MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

AGENDA

Turn in poem

Finish seminar

Small group discussion

Intro Doomsday Project (due Friday)

Etymology

7. Why does McCarthy NOT

explicitly state the protagonist’s

location? Explain the tone created by

his vague details on the exact

location.

8. Why did The Boy want to help the

burned man? Why didn’t the father

offer help? What does this show

about The Man’s understanding of

the setting vs. The Boy’s?

9. No names are given for any of the

characters. Suggest reasons why

McCarthy made this choice for his

novel.

10. Explain the significance of the

single bullet left in the revolver. How

does it contribute to a theme?

11. Describe the argument that The Man had with his wife and their different points of view. Why doesn’t the woman say goodbye to her son? What details in these memories stand out the most? What tone do they create?

12. Why does the father not go back

to search for the other boy? Explain.

What does this section show us

about The Man and The Boy?

12. Why does the father not go back

to search for the other boy? Explain.

What does this section show us

about The Man and The Boy?

13. “He’d had this feeling before, beyond the numbness and the dull despair. The world shrinking down about a raw core of parsible entities. The names of things slowly following those things into oblivion. Colors. The names of birds. Things to eat. Finally the names of things one believed to be true. More fragile than he would have thought. How much was gone already? The sacred idiom shorn of its referents and so of its reality” (McCarthy 89). Explain the importance of the quotation. Beyond tone, what do the DIDtLS reveal about the characters, setting, etc.?

14. Explain the significance of the orchard scene.

Examine specifically the details, imagery, and

symbolism.

15. Do The Man and The Boy believe they will live?

Explain both points of views.

10. Explain the significance of the single bullet left in the revolver. How does it contribute to a theme?

11. Describe the argument that The Man had with his wife and their different points of view. Why doesn’t the woman say goodbye to her son? What details in these memories stand out the most? What tone do they create?

12. Why does the father not go back to search for the other boy? Explain. What does this section show us about The Man and The Boy?

13. “He’d had this feeling before, beyond the numbness and the dull despair. The world shrinking down about a raw core of parsible entities. The names of things slowly following those things into oblivion. Colors. The names of birds. Things to eat. Finally the names of things one believed to be true. More fragile than he would have thought. How much was gone already? The sacred idiom shorn of its referents and so of its reality” (McCarthy 89). Explain the importance of the quotation. Beyond tone, what do the DIDtLS reveal about the characters, setting, etc.?

14. Explain the significance of the orchard scene. Examine specifically the details, imagery, and symbolism.

15. Do The Man and The Boy believe they will live? Explain both points of views.

DOOMSDAY SCENARIO REPORT – IN PARTNERS

Read and annotate the provided doomsday scenario.

Find at least 2 additional credible sources that either corroborate or

refute the information in the provided doomsday scenario. Print,

read, and annotate both sources. Create an MLA-formatted Works

Cited page!

Use info from all 3 sources (the 2

you found and the 1 provided) in

your final product

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO…

Summarize your scenario with factual

info on the who/what/when/where/why/

how.

Determine the probability of your scenario occurring by

assigning and justifying a percentage of likelihood.

Identify your scenario’s fear factor by assigning and explaining a

rating of 1-10, with 1 being a sleeping puppy and 10 being a

murderous and caffeine-laden spider-zombie hybrid.

DISPLAY FINDINGS! (PRESENTATION)

Tech savvy students, create an Infographic to share your findings. Try using

Easel.ly, Piktochart, Infogr.am, or Visual.ly for help.

Tech phobic students, create a neat poster. Be sure your poster has a

thoughtful, organized layout. Be creative! Use color, rulers, mattes, 3D

objects, and more! Make wise, interesting choices. Integrate text and

images

Have a hard copy to turn in and be ready to share

out on Friday, September 29!

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

AGENDA

Investigating tone

DO: Analyze universal idea through tone and DIDLS.

HW: Quiz 2 on Thursday

Doomsday due Friday

LAST NIGHT’S READING

What shall we discuss?

INVESTIGATING TONE

Tone (author’s attitude) is our main concern this semester, and DIDLS is our trusty tool.

In order to analyze tone though, you need to know what he would have a tone about.

With your partners, look over the themes I shared with you, and ones you are tracking yourselves. Discuss the themes, and what universal idea (message) seems to be associated with it.

Don’t worry about DIDLS just yet.

ANALYZING TONE

Pick the theme that most interests you, and

find an instance of it in the reading so far.

This is where detailed annotations helps!

ANALYZING TONE

Based on your passage, determine what DIDLS is used, and what tone McCarthy has towards this theme.

Write this out as a claim statement in your journal.

Ex: In The Road by Cormac McCarthy, he uses determined details to convey a ruthless tone towards survival despite the odds to show that good people must endure to find meaning.

DISCUSS!

With your partner, discuss your analysis. Remember to:

Identify DIDLS

Explain how that DIDLS conveys tone

And what that means for the theme (ie what message is

McCarthy trying to send?)

FINDING THE BUNKER

Recap: What was life like for the man and the boy

before finding the bunker? (Between losing the cart and

finding the bunker)

FINDING THE BUNKER

Recap: What was life like for the man and the boy

before finding the bunker? (Between loosing the cart and

finding the bunker)

Reread pages 131-134 when the man and the boy find

the house. Have things changed yet?

FINDING THE BUNKER

What has finding the bunker done for the man and the

boy?

How is their life different?

What theme/universal idea is

at play here?

WRITTEN ANALYSIS

Based on your bunker discussion, you will write one paragraph analyzing McCarthy’s tone towards your universal theme. You will need to know:

The piece of evidence you will use, which shows

DIDLS

Tone

Universal idea (theme)

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

BELL WORK: WHAT WE REMEMBER

Reread the man and boy’s conversation at the end of

last night’s reading (pages 174-5).

Why does the boy say “But I wont remember it the

way you do” (McCarthy 175)?

What about the old man will be remembered?

Is this universal or particular?

AGENDA

Etymology

Investigating tone – write bunker paragraph

MIP – Most important passage

Pass back Quiz 1

DO: Analyze universal idea through tone and DIDLS.

Determine significant moments, and provide analysis of meaning.

HW: Quiz 2 on Thursday

Doomsday due Friday

ETYMOLOGY

ROAD MAP

Where we’ve been: analyzing tone through

DIDLS is our main focus in order to

determine meaning.

Where we’re going: final essay

doing just this with The Road.

WRITTEN ANALYSIS

Based on your bunker discussion, you will write one paragraph analyzing McCarthy’s tone towards your universal theme. You will need to know:

The piece of evidence you will use, which shows

DIDLS

Tone

Universal idea (theme)

ORGANIZING

Claim: In The Road, Cormac McCarthy uses

[DIDLS] to convey a ____ tone towards [subject],

demonstrating [universal idea]

ORGANIZING

Claim: In The Road, Cormac McCarthy uses [DIDLS] to convey

a ____ tone towards [subject], demonstrating [universal idea]

Context: Introduce your evidence; what

background information is necessary to

understand?

ORGANIZING

Claim: In The Road, Cormac McCarthy uses [DIDLS] to convey a ____ tone towards [subject], demonstrating [universal idea]

Context: Introduce your evidence; what background information is necessary to understand?

Blended sentence: Look at your quotation; how will you integrate it? Try to go beyond “McCarthy says…”

ORGANIZING Claim: In The Road, Cormac McCarthy uses [DIDLS] to convey a ____

tone towards [subject], demonstrating [universal idea]

Context: Introduce your evidence; what background information is necessary to understand?

Blended sentence: Look at your quotation; how will you integrate it? Try to go beyond “McCarthy says…”

Explanation of evidence: Identify DIDLS, and explain:

How it conveys tone,

How it reveals the universal idea

MIP – MOST IMPORTANT PASSAGE PART 1

1. Determine what moment you believe is most

important in this section.

2. Context: What is happening? Is it a conversation?

Where are the man and the boy? Why is this

happening?

3. Significance: Why is this important? What does it

reveal? Who does it impact? BE SPECIFIC.

MIP – MOST IMPORTANT PASSAGE PART 2

Using your information from the front side, determine:

1. DIDLS: What device is most at play in this passage? Why/how is it used?

2. Tone: What tone is here? Consider the subject. Explain and be specific!

3. Purpose: Using all your previous answers, what is McCarthy’s main idea? What is he trying to tell us?

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

AGENDA

Quiz 1 pass back (quick!)

Quiz 2

Annotation check

DO: Students will demonstrate understanding of The Road.

Students will prepare material in order to discuss.

Students will analyze literature to determine meaning.

HW: Doomsday due tomorrow

QUIZ 1 PASS BACK

Check your answers

Take notes on what you struggled with

Pass quizzes back

THE ROAD QUIZ 2

Write your answers on the Mastery Manager sheet (only the MM answers will be considered)

Have your books out for the annotation check.

Work on writing practice when done.

WRITING PRACTICE Using the first 200 pages of the book, write a paragraph analyzing

McCarthy’s tone towards a theme using one DIDLS.

Possible themes may include:

Violence

Love/ personal relationships

Mortality vs. morality

Living vs. surviving

Humanity

Reality

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

BELL WORK – THE HORROR

Reread pages 197 and 198

What happens to babies in this world?

What does this say about humanity?

AGENDA

Doomsday presentations

Open discussion

Writing time

DO: Analyze universal idea through tone and DIDLS.

Determine significant moments, and provide analysis of meaning.

HW: writing practice due Monday

DOOMSDAY PRESENTATIONS

Give me your

assignment sheets

for the rubric!

LAST NIGHT’S READING

What shall we discuss?

WRITING PRACTICE Using the first 200 pages of the book, write a paragraph analyzing

McCarthy’s tone towards a theme using one DIDLS.

Possible themes may include:

Violence

Love/ personal relationships

Mortality vs. morality

Living vs. surviving

Humanity

Reality

Due Monday!