Am Lit // Comp

Richard Wright

We will be reading:


The Man Who Was Almost a Man

Study Packet 

Story board rubric


In this short reading, you will read the story and packet. You will be asked to do a genre-level analysis with the concepts we have been using for the last few months. The key to this assignment is in the creation of a time line of the story and the creation of points of causation. In this assignment you should identify each of the following:

• Setting
• Mood
• Point of View
• Central Conflict
• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• Inciting Cause
• Climax
• Resolution

Along with these, you should give examples of these literary devices and how they are employed and explain their effect on the plot, the characters, and the reader.

• foreshadow
• flashback
• suspense
• irony
• symbolism

Theme:

1. What statement is the author making in this story about human nature  and/or society in general?
2. How do events in the story prove or support your statement you mentioned in 1.?
   

Our schedule:

2 weeks out	Am Lit	Comp
Monday	Almosta Man	Syllabus // Almosta Man // Voice
Tuesday	Notes//annotation// Focus	Syllabus Quiz // Annotation
Wednesday	Packet // Time Line	Lit Notes//  Focus Question--Terms// Timeline
Thursday	Quiz	Draft 1 due // Writer’s Workshop
Friday	Time Line Due// ILP Summative// Paper due Monday	Revision Memo Due //draft 2
Monday	Paper due -- Read A Louds--Voice THREAD	Present // Voice Thread
Tuesday	Huck Finn Intro / / Packets	Present//Voice Thread
Wednesday	Chapters 1-5	Success Plan // draft
Thursday	Chapters 6-10	Writer’s Workshop
Friday	Chapters 11-15	Draft 2 due

ILP - You need to get your 3-story compare contrast summative project to the in-basket.