Thursday, October 12, 2017 *am half-day

American Literature

12 October 2017

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AM Half-day

Objective: To develop and strengthen writing by planning, drafting, writing, and rewriting the Creative Piece Part II. (STANDARD W.5)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by earning at least one point more per section of the rubric on Creative Piece Part II then they did on Creative Piece Part I.

  

Agenda:

1.    SSR – 25 min

2.    Discuss Chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby – 10 min

3.    Student work time – 55 min

a.       Continue Gatsby

b.   Brainstorm, plan, draft, type Creative Piece Part II

c.    Continue reading Choice Novel #2

Assessment: Creative Piece Part II, due Monday, end of the block

Homework: The Great Gatsby Chapter 6; Creative Piece Part II, due Monday, end of the block

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AP English Literature and Composition

12 October 2017

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Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day: coquetry (noun): the behavior or arts of flirtation

“Mrs. Bogle who was many times a grandmother, but had a blushing air of coquetry about her that cloaked her sunken cheeks” (Hurston 69). 

Student Learning Objective: To draw parallels between Janie’s experiences and those observed in the Rita Dove poems and/or “Girl.” (STANDARD RL.1, RL.2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by locating and analyzing three common traits between Janie and the speaker in the poems.

  

Agenda:

1. Read and analyze poem: “Poetry Lesson” – 10 min
2. Discuss/Analyze Chapters 4-5 – 20 min
3. Read aloud “Girl” and make connections to the protagonist of Their Eyes – 10 min
4. Student Work time for the following: - 30 min
1. Continue reading Their Eyes Chapter 6
2. Rita Dove Poems – be ready to discuss all poems on Monday, but pick one poem to fully analyze and share that analysis with the class
3. Nicenet Posts due by Friday at 3pm

Assessment: A critical analysis of one poem (To Be Continued Monday)

Homework: Chapter 6 p. 51-75