LEARNING TARGETS: AS A RESULT OF TODAY’S CLASS YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEFINE, IN YOUR OWN WORDS
- The concept of JUXTAPOSITION
- The different points of view
- FIRST PERSON
- SECOND PERSON
- THIRD PERSON
- Objective
- Limited
- Omniscient
Use your chrome books to research these and fill out the appropriate columns on your literary terms chart. (Quiz Monday).
You also should be able to understand the key events of John Steinbeck’s early life. He wrote OF MICE AND MEN , which we’ll be reading starting Monday. We’re going to use the second part of today for you to learn about him (one of the curriculum standards for Eng. 10 is to be able to understand how an author’s background influences their work). We’re also going to use today to work on our research skills (remember–end of the year we have a research paper, so this is preparing you for the ultimate task of the semester.).
ACTIVITIES
- Complete the required tasks on the Literary Terms sheet (extras on table under screen)
- Compile a 7-slide Google Slides presentation on John Steinbeck
- Page 1: MLA Title slide with photo of Steinbeck (get a young man photo, not an old man). NOTHING ON YOUR SLIDESHOW SHOULD BE INFORMATION FROM AFTER HE PUBLISHED OF MICE AND MEN in 1937
- SLIDES 2-6: Should each detail an important part of Steinbeck’s background–things that might have influenced him. Note–you don’t necessarily have to have what another writer once called “all that David Copperfield crap.” It might not matter when his parents were born or what they did before they had him etc.–this isn’t about just choosing random information. It’s about reading, learning, deciding what’s actually important and throwing out the junk.
- SLIDE 7: MLA BIBLIOGRAPHY page with at least three sources (just like a works cited but you include what you’ve researched, not just what you’ve cited in the work).
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