Day 4

Do Now: Flip open your copy of The Things They Carried to "On the Rainy River." Skim through the story and try to summarize it with your group.

Today's Learning Target(s): 
I will be able to refresh or add to the tools I use for thinking about literature.
I will know that I have hit the learning target when...
-I can point out key words and/or phrases and explain how they might relate to big ideas.
-I can locate methods the author uses and explain why he/she might have used them.

Agenda:

1. "On the Rainy River"
2. Assembling your literary analysis toolkit 
3. First Pages
4. Exit Ticket: A literary device I'd like to know more about (or review) is...  

HW: Continue working on your PS1 entries (all three are due 17 September).

A link to a nice resource for literary devices!