EF67 Class 24 "I Confess"

 

EF67

 

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Today’s agenda

·      Continue “I Confess”

Small group discussion of “Thought Questions”

Test#3 “I Confess” on Wednesday

·      HW   Read “Dead Man’s Path” for Wednesday. Make notes for Thought Questions.

 

Wednesday

·      Test#3 “I Confess”

·      Continue complex sentences- adjective clauses

·      Modals-

·      IF TIME Begin “Dead Man’s Path”

 

Thursday

·      Continue “Dead Man’s Path”

·      Continue complex sentences- adjective clauses

Choose vocab for the quiz on adj cl

 

Friday

·      Quiz on adjective clauses

 

 

 

 

 

Module “I Confess”

 

Important to separate the writer and the story.

The authorial voice in not necessarily the narrative voice.

The narrator is a character that the author/writer created.

 

Separate the author and the first-person narrator “I”

 

Read aloud

 

-“the boy who monitored discipline”

“class prefect” British vocab

 

IDIOM the teacher’s pet

helper

watching the other kids

has power

 

-a rat “Kai ratted his sister out.” – tell on another person,

IDIOM “ a tattletale”

 

EXAMPLE OF OVERHEATED LANGUAGE

“severe damage”

“great faith”

“drawn on all my reserves of strength”

“vowed to myself”

“set myself strict standards”

 

“red flag of citation” – reward for a class doing well, competitive, encourage students and teachers

 

dedicated teacher-

 

incident- something that happens that is negative, conflict

accident- someone gets hurt

 

IDIOM by accident – not planned  I met him by accident.

IDIOM run into- meet without planning

How nice to run into you.

 

extra girlfriend

ex-girlfriend

 

“roared fierce” – like a wild animal, angry, aggressive

 

“harsh voice”

“chastise” – criticize, talk to harshly

 

Justification- “exert one’s authority” “ let the naughtier children know who was in charge”

new teacher – feeling pressure put on himself, uncertain about being a teacher, inexperienced

 

IDIOM out of the blue- suddenly, without expectation

“Mei’s sister called her out of the blue after two years.”

 

articulate(adj)

articulate(v)

 

seal(n)- a stamp that people use instead of their signature

 

“inscribed” “carving”

 

font- style of letter

What font do you use? Times New Roman

What font do you use? Arial

What font do you use? Calibri

What font do you use? Bernard

What font do you use? Comic sans

 

 

 

 

The whole story is about power/authority/position and how people use power.

 

IDIOM “out of the blue” from nowhere, completely unexpected

IDIOM “once in a blue moon” very rarely

 

 

·      Small group (4-5) discussion questions

“I Confess” Thought Questions

                    

Foreshadowing – hint about something that going to happen in the story

 

                    

Discuss power, status and how Mr Wei uses his power and status

Relate story to real life- kids, etc.

 

 

“‘I Confess’ Though Questions”

 

3. person vs ?

TS person vs himself- Mr Wei vs himself, internal conflict

1.    emotions- returning to school- former student, happiness, lack of self-confidence

happiness about banner- due to insecurity as a new teacher

2.    realizes he carved the characters- confronting, facing the student that he was, confronting his past

3.    frustration created by “incident” – everything was going well until this

 

TS person vs person- Mr.Wei and Wang Wei

1.Mr Wei very aggressive toward the student

2.didn’t listen to the student, prejudged

3.wouldn’t let student explain, cut him off, shuts him down

4.forced him to admit something that he didn’t do

 

TS person vs society  Mr. Wei vs other teachers

1.worried about what other teachers would think

2 feels a need to prove himself

3etc

 

Make a plan. Write good sentences.

Choice of two- one will be personal response “I”, one will focussed on the story, no “I”

 

 

 

Self-paced courses- through the ALC (Adult Learning Centre) Room 203.

Reg any time for SP.

-can’t come to school- work, family, sickness

-all done on computer, except for tests in school, in ALC

- no teacher

 

You have to know yourself. Will you keep up on the work? Do you need a teacher chirping in your ear?

-self-motivated, self-directed

 

Literary Studies 11/Composition 11-