Recitatif

Focus Lessons 10.10-10.14Theme:Recitatif:EnglishMonday: Warm-Up!: 10/19What is the TONE or feeling of this photograph?

What is the SUBJECT or who/what of this photograph?

What do you think the MAIN IDEA of this photograph is?

Draw with me

This is your text. A text is whatever you are reading.PlotThe sequence of eventsYou Remember!

PLOTToneThe mood or attitude in a textThe feeling a reader should have when reading

TONEPLOTSubjectWhat the text is aboutThe GIST of it: Who, What, When, Where, Why

SUBJECTTONEPLOTThemeThe big idea about life and human nature that the writer is trying to get acrossMost themes are not told directly in the text

THEMESUBJECTTONEPLOTBut how do we find the theme if the author doesnt say it directly?The author wants you to think about it! Here are some big cluesThink about the titleLook for important statements made about big ideasThink about the ways characters change throughout the story and lessons they learn

Lets Practice!http://www.pixar.com/shorts/bdn/tale.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwcfZC7wJJYRecitatif: Act I: 203-211Written by Toni MorrisonBorn 1931Famous for writing African-American LiteratureKnown for writing using epic themesHas won the Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize for literatureHas won almost every award for book-writing possible

Common themes in Morrisons writing are-FreedomGood and EvilRoots/Ancestry- A sense of IdentityCommunityA sense of Loss

Recitatif tells the story of two young girls who share a room in anorphanage for a few months in the 1950s. As they grow up, move to neighboringtowns, marry, and have children, the girls (now women) meetunexpectedly several times. Near the end of the story, they take opposingsides in a protest about busing students to distant schools to promote racialintegration. Although Toni Morrison tells us that one girl is white and theother is black, she is not clear about which is which.Overview

Predict!Based on the overview, what do you think could be a theme in this story?OverviewRecitatifA musical term for in-between talking and singing during an operaWritten in five acts over the course of the girls livesFrom the Latin root, reciteTo repeat from memoryOverview of 1960shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSlvw-vEsEI&feature=relatedTuesday: Warm-Up! 10/11Subject?

Tone?

Theme?

Get out your notes! Lets define the terms togetherLets Practice!http://www.youtube.com/user/TheodorSeussGeisel?blend=21&ob=5#p/a/u/2/dZmZzGxGpSsRecitatif: Clarifying 203-211Who is the Bozo?Who is Maggie?What do we know about Maggie?Why are Roberta and Twyla in St. Bonnys orphanage?What are their mothers like?Initial PredictionsRobertaTwylaRace?Why?Race?Why?Jimi HendrixMusicianGained fame shortly before his death in 1970Remembered as one of the most influential musicians of his erahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h2ywNdG45I

ReadRecitatif: Acts II and III211-219Be sure to begin identifyingPlot elements; setting, rising actionToneSubject (Gist)

Wednesday: Warm-Up: 10/12http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xg3vE8Ie_E&ob=av2eWatch this music video to determinePlot?Tone?Subject?Theme?Papa Who Wakes up Tired in the Dark by Sandra CisnerosUse our the visual on the back to identify the theme Justify your answer by underlining the parts of text that supports the theme

Use these clues to guide you as you search for the themeThink about the titleLook for important statements made about big ideasThink about the ways characters change throughout the story and lessons they learn

Recitatif: Clarifying Acts II & IIIWhat is Twylas life like in Act III?Where does she live?What is her family like?How would you describe her financial status?Robertas?What does Roberta remind Twyla about from the orphanage?

Continuing PredictionsRobertaTwylaRace?Why?Race?Why?Desegregation

Recitatif: Read Act IV: 219-225Be sure to finish identifyingPlot elements; setting, rising actionToneSubject (GIST)Thursday: Warm-Up: 10/13A Smart Cookie by Sandra CisnerosIdentify the theme in this vignetteJustify your answer by citing an example from the text and explaining it

Use these clues to guide you as you search for the themeThink about the titleLook for important statements made about big ideasThink about the ways characters change throughout the story and lessons they learn

Recitatif: Clarifying Act IVHow do Twyla and Roberta run into each other again?What does Roberta tell Twyla about Maggie?Why did Twyla make a picketing sign?Continuing PredictionsRobertaTwylaRace?Why?Race?Why?Recitatif: Read Act V: 225-227Friday:Warm-Up: 10/14RecitatifA musical term for in-between talking and singing during an opera

From the Latin root, reciteTo repeat from memoryThink about the titleLook for important statements made about big ideasThink about the ways characters change throughout the story and lessons they learn

Concluding ThoughtsRobertaTwylaRace?Why?Race?Why?Group DiscussionTake a vote! What do you think?Why do you think Morrison never tells us which girl is white and which is black?