November 6th

In class today (Monday)...

You will be constructing a Prezi Presentation where as you will include the following:
1. Your personally constructed theme for the first half of the book, Hidden Figures.
2. Explanation of how you developed this theme, and why you gravitated towards this topic as the foundation of your theme.
3. Textual evidence (quoted and cited) as evidence to how this theme is developed and delivered in this book.
4. Explanation of the specific textual evidence and how it supports the declared theme.
5. The literary devices that are utilized that result in the creation of the declared theme.
6. Significance of this theme to the meaning of the book.
7. Explanation as to how this theme is universal.... how is it applied in other texts?
8. A list of analytical questions that you propose developed from this theme in projecting its continuation through out the rest of the book.

This presentation is due to Google Classroom before the start of class on Friday, November 10th.

Remember:
Be up through chapter 14 for Hidden Figures for literature circle on Thursday.

For Lit Circle Preparation:
1. Who will fulfill what role for Thursday's group meeting?
ROLE SHEETS are found HERE: Lit Circles Role Sheets (Pages 4-8)
2. Do you still need specific role's for your discussion?
3. What do you want to be the focus of your discussion for Thursday? Theme? Historical Context? Characterization? Comparison texts? Plot?
4. What are your goals for Thursday's meeting? What do you need to work on as a group?

Hidden Figures Reading Schedule:
* Chapter marked indicates up through this specific chapter.
Thursday, November 9th: Chapter 14
Monday, November 13th: Chapter 19
Thursday, November 16th: Chapter 22
Tuesday, November 21st: Finish the book