ELA-Period 2 Assignments

Due: January 27th -NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!

PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT.

Be sure to put information learned in your note catcher

Good Morning, 

Ms. Whitehall and I are not in the building today, BUT you still have some very important work to do.  

Your Task:
1. Finish reading your short story, either "Two Kinds" or "Indian Education"
2. Annotate by writing ONE gist per page
3. Annotate for CONFLICT wherever you see it in the text.  
     -You must indicate which type of conflict you see (man vs. self, man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. nature, man vs. supernatural)
4. Annotate for the main character (or the Speaker)'s personality.  

The stories are in your folders and the reference sheet for Gist & Talkback annotations is attached.

*Sentence Starters for your talkback*
This reveals the character’s personality is…
This conflict shows tension between _____ and ____.
*Guiding Questions*
How would you describe the narrator’s personality?
Which words in this paragraph tell you that the narrator is ________ (personality).
Is there a conflict here?  What does the conflict reveal about the character’s personality?
Is this an internal or external conflict?

Have a great day!  We will see you on Monday!

Please put your final version your flash fiction story here and upload your book cover. 

Please open the document.
Follow the directions
Complete the assignment

1. Please complete the following activities using your story from yesterdays lesson. 
2. If you are still working on Map Growth, please complete the following for HW. 

Your task: Work with your table groups to analyze flash fiction stories using the skills learned in previous lessons.


Each student will be responsible for identifying one part of the flash fiction story: Literary Element 1, Literary Element(s)-2, Central Idea, Identifying Plot Structure
Once you have read and identified your part, switch computers with a partner at your group.
You and your partner will discuss if you believe your peers' response is correct. To ensure your peers' response is correct, you will find evidence from the text to support your partner's answers. 
You will share your responses with your group verbally so that all members of the group have the correct answers to the four components above.

Please read the poem and identify TWO literary elements and a central idea. Be sure to justify your response with evidence and complete the exit ticket. 

***This will be graded and is due by the end of the period today****

Please upload your project here.