Focus Lessons 10.10-10.14 Theme:Recitatif:English Slide 2
Monday: Warm-Up!: 10/19 What is the TONE or feeling of this
photograph? What is the SUBJECT or who/what of this photograph?
What do you think the MAIN IDEA of this photograph is? Slide 3 Draw
with me This is your text. A text is whatever you are reading.
Slide 4 Plot The sequence of events Slide 5 You Remember! Slide 6
PLOT Slide 7 Tone The mood or attitude in a text The feeling a
reader should have when reading Slide 8 TONE PLOT Slide 9 Subject
What the text is about The GIST of it: Who, What, When, Where, Why
Slide 10 SUBJECT TONE PLOT Slide 11 Theme The big idea about life
and human nature that the writer is trying to get across Most
themes are not told directly in the text Slide 12 THEME SUBJECT
TONE PLOT Slide 13 But how do we find the theme if the author
doesnt say it directly? The author wants you to think about it!
Here are some big clues Think about the title Look for important
statements made about big ideas Think about the ways characters
change throughout the story and lessons they learn Slide 14 Lets
Practice! http://www.pixar.com/shorts/bdn/tale.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwcfZC7wJJY Slide 15 Recitatif: Act
I: 203-211 Slide 16 Written by Toni Morrison - Born 1931 - Famous
for writing African- American Literature - Known for writing using
epic themes - Has won the Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize for
literature - Has won almost every award for book-writing possible
Slide 17 Recitatif tells the story of two young girls who share a
room in an orphanage for a few months in the 1950s. As they grow
up, move to neighboring towns, marry, and have children, the girls
(now women) meet unexpectedly several times. Near the end of the
story, they take opposing sides in a protest about busing students
to distant schools to promote racial integration. Although Toni
Morrison tells us that one girl is white and the other is black,
she is not clear about which is which. Overview Slide 18 Recitatif
A musical term for in- between talking and singing during an opera
Written in five acts over the course of the girls lives From the
Latin root, recite To repeat from memory Slide 19 Overview of 1960s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSlvw- vEsEI&feature=related
Slide 20 Tuesday: Warm-Up! 10/11 Subject? Tone? Theme? Slide 21 Get
out your notes! Lets define the terms together Slide 22 Lets
Practice! http://www.youtube.com/user/TheodorSeussGeisel?blend
=21&ob=5#p/a/u/2/dZmZzGxGpSs Slide 23 Recitatif: Clarifying
203-211 Who is the Bozo? Who is Maggie? What do we know about
Maggie? Why are Roberta and Twyla in St. Bonnys orphanage? What are
their mothers like? Slide 24 Initial Predictions RobertaTwyla Race?
Why? Race? Why? Slide 25 Jimi Hendrix - Musician - Gained fame
shortly before his death in 1970 - Remembered as one of the most
influential musicians of his era - http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=2h2ywNdG4 5I Slide 26 ReadRecitatif: Acts II and III
211-219 Be sure to begin identifying Plot elements; setting, rising
action Tone Subject (Gist) Slide 27 Wednesday: Warm-Up: 10/12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xg3vE8Ie_E&ob =av2e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xg3vE8Ie_E&ob =av2e Watch this
music video to determine Plot? Tone? Subject? Theme? Slide 28 Papa
Who Wakes up Tired in the Dark by Sandra Cisneros Use our the
visual on the back to identify the theme Justify your answer by
underlining the parts of text that supports the theme Slide 29 Use
these clues to guide you as you search for the theme Think about
the title Look for important statements made about big ideas Think
about the ways characters change throughout the story and lessons
they learn Slide 30 Recitatif: Clarifying Acts II & III What is
Twylas life like in Act III? Where does she live? What is her
family like? How would you describe her financial status? Robertas?
What does Roberta remind Twyla about from the orphanage? Slide 31
Continuing Predictions RobertaTwyla Race? Why? Race? Why? Slide 32
Desegregation Slide 33 Recitatif: Read Act IV: 219-225 Be sure to
finish identifying Plot elements; setting, rising action Tone
Subject (GIST) Slide 34 Thursday: Warm-Up: 10/13 Slide 35 A Smart
Cookie by Sandra Cisneros Identify the theme in this vignette
Justify your answer by citing an example from the text and
explaining it Slide 36 Use these clues to guide you as you search
for the theme Think about the title Look for important statements
made about big ideas Think about the ways characters change
throughout the story and lessons they learn Slide 37 Recitatif:
Clarifying Act IV How do Twyla and Roberta run into each other
again? What does Roberta tell Twyla about Maggie? Why did Twyla
make a picketing sign? Slide 38 Continuing Predictions RobertaTwyla
Race? Why? Race? Why? Slide 39 Recitatif: Read Act V: 225-227 Slide
40 Friday:Warm-Up: 10/14 Slide 41 Recitatif A musical term for
in-between talking and singing during an opera From the Latin root,
recite To repeat from memory Slide 42 Think about the title Look
for important statements made about big ideas Think about the ways
characters change throughout the story and lessons they learn Slide
43 Concluding Thoughts RobertaTwyla Race? Why? Race? Why? Slide 44
Group Discussion Take a vote! What do you think? Why do you think
Morrison never tells us which girl is white and which is black?
