Amy Tan: "Fish Cheeks"

Short Answer Responses & Sophocles' Antigone (Theme, Day One)

Below is today's presentation. Homework on the last slide. Enjoy!

Connecting to Conflict/Contrast to Theme

Today's presentation on connecting contrast/conflict in a novel/story to thematic subjects is below. Check it out!

Direct/Indirect Characterization

Relive the two-day presentation on Direct and Indirect Characterization. Good times.

Summarization (Powerpoint)

Below is today's assignment on summarization. Enjoy!

Text and Graphics (Powerpoint)

It doesn't have everything we talked about in class, but it has a bit. Enjoy! Here are links to some of the things mentioned in the PowerPoint:

• Video of "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone"
• Video of "Kiss Me"
• Full text of Tennyson's "Ulysses"

Character Development/Literary Analysis (Powerpoint)

The presentation below contains the class notes and examples from our discussion about character development and how to analyze the connotations of literary devices to reveal character growth.

Embedding Evidence (Powerpoint)

Took me a while to figure out Google's changes to their publishing system, so we're a day behind. If you missed Wednesday in class, here's what we did. (Don't skip the bellringer.)