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M. Kehus
1/15/99
Pigman Unit Plan
The Pigman
Themes
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symbolism |
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remorse or regret (poem, Remorse or Regret) |
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lies & trust |
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children of divorce & alcoholism |
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parent/child relations |
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male / female issues (I Feel a Little Jumpy around You, poems by male vs. female |
Critical Theory Perspectives
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semiotics (study of peritext) |
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psychoanalytical (like Lorraine tries) |
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subjective |
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feminist |
Story Elements
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Character |
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Voice |
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Point of View: John vs. Lorraine. other examples = The Three Little Pigs from the Fox point of view, Stinky Cheese Man, Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, Fairly Stupid Fairy Tales |
Writing
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a memoir |
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also, begin research for History of Civil Rights @ end of unit) |
Word Study
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Roots & Affixes |
Written Conventions:
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Continue Daily Warm Ups |
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punctuation (advanced) |
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sentence variety (dependent and independent clauses) |
Authors breaking of conventions
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see also Point of View |
For Fun
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The Boatman Story |
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The Memory Trick |
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Contact Author |
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Try Chocolate Covered Ants |
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Pig & other Collections |
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Author visit and autographs and photographs |
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Examples for semiotic analysis of peritext
  
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