
"Mallam Sile" by Mohammed Naseehu Ali
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8th Grade - University
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Caroline Salvadore
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by Caroline Salvadore
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Open Ended
Warm-Up: First, select a story of your choice. Identify the setting and analyze HOW the setting impacts the overall story. (Ex. The setting of "Spongebob" is underwater. This helps establish the storyline in a fictional setting. The setting also helps viewers understand certain aspects about characters--such as Pearl's size or the irony of Sandy being Spongebob's friend.)
When you are done, turn to page 93 of your textbook and read the background information on our author, Mohammed Naseehu Ali.
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Warm-Up
Housekeeping
Review
"Mallam Sile" P. 93-104 and Analyzing Story Elements (sensory details and setting)
I do, We do
You do (8 Sentences)
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From here on out, you are expected to arrive to class promptly. Do not crowd the door as this is how accidents/unwanted attention can happen.
You should be following all school rules as you are walking in the door and during instructional time.
You should have a laptop everyday or a device to work from.
You should never speak over me, touch others, make fun of others, or be disrespectful.
Any students who do not follow these simple rules will 1. Be graded based upon accuracy and
2. be transferred out without question.
Bathrooms....you are young adults. Be wise. Thanks.
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Open Ended
What rules should be added?
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LAFS.1112.RL.1.3: Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).
As always, we are also CITING and making inferences, too.
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Multiple Select
Select our objectives for today. Hint: It is all of them
analyze setting as a story element
Analyze the author's use of sensory details
Cite textual evidence, make inferences, and draw conclusions
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How do the author's choices concerning sensory details and setting contribute to the overall impact of the short story? Support your analysis with textual evidence.
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As we read, you are also taking notes as follows:
Any details that support or make up the CULTURAL SETTING (green)
Sensory details (purple)
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Multiple Select
Select the two elements of the story we are focusing on today
Thematic Concepts
Thematic Development
Setting (Cultural)
Sensory Details
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TURN TO PAGE 93 IN YOUR TEXTBOOK.
Today's story page numbers: 93-104
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Open Ended
Timed question! Handwrite on a separate sheet of paper or type
In the first two paragraphs, what is the setting? What SPECIFIC details does the author use to evoke it?
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P. 94-95 (characterization of Old Siles)
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Open Ended
Timed Question! Type or handwrite. How does the author relate the setting of Mallam's tea shop in the center of Zongo Street to Mallam's characterization? What impact do these related story elements have on the meaning of the text?
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Open Ended
Reread lines 109-110. What words does the author use to describe visitors to the tea shop? How does the author describe their living conditions? What do these details add to the readers’ understanding of the setting?
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Multiple Select
Select two details that support your response to the previous question
Customers, idlers, and rumormongers
shanties...grass mattresses
Sile could be heard singing love songs
Respond to his passionate cries...
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Open Ended
Exit-Ticket: How do the author's choices concerning sensory details and setting contribute to the overall impact of the short story? Support your analysis with textual evidence.
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