Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Tuesday, Sept. 22 Agenda

*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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