H10+-+November+5+-+9

=Monday, November 5= > Literary Criticism – Looking at a text through the “lens” of one particular concern. > = = =Tuesday, November 6= = = =Wednesday, November 7= = = =Thursday, November 8= > =====hand out "The Story of the Bad Little Boy"===== > =Friday, November 9=
 * grammar warm-up
 * finish run-ons from last week - Ex. 20-1, p. 193
 * new run-on hand out - Ex. 20-2, p. 194
 * Literary Criticism notes
 * Reader Response lens -
 * How did I like the book?
 * How does it relate to my life or affect me?
 * Privilege and Social Class lens -
 * Who has the power in a story?
 * Is the power shared? Is it transparent?
 * Ex.: Dimmesdale has the option of avoiding punishment; Hester doesn't have that option.
 * Can the powerless rebel? Why? Why not?
 * Archetypal lens – How does this story reflect the myths of a culture?
 * Patterns of stories and symbols have deep roots in old stories.
 * The forbidden fruit in Genesis
 * the poison apple in Snow White?
 * The hero from the hero's journey, relating to ancient Greek culture
 * Gender lens -
 * Do characters in the story follow expected gender roles?
 * Are they trapped by society's expectations? (Men, too!)
 * Are they portrayed with equal validity?
 * Ex.: How is Hester controlled by the church fathers?
 * How does Hester get around their control?
 * Why doesn't Curley's Wife get a name?
 * Who on the ranch has more sexual freedom?
 * Post-colonial lens – what assumptions has the conquering culture made about other cultures?
 * Other cultures aren't considered equal in value.
 * Ex.: Native Americans don't count in terms of “owning” land in the Scarlet Letter; that's the Devil's territory
 * Crooks isn't valued because of his race – the history of how his culture was exploited by white American culture.
 * Ecological lens – focused on land and land use, but related to post-colonial criticism.
 * Grapes of Wrath – banking policies led to farming changes which led to ecological and personal disasters
 * Grapes of Wrath – banking policies led to farming changes which led to ecological and personal disasters
 * grammar warm-up: share the work
 * finish Lit Crit notes
 * Lit Crit Roundabout Discussion
 * Return //Of Mice and Men//!!! (after Friday it's overdue)
 * (Return The Scarlet Letter !?!)
 * bring a card tomorrow to check out a book
 * OBOB
 * Day of Respect coming - 1/11/13
 * Finish looking at texts from yesterday
 * Twain notes
 * finish [|Twain notes]
 * check out Twain
 * we will read:
 * "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" - all books have this!
 * "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses"
 * "The Stolen White Elephant"
 * "The Mysterious Stranger" - all books have this!
 * be sure that between your checked out book and your handouts you have all of these
 * lit terms notes:
 * diction
 * writing in dialect
 * comedy terms
 * =====grammar notes on subject-verb agreement=====
 * =====grammar notes on subject-verb agreement=====