English+8.5

__** Narrative Identification **__

SOL: 8.5 The student will read and analyze a variety of narrative and poetic forms. a) Explain the use of symbols and figurative language. b)  Describe inferred main ideas or themes, using evidence from the text as support. c) Describe how authors use characters, conflict, point of view, and tone to create meaning. d)  Compare and contrast the use of the poetic elements of word choice, dialogue, form, rhyme, rhythm, and voice. e) Compare and contrast authors’ styles.  The 21st Century Skills Taught: Creativity and Innovation

Technology Tools Used: Facebook (this assumes that it’s allowed and not blocked)

The student will…. The teacher will post a variety of links to 5 different narrative and poetic works. Each student will be required to login to Facebook and create a note regarding the figurative language, themes, characters, conflict, points of view and tone of each work. They will also comment on the poetic elements such as word choice, dialogue, form, rhyme, rhythm, and voice of the author. Then each student will review the opinions of at least 3 other classmates and respond to their notes.