Homework due Thursday the 1st/Friday the 2nd
Assignment 1 of 4
Reread Ch. 13 of Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (pp. 83-8) and CATCH it. Make observations about character (note examples of direct, indirect) and look for ways Angelou connects conflict to little Maya’s characterization.
Assignment 2 of 4
Please fill out the FRONT side of the Ch. 13 T-Chart you were given in class with TWO examples of direct characterization (telling). Make sure each example is a quote in quotation marks cited by page number in parentheses afterwards. Place your examples of direct characterization in the lefthand side of the organizer.
Reread Ch. 13 of Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (pp. 83-8) and CATCH it. Make observations about character (note examples of direct, indirect) and look for ways Angelou connects conflict to little Maya’s characterization.
Assignment 2 of 4
Please fill out the FRONT side of the Ch. 13 T-Chart you were given in class with TWO examples of direct characterization (telling). Make sure each example is a quote in quotation marks cited by page number in parentheses afterwards. Place your examples of direct characterization in the lefthand side of the organizer.
Assignment 3 of 4
Please complete Quick Write #4 in your notebook. Fill a full page minimum and try to incorporate all six narrative elements this time.
Write about a mistake you made (a decision you regret, a moment in time you’d like to do over). Fill one full page at least this time and address the six narrative elements in your writing.
Assignment 4 of 4
Your notebook check is coming up Tuesday the 6th (odd periods)/Wednesday the 7th (even periods). Be sure to bring all five texts we’ve read to class that day so I can see your CATCH notes are complete for each one. Make sure the following assignments are also complete and have them ready to show in your notebook:
Your notebook check is coming up Tuesday the 6th (odd periods)/Wednesday the 7th (even periods). Be sure to bring all five texts we’ve read to class that day so I can see your CATCH notes are complete for each one. Make sure the following assignments are also complete and have them ready to show in your notebook:
Personal Reading History
QW 1 - what makes a good story
QW 2 - overcoming an embarrassing and/or difficult situation
Notes on Narrative Elements
Narrative Breakdown for a book/film/etc. of your choice
QW 3 - how a choice to fit in/stand out affected you in later life
Reading Questions for "The Vegetable"
Characterization Exercise 1: Showing vs. Telling
Setting Description 1
Ch. 13 IKWTCBS T-Chart on Characterization
QW 4 - a mistake/moment you wish you could do over and how it has affected you in your later life (and/or as a person)
CATCH notes for: "Papa ..." + "Rafaela ..." + "Big Boy" + "The Vegetable" + Ch. 13 of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings