Monologue Example

I’m Edmund from “The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”. In my story I entered a magical land that was under a spell of eternal winter with my siblings. I met a witch who promised me power, and I let the greed of potential power affect my reasoning. I betrayed my siblings by abandoning them and going to the witch with information about their whereabouts. I found out that my siblings and I were the saviors of the land that would help defeat the witch, and she wanted us dead. In the end I was saved by the great Aslan who made a deal with the witch to save me, and my siblings and I defeated the witch and her army to save Narnia. My character is said to be an allegory representation of Kane from the bible. Just like Kane, I taught readers a lesson in betrayal and showed that even the most innocent person is capable of causing harm. My story was also set in WWII, and showed the history of how parents would send children out of their home country to avoid the war. We study my story today because it is an engaging tale that puts a spin on a familiar religious story, and I feel that readers can learn from my mistakes. Despite the fantasy of my story, readers are able to relate to my family and me as children who seek their purpose in the world with some bumps along the way.

Thank You, Ma'm (Due Friday 7/21)

Click the following link to view your next text. Ignore the question and chart on the document, but answer the questions that follow the link after you have read.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxMR2fnByMrIRER1R1RNU0JaTms/view?usp=sharing

1. Was Mrs. Jones’s treatment of the boy effective or foolish? Explain your answer.
2. Which character should have been more afraid of the other? Explain your answer.
3. What do you think is the most effective treatment for criminals? Explain.

4. Create a plot triangle for the story and label the exposition, rising actions, climax (turning point), falling actions, and resolution. Also, make a note of what conflict is driving this story forward.

Caged Bird Assignment (Due July 19)

Click the link below, download the document, and read the poems and answer the questions with them.

Complete this BEFORE class on Wednesday, July 19, 2017.


https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxMR2fnByMrIU3J4dmdRSW1heGc/view?usp=sharing

Monologue/Wax Museum Guidelines (Examples Coming Soon!)

Monologue/Wax Museum Project

Students will be choosing a character or author from one of the first four books we read this summer, and I will guide them through becoming that character/author in an effort to educate their parents on what we learned from that character/author in the book in which we met them.

Students will write a monologue for their character/author based on these provided guidelines, and on parent day at the end of the summer, they will dress like their character/author to present their monologue. The goal is to have students frozen as their character in a living wax museum. Parents will walk through the museum and activate the wax figures to hear their informational monologue.

Monologue requirements:

¨  Should be 60-90 seconds long

¨  Should have the character/author introduce themselves and what book they are from

¨  Should contain a summary of what the character’s role in the story was

o   For authors: contain a small summary of their life that you learned through research

¨  Should inform listeners on what that character/author taught us about history/humanity

       Some examples:

o   Did they teach us the roles of women at a certain time period?

o   Did they teach us about human nature, stages of grief, etc?

o   Did they teach about a civil injustice in our country or another?

¨  Should contain how that character would feel about their issue in present day (are they shocked to see racism is still a problem, that rights for women have come so far, etc.) This can tie into why it’s important that we still study the book in present day.

o   If the book takes place in present day, explain why it/the character is so noteworthy/relevant

¨  If your character was a symbol/allegory/etc., feel free to explain that in your monologue

Week 4 Reading Schedule

New Boy (the chapters listed on each day must be read before our class period on the days they are listed for)

7/10 Chapters 1-9 (pages 1-100)

7/11 Chapters 10-14 (101-142) (JOURNALS DUE THIS DAY)

7/12 Chapters 15-19 (143-191)

7/13 Chapters 20-24 (192-235)

7/14 Chapters 25-29 (236-282)

Week 3 Reading Schedule

Journals are due on 7/5 this week....click here to review journal guidelines.

A Long Way Gone (the pages must be completed before class on the date they are listed for)

7/3 pages 1-68

7/4 July 4^th No Classes

7/5 pages 69-125

7/6 pages 126-178

7/7 pages 179-218

Week 2 Reading Schedule

Journals are due on 6/26 this week.

The Great Gatsby (the chapters must be completed before class on the date they are listed for)

6/26 finish "A Raisin in the Sun"

6/27 Chapters 1-4

6/28 Chapters 5-6

6/29 Chapter 7

6/30 Chapters 8-9