English Language Arts 9

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English Language Arts 9

• LA9U2L1
• Novel Unit The Pigman

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Agenda for the Day

• Discussion of setting. Where does the novel take
  place?
• Friendship.What does it mean?
• Point of View
• Venn Diagram.Details
• Recall and Interpret
• Vocabulary
• Chapter 1-3 and Author Quiz.
• Any general questions before we begin?

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SettingWhere and When
The story takes place in Staten Island, New York,
in the late 1960s During this period, public
protests against racial discrimination and the
war in Vietnam helped create a climate of
rebelliousness against authority. Increase in
teenage smoking, drinking and using profanity.
There was a definite struggle to gain greater
political power. In school, at home and in the
community.
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Friendship Discussion
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Point of View

• The Pigman has two first-person narrators, John
  and Lorraine. They are the main characters in
  the novel as well as the voices that tell the
  story.
• John and Lorraine take turns explaining what
  happened, so that readers see events from Johns
  and Lorraines point of view as the chapters
  progress.
• Pay special attention to the comments that John
  and Lorraine make about each other. Like real
  best friends, they often have insight into each
  others personality.

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Venn Diagram
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Recall and InterpretQuestions for Discussion
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Time to Write the Quizzes

• The first quiz deals with the information you
  learned from chapters 1-3 in your quiz. There
  are 10 questions and you have 10 minutes to write
  it. It is a timed quiz!
• The second quiz deals with information on Paul
  Zindel you would have learned from reading the
  lesson. There are 10 questions and you have 10
  minutes to write it. It is a timed quiz!

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Vocabulary

• Avocation
• Compassion
• Distort
• Mortified
• Patron
• Philanthropy
• Prevarications
• Subliminally
• Subsidize

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Whats Coming Up?

• Chapters 4-5
• Any questions??