American+Lit+-+May+25+-+29

=Monday, May 25= =Tuesday, May 26= >>
 * =Warm-up--take until 7 minutes after the bell to write a paragraph responding to this question: What is the value of studying literature?=
 * ==Text Analysis Method==
 * Observe — very literal or concrete elements; images; words; statements; actions
 * Find patterns — circle anything similar, repeated, or connected
 * Draw conclusions — pull observations into the abstract
 * Formulate Thesis statement
 * ==In Small groups:==
 * ===Re-read "Cross Country Snow" and apply the "text analysis method" above===
 * ===Each member: record your work on a piece of paper===
 * === This will be slightly different from observing things in a poem. ===
 * === Don’t record every minute detail, unless it seems important. ===
 * === Observe the setting, characters, actions, facts of their life, and topic of conversation ===
 * === Draw on other stories from In Our Time and anything you know about Hemingway ===
 * === Due at the end of the period ===
 * === Due at the end of the period ===

=Wednesday, May 27= = = =Thursday, May 28= = = =Friday, May 29=
 * =Influence of Visual Modern Art (PP)=
 * ==Big Two-Hearted River: Part 1==
 * ==E.E. Cummings==
 * **Big Two-Hearted River: Parts 1 & 2**
 * **Questions**
 * **Writing Prompts**
 * **Look over the options**
 * **Choose one tonight; try to have some direction for tomorrow**
 * **Ask Questions**
 * **We will spend Friday and Monday in computer lab -- Room 4**
 * **E.E. Cummings**
 * **As an option to write about**
 * ==Meet in Room 4==