Tuesday, April 2

Objective: SWBAT describe how a story’s ending is ironic.  SWBAT evaluate how the use of omniscient narrator adds to their understanding of a story.

Do-Now: Vocabulary Practice: precipitous, acquiesced, exasperation, pious, retorted

1) What could be described as precipitous?

2) If you ask your mom for $50 and she acquiesces to your request, does she give you the money?

3) What might cause a teacher to feel exasperation?

4) Would a pious person be likely to rob a bank?  Why or why not?

5) If you ask your teacher a question, and she retorts her answer, is she in a good mood?


Today: 1) Note-taking: Omniscient narrator: A narrator who is not a character in the story, but can see what all the characters are doing and knows what all the characters are thinking.

2) Review situational irony.

3) Class will read "The Interlopers" pp. 151-157, examining the author's use of omniscient narrator.  Students will fill out a graphic organizer with the inner thoughts and outward dialogue of Georg and Ulrich, then make inferences about that characters based on the similarities/differences between what they say and what they think.

4) Review Fragments II: Practice 1 and complete Practice 2.

Exit Slip: How was the ending of "The Interlopers" ironic?  How did the author's use of omniscient narrator add to your understanding of the story and its characters?  (Use examples from your graphic organizer to support your answer.)

Homework: Fragments II Quiz on Friday, April 5!  Vocabulary Quiz #4 on Monday, April 8!