Keep the Memory Alive
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Tuesday - Wednesday
Objective: Interpret literary elements in nonfiction
Analyze the effectiveness of figurative language
1. students will be introduced to James Thurber
Thurber -1894-1961
-Native of Columbus, Ohio
-Worked for the US State Department after college
-Soon after became a humorist, writing essays and drawing cartoons for The New Yorker magazine
-1952 almost blind
- Students will Read about James Thurber. (p475 purple book- p 232 yellow book)
- Students will read about a humorous essay
2. Students will read "The Dog That Bit People" ( p 481 purple book ;p 234 yellow book )
3. Students will discuss the story
4. Students will complete the follow-up questions on page239-40
The Dog That Bit People part 1
Analyze the effectiveness of figurative language
1. students will be introduced to James Thurber
Thurber -1894-1961
-Native of Columbus, Ohio
-Worked for the US State Department after college
-Soon after became a humorist, writing essays and drawing cartoons for The New Yorker magazine
-1952 almost blind
- Students will Read about James Thurber. (p475 purple book- p 232 yellow book)
- Students will read about a humorous essay
2. Students will read "The Dog That Bit People" ( p 481 purple book ;p 234 yellow book )
3. Students will discuss the story
4. Students will complete the follow-up questions on page239-40
The Dog That Bit People part 1
The Dog That Bit People part 2 If time allows, listen to Thurber story,
Answer the following questions:
1. Respond: Which of Muggs’s escapades did you find the most amusing? Why?
2. (a) Recall: Which event does Thurber refer to as his “foolhardy” experience with Muggs? (b) Analyze: List reactions you might expect the family to have to this experience, and explain which are missing in the essay.
3. Hypothesize: Why do you think the family never does anything to get rid of Muggs?
4. (a) Find an example of satire in each essay. (b) Identify the type of person that is satirized in each example, and explain whether you think satirizing such people is justified.
5. Which of the following best characterizes the portrait of Muggs that the author paints?
6. How would the author characterize his relationship with Muggs?
7. How does Thuber feel about Mugs? Find three examples of contextual evidence and explain. USe page numbers
8.Describe Mother.Find three examples of contextual evidence and explain. USe page numbers
9. List the excuses Mother makes for MUGGS
9. List the excuses Mother makes for MUGGS
Standards:
Thursday/ Friday:
Complete 4 Study Island Exercises
Friday- NF Test (Terms)
CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CC.1.2.9-10.B: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject.
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-There will be a completion grade for Study Island
