September 26, 2016 -- Monday
Week 5

On the board at the beginning of class --
1. handouts
       a.  test-taking (an art/skill in itself)
       b.  Sandra Cisneros
                 biography.com    
                                  http://www.biography.com/people/sandra-cisneros-185853 
                  Sun-Times   
                                  "Sandra Cisneros Among National Medal of the Arts Recipients"
             Why is she important?
                   The House on Mango Street   her most famous book, a memoir
                   a Chicago writer
                   a writer from the Latino community
                   She's in her early 60s
2. we'll be talking about
       B. the G. Chapter 3  readings
       Powers, pages 1-60

Test-taking (an art/skill in itself)

Hints:

If at all possible, get some rest before the test.

Eat something beforehand, preferably something with protein.

Drink something beforehand; caffeine is good, if your stomach can take it.

Write your name (I know, but you’d  be amazed how many people are so tense that they forget).  This goes for everything you hand in, actually.

Read the WHOLE TEST before you start.

After you finish, but before you hand it in, reread the test.

After you finish, but before you hand it in, check your answers.

Breathe a sigh of relief, because you showed up and DID IT!

Discussion of the homework assignment, 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3 in Chapter 3 of Bridging the Gap
     **metacognition
     **shemata
     use title, headings & subheadings, italics, introductory material
         visual aids, and conclusion/summary
     don't forget to predict, question, active schemata,
         and establish purpose

Above homework collected


Discussion of the first two chapters of Powers, pages 1-60
1. enslavement in this House -- 11 year old boy Gavin and 13 year old girl Sallo, brother and sister
2. education, in this House only (not other Houses)
3. Hoby, Master's Pet
4. the Father, the Mother
5. soldiers were well-born or free men
6. technique is flashback -- adult Gavin is telling/writing the story for his wife
7. Torm -- son of the Father  (and of the Mother?  unsure)
8. fiction that seems like an autobiography
9.  do any of these categories fit?
          novel of education
          journey novel
          novel of romantic love


After generating the information above and seeing it written on the board, students were given 5 minutes to write about the novel, as they know about it so far, and the writing was collected.


Homework:
Due Friday -- read pages 126-133 in B. the G. Use reading techniques like making a diagram of the information. Write about the selection, as explained on page 130.  Paragraphs!  Double space! Typed.  Hopefully 2 pages!  Write a feature article.  Include 1-paragraph summary and 1-paragraph reaction, and go on to write more.