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World Literature and Composition
16 October 2014
Thursday Work
• Planning for Literature Circles Skit presentations
Content Language Objective
• Collaborate to present a short skit of main ideas, conflicts and concepts related to the “American Dream” from literature circle novels using;– Dialogue– Written scripts
Content Language Objective
• Students will write and speak about the significance and power of voice in literary texts and apply this thinking in speaking and writing in their own work, using
• Exemplar texts• Graphic organizers• Collaborative feedback
Content Language Objective
• Students will read to understand the features of a memoir, annotating for specific characteristics, using
• List of memoir characteristics• Collaborative annotations• Exemplar text
Warm-upAcademic LanguageNorth: East:West:
Discourse RolesNorth:East: West:
TASK:Who would you cast to play the main characters in your
novel/play?Explain your choices.
• What is the value of reading a memoir?
• What kind of people write memoirs?
• What kind of people read memoirs?
• Why would someone read your memoir?
What we can learn
• North: Personal• East: National• West: International/World
Writing a memoir
• Why should you plan?
• Take 3 and a half minutes and write down a few things you would like to teach others with your memoir
Agenda
• Seating/Attendance/Warmup• Learning Objectives• “What’s in a Name” example memoir &
questions• Memoir• Wrap-up, reflection on learning objectives