*Bell Ringer: Closure on “Trial of Thomas Builds-the-Fire”
*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 (1st read) and metaphoric (2nd read) meanings
*What poetic
terms can we see (3rd read through)
*Connect to
myths (characteristics in general)
*Connect to
Sherman Alexie (Thomas Builds-the-Fire) (connections in 4th read through)
*Peer Editing of
myth in Turnitin –done by THURSDAY beginning of block
*Writer’s
Workshop: Peer Evaluation and Writing Time –final version (and all steps in
between) due Friday
*HOMEWORK:“Hunger In New
York City” pg. 950 Blue/handout and questions: answer questions on the poem
itself, making sure to identify word choice that supports your answer (you can
just identify it directly in the text)
Simon Ortiz
•“one
of the nation’s most important Native-American poets,” professor
•Focus
on language and oral traditions of the Pueblo tribe
(southwestern US)
* In your writer’s notebook, write a paragraph where you
explain the connections you can make between “Hunger in NYC” and “I Was
Sleeping…”. They can be poetic connections or possibly cultural connections as
both authors are contemporary Native American authors.
