Mr. VerlinSouth Philadelphia High SchoolNovember 6-7, 2014

Preliminaries In your journals, respond to the

following prompt: “Many writers have compared life to a journey or trip. Briefly, describe the highlights of your freshman year of high school by comparing it to a journey. Your journey can begin on the first day of high school and should include some of the detours (obstacles) you have encountered along the way.”

Objectives: The students will be able to choose words

appropriately when writing to advance the theme of a work.

The students will be able to skim a text to quickly locate information.

Focus Lesson: The Vision… Literary Terms

Epic poem Quest Skimming Symbol Figurative language Allegory Fable Parable

Focus Lesson: The Vision… Background

The Trojan War The Odyssey Information and Data

Divide in to groups of 3. Take turns reading “Vision Quest” (Elements

p. 413) Write a definition of the Vision Quest. Paragraph on the vision quest (5 sentences

min.)

Focus Lesson: The Vision… Symbolism and Allegory

Small Group Reading: Elements… p. 398

Small Group Writing Why are symbols effective? Why do writers use symbols

Homework (due next class) Read “Mosi’s Coyote”. Take at least 3 QNTs.