*Bell Ringer: ACT Prep
*Writer’s
Workshop time:
*Rubric
*Confer with me (sign
up on board)
*Work to make
your draft better, final due Monday
*“Thomas
Builds-the-Fire” Discussion:
Large Group
*Poetry Brainstorm: Poetic Terms needed this semester
*Louise Erdrich- “I Was
Sleeping Where the Black Oaks Move”
*Poet Info:
Minnesotan, Chippewa/German-American Ethnicity, writes with characters showing
both sides of her ancestry
*Critics say
she “has remained true to her Native ancestors’ mythic and artistic visions
while writing fiction that candidly explores the cultural issues facing
modern-day Native Americans and mixed heritage Americans.”
*Close Read the
poem:
*Literal and
metaphoric meanings
*What poetic terms
can we see
*Connect to myths
(characteristics in general)
*Connect to
Sherman Alexie (Thomas
Builds-the-Fire)
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