Study Guide #2 The Glass Castle

Today's Study Guide Questions: Click

Today we will read pages 133-135 together and 136-139 independently. Then we will watch a segment of the movie (after answering a few questions)

Finish Quiz!

First, we will start reading section III: Welch--page 129-132 When you are finished write your response to the prompt below (10 pts.):

  "Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy," Mom told me. "You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more." 

•  Explain mom's advice as it relates to life in general? (What is she trying to tell her daughter?) 
• How does mom's advice relate to today's section of reading? What may it foreshadow?****Please write about 1 paragraph for each section of the prompt**** 

 Or finish your quiz from yesterday.

Tone/Mood in The Glass Castle

Today we will review the difference between tone and mood (annotate worksheet) and complete the practice exercises on page 2.

Click here: tone/mood worksheet (keep it in your Rhetorical Analysis section)

After, we will read pages 116-118. (Remember you should read up to 125 by Monday!)                  .

Lastly, we will write a paragraphed analysis discussing what we believe is the tone and mood of this selection and why---see the board for help (20 pts).
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The mood of pages 116-118 of The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls can be described as__________________. This is true because _________________(evidence). This proves a mood of ______________ because _____________________.

Additionally, the tone of these pages can be decribed as__________________. This is true because _________________(evidence). This proves a mood of ______________ because _____________________.

College Essay, etc.

Today should be spent typing/working on your college essay--you have several copies of class notes on the set-up/ideas. I would use Google Drive if possible (if you need help let me know).

If for some reason you cannot, work on your assignments for The Glass Castle---remember you need to read all of section II by Monday--you also received questions for the article "Are Modern Kids Coddled?" that was homework last night...........

STAY BUSY !!!

Continue with The Glass Castle Section II

Mood passages---(samples from class)



 


*Today we will review dialectical journals (handout)
*Read pages 51-53
*Add quotes to your dialectical journal (at least 5)

For homework:
*Make sure you have read all of section II (through page 125) Monday---we will have our first quiz.
*On Thursday we will meet in the library for the last day to work on college essay together---due no later than 11/8!!!

AP Language Rubric/Mood

MOOD--Mood is the general atmosphere created by the author’s words. It is the feeling the reader gets from reading those words. It may be the same, or it may change from situation to situation. 

Writers use many devices to create mood, including imagery, diction (author's word choice**), dialogue, setting*, and plot. Often a writer creates a mood at the beginning of the story and continues it to the end. However, sometimes the mood changes because of the plot or changes in characters.


*Let's start by going over the rubric for AP language/your timed writing assignments
*We will review mood and complete the sample worksheet
*Read pages 48-53

Today's assignment:
Use the pages above (or any other section of 3 pages or more--just let me know what they are). Write 1-2 paragraphs describing what you believe is the mood of the passage and why.

Be sure to:
1. Identify a word(s) that describe the mood of the passage
2. Explain how you came to this conclusion (what writing strategies did the author use?)
3. Give textual evidence to prove your claim

Words that describe TONE and Mood

Today we will be working on getting "caught up" on The Glass Castle

1. Complete your chapter analysis packet from Ch. 2 (both pages Wed-Thurs) --or at least 10 of 12
2. Work on your study guide questions for the book (you can turn them in when it is complete)
3. Add quotes to your dialectical journal (sorry we kind of let it go for a few days)

***We will watch the movie today in class.

Before you go you will complete the following response on the FILM;

Write a response of about 1 paragraph in which you respond to one of the following prompts:

1. Often times, the movie versions of books portray the characters in a different way than we imagined them to be. Do the characters in the film reinforce the previous ideas you had about them or do they differ? Explain your answer.

2. The author, Walls, goes into detailed imagery describing the experiences in her childhood. Describe a character or scene from the film you can remember in detail. Tell me the most specific details you can remember and why they left a specific impression on you.

Work for Thursday

Today we will:

•  Complete the next section of the reading and part 2 of the chapter analysis worksheet
• You will then be responsible for sharing at least one "box" with the class.

***Tomorrow--we will watch a portion of the movie

Today's work:

*We are going to continue reading The Glass Castle pages 9-14 (this was homework).

*You will read 15-18 independently.

*We are going to begin our dialectical journal for the book (this should be kept at all times in your binder---if you prefer to draw your own on notebook paper-- that is fine.

Add on at least 2 more!!!!!!

Indirect vs. Direct characterization cont....

Here is a link to the characterization video we watched in class

Today we will do the following:
1. Review characterization and STEAL method from the notes
2. Go over our chart from pages 3-5
3. Write a characterization paragraph(s) 2-3
4. Continue reading and look at our study guide questions

Today we will use the very short amount of time that we have to do our peer-edits---Remember--it is due Friday at the latest!!

Peer-edit sheet: click here