Poisonwood Bible/The Congo

Hope you enjoyed the week away from intense learning…but, that is now over and now it is time for Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. This is a good time that, if you can, get ahead with the reading. You can always back up and add context and ideas as we head into Socratic Seminar.

We start with some research on the Congo (you were provided a handout on Tuesday…a copy is available in Box.net on the lower right hand corner of the page).

Learning goals: SWBAT: 1) Analyze character development through historical and fictional contexts; 2) Merge historical context and its affect on one group of people; 3) Examine point of view of a series of events in time and how different people view those same events and how and why they react to those events . 4) Examine how people view religion and how bias can affect the reading of a text.

We will start with a solid dialectical journal for the first couple of sections. The dialectical journal is critical for this book as there are five distinct voices and it is important to be able to analyze them. A dialectical journal template is provided for you. You will need five entries by Tuesday, 11.15 and another five by Thursday, 11.17 for pp. 5-81. Each quote/paraphrase you analyze must have at least 90 words in commentary and each quote must have MLA. Do not forget to check the calendar for the reading schedule (that schedule is now available!)

Drama Literary Terms Matching Test is Tuesday, Nov. 15th!!!