PAAE: 24-56

Start with slideshow: slides 1-10 (skip 9)

Free write: How does absence register in our awareness? When we miss something or someone, how do we know that?

When Max notices his curiosity about Rose, it comes through the hot water he misses in his shower, from the outline of light cast from her window at night, from the empty chair at meals.

By what means do you measure what is not there? How is that someone or something known in its absence? Think about the phrase “the room was empty” and think of what an empty room contains that makes us know it as “empty”. Use all your senses. If you closed your eyes, for example, what would tell you about a room and it’s being empty?

Board work: Please respond to the quotes on the board. Think about what they reveal about Max or Daniel or some recurring image/theme in the novel. This is the time to practice some literary analysis.

More training: The character's voice

How do you as a writer capture someone else's voice? What make one voice different from another?

Break out the headbands and the sneakers, it's time for some creative writing training.

PAAE: 1-23

Free write:
In what way does memory influence our identity? 

Discussion
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. — Degas

First section: The 3-read (1. class, 2. silent, 3. class)

What kind of tone does the narrator create?
What is your dominant impression of the narrator?
What kinds of details does he convey?
Where can we find a sense of loss in this section?


Let's look at some artwork: slides 1-6

1. Let's look at the narrator and how he is telling his story.

• Tone?

• Dominant Impression?

• What details are conveyed and how?

3. The relationship between Max and his father is somewhat tenuous. Why doesn't Daniel want Max to inherit the family's art gallery? Why did Daniel make Max rehearse the art of the gallery's past exhibits?
4. What insights about the family do we gain from Rose, our first outsider looking in?
5. When does Max speak in art & music? (find specific examples) What does this reveal about his character?

Pictures at an Exhibition begins

Welcome back! Quick check-in: give me one word to describe your spring break. ONE WORD!

A look at the remainder of the semester: B Block/F Block

Writing fun.

Handing in your essay

Please drop your essay into my DropItToMe folder.

The password is ...

EnglishRocks

Submission Requirements
1. Please title the file with your full name (i.e. Mary_Collie.docx or Mary_Collie.pdf)

2. Please submit either a word file of a pdf. Regardless, the file type must be visible.

3. Make sure you save a copy of the essay for yourself.

tGOW: It's over!

Final ESSAY!

SPA Structure

Intros, Titles, Conclusions

Small group work:

• What do the boxcars provide besides shelter?
• In hiding, what decision does Tom make? How does Ma feel about that? What conclusion does Ma reach about the family? And what keeps them from giving up?
• Ma articulates a big difference between men and women (see p. 423). Firstly, put her ideas into your own words and, secondly, what are your thoughts on her observations?
• p. 432: Opening paragraph -- lets collect some verbs & images
• Lots of talk about anger. What must be done with anger in order to overcome fear?
• Steinbeck said, "I've done my damndest to rip the reader's nerves to rages; I don't want him satisfied." Did he succeed in doing that to you? If so, how did he accomplish it? If not, why weren't you affected in that way?

Let's Make a Movie

The Grapes of Wrath movie fun.

We will spend two class periods on this mini project of fun.

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