The Last Samurai II / Regents Prep: The Critical Lens Essay

Grade 12

• Reminders:
• Question 27 due tomorrow for peer review
• Group A journals due tomorrow.
• The Last Samurai:
• Review and discussion
• Continue video to the 31:00 mark
• Power of Myth exam will be next Tuesday

Grade 10

• Select a literary element and explain, using specific details, how Poe develops the story, "The Masque of the Red Death." (5 to 10 minutes)
• Intro to the Critical Lens Essay
• Interpreting quotes
• Model:
  
  According to Duff Brenna, "All literature shows us the power of emotion. It is emotion, not reason, that motivates characters in literature." In other words, in stories, feelings, not thinking, causes characters to act.

Short Story Exam will begin on Wednesday.