1. Mr. Verlin South Philadelphia High School November 9 and 13, 2012 The vision quest

2. Preliminaries • In your journals, respond to the following prompt: “Many writers have compared life to a journey or trip. Briefly, describe the highlights of your freshman year of high school by comparing it to a journey. Your journey can begin on the first day of high school and should include some of the detours (obstacles) you have encountered along the way.”

3. Objectives: • The students will be able to choose words appropriately when writing to advance the theme of a work. • The students will be able to skim a text to quickly locate information.

4. Focus Lesson: The Vision… • Literary Terms • Epic poem • Quest • Skimming • Symbol • Figurative language • Allegory • Fable • Parable

5. Focus Lesson: The Vision… • Background • The Trojan War • The Odyssey • Information and Data • Divide in to groups of 3. • Take turns reading “Vision Quest” (Elements p. 413) • Write a definition of the Vision Quest. • Paragraph on the vision quest (5 sentences min.)

6. Focus Lesson: The Vision… • Symbolism and Allegory • Small Group Reading: Elements… p. 398 • Small Group Writing • Why are symbols effective? • Why do writers use symbols

7. Homework (due next class) • Read “Mosi’s Coyote”. • Take at least 3 QNTs.