Egyptian Poetry

o EQ: What does poetry offer the study of Ancient Egypt that biographies and historical accounts cannot?

o EQ: The fact that these Ancient Egyptian poems discuss the nature of love – probably still the most pervasive topic in poetry today – says what about the nature of poetry in general?

Cairo Readings

o EQ: What does this memoir/ vignette have to say about the passing of time/ life?

o EQ: What were fond details about the Cairo he remembers? What were details about the modern Cairo he is experiencing as an old man?

o EQ: Compare “Half a Day” to excerpts from the NY Times article – do they depict the same “modern Cairo”?

Lesson Standards

ELAWLRL1.a – Language and style

ELAWLRL1.c
Relates identified elements in fiction to theme or underlying meaning.

ELAWLRL1.d
Analyzes the influence of mythic, traditional, or classical literature on works of world literature.

ELAWLRL1.e
Analyzes and compares style and language across significant cross-cultural literary works.

ELAWLRL1.c
Analyzes, evaluates, and applies knowledge of the ways authors from different cultures use language, style, syntax, and rhetorical strategies for specific purposes in nonfiction works.

ELAWLRL1.c
Identifies and responds to poetic forms specific to particular cultures.

ELAWLRL1.a
Identifies, responds to, and analyzes the effects of diction, syntax, sound, form, figurative language, and structure of poems as these elements relate to meaning.

ELAWLRL2.a
Applies knowledge of the concept that the theme or meaning of a selection represents a universal view or comment on life or society and provides support from the text for the identified theme.

ELAWLRL3.a
Relates a literary work to primary source documents of its liteary period or historical setting.

ELAWLRL3.d
Analyzes a variety of cross-cultural works representing different genres within the same specific time period in order to identify types of discourse

ELAWLRL4.b
Draws comparisons between specific incidents in a text and broader themes that illustrate the writer’s important beliefs of generalizations about life or culturally specific beliefs or generalizations about life.

Four parts to this assignment:
1. Read the article by copying this link into Internet Explorer: http://www.pbs.org/speak/speech/prestige/crossing/

2. Answer the questions Language As Prestige (type them) and print. Show this to me, then put it in your notebook.

3. And finally, write a paragraph explaining your feelings on/ impression of the information in the article. Use two direct quotations (make sure to use quotation marks and put (1) after the quote to signify the page number.)

4. Post your paragraph to my blog.

This blogsite was designed specifically for you. Occasionally, students, you will have assignments when you need to post responses to this site, but most of the time you will use it for the pages “10th Lit Calendar” and “What’s Coming Up.” The calendar lists what we do every day, which handouts you need to get if you were absent, and what homework you have every night.

The “What’s Coming Up” page lists up-coming due dates/ test dates that you’ll want to stay aware of. You can find both of these pages at the very top of the site just under the heading.

Hope it’s helpful!!

Mrs. Minich

1) What is something that is as important to you as Zitkala-Sa’s hair is to her? Describe why that thing is important to you and what you would feel/ how you would react if it was taken away.

2) In the movie, Dances with Wolves, as well as in the readings, what are several ways that the Sioux Indians and other Native Americans are represented as more civilized than the white man?

3) What would be your initial reaction if one day you were removed from your home and the land? What would you do? What would you take? How would you ensure your survival?

Native American Pictures

Native American Response Questions

This shouldn’t exceed 10 sentences total. Please post your response by clicking below on “comments.” ALL RESPONSES MUST BE POSTED BY 3:30 ON FRIDAY, January 11th TO RECEIVE FULL CREDIT.

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