ATTWN 63-89

April 20, 2018

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5
Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact

EQ: Analyze how Christie's choices contribute to the overall structure and meaning of And Then There Were None. 

Starter: 

Free Write Friday 

Vocabulary: 

Word: Aesthetic

Part of Speech: Adjective

Dictionary Definition: concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

Your Definition: 

Activity: Find an aesthetic example

Activity: 

1.  Character Profiling 

In small groups of 2-3 people, you will be assigned a character.

For the character assigned create a profile that includes all of the requirements listed below: 

Description of Appearance and Personality

Inferences of their Thoughts and Feelings

Identification of Personal Conflict

Memorable Quote

Relations to other characters

Analysis of why Christie developed this character.

Image

You can organize the information in any format as long as you have all of the requirements. 

2.  ATTWN 63-89

Continue to focus on analyzing the stylistic elements that Christie uses to create her novel.

Closure: 

Infer what will happen in the next chapter of And Then There Were None.