent loves to eat.  And he specifically loves to eat fine food at the latest “It” restaurants all over LA.  If you are looking for him, you should wait at the valet stand at, say, Mélisse, where you will see him cruise up in his black Cadillac Escalade with the custom seats, fine leather, adjusted for his large size.  He will emerge with difficulty, his rolls of fat sticking between the steering wheel and the seat.  He will swagger into the restaurant, waving at all the patrons he knows, and the chef will greet him personally as he plummets into his chair with an arrogant thud at his regular table.  When friends join him for dinner, which they often do, he will regale them with loudly- and lively -told stories, guffaws at his own jokes booming through the restaurant.  He is the life of the party, as long as that party includes food and drink.

When he was younger (and simply known as fat), Corpulent still loved to eat, and he would satisfy his humongous cravings for food with more affordable fast-foods.  Corpulent worked his way through the entire McDonald’s menu in just three separate meals.  He also had to buy his clothes at the Big and Tall Store, but now that he is much bigger, with a clothing budget to match his size, he has his rather large but tasteful clothes made by a tailor he imported from London’s Saville Row.  Occasionally, when he has had too much dining, his pants will split and the tailor will quickly stitch up the busted seems. 

Corpulent brings new meaning to the phrase, “Livin’ Large.”

Together, students and teacher began brainstorming for a character description for EVOKE

Tomorrow, partner groups will write character descriptions for the remaining words.

HOMEWORK: 
Reread "Mother Tongue"  and fill out Notice and Note Reading Log (see below).