Climbing the Family Tree: February 5, 2018

Focus: What complexities of character can we find in a family tree?

1. Warming up with three good things; reflecting on and finalizing your Harlem Renaissance Little Project grades

2. Finding and developing your character for the Empathy Monologues

• Click HERE for the overview.

• Click HERE for the exercises.

3. Offering you an overview of this week's one-minute speeches; selecting topics, assigning partners, and figuring out the distribution of labor

4. Meeting Grammar You Must Know, Lesson #5: Parallel Structure

HW:

1. Make sure you have at least two pages typed (double-spaced) in response to today's exercises; they should in your "Empathy Monologues" shared Google folder (I will grade them at 10 am on Tuesday).

2. Research your one-minute speech topic; Wednesday and Thursday will be preparation days in class. You should be done with your research before you walk into class on Wednesday.

3. Bring Fences to class tomorrow if you have your own copy; we will be reading Act 1, Scene 1 together.