Figuring Out Our First Two Narrative Voices: September 15, 2016

Focus: What background do we need to understand our first two narrators?

1. Warming up by catching up (10 minutes):

• If you're not quite to page 15, please use these 10 minutes to get there as best you can.

• If you haven't yet generated a list of questions and inferences about Oskar, please do so now.

• If you got it all done yesterday, please skip to #3 on today's agenda and start perusing OR visit Autism Speaks to see if it helps you understand Oskar.

2. Playing "Save the Last Line" to start figuring out Oskar's narrative

Round 1: One question (What are you wondering?)

Round 2: One line (Which sentence or two caught your attention?)

Round 3: One inference (What ideas about Oskar are starting to form in your mind?)

3. Discovering background on Dresden; using a Venn diagram to consider 9/11 and Dresden side-by-side

• Click HERE to read about the bombing of Dresden.

• Click HERE for before and after pictures of Dresden (before the bombing and after).

• Click HERE to read a survivor's story (he was a POW in Dresden at the time).

• Click HERE to read another survivor's story (this one was a child at the time).

• Click HERE to watch an interview with a Dresden survivor (contains war footage).

4. Reading aloud Thomas's narrative (he's a Dresden survivor)

As we read...

• What are you learning about Thomas?
• What are you wondering?

After we read...

• How do Oskar's and Thomas' narratives relate?

HW:
1. Continue working on your drafts. You will walk into class this Friday, Sep 16 with a hard copy of your final draft in your hands, and we also discuss publication options at this time. Please continue showing up for your conferences. Click HERE for the online version of the Thursday night checklist.


2. New: Find a journal that suits your personality. Leather-bound classic? Sketchbook? Graphing paper notebook? Start bringing it to class ASAP.