Thursday, March 12, 2020

American Literature Lesson

12 March 2020

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/CFSJ1

Objective: To discuss what makes logical, relevant evidence. (STANDARD RI.1-2)  

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by recording the modeled annotation and attempting annotating on own.

Agenda:

1.      Time to read - 20 min 

2.      Book Club EXIT SLIP (on notecard, side 1): What techniques does the author use to establish suspense in your book club book?  - 5 min

3.      Complete the evidence ranking worksheet (individually, then discuss in small group) - 8 min

4.      On the back of this worksheet, make a bulleted list with your group about "What makes good evidence?" - 5 min

5.      Show video: "Homework in High School: How Much is Too Much?” KQED's Above the Noise - 7 min

6.      Read aloud with your table partners, "Homework: Too little or too much?  It depends."  Please underline the main argument of the article as well as the best evidence to support that argument.  Discuss with table partners. - 15 min

7.      With your table partners, fill out the first row of the “Jigsaw Note-catcher” spreadsheet.  Identify and record the “Purpose of the article,” the “Most Logical, Relevant Evidence,” and any “Notes” you may want to record – 10 min

8.      EXIT SLIP (on back of notecard, side 2) – 10 min

a.       After reading this source, what is your initial claim about the issue?

b.      Include at least one piece of evidence from the text to support your initial claim.

Assessment: EXIT SLIP – Side 1: What techniques does the author use to establish suspense in your book club book? Side 2: A – After reading this source, what is your initial claim about the issue?  B – Include at least one piece of evidence from the text to support your initial claim. 

Homework: 20 minutes of Book Club book reading

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

American Literature Lesson

11 March 2020

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/CFSJ1

Objective: To prove your knowledge of the Romantic and Transcendentalism Literary Periods in a summative assessment. (STANDARD RL.1-2, RL.9, RI.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery of the Romantic and Transcendentalism Unit by earning an 80% on the Unit Test.

Agenda:

1.      UNIT TEST #2: ROMANTICISM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM – 90 min

2.      Continue reading Book Club book when finished

Assessment: Unit Test #2

Homework: 20 minutes of Book Club book reading

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

American Literature Lesson

10 March 2020

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/CFSJ1

Objective: To continue our study of Transcendentalism with poetry by Dickinson and Whitman, focusing on iambic tetrameter, personification, and style. (STANDARD RL.4, RL.5, RL.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by defining, locating, and analyzing the use of iambic tetrameter, personification, and style in Dickinson’s and Whitman’s poetry.

Agenda:

1.      Time to read - 20 min

2.      Book Club group conference – 10 min

3.      Read Emily Dickinson Poetry p. 278 – 20 min

4.      Read Walt Whitman Poetry p. 272 – 20 min

5.      Review for UNIT TEST #2: Romanticism and Transcendentalism (tomorrow) - 30 min

a.       "Clicker Quiz" Review 

b.      Study Guide in Notes Packet

Assessment: Oral Question and Answer: p. 276 #5: In what ways are Whitman’s poems similar in style and in theme? P. 284 Literary Concept: Personification & Concept Review: Speaker

Homework: 20 minutes of Book Club book reading

Monday, March 9, 2020

American Literature Lesson

9 March 2020

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/CFSJ1

Objective: To continue our study of Transcendentalism with excerpts from Walden, focusing on Thoreau’s uses of figurative language. (STANDARD RL.4, RI.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by locating and analyzing an example of figurative language in Thoreau’s Walden.

Agenda:

1.      Time to read – 20 min

2.      Book Club group conference - 10 min

3.      Notebook #17 - 5 min

4.      Read Thoreau’s “from Walden” p. 261 – 30 min

5.      EXIT SLIP: p. 269 Literary Concept: Figurative Language – 10 min

6.      Fill in the definitions to the terms in the UNIT TEST #2 Study Guide – 15 min

Assessment: EXIT SLIP p. 269 Literary Concept: Figurative Language

Homework: 20 minutes of Book Club book reading 

Friday, March 6, 2020

American Literature Lesson

6 March 2020

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/CFSJ1

Objective: (1) To be exposed to the characteristics of the Transcendentalism Literary Period. (2) To locate and analyze Transcendentalist characteristics within Emerson’s “Self-Reliance.” (STANDARD RL.9, RI.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by (1) selecting “bumper sticker” worthy lines from the text and (2) selecting their favorite Emerson aphorism.

Agenda:

1.      Time to read - 25 min

2.      Time to read EXIT SLIP (SSR EXIT SLIP) – 10 min

3.      Book Club group conference - 10 min

4.      Intro to Transcendentalism – Prezi Notes – 15 min

5.      Read Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” with EXIT SLIP – 30 min

6.      Book club book reading until the end of class – 10 min

Assessment: EXIT SLIP: Side #1 – Which line from “Self-Reliance” would make a good bumper sticker? Side #2 – Copy down your favorite aphorism from p. 257.

Homework: 20 minutes of Book Club book reading