5/28/2015
Do Now
• Are there things that
scared you when you
were younger that still
terrify you today?
Even if they are
unrealistic?
• Answer in notebooks
in 2-3 sentences.
Agenda and Objective
Agenda
• Do now
• Agenda and Objective
• A Separate Peace
background
• Chapter 1
• Final assignments
• Exit
Objective
• Students will closely read
the beginning of Chapter
1 of A Separate Peace in
order to establish how the
author’s choice of
structure and point of view
manipulate our
understanding of
character.
BACKGROUND OF THE
NOVEL
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
• John Knowles was born in 1926 in Fairmont, West
Virginia.
• He left home at fifteen to attend Phillips Exeter
Academy, an exclusive boarding school located in New
Hampshire.
• After graduating from Exeter in 1945, he spent eight
months as an Air Force cadet before enrolling at Yale
University, from which he earned a bachelor’s degree in
1949.
• Worked freelance as a writer for 7 years after the war.
• The plot and setting of A Separate Peace were largely
inspired by Knowles’s experiences at Exeter.
• However, the experiences in the book were not factual
accounts of what happened to him while at the school.
Philips Exeter Academy
Second Academy Building
Third Academy Building
Lamont Infirmary
CHAPTER 1
As we read…
• Consider
STRUCTURE… when is
the story taking place?
How does the structure
of the story affect our
reading?
• Consider POINT OF
VIEW… who is the story
told by? How does this
work with structure to
make an impact?
PARTNER ASSIGNMENTS
Chapter Partner Presentations
OBJECTIVE
For our final novel of the year, you will combine your knowledge of
literary devices, lenses, close-reading, evidence analysis, writing and
public speaking in order to create a presentation of your findings and
“teach” the class about one chapter from John Knowles’ A Separate
Peace.
RATIONALE
The true mark of learning is being able to teach what you’ve learned to
someone else. This assignment will be an assessment of all that you
have learned in my class this year.
ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS
With a partner of YOUR CHOOSING, you must create a visual
presentation about your chapter and produce a worksheet that will be
provided to and completed by your peers during class time.
Requirements to Fulfill:
Use of visual aid - this will provide your classmates with a visual
anchor and a model to learn from.
Options include: Prezi, PowerPoint, YouTube video, Animoto, iMovie,
Screenflow, StoryBoardThat or something of your choosing (has to be
cleared with me beforehand).
Within the visual aid you must:
• highlight key plot events (no more than FOUR)
• Read the chapter through TWO lenses of your choice
(characterization, theme, word choice/mood, figurative language,
writing style/structure) and provide evidence and analysis of each.
• Integrate the definitions of 4-5 vocabulary words from your chapter
Requirements…
Create a worksheet (1-2 pages) - this will provide your
classmates the opportunity to put into practice their skills of close
reading and analysis.
Within the worksheet you must:
• Input the paragraphs of the other three lenses not analyzed in
your presentation so that the students can read through and
analyze the lenses.
• Have students respond to a question related to that lens (you
should look back on previous assignments for question options).
Generate general class discussion questions - this will give you
the opportunity to ask questions throughout the class period and
interact more fully with your peers.
• 3-4 discussion questions PER pair
Requirements…
• Prepare a feedback form - we can never grow and improve if
we don’t seek feedback.
• Form must have at least FIVE questions on it related to your presentation
and your worksheet
• Be ready to go on the day your presentation is due - being
prepared is a life skill you will need regardless of the career path
you choose.
• You and your partner should be prepared to utilize the ENTIRE class
period. You need to budget your time wisely.
• Please make sure you submit your worksheet to me the DAY BEFORE your
presentation to that I can print everything out. If you do not submit your
worksheet at least the day before, you must print out enough copies for the
class (no, do not ask to go to the library at start of class).
FINAL NOTE
THERE WILL BE NO
CLASS TIME GIVEN
TO WORK ON THIS
ASSIGNMENT.
Exit Ticket
• How might a change in
the structure or point of
view change our
understanding of the
text?
• What other text that
we’ve read starts with
a similar point of view
and structure?