English 10, weeks 11 & 12November 15, 2010-November 24 , 2010

Unit Two: Q & A by Vikas Swarup

Monday 11/15/10 Learning Goals: SWBAT1. Review the main events of the novel in preparation for the final test on Tuesday by completing the narrative plot line with a partner.2. Construct a chronological plot line in which they re-order the events of the novel to reflect the chronology of Ram’s life.

Do Now: on p. 48

• Use the following unit two vocab. words in sentences:

1. Agency2. Transgress

Agenda:

1. Do Now2. Complete Plot line (both

sides)– this is part of your test grade for the unit!

Tuesday 11/16/10 Learning Goals: SWBAT1. Review the main events of the novel in preparation for the final test on Tuesday by completing the narrative plot line with a partner.2. Construct a chronological plot line in which they re-order the events of the novel to reflect the chronology of Ram’s life.

Do Now:

• Use the following unit two vocab. words in a sentence (or two)

1. Motif2. Post-colonialism

Agenda:

1. Do Now/vocab. review2. Unit Test review sheet3. Finish plot-lines

Homework: Review for the unit test tomorrow!

Timeline Rubric; graded as a quarter two quizdue Tuesday, 16th November

100 points total• 25 points: narrative timeline

– Narrative timeline is from Prologue through Epilogue– Plot points are specific, yet comprehensive– Plot points are the most important events in the novel

• 20 points: chronological timeline– Chapters are in the correct order of Ram’s life– Each chapter includes Ram’s age and location(s)

• 20 points: group citizenship– Group is working quietly, stays on-task, remains focused, works as a group, and cleans up after

themselves• 15 points: quotes

– 3 Quotes are the most important from the novel; demonstrate thought• 10 points: style, neatness, two pictures/photos

– Timeline is neat, well-organized, and shows effort. Includes two visual representations of the novel

• 10 points: moments of transgression and Agency – All moments of transgression and Agency are starred (or highlighted in some way)

**All late projects automatically receive 5 points off for each day late**Learning Goal: SWBAT Review the main events of the novel in preparation for the final test on Tuesday by completing the narrative plot line with a partner.

Unit Two Review for Q & A test! The test will be on Wednesday 11/17/10• Use you Q & A homework assignments and the novel to review for your test!• Who are the characters of the novel? Make sure you know the main

characters of each story (who they are, why they are important, and what their relationship to Ram is).

• Define (in your own words) the following terms. Be able to give an example of each to demonstrate your understanding.– Agency / Agent– Transgress / Transgression– Motif– Colonialism– Postcolonialism

• What are the main events of the plot? What happens in each story and how does it help Ram win the quiz show?

• What are the main themes in the novel?• What are leveled questions? Learning Goal: SWBAT Review the main events of the novel in preparation for the final

test on Tuesday by completing the narrative plot line with a partner.

Wednesday 11/17/10 (Double Block) Learning Goals: SWBAT1. Recall the main events of the novel, explain the significance of key passages and themes, identify main characters and describe the meaning of unit two vocabulary words by taking and passing the unit two test! 2. Restate the main ideas in four different quotes about narratology, interpret the ideas in the quotes and connect these ideas to the narrative Q & A by participating in a text-on-text gallery walk activity.

Do Now:

• What do you think this book would have been like if Vikas Swarup had written it in chronological order?

Agenda:

1. Do Now2. 30 minutes to finish plotline work3. Test! (first half of double)4. Gallery Walk5. Narratology Discussion

Homework: Complete the “Analyzing the Narrative Structure of Q & A” short answer questions.

Narratology Gallery Walk Guidelines

• Narratology is the study of the structure of stories– how stories are told and the effect this structure has on the storyteller and the audience. Narratology also looks at how the structure of stories reflects the culture in which the stories are produced.

• All of the quotes in the gallery walk are about narratology.

How to Respond: 1. Read each quote2. Paraphrase the quote– put the quote into your own words3. What does this quote mean? 4. What confuses you about the quote? Be specific--- which words or

parts of the quote do you have questions about? 5. Draw pictures that you think convey the meaning of the quote6. What do you think of this quote– express your opinion.7. How does this quote connect to Q & A? 8. Respond to other people’s responses.

Learning Goals: SWBAT Restate the main ideas in four different quotes about narratology, interpret the ideas in the quotes and connect these ideas to the narrative Q & A by participating in a text-on-text gallery walk activity.

Thursday 11/18/10Learning Goals: SWBAT1. Explain the significance of the narrative structure of Q & A and use yesterday’s gallery walk quotes to inform their ideas in a discussion of the narrative structure of the novel. 2. Describe and illustrate the word subaltern.

Do Now: On page 50

• What do you think this book would have been like if Vikas Swarup had written it in chronological order?

• Summarize at least one interesting or important idea from the quotes on yesterday’s gallery walk posters.

Agenda:

1. Do Now 2. Review yesterday’s work

(plot lines, gallery walk)3. Revisit quotes from

yesterday and discuss the connection to Q & A and the plotlines.

4. Vocabulary: subaltern

Gallery Walk Review: Partner Talk

Directions: Work with a partner to answer the following questions on page ____ of your INB.

1. What is narratology? 2. What did you learn about story telling or the structure of stories

from yesterday’s gallery walk? 3. Which quote did you think was most interesting and why? What

does this quote mean? What did you learn about stories from reading and responding to this quote?

4. Did you learn anything about the quotes from reviewing other people’s comments? Explain.

5. How do these quotes connect to the work you did on your plotline? Be specific.

6. How do these quotes connect to the way Vikas Swarup chose to structure his novel?

Learning Goals: SWBATExplain the significance of the narrative structure of Q & A and use yesterday’s gallery walk quotes to inform their ideas in a discussion of the narrative structure of the novel.

Unit Two Vocab #6: SubalternMy Understanding

1 2 3 4

Describe:

Learning Goal: SWBAT

Describe and illustrate the word subaltern.

Draw: Further Understanding: How does this word connect to agency? To post-colonialism? To the novel?

Subaltern• just a classy word for oppressed, for somebody who's not getting a

piece of the pie....• the term began to be used in relation to colonized people in the

South Asian subcontinent (India). • The word is used to provided a new perspective on the history of a

colonized place from the perspective of the colonized rather than from the perspective of the colonizer (European power).

• Subaltern is now regularly used as a term in history, anthropology, sociology, human geography, and literature

• Some thinkers use it in a general sense to refer to marginalized groups and the lower classes—a person without agency.

Learning Goal: SWBATDescribe and illustrate the word subaltern.

10th Grade World LiteratureAssignment: Unit Two Vocabulary: Subaltern and making connections

between unit two vocab and the novelAssigned on: Thursday Night 11/18/10

Due Friday 11/19/10

Directions: Answer the following questions on page ____ of your INB.

1. Explain how Ram represents the subaltern voice in the novel?2. What is the connection between agency and subaltern? 3. How might a subaltern person or group need to transgress in order to

have agency? 4. What is the relationship between subaltern, colonialism and post-

colonialism?

Friday 11/19/10Learning Goals: SWBAT1. Identify relationships between three unit two vocabulary words and connect their understanding of these two words to the themes in the novel. 2. Summarize the elements of a book review and identify each of these elements in a review of Q & A.

Do Now:

• Complete the timeline project reflection.

• Hand it in when you’re done.

Agenda:

1. Project Reflection2. Homework share (pair share)3. Elements of a book review4. Read book review and

identify elements.

Homework: Response to book review.

Relationships between Vocab. word subaltern, other vocab.

words and the novel

• Subaltern and agency are connected because sometimes Ram felt he had to transgress and break moral codes and he had to use agency to do that.

• Ram is sensitive to the suffering of others and this sensitivities is a flaw– He thinks about his people (the poor, the oppressed, the subaltern) before he thinks of himself.

• In the novel Ram encountered many problems that were hard to deal with and therefore Ram was a subaltern-- these problems caused him to be oppressed, or related to the oppression of people in India.

• Ram represents the subaltern voice in the novel– Example– he is treated as a subaltern when he is accused of cheating and no one believes that he could have won the game show and had that kind of knowledge because he is poor.

• Subaltern, colonialism and post-colonialism all lead into each other– the colonization of a country leads to silence and colonial power is used against the colonized people which leads them to be a subaltern group– the colonizers had a bad effect on them and this has negative effects– post-colonialism examines these effects.

• Connection between subaltern and agency: being subaltern means you have no agency because it has been taken away from you because of rules that prevent you from doing things.

• Ram represents the subaltern voice in the novel because he speaks for people of India who have been colonized and live in the slums.

• A lot of places that have been colonized have more oppressed or subaltern people than before colonialism.

Learning Goals: SWBATIdentify relationships between three unit two vocabulary words and connect their understanding of these two words to the themes in the novel.

Non-Fiction Lesson: Elements of a Book

Review

1. Description of Author’s style2. Statement about author’s intent or intended

effect3. Analysis of the author’s style or intended effect4. Critique of the book– argument about whether

or not the author’s style was effective or whether or not the book is worth reading.

5. Not a book report or summary!

Learning Goals: SWBATSummarize the elements of a book review and identify each of these elements in a review of Q & A.

Non-Fiction LessonBook Review Assignment

Directions: Read the review of Q & A. Annotate the text by identifying the following (by underlining and then labelling in the margins):

• Parts where the writer is analyzing the book• Parts where the writer is critiquing the book• Parts where the writer is describing the author’s style.

Then, answer the following questions in at least four complete sentences.

** Did you agree with the writer’s critique of the novel? Why or why not?

**If you were to write a book review of Q & A, how would yours be different? Explain.

Learning Goal: SWBATSummarize the elements of a book review and identify each of these elements in a review of Q & A.

Monday 11/22/10Learning Goals: SWBAT1. Summarize the elements of a book review and identify each of these elements in a review of Q & A.

Do Now: On page 50 or 54• What does oppression

mean?

Homework due Tuesday: 1. Permission slip for film!2. Thesis statement for unit

two essay!

Agenda: 1. Do Now2. Review notes on

vocabulary connections from Friday

3. Review elements of a book review

4. Read book review and identify elements.

5. Introduce essay assignment

Unit Two Essay Prompt

Directions: For the unit two essay, you will write about the connection between one of the unit two vocabulary words and the novel. Choose from one of the prompts below.

1. How is Q & A a story about India’s post-colonial struggle to define itself? 2. How does Vikas Swarup use motifs to develop his themes and ideas in Q & A? Identify one motif

Swarup uses throughout the story and describe how he develops/uses this motif over time and how use of this motif connects to a major theme in the novel.

3. How does Ram represent the subaltern voice in the novel? 4. How is Q & A about the struggle for agency?

Guidelines: • You must develop a thesis statement in response to one of the essay questions above. • Your thesis needs to be arguable and specific. • You need to include at least one vocabulary word from unit two in your thesis. • You need to use your thesis statement to construct an outline.• You need to identify three pieces of best evidence (quotes) that directly and clearly support your thesis. • You need to organize your writing into five clearly written and proof-read paragraphs (intro., three body

paragraphs and conclusion). • You need to complete multiple drafts of your writing and make significant improvements with each

draft. • You need to type your first draft and submit it electronically.

Tuesday 11/23/10Learning Goals: SWBAT1. Summarize the requirements for the unit two essay by reviewing the essay guidelines and the essay rubric . 2. Identify the seven parts of an effective and complete body paragraph by reviewing the essay outline and explain how these different parts fit together and serve the thesis.

Do Now: • Take out your thesis statement– make

sure your name is on the top! • Review the thesis statement rubric

(attached to your first graded thesis statement from a few weeks ago).

• Give your new thesis statement a grade and then in at least two complete sentences, explain why you gave yourself this grade.

• How does this new thesis statement compare to your first thesis statement?

Agenda: 1. Do Now2. Collect thesis statement homework3. Review essay guidelines4. Go over essay rubric5. Essay outline6. Movie!

Homework: Due Monday 11/29/10 (after turkey break)–

7. completed essay outline due! 8. Reflection on the movie due Monday as

well!

10th Grade World LiteratureUnit Two Essay Outline

Your Hook:

Your Lead-In:

Name: __________________________

Essay Question: _________________________________________________________

Introduction Part One: 1. Your introduction needs to include a hook (a juicy quote, or a broad question that engages the reader with the general topic of your essay, but is not yet specifically about your thesis statement or the text. The hook needs to be connected to the thesis and the text, but is much more broad than the thesis. 1a. Example Hook: The World Bank estimates that 456 million Indians (41.6% of the total Indian population) now live under the global poverty line of US$ 1.25 per day. This means that a third of the global poor now reside in India.

2. Lead-In: Your lead-in is a sentence or two that builds a connection between your hook and your thesis statement for the reader of your essay. 2a. Example: Vikas Swarup brings this statistic to life in his gripping novel, Q & A. This books is a representation of the lives of India’s poor.

Introduction Part Two: 3. Thesis Statement: Your thesis statement needs to be two-three sentences long. Your thesis statement needs to be arguable and specific and needs to directly address the essay question you chose and copied on page one of your outline. 3a. Example: This book is about the subaltern struggle for agency in a post-colonial context. Ram represents the subaltern voice, or the voice of the oppressed in India. Throughout the novel we see him push back against the post-colonial forces that attempt to keep the poor and the young (like Ram) in a subaltern position. We see this in the opening of the book when he refuses to break under the torture of the police, in the middle of the narrative when he turns on Colonel Taylor and then finally at the end when he confronts and ultimately controls Prem Kumar.

• Your Thesis Statement (note– if you got less than a 3 on your thesis then you can either revise it with my help or you can use one of the thesis statements from the unit test).

The Body of the Essay: All three body paragraphs need to be clearly organized and connected to the thesis statement. Each body paragraph needs to include a quote from the novel that supports your ideas and your thesis statement, context before and after the quote and analysis of the quote. Each body paragraph must be at least 5 sentences long (not including the quote).

Topic of Body PP 1 What is this paragraph going to be about?

Explanation How does this topic connect to and support your thesis statement?

Context : Introduction of quote 1 What is happening at this point in the story? Who is speaking? Who are they speaking to? What are they talking about?

Quote: (be sure to include page number and full quote)

Analysis 1 Why is this an important quote/moment in the text? What does this quote reveal?

Analysis 2 How does this quote support your thesis statement?

Transition to next topic/paragraph How does this example and the ideas in this paragraph connect to the ideas/topics/examples in your next body paragraph?

Topic of Body PP 2 What is this paragraph going to be about?

Explanation How does this topic connect to and support your thesis statement?

Context : Introduction of quote 2 What is happening at this point in the story? Who is speaking? Who are they speaking to? What are they talking about?

Quote 2: (be sure to include page number and full quote)

Analysis 1 Why is this an important quote/moment in the text? What does this quote reveal?

Analysis 2 How does this quote support your thesis statement?

Transition to next topic/paragraph How does this example and the ideas in this paragraph connect to the ideas/topics/examples in your next body paragraph?

Topic of Body PP 1 What is this paragraph going to be about?

Explanation How does this topic connect to and support your thesis statement?

Context : Introduction of quote 1 What is happening at this point in the story? Who is speaking? Who are they speaking to? What are they talking about?

Quote: (be sure to include page number and full quote)

Analysis 1 Why is this an important quote/moment in the text? What does this quote reveal?

Analysis 2 How does this quote support your thesis statement?

Transition to next topic/paragraph How does this example and the ideas in this paragraph connect to the ideas/topics/examples in your next body paragraph?

Conclusion: Your conclusion needs to be at least three sentences long. Your conclusion must begin by revisiting your thesis statement in new words (do not simply copy it using the same exact words you used in your introduction. Synthesize, or summarize and connect the ideas in the three body paragraphs.Connection between your thesis/argument and the world. Extend your ideas in the essay so that you go beyond the book– how does your thesis have significance, importance or relevance in the real world? Leave your reader with something to think about!

• We will outline and write the conclusion together after the Thanksgiving vacation!

Wednesday 11/24/10 (double block)Learning Goals: SWBAT1. Summarize the requirements for the unit two essay outline. 2. Explain the Thanksgiving vacation homework assignments. 3. Begin comparing/contrasting the book and the movie.

Do Now: Answer the following questions in complete sentences!

1. Why did you choose the essay question you are writing about?

2. Which part of the essay outline is most confusing to you?

3. Which part of the essay outline is the easiest for you?

Agenda: 1. Do Now2. Finish watching the movie! 3. If time left– students will work on

answering the movie reflection (compare/contrast) questions!

Vacation HW: Due Monday 11/29/104. Complete essay outline (except

conclusion).5. Answer movie questions (on

loose-leaf to be handed in and graded).

10th Grade World LiteratureMs. Fritz

Thanksgiving Vacation HW Part Two: Reflecting on Slumdog Millionaire and comparing/contrasting the book and the movie

1. What did you think of the movie? What was your favorite/least favorite part? 2. Were there any parts of the movie that were moving, or sad? Explain.3. Were there any parts of the movie that were upsetting or offensive? Explain. 4. List specific ways in which the movie different than the book. 5. Why do you think the filmmaker chose to change the book in these ways? What effect did

these changes have on the work as a whole? 6. Do you think the message, or theme of the movie is different than the book? Explain why or

why not. 7. The novel was written by an Indian author and the movie was made by a British director.

How do you think these the cultural perspective of these two artists might have influenced the outcome of their work?

8. Which did you like better, the book or the movie and why? 9. If you could have turned the book into the movie, what would you have chosen to keep, or

take out in order to adapt your story to the screen?

Name: _________________________ Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of loose-leaf paper. Your asnwers need to be specific and clear. You will hand this work in to be graded on 11/29.