Maus Chapter Four

October 11, 2019

Standards

RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. 

RL.9-10.5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it, and manipulate time create effects such as mystery, tension, or surprise

RL.9-10.6 Analyze a particular perspective or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.

Obj: I can use objective summaries to identify themes and analyze their development.

I can analyze author's choices in text structure to create mystery, tension, or suspense.

I can analyze a cultural experience through literature. 

Starter

Free Write 

Vocabulary: 

Word; Conflict 

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one

Your Definition: 

Activity: What is a conflict in Maus or Night?

Activity

1.  Night Chapter Five Save the Last Word Discussion

From your main idea tracking sheet, select one quote that you would like to discuss.

Then, we will count of by five to determine groups. 

Divide the students into groups of three, labeling one student A, one B, and the other C in each group. Invite the A students to read one of their chosen quotations to their group. Then students B and C discuss the quotation. What do they think it means? Why do they think these words might be important? To whom? After several minutes, ask the A students to read the back of their card (or to explain why they picked the quotation), thus having “the last word.” This process continues with the B students sharing and then the C students.

2.   Maus Chapter Four 

Read through pages 71-93 either individually or by yourself.

Keep track of quotes that connect to our main ideas.

3.  Main Idea Tracker 

Work on the tracker INDIVIDUALLY for chapter four of Maus.

This is due tomorrow. 

Closure

What is a similarity and difference between the two books?