Tuesday, Sept. 9Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. Mark Twain  1. Please take both handouts from the black table2. Sit with your group and get your book and notes out3. Presentations are schedule for Sept. 22. You must be

here for your presentation to get full credit!

Today’s Outcomes:• Understand your role in the group and review section

details using signposts• Continue working on theme development by creating

3x3’s.

Reminder

• Last year more than 180 seniors did NOT get their picture in the yearbook.  If you didn’t get your picture taken over the summer, you MUST get your photo taken by David Bank Studios.  We DO NOT use the Lifetouch photos.

• A photographer will be here during ALL LUNCHES on Friday, September 19 - it’s the last chance you have to be included in the yearbook!

Homework

• You will come to class tomorrow (you might be able to get this done today) with your own 3x3 for your group’s section. I will check these off. Don’t be the weak link in the group. Not doing your homework will affect your final grade.

Signpost bookmark

• These are a series of questions you can use to help you as you review your section. I would suggest spending some time discussing your section FIRST before tackling anything about theme. It would be a good idea to make sure everyone is on the same page!

Theme DevelopmentLiterary 3x3

What is a 3x3?

• A 3x3 WILL have:• Complete sentences (subject and predicate) (The predicate

is the verb phrase. It modifies the subject, the noun).• Effective word order• Strong words, especially verbs and adjectives

What else…

• A 3x3 MAY also have:• Abstract nouns (Freedom, Fear, Love)• Contractions using “is” (Love’s, Freedom’s)

Some more info…

• A 3x3 will NOT use the following:• Proper nouns/names (Amir, Okonkwo)• Repeated words (Love…love)• “to be” words (is, am, are, was, were)• Pronouns (she, he, you, I, we, me, etc)• Clichés (Love conquers all)• A, an, the

Bad Examples from Invisible Man

• Boy wins scholarship.• Boy must fight.• Boy keeps running.

Some good examples

• Apathy strangles devotion. (abstract noun…apathy)• Lost heart’s saved. (adjective with contraction using “is”)• Bird justifies death.

More examples from Invisible Man

• Prologue 3x3• Darkness gives clarity.• Invisibility provides freedom.• Responsibility requires recognition.

• Chapter 1• Obedience equals treachery.• Reality destroys presuppositions.• Dreams give clarity.

Homework…ready, set, go

• Before you get started, I would review your section of the book. Answer the signpost questions and jot down notes and page numbers. You will need this eventually.

• EACH group member is to create THEIR OWN 3x3 for your group’s section. One set is fine, but I would come up with a few to work with.

• Tomorrow you will share your 3x3 and work on theme statements.