Literacy Narrative Outline 1) Set up situation to be resolved a) Entering 11th grade English b) First real AP class, not AP Prep.

c) New, young teacher, fresh out of college (describe) 2) Why it matters? a) First chance I had to take a potential college class for credit b) Didnt know what to expect coming in 3) Choose an event a) Introduced us to new works: i) Scarlet letter ii) Great Gatsby iii) Crucible b) Taught Rhetoric and new conventions and thinking strategies (describe) c) Purpose i) Why tell? ii) How they shaped you? d) Audience i) Similar experience? e) Stance i) Neutral? ii) Affectionate? f) Media/design i) Best presenting method Things to remember 1) Describe BR a) Speak i) Clear, larger words, sophisticated vocabulary b) Dress i) Very professional ii) Highhhh heels c) Facial expression i) Very serious ii) Yet passionate about what she was teaching d) Posture i) Very upright 2) How to organize a) Intro b) Describe setting c) What happened

d) How resolved/conclusion e) Significance

CREATE D A WHOLE NEW MENAING OF READING/WRITING MADE ME APPRECIATE AUTHORS MORE

Important aspects 1) We were new to it a) She was new to teaching it b) Public schools (or our school) seemed to avoid it c) Came with grammar, conventions, and very basic level of comprehension and entered with isolated knowledge of these d) As we entered, we had no understanding of how it all fit together in one greater understanding of what we call English 2) Starting off a) Aristotle and rhetorical triangle i) Introduced basic principles of persuasion (1) Writer (rhetorician): blank canvas to present whatever he/she wants to (2) Subject matter: how to approach it. Crafts characters and manipulates setting to convey symbols (a) Help to make his general argument about subject (b) All is meant to prove his theme/thesis (main point/idea) (3) Audience: all good writers consider their audience ii) Overall, triangle describes writing process or line of thought that an author must have to write anything to be considered convincing. 3) First attempt: a) In a span of a few short weeks we were being asked to move from comprehension to this new level of thought b) We were still in 10th grade mode c) Hawthorne is the ideal example of how this process works i) Chapter one: his thesis where he gives his own viewpoint of the situation where he calls Hesters parallel, Anne Hutchinson, a saint. ii) Doesnt want you to make a instant decision, but form your own iii) Ends the chapter by painting in the narrator who plucks the rose and invites the reader to decide whether Hester was off base or the rigid puritans. d) Hawthorne wants you to take his side and does that through conventions of language characterizing just so (irony to convey hypocritical puritans and their character) e) We hate them in the end, all because of Hawthorne

He, the rhetorician had to manipulate the subject matter (characters, etc.) so that the audience would agree with his thesis/theme. 4) Getting it going a) She put us in a relaxed version of the Socratic Seminar. i) Allowed us to have our first real literature discussions as a group being less intimidating 5) Overall: a) Looking at literature this way b) Rewarding to uncover layers and layers of meaning c) Always find further connections in books when you read and reread them again. d) Quality literature should do that for you.

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INTRO? I remember the anxious feeling I had as I glanced over the schedule I had received for my junior year. I didnt have that feeling of anxiety because it was the first time I was able to enroll in AP courses, I was anxious because Mrs. Blake-Rambach was listed as the instructor beside Adavnced Placement English. There had been so many rumors circulating around about her; rumors such as she was evil, mean, and fresh out of college, meaning she would be though. I thought I was ready for the challenge of an advanced courselittle did I know that she would change the way I looked at English forever.