1. Warming up with three good things and a quick revisit of unclear pronouns
2. Indulging in a "Friday" freewrite on The Village and 9/11:
M. Night Shyamalan (writer, director, and producer of The Village) has stated that he created this film in response to the post-9/11 culture of fear and hysteria.
- Where do you see this film specifically addressing post 9/11 culture?
- What does this film have to say about our semester questions:
- What do Americans fear?
- What do we do to feel safe, and does it work? Why or why not?
3. Performing a sample close reading of a scene together to get you ready for your end-of-unit assessment on Monday
Gather evidence: List at least five specific details from this scene that could be read symbolically. Look especially for details that can be read in at least two different ways.
Find the pattern: Choose the three strongest pieces of evidence and highlight them. Brainstorm what ideas they have in common.
Connect to something bigger: Look through our Gothic mysteries and your Village viewing guide. Select one Gothic element that might connect to the ideas/evidence you just explored.
Draft a thesis: Compose a thesis statement that asserts how one of the Gothic elements reveals a larger theme (a Level 3 idea) in The Village.
Sample: In The Village, M. Night Shyamalan uses the Gothic element of the forest's uncanny sounds to illuminate that our greatest fears result not from external forces but from our own insecurity and imagination.
Draft a little more: Try leading into and out of at least one of your pieces of evidence with Level 1, 2, and 3 ideas.
HW:
1. Enter your final speech topic by clicking here.
2. Your final Gothic assessment, an in-class writing, will take place tomorrow and Wednesday during class.
3. Start preparing your one-minute speech for next Thursday, November 16. Use the rubric to guide your preparation.
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