Overview from 7/23 and Assignment due 7/24

For tonight, students should continue working on their monologues to make sure information on the history of the time period is present along with mentioning critical theories and literary devices along with the claims being made.

Today we talked about the rest of the book along with symbolism (when one thing represents another; ex. a heart represents love, a lion represents courage, a cross represents religion, etc.)

Today's discussion also focused on the Formalism Critical Theory we learned about last week.

Overview from 7/20 and Assignment due 7/23

Today we learned our final critical theory, Formalism:

Students are to read and annotate the rest of their final novel. This needs to come with them to boarding week so that I can check their annotations (unless they finished it early and showed me the annotations today). We will also quiz on that book next week.

Please don't forget your costume at boarding week. Also, feel free to send me your monologue this weekend for me to take a look at early.

Overview from 7/19 and Assignment due 7/20

For tomorrow students should read and annotate pages 218-237 keeping in mind that they should finish the entire book before our class at WRA on Monday morning.

Today we talked about how authors use foreshadowing and applied that to our current book.

Overview from 7/18 and Assignment due 7/19

Today students were given the opportunity to begin working on their monologues in class with me in case they had questions or trouble starting.

I recommended that students start a list of things they feel should be included in their monologue before they started writing it.

Things that should really be considered in addition to summarizing the characters journey:

Marxist

Critical Race

Feminist
Historicism

Psychoanalytical

Point of View

Characterization (Direct and Indirect/STEAL)

Irony

Types of Conflict

Plot triangle/exposition, climax, resolution

For tomorrow: Read and annotate pages 189-217.

Overview from 7/17 and Assignment due 7/18

For tomorrow students are to read pages 160-188. Students should also continue to gather their costume and begin work on their monologue.

Today we caught up discussing anything students felt was noteworthy in the entire book so far (up to and including the reading assignment that was due today).

I also presented the monologue requirements to them along with an example:

Overview from 7/16 and Assignment due 7/17

Today we reviewed the Critical Race Theory:

Students also chose the character/figure they wish to be for the Wax Museum at boarding week:
Tasia-JoJo
Morgan-Ms. Grayson
TyLynn-Historical figure (see Mrs. Green)
Amira-Stella
Dre'Onna-Laura
Myka-Berniece
AJ-Malcolm
Trinity-Sophia
Savion-Shorty
Kamili-Ella

Students need to start looking for a costume NOW so that they can bring it with them on the bus to boarding week. 

For tomorrow: Students should continue to read an annotate based off of the posted schedule for the current book.

Books need to be present for points on annotations.

Overview from 7/12 and Assignment due 7/16

Today we took notes on Point of View and applied the point of view questions to our current book. We should also be considering point of view throughout the entirety of this book.

FOR MONDAY students will read and annotate up to page 131 in Stella by Starlight. Students also need to come to class on Monday with their top 3 choices of which characters/historical figures they would like to be for our boarding week wax museum.