November 29 th – December 3rd

1. November 29th – December 3rd

2. Please find your seat, take out your HW, and copy down today’s objectives on your Do Now sheet. Objective: SWBAT… 1. Describe and illustrate the vocabulary term subaltern. 2. Identify and explain how subaltern relates to colonialism, post-colonialism, and the novel, Q & A.

3. Please find your seat, take out your HW, and copy down today’s objectives on your Do Now sheet. Objective: SWBAT… 1. Describe and illustrate the vocabulary term subaltern. 2. Identify and explain how subaltern relates to colonialism, post-colonialism, other unit vocabulary, and the novel, Q & A.

4. 10A Seating Chart

5. Monday, November 29th: Objective: SWBAT… 1. Describe and illustrate the vocabulary term subaltern. 2. Identify and explain how subaltern relates to colonialism, post-colonialism, other unit vocabulary, and the novel, Q & A. Do Now: Agenda: Do Now Subaltern lesson Finish Venn Diagram chart Connecting subaltern to class concepts Exit Ticket Homework: to be given later in the day. • Look over your notes to remind yourself what colonialism and post-colonialism mean. • How does colonialism relate to transgress/transgression and agency? • How does post-colonialism relate to transgress/transgression and agency?

6. Objective: SWBAT Describe and illustrate the word subaltern. Unit Two Vocab #6: SubalternMy Understanding 1 2 3 4 Describe: Draw: Further Understanding: How does this word connect to agency? To post-colonialism? To the novel?

7. Announcements • Last day to make-up the Unit 2 test is Wednesday! • Make an appointment with me to make it up! • After Wednesday, those who have not taken the test receive a ‘0’.

8. Objective: SWBAT Describe and illustrate the word subaltern. Subaltern (noun) • just a classy word for oppressed, for somebody who's not getting a piece of the pie.... • the term began to be used in relation to colonized people in the South Asian subcontinent (India). • The word is used to provided a new perspective on the history of a colonized place from the perspective of the colonized rather than from the perspective of the colonizer (European power). • Subaltern is now regularly used as a term in history, anthropology, sociology, human geography, and literature • Some thinkers use it in a general sense to refer to marginalized groups and the lower classes—a person without agency. • Official Definition: a person who has a subordinate position. • How is the subaltern represented in this photo?

9. What does oppressed/oppression mean? • People who are oppressed? Objective: SWBAT Describe and illustrate the word subaltern.

10. What does oppressed/oppression mean? • Refers to a person or group of people who are not allowed to express their agency. • A person who does not have a choice to make a decision. They are not allowed to. • A person who does not have fundamental basic human rights. Objective: SWBAT Describe and illustrate the word subaltern.

11. Oppress [official definition] • 1. to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism. • 2. to lie heavily upon (the mind, a person, etc.): Care and sorrow oppressed them. • 3. to weigh down, as sleep or weariness does. • 4. Archaic . to put down; subdue or suppress. • 5. Archaic . to press upon or against; crush. Objective: SWBAT Describe and illustrate the word subaltern.

12. How does oppression relate to colonialism? Objective: SWBAT Describe and illustrate the word subaltern.

13. What does oppressed/oppression mean? • Refers to a person or group of people who are not allowed to express their agency. Objective: SWBAT Describe and illustrate the word subaltern.

14. Venn Diagrams – Colonialism, Post-colonialism, and Subaltern Directions: Complete the Venn Diagram by referring to your class notes/vocabulary graphic organizers on colonialism, post-colonialism, the subaltern voice. You should replicate this Venn Diagram on the next page of your Interactive notebook. In each circle, describe what each term means. In the space that overlaps, describe the relationship between each of these three terms. Then, next to each of the three lines on the outside, write words, names, phrases the remind you of these three concepts (either from history class, or from the novel, or from your knowledge of the world). Objective: SWBAT Identify and explain how subaltern relates to colonialism, post-colonialism, other unit vocabulary, and the novel, Q & A.

15. How does colonialism relate to Q & A? • How is post-colonialism apparent in Q & A? Objective: SWBAT Identify and explain how subaltern relates to colonialism, post-colonialism, other unit vocabulary, and the novel, Q & A.

16. Connecting the Subaltern to other Class Concepts Directions: Answer the following questions on the next available page of your Interactive Notebook. Answer each question in 2-3 complete sentences and use your notes on subaltern, agency, transgress, colonialism, and post-colonialism. • Explain how Ram represents the subaltern voice in the novel. • What is the connection between agency and subaltern? 3. How might a subaltern person or group need to transgress in order to have agency? 4. What is the relationship between subaltern, colonialism and post-colonialism? Objective: SWBAT… Identify and explain how subaltern relates to colonialism, post-colonialism, other unit vocabulary, and the novel, Q & A.

17. Objective: SWBAT Identify relationships between three unit two vocabulary words and connect their understanding of these two words to the themes in the novel. Relationships between Vocab. word subaltern, other vocab. words and the novel • Subaltern and agency are connected because sometimes Ram felt he had to transgress and break moral codes and he had to use agency to do that. • Ram is sensitive to the suffering of others and this sensitivities is a flaw– He thinks about his people (the poor, the oppressed, the subaltern) before he thinks of himself. • In the novel Ram encountered many problems that were hard to deal with and therefore Ram was a subaltern-- these problems caused him to be oppressed, or related to the oppression of people in India. • Ram represents the subaltern voice in the novel– Example– he is treated as a subaltern when he is accused of cheating and no one believes that he could have won the game show and had that kind of knowledge because he is poor. • Subaltern, colonialism and post-colonialism all lead into each other– the colonization of a country leads to silence and colonial power is used against the colonized people which leads them to be a subaltern group– the colonizers had a bad effect on them and this has negative effects– post-colonialism examines these effects. • Connection between subaltern and agency: being subaltern means you have no agency because it has been taken away from you because of rules that prevent you from doing things. • Ram represents the subaltern voice in the novel because he speaks for people of India who have been colonized and live in the slums. • A lot of places that have been colonized have more oppressed or subaltern people than before colonialism.

18. Exit Ticket • Write your best thesis statement. What Prompt is this answering? • What is subaltern? • How does subaltern relate to agency? Explain. • How does subaltern relate to colonialism? Explain. • How does subaltern relate to post-colonialism? Explain.

19. Please find your seat, take out your HW, and copy down today’s objectives on your Do Now sheet. Objective: SWBAT… • Identify and explain how subaltern relates to colonialism, post-colonialism, and the novel, Q & A. • Summarize the requirements for the unit two essay by reviewing the essay guidelines and the essay rubric .

20. 10A Seating Chart

21. Monday, November 29th: Objective: SWBAT… • Identify and explain how subaltern relates to colonialism, post-colonialism, other unit vocabulary, and the novel, Q & A. • Summarize the requirements for the unit two essay by reviewing the essay guidelines and the essay rubric. • Develop a thesis statement for their unit 2 essay. Do Now: Agenda: Do Now [10A] Finish subaltern lesson Review tonight’s HW Thesis Statements Exit Ticket Homework: Finish Venn Diagram Finish four questions on subaltern (2-3 sentences each). • Using your notes, what is subaltern? • How does subaltern relate to oppression? • What questions do you have about subaltern?

22. Homework for this week… • Tonight: finish Venn Diagram and four questions on the subaltern • What is will be the rest of the week: work on your first draft of your essay on Q & A, which is due on Friday, December 3rd! Monday, November 29th: Objective: SWBAT… • Identify and explain how subaltern relates to colonialism, post-colonialism, other unit vocabulary, and the novel, Q & A. • Summarize the requirements for the unit two essay by reviewing the essay guidelines and the essay rubric. • Develop a thesis statement for their unit 2 essay.

23. Connecting the Subaltern to other Class Concepts Directions: Answer the following questions on the next available page of your Interactive Notebook. Answer each question in 2-3 complete sentences and use your notes on subaltern, agency, transgress, colonialism, and post-colonialism. • Explain how Ram represents the subaltern voice in the novel. • What is the connection between agency and subaltern? 3. How might a subaltern person or group need to transgress in order to have agency? 4. What is the relationship between subaltern, colonialism and post-colonialism? Objective: SWBAT… Identify and explain how subaltern relates to colonialism, post-colonialism, other unit vocabulary, and the novel, Q & A.

24. Venn Diagrams – Colonialism, Post-colonialism, and Subaltern Directions: Complete the Venn Diagram by referring to your class notes/vocabulary graphic organizers on colonialism, post-colonialism, the subaltern voice. You should replicate this Venn Diagram on the next page of your Interactive notebook. In each circle, describe what each term means. In the space that overlaps, describe the relationship between each of these three terms. Then, next to each of the three lines on the outside, write words, names, phrases the remind you of these three concepts (either from history class, or from the novel, or from your knowledge of the world). Objective: SWBAT Identify and explain how subaltern relates to colonialism, post-colonialism, other unit vocabulary, and the novel, Q & A.

25. Remember this essay prompt we wrote thesis statements for? • What message do you think VikrasSwarup is trying to convey to the reader about family in the novel Q & A?

26. We are now going to go over 1,2,3,4 scored thesis statements. • While we read these, I want you to write why this thesis statement is a 1,2,3, or 4?

27. Objectives: SWBAT… 1. Review the characteristics of a thesis statement and understand its purpose. 2. Identify the qualities of a good thesis statement by analyzing the Thesis Statement Rubric and evaluating several examples. Thesis Statement Rubric

28. Thesis Statements – score of 1 • In the novel, Q & A, the author, VikasSwarup conveys a lot about family through the book. VikasSwarup displays the struggle, pain, and opposition of families in the book. • In the novel, Q & A, VikasSwarup believes family is a very important part of your life. Almost every chapter in the book deals with family in some way. For example in “How to Speak Australian,” Ram feels like family to the Taylors. They treat him as if he was their own. Prompt: What message do you think VikrasSwarup is trying to convey to the reader about family in the novel Q & A?

29. Thesis Statements – score of 2 • In the novel, VikrasSwarup is trying to convey that not all families are perfect. Some families have major problems that include abandonment, abuse, and heartbreak. • VikrasSwarup is conveying the idea that family comes in all shapes and sizes, and doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re related. It means that family can take many forms depending on what it is. Prompt: What message do you think VikrasSwarup is trying to convey to the reader about family in the novel Q & A?

30. Thesis Statements – score of 3 • In the novel, Q & A, by VikrasSwarup, the author shows that there is no such thing as a happy family by uncovering hidden secrets in families such as sexual and physical abuse, disappointments, and family members being abandoned. • In the novel Q & A, VikrasSwarup demonstrates the idea that family is not always defined by who is related to you by blood. Throughout the novel, Ram makes many meaningful connections with people who take care of him like he is family, even though they were not actually related. Prompt: What message do you think VikrasSwarup is trying to convey to the reader about family in the novel Q & A?

31. Thesis Statements – score of 4 • In the novel Q & A, VikasSwarup shows that one’s true family is created by friendship rather than blood. This message is conveyed through Ram’s relationship with his friends and the few adults who opted to take care of him. • In the novel Q & A by VikasSwarup, family is portrayed as a hindrance or a burden for most of the young adults in the novel. This idea is exemplified by Gudiya’s relationship with her father, through the inaction and ineffectiveness of Meenakshi’s father and through the relationship with Father Timothy and his secret son, Ian. Prompt: What message do you think VikrasSwarup is trying to convey to the reader about family in the novel Q & A?

32. Unit Two Essay Prompt Directions: For the unit two essay, you will write about the connection between one of the unit two vocabulary words and the novel. Choose from one of the prompts below. • How is Q & A a story about India’s post-colonial struggle to define itself? • How does VikasSwarup use motifs to develop his themes and ideas in Q & A? Identify one motif Swarup uses throughout the story and describe how he develops/uses this motif over time and how use of this motif connects to a major theme in the novel. • How is Q & A about the struggle for agency? • How does Ram represent the subaltern voice in the novel? Guidelines: • You must develop a thesis statement in response to one of the essay questions above. • Your thesis needs to be arguable and specific. • You need to include at least one vocabulary word from unit two in your thesis. • You need to use your thesis statement to construct an outline. • You need to identify three pieces of best evidence (quotes) that directly and clearly support your thesis. • You need to organize your writing into five clearly written and proof-read paragraphs (intro., three body paragraphs and conclusion). • You need to complete multiple drafts of your writing and make significant improvements with each draft. • You need to type your first draft and submit it electronically by Friday, December 3rd!

33. Evaluating our Thesis Statements

34. Objectives: SWBAT… 1. Review the characteristics of a thesis statement and understand its purpose. 2. Identify the qualities of a good thesis statement by analyzing the Thesis Statement Rubric and evaluating several examples. Thesis Statement Rubric

35. Exit Ticket • Write your best thesis statement. Which prompt is this answering? • What is subaltern? • How does subaltern relate to agency? Explain. • How does subaltern relate to colonialism? Explain. • How does subaltern relate to post-colonialism? Explain. • What questions do you have about the essay requriements?

36. Please find your seat, take out your Thanksgiving homework (thesis statements), and wait quietly for directions. Objective: SWBAT… Generate a thesis statement that follows the thesis statement rubric. Compose an outline of their Q & A essay in preparation for writing their first draft.

37. 10A Seating Chart Objective: SWBAT… Generate a thesis statement that follows the thesis statement rubric. Compose an outline of their Q & A essay in preparation for writing their first draft.

38. What you will be working on today… • Today, students will be working on their outlines for their essays on Q & A. There are two assignments students should work on during this period: 1) Students need to select a prompt and write a thesis statement for it. They should do this during the first 10 minutes of the period, then use the rest of the time to work on assignment #2. 2) Students need to create an essay outline by using the packet provided (some students received one yesterday, most did not). Please take three minutes at the beginning of the period to go through the packet with students (it is fairly self-explanatory). Students need to follow the guidelines of the packet to outline their introduction, three body paragraphs, and conclusion. Each part of these paragraphs is described in the packet. This outline is due tomorrow, Wednesday, December 1st. • For the outline, students may write an outline according to their own thesis statement OR, if they do not believe their thesis statement is at a '3' level, they may use one of the four thesis statements provided (see handout). I will be grading their thesis statements tonight and if they do not score a 3 or 4, they will be required to use one of the four thesis statements provided.

39. On the following slides are instructions for the essay outline. • It is very important you have this outline COMPLETED for tomorrow’s class, as you will begin writing your essay. • If you need extra help or you need to make-up the Unit 2 test, I will be in the Learning Commons, today after school until 4.15pm.

40. Thesis Statements • In the novel Q & A, VikasSwarup shows that one’s true family is created by friendship rather than blood. This message is conveyed through Ram’s relationship with his friends and the few adults who opted to take care of him. • In the novel Q & A by VikasSwarup, the author uses the motif of the mother in the white sari to convey an important message about Ram’s relationship with women. Throughout the novel, when a young woman is in danger he often imagines this woman in a white sari and through these imaginings, his subconscious leads him to do courageous things. We see this early in the novel when he tries to protect Gudiya, later when he saves Meenakshi and then again when he tries to seek revenge on Prem Kumar for his abuses on NeelimaKumari. • In the novel Q & A by VikasSwarup, family is portrayed as a hindrance or a burden for most of the young adults in the novel. This idea is exemplified by Gudiya’s relationship with her father, through the inaction and ineffectiveness of Meenakshi’s father and through the relationship between Father Timothy and his secret son Ian. • The novel Q & A by VikasSwarup is about the adolescent struggle for agency in an adult world. Throughout the story, Ram struggles against the limitations of his culture and the adults who try to enforce the cultural norms. Ram transgresses these norms repeatedly in an attempt to be his own agent.

41. Unit Two Essay Prompt Directions: For the unit two essay, you will write about the connection between one of the unit two vocabulary words and the novel. Choose from one of the prompts below. • How is Q & A a story about India’s post-colonial struggle to define itself? • How does VikasSwarup use motifs to develop his themes and ideas in Q & A? Identify one motif Swarup uses throughout the story and describe how he develops/uses this motif over time and how use of this motif connects to a major theme in the novel. • How is Q & A about the struggle for agency? • How does Ram represent the subaltern voice in the novel? Guidelines: • You must develop a thesis statement in response to one of the essay questions above. • Your thesis needs to be arguable and specific. • You need to include at least one vocabulary word from unit two in your thesis. • You need to use your thesis statement to construct an outline. • You need to identify three pieces of best evidence (quotes) that directly and clearly support your thesis. • You need to organize your writing into five clearly written and proof-read paragraphs (intro., three body paragraphs and conclusion). • You need to complete multiple drafts of your writing and make significant improvements with each draft. • You need to type your first draft and submit it electronically by Friday, December 3rd!

42. Name: ______________________________________________________ 10th Grade World LiteratureUnit Two Essay Outline Essay Question: __________________________________________________________________ Introduction Part One: 1. Your introduction needs to include a hook (a juicy quote, or a broad question that engages the reader with the general topic of your essay, but is not yet specifically about your thesis statement or the text. The hook needs to be connected to the thesis and the text, but is much more broad than the thesis. 1a. ExampleHook: The World Bank estimates that 456 million Indians (41.6% of the total Indian population) now live under the global poverty line of US$ 1.25 per day. This means that a third of the global poor now reside in India. 2. Lead-In: Your lead-in is a sentence or two that builds a connection between your hook and your thesis statement for the reader of your essay. 2a. Example: VikasSwarup brings this statistic to life in his gripping novel, Q & A. This books is a representation of the lives of India’s poor.

43. Introduction Part Two: 3. Thesis Statement: Your thesis statement needs to be two-three sentences long. Your thesis statement needs to be arguable and specific and needs to directly address the essay question you chose and copied on page one of your outline. 3a. Example: This book is about the subaltern struggle for agency in a post-colonial context. Ram represents the subaltern voice, or the voice of the oppressed in India. Throughout the novel we see him push back against the post-colonial forces that attempt to keep the poor and the young (like Ram) in a subaltern position. We see this in the opening of the book when he refuses to break under the torture of the police, in the middle of the narrative when he turns on Colonel Taylor and then finally at the end when he confronts and ultimately controls Prem Kumar. • Your Thesis Statement

44. The Body of the Essay: All three body paragraphs need to be clearly organized and connected to the thesis statement. Each body paragraph needs to include a quote from the novel that supports your ideas and your thesis statement, context before and after the quote and analysis of the quote. Each body paragraph must be at least 5 sentences long (not including the quote).

47. Conclusion: Your conclusion needs to be at least three sentences long. Your conclusion must begin by revisiting your thesis statement in new words (do not simply copy it using the same exact words you used in your introduction. Synthesize, or summarize and connect the ideas in the three body paragraphs.Connection between your thesis/argument and the world. Extend your ideas in the essay so that you go beyond the book– how does your thesis have significance, importance or relevance in the real world? Leave your reader with something to think about!

48. Thesis Statements • In the novel Q & A, VikasSwarup shows that one’s true family is created by friendship rather than blood. This message is conveyed through Ram’s relationship with his friends and the few adults who opted to take care of him. • In the novel Q & A by VikasSwarup, the author uses the motif of the mother in the white sari to convey an important message about Ram’s relationship with women. Throughout the novel, when a young woman is in danger he often imagines this woman in a white sari and through these imaginings, his subconscious leads him to do courageous things. We see this early in the novel when he tries to protect Gudiya, later when he saves Meenakshi and then again when he tries to seek revenge on Prem Kumar for his abuses on NeelimaKumari. • In the novel Q & A by VikasSwarup, family is portrayed as a hindrance or a burden for most of the young adults in the novel. This idea is exemplified by Gudiya’s relationship with her father, throu gh the inaction and ineffectiveness of Meenakshi’s father and through the relationship between Father Timothy and his secret son Ian. • The novel Q & A by VikasSwarup is about the adolescent struggle for agency in an adult world. Throughout the story, Ram struggles against the limitations of his culture and the adults who try to enforce the cultural norms. Ram transgresses these norms repeatedly in an attempt to be his own agent. • This book is about the subaltern struggle for agency in a post-colonial context. Ram represents the subaltern voice, or the voice of the oppressed in India. Throughout the novel we see him push back against the post-colonial forces that attempt to keep the poor and the young (like Ram) in a subaltern position. We see this in the opening of the book when he refuses to break under the torture of the police, in the middle of the narrative when he turns on Colonel Taylor and then finally at the end when he confronts and ultimately controls Prem Kumar.

49. 10A Seating Chart Objective: SWBAT… Generate a thesis statement that follows the thesis statement rubric. Compose an outline of their Q & A essay in preparation for writing their first draft.

50. Wednesday, 1st December 2010Objective: SWBAT1. Give and receive critical feedback on the completion and quality of the unit two essay outline by participating in a partner outline review activity.2. Explain and identify the elements of an introductory paragraph.3. Analyze an exemplar introduction of a sample Q & A essay. Do Now: Agenda: Do Now and HW check Review outline and share Do Now (whole class) Outline feedback with a partner. Mini-lesson on Introduction Paragraphs • Which part of the outline was most challenging for you and why? • Which part of the outline was least challenging for you and why? • Which part of the outline do you think you might need to revise/re-do before working on your first draft? Homework: • Write your introduction paragraph! • Revise your outline! • Read the Essay Rubric