1. Thursday, February 23rd
English 9
Navejar, Dammanna, Huth

2. Sponge Activity
• What is your plan for the next two weeks to
improve your grade in this class?
• Write a list of assignments that you are
missing and for each one, what are you going
to do to complete it?

3. Today
• Paragraph/Essay Quiz
• Plot Test
• Begin reading The Invalid’s Story
– Page 597

4. The Invalid’s Story
Page 597
• Review the term, setting
• As we read, let’s keep track of the:
– Characters
– Setting
– Conflict
– way the author uses imagery to appeal to our
senses

5. Literary Analysis-Setting
A. In the “Invalid’s Story,” describe the physical
environment in which the narrator and
Thompson sit.
B. Which factors in this setting drive the action
of the story?

6. Literary Analysis- Using your senses
• “The Invalid’s Story” is one of the few stories
to play almost exclusively to the sense of
smell.
• Find two images in the story that most vividly
capture the smell of the cheese.
• Explain your choice.

7. Review and Assess
1. Pair with a partner
2. Review questions 1-5 (do A and B)
3. Work together
4. Each person must turn in their own answers

8. Review
• Setting
– What is “setting”?
– Use an example from a story we read or watched.
• Using your senses
– Provide an example
• Plot
– Provide an example

9. Preview Tomorrow’s Lesson
• Informational Text
• “How to Improve Your Grade”
• Group Activity
• Each group will summarize and present tips on
how to improve our grades
• Grade-
– Speaking and Listening
– Presentation- Rubric
– Summaries: Reading and Writing