Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Learning Objectives:

• How do I explain how authors use literary elements such as setting, character, plot and mood to develop a theme?
• How do I present an oral reading and transform a written draft into talking points for discussion?

UIL Update - Lunch: Writing Coaching Today and Thursday.
We'll compete next week - what's a good day @2:40pm?

Open Mic and Sabor a Fiesta Tonight!!

• Take time to copy down a poem onto a loose-leaf paper.
• Rehearse!

Opening:

1. Login to SBD 3.2
Return to the quotations about "Light in the Darkness"

• Log in to 3.9 and create a Sticky Note with you and your partner's name.
• Answer #1 and #2 with your partner:
• 1. How do you think the theme "light in the darkness" will be portrayed in film?  
• 2. Write a prediction about the conflicts the father might encounter as he tries to convince his son that life in the concentration camp is a game. 

Work Period:
2. Introduce Life is Beautiful

3. Online you'll fill out the graphic organizer

Clip # | Setting | Character | Plot | Mood |
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Clip 1 |             |                  |         |           |
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Clip 2 |             |                  |         |           |
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Clip 3

Clip 4

4. Prepare a written response to the Writing Prompt online.

5. When you have prepared a draft, rehearse an oral reading of your response.

• Read your written response to another pair of students and reflect together on the strengths and weaknesses of your oral response and the ideas you presented.

Closing: 
Prepare for a class discussion

6. What are the key talking points you'd like to bring up in a class discussion about the theme "Light in the Darkness"?

• Review the Check your Understanding Prompt online