10/02/08

10/02/08 Objectives:Background: Students would have already read Chapters 1-5, learned and able to identify rhetoric, historical research on the author and setting.

E2-Students will understand how multiple levels of meaning are conveyed in Jacobs' IncidentsE2- Students will analyze and understand the literary elements of setting, metaphor, Irony, and characterization.

E4-Students will express their thoughts and views clearly with attention to the perspectives and voiced concerns their peers and teacher.

Aim: What do you think are the major tragedies that happened to the character Linda Brent, and how can these experiences help shape her character?

Do Now: Write about a really bad experience and the affect it had upon you physically or psychologically.

Requirements: Students will take notes in their notebooks on class discussion, peers perspectives etc. Cite page numbers or chapters to support their perspectives.

Comprehension Check:Who do we learn are Linda Brent's family/relatives?

Who is Linda "bequeathed" to after her "kind mistress" died? ("Childhood" 6)

In Chapter IV "The Slave Who Dared Feel Like a Man," focuses on which character and why the use of a simile to portray this character?

How old is Linda Brent in Chapter V "The Trials of Girlhood?"

How old is Flint in Chapter V "The Trials of Girlhood?"

Literary Analysis: Analytical and Identify Why did Linda say that her mistress "had been almost like a mother to me?"

(Childhood 5)Who is illustrated as the antagonist and what do you think makes this person an antagonist?

Who are referred to as "God Breathing machine" and why?

(Childhood 6)What is one of the "badges of slavery"

(The New Master and Mistress, 9)What is ironic about "The Slaves' New Year's Day?"

Vocabulary:What is a Mulatto?

Interpretive: How is religion used as rhetoric?

Critical Thinking:How is the slave woman portrayed vs. the white mistress throughout these chapters?

Cooperative Learning: Students will form five groups, use the books as support, and respond to the following on chart paper: List what you think to be 5-8 major tragedies that happened to Linda Brent in Chapters I through V and what affect did it have on her? List at least one per chapter. Please use page numbers/Chapters to support your perspectives.

Teacher's mode/Mini Lesson: charting my perspective with supporting evidence from the text.Group One on Chapter I "Childhood" Tragedies and affect on Linda Brent TragedyLinda's mistress dies AffectShe is physically "bequeathed" to a 5 year old Reference"Childhood" page 6 Share out!

Accomodations: Students may use dictionaries to better comprehend vocabulary. Teacher will be more than happy to re-read passage and sit with students who may need more guidance. Students may use their notes and past handouts. Lesson may contain illustrations for visual learners.


Homework: In your notebooks draw a scene in which you think is the worst tragedy illustrated. Give the chapter and a synopsis of the scene.