Monday, November 20, 2017

The Alchemist Pages 123-142

November 20, 2017

Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

E.Q: Define each component of a texts structure and identify each part in the Alchemist.
Determine a central idea of the text. 

Starter:

Create an objective summary of pages 123-142.
This should be approximately 3-5 sentences.

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Vocabulary: 

Word: Climax
Part of Speech: Noun
Dictionary Definition: the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.
Your Definition: 
Activity: Predict the climax of the Alchemist. 

Activity: 

1.  TPEQEA

Individually, write a TPEQEA paragraph responding to the prompt below.

Prompt
Identify a main idea presented to the reader in pages 123-142.
Support your main idea with textual evidence. 

2.  Peer Editing

Complete a TPEQEA peer edit with a partner.
Make sure that you are checking the appropriate box based on the requirements listed.
Then, make sure that you provide additional comments.
These are REQUIRED.

Closure: 

Based on the peer edit, what is one of your strengths and weaknesses?
Elaborate.

Homework

Read pages 142-163.

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