*Bell Ringer: Post-Modern and
Contemporary Era
*Small Group
Discussion: I’ll check the close read and answers from yesterday
*Create list of
similarities to other myths we read, how does it show Nat Am myth
characteristics?
*Discuss other
notes
*Discuss
metaphor/metaphors
*Discuss things
you are confused about: Work together to answer ALL questions or come up with
ideas to help you understand the story.
*Come to a
group consensus: What is the author’s purpose of this story? What is the
author’s attitude towards Thomas Builds-the-Fire? Towards the gov’t/BIA?
*Your group
needs to post as a comment to the most recent post on my blog: your list of
characteristics, your answers to the last three questions, and at least three
important things you talked about
*Peer Eval of Myth
*Print out
paper copy for a peer
*When you get
someone else’s story, you need to read it.
You are looking for Native
American Myth Characteristics and Narrative Techniques
*General Myth
Characteristics
*Creation
Characteristics
*Hero
Characteristics
*Trickster
Characteristics
*Narrative
Techniques
*character
development, setting, conflict, plot development (exposition, rising actions,
conflict, falling actions, resolution)
*If you want to
write ways for your peer to improve their story, do so on the paper copy they
have given you
*Give their
story an evaluative ranking based on the rubric, adding a quick explanation if
needed for each category to help the author understand
*Evaluate each
category and then overall
*If you aren’t
done at the end of class, finish for homework
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