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Thursday, October 19, 2017

Thursday, October 19, 2017

American Literature
19 October 2017
  
Objective: To recognize the foreshadowed climax and the conflict resolution in The Great Gatsby(STANDARD RL.5)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by drawing a character web, noting the man versus man conflicts between the numerous characters.
  
Agenda:
1.    SSR – 30 min
2.    Grammar Notes #7: The Semicolon and Colon, with clicker quiz - 20 min
3.    Discuss Chapter 8 – 15 min
4.    Read half of Chapter 9 aloud – 20 min
5.    Continue reading the remainder of Chapter 9 individually – 15 min

Assessment: Class Discussion and table partner comparison of conflict/character map

Homework: Finish Chapter 9 of The Great Gatsby

AP English Literature and Composition
19 October 2017

Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day: defilement (noun): the act of being foul, dirty, or unclean; to make impure

“And when she was with Janie she had a feeling of transmutation, as if she herself had become whiter and with straighter hair and she hated Tea Cake first for his defilement of divinity and next for his telling mockery of her” (Hurston 145). 

Student Learning Objective: To practice an AP Exam-like Free-Response Question #2 essay. (STANDARD W.2, RL.1, RL.2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery answering the question in the prompt with a clear claim and relevant textual evidence.
  
Agenda:
  1. Practice AP Exam Free-Response Question – 40 min
  2. Student work time: (1) Continue reading novel, (2) Nicenet posts, (3) Begin brainstorming for essay, (4) Prepare for Socratic Seminar

Assessment: Practice Essay


Homework: Chapters 16-18, p. 139-167

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