This lesson contains 20 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 45 min
Items in this lesson
Block 1 Revision
English Language and Literature
Slide 1 - Slide
What are we going to do?
- Literature
- Grammar
- Reading
Slide 2 - Slide
To get a good grade, you have to "PEE" on your answers...
Point - Make your point
Explain - Explain/clarify what you mean
Evidence - Use evidence from the text to support your argument
Slide 3 - Slide
Karma
Khushwant Singh
Slide 4 - Slide
Describe Lachmi What is her personality like? What does she do during the story? How is her relationship with her husband?
Slide 5 - Mind map
How does Mr. Mohan try to impress the English soldiers? Name at least 2 things.
Slide 6 - Open question
Happy Endings
Margaret Atwood
Slide 7 - Slide
Do you think the stories have different endings? Why (not)?
Yes
No
Slide 8 - Poll
What part of a story matters to Atwood? How do you know?
Slide 9 - Open question
Indian Education
Sherman Alexie
Slide 10 - Slide
The title "Indian Education" refers here to more than just formal schooling. What are some other implications of the title?
Slide 11 - Mind map
In paragraph 15 Alexie writes that his teacher said of him and his parents" 'Indians, indians, indians' ... without capitalization." What is his point?
Slide 12 - Open question
Odyssey of a Wop
John Fante
Slide 13 - Slide
The narrator doesn’t like the word Wop. Why not?
Slide 14 - Mind map
What do you think is the moral of the story?
Slide 15 - Open question
Sweetness
Toni Morrison
Slide 16 - Slide
Why does the marriage between Sweetness and her husband end?
Slide 17 - Open question
What is the main issue this story confronts?
A
relationships between mothers and daughters
B
inter-racial love during the 1940s
C
racism in the Southern United States
D
light-colored vs dark-colored skin in the African American community
Slide 18 - Quiz
Compare and Contrast
Slide 19 - Slide
Pick two stories with a similar theme. How are they similar? Are there differences as well?