Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Week 21, Day 2
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.

1. Bell Work: Literature is shaped by history and society.  We are about to read a piece of literature from the Civil War era.  The title is "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." What do you think it will be about?
1. Yes...at least 70 words.
2. Yes...at least 2 SAT words from this semester.
2. Bell Work Discussion
3. Ambrose Bierce Author Information (p. 479)
1. Add to your "Author Information" document from last semester
4. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce Vocab. and Literary Terms (p.478)
1. Lit. Terms
1. Point of View
2. Omniscient Point of View
3. Limited Third-Person Point of View
4. Plot
5. Stream of Consciousness
2. Vocabulary
1. Etiquette
2. Deference
3. Dictum
4. Summarily
5. Apprised
6. Ineffable