Tuesday, December 19, 2017

American Literature

19 December 2017

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Objective: To prove your knowledge of the novel in a 50 question objective test and a 100 point persuasive essay. (STANDARD RL.1-2, W.1)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by earning a 40/50 on the objective test and improving their persuasive essay score from P#3 to P#4. 

Agenda:

1.      Chapter Presentations: Tanner, Josh, Andrew, Caitlyn, Angela, Chevelle,

Wyatt, Kamzy – 15 min

2.    Divergent Final Test – 30 min

3.    Persuasive Essay #4 – 45 min

Assessment: Divergent Test and Persuasive Essay #4

Homework: Academic Essay #4, due Wednesday, January 3 at the end of the block

            American Literature

19 December 2017

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Objective: To prove your knowledge of the novel in a 50 question objective test. (STANDARD RL.1-2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by earning a 40/50 on the objective test. 

Agenda:

1.     Divergent Final Test – 30 min

2.     Note the numerous extra credit opportunities listed on the board (and located on the counter).

Assessment: Divergent Test

Homework: Persuasive Essay #4, due Wednesday, January 3 at 1:55; Academic Essay due Thursday, January 4 (but no class time will be given)

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AP English Literature and Composition

19 December 2017

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Objective: To work collaboratively to create and maintain a group “book talk” blog on the chosen literature circle novel. (STANDARD RL. 1-5, W.2, W.6)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by creating a reading and blogging schedule for the remainder of Unit 8: Literature Circle Novel. 

Agenda:

1. Data Sheet on A Tale of Two Cities – 50 min
2. Final Book Selection – 10 min
3. Design a reading and blogging schedule as a group - 20 min
4. Design a group reading blog - 20 min
5. Read independently (or collaboratively) – 30 min

Assessment: Reading/blogging schedule; Creation of blog; Email me a link to your blog

Homework: Continue reading Literature Circle Novel according to reading schedule set by group

Monday, December 18, 2017 *Teacher Absent

American Literature

18 December 2017

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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:

UNIT TEST #2: ROMANTISIM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM – 90 min

Assessment: Unit Test #2

Homework: Finish Divergent Ch. 36-39 p. 445-487

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AP English Literature and Composition

18 December 2017

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Student Learning Objective: To prove your knowledge of A Tale of Two Cities in two-page literary analysis. (STANDARD W.2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by earning 5% higher on this literary analysis than the previous literary analysis.  

  

Agenda: Student work day - essay due at the end of the block

Assessment: A Tale of Two Cities Essay, due at the end of the block

Homework: Select a literature circle novel to begin over break

Friday, December 15, 2017

American Literature

15 December 2017

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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.    Read Emily Dickinson Poetry – 30 min

2.    Read Walt Whitman Poetry – 20 min

3.    Review for UNIT TEST #2: Romanticism and Transcendentalism (tomorrow) – 40 min

a.   Review Prezi Notes

b.   Clicker Quiz

c.    Study Guide in Notes Packet, etc.

4.    Chapter Expert Presentations

a.   Chapter 29 – Blake/Dana

b.   Chapter 30 – Mclane/Kyan

c.    Chapter 31 – Douglas/Kaitlyn BB

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: Divergent Chapters 32-35 p. 408-444/UNIT TEST MONDAY

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AP English Literature and Composition

14 December 2017

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Student Learning Objective: To prove your knowledge of A Tale of Two Cities in a 75 minute graded class discussion. (STANDARD RL.1, RL.2, RL.4)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by earning at least 15 points in the discussion. 

  

Agenda:

75 minute graded class discussion

Assessment: Socratic Seminar

Homework: Literary Analysis of A Tale of Two Cities due Friday at the end of the block

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

American Literature

13 December 2017

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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.    SSR – 20 min

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

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

4.    Discuss Divergent Ch. 27-28 – 10 min

a.   Chapter 27 – Zach/Madelyn

b.   Chapter 28 – Devin/Payton

5.    Review for UNIT TEST #2: Individually or with a table partner, continue to fill out Unit Test Study Guide in the Notes Packet – 20 min

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

Homework: Divergent Chapters 29-31 p. 378-407

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AP English Literature and Composition

13 December 2017

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Student Learning Objective: To prove your knowledge of A Tale of Two Cities in a 50 question objective test. (STANDARD RL.1, RL.2, RL.4)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by earning 40/50 on the novel test. 

  

Agenda:

1.             Discuss Book the Third, Chapters 11-15

a.   Chapters 11-12 – Becca

b.   Chapter 13 – Isaac

c.    Chapter 14 – Naomi

d.   Chapter 15 – Amber

2.        Discussion Questions, Book the Third, Chapters 11-15

·                III, 11: What does the reader conclude about Carton’s plans after recalling the conclusion of Carton’s profession of love for Lucie in Book the Second, Chapter 13?

·                III, 11: To whom may Carton be referring in the closing lines of the chapter?

·                III, 12: Why has Dr. Manette experienced a profound relapse?

·                III, 12: Why is Madam Defarge bent on denouncing even little Lucie?

·                III, 13: Charles is reluctant to escape at the cost of Sydney’s life.  How does Carton for his compliance?

·                III, 13: What is the significance of the chapter’s title?

·                III, 13: Why does Dickens abruptly shift to the first person plural at the end of this chapter?

·                III, 13: List several sources of suspense in this chapter.

·                III, 14: Why has Madame Defarge deliberately excluded her husband from her conference with the Vengeance and Jacques Three?

·                III, 14: Why had Miss Pross and Jerry Cruncher been left behind?

·                III, 14: What extra dimension does the destined confrontation between Miss Pross and Madame Defarge gain by their failing to understand each other’s language?

·                III, 14: In what ways does the reader sense that the revolutionary zealots are going too far in redressing the injustices of the old regime?

·                III, 15: After the montage of Madame Defarge’s approaching Miss Pross, the climatic meeting, and the unexpected consequences of the struggle, the little scene between Miss Pross and Jerry has provided some comic relief.  Does this chapter contain the novel’s climax, or merely its denouement?

·                III, 15: What do Miss Pross and Sydney Carton have in common?

·                III, 15: How does the novel’s theme underscore the theme of resurrection?

3.        TEST!

Assessment: A Tale of Two Cities TEST; Rough Draft of

Personal Narrative pages 5-7

Homework: Socratic Seminar and Literary Analysis

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

American Literature

12 December 2017

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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.    Notebook: Current Event – 15 min

2.    Intro to Transcendentalism – Prezi Notes – 15 min

3.    Read Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” with EXIT SLIP – 40 min

4.    Discuss Divergent Ch. 25-26 – 20 min

a.   Chapter 25 (Mckenna/Braden)

b.   Chapter 26 (Alaura/Gracie)

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: Divergent Chapters 27-28 p. 339-377

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AP English Literature and Composition

12 December 2017

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Student Learning Objective: (1) To identify the many tools that Dickens uses to create suspense. (2) To discuss the M.V.P.s (Most Valuable Passages) from Chapters 2-7. (3) P.S. Ahhh!  Great chapters!  (STANDARD RL.4)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by making comparisons between the two texts in both content and style. 

  

Agenda:

1.            Discuss Book the Third, Chapters 8-10

a.       Chapter 8 – Dylan

b.      Chapter 9 – Kay

c.       Chapter 10 - Cecelia

2.            Introduce Book the Third, Chapters 11-15

Assessment: Class Discussion Questions, Book the Third, Chapters 8-10

1.      III, 8: What great coincidence is revealed to us, Miss Pross, and Jerry Cruncher in the wine-shop when they are out on their usual afternoon shopping expedition?

2.      III, 8: What damaging evidence does Carton hold against Barsad?

3.      III, 9: How does Jerry use his insights into society’s double standards to defend himself from Lorry’s anger?

4.      III, 9: What details concerning Sydney Carton’s thoughts and activities build suspense and/or foreshadow upcoming events?

5.      III, 9: How does Carton’s touching conversation with Lorry give us the impression that Carton has had a premonition of death?

6.      III, 10: Here Dickens employs a first person, major character, insert narrative flashback.  What is the relevance of this flashback?

7.      III, 10: Since Charles Darnay had nothing to do with this double crime, why is Madame Defarge bent on his destruction?

8.      III, 10: Even though his letter ends with a repeat of the curse on the Evermonde family, how does it also explain Charles’ very different nature?

Homework: A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Third Chapters 11-15p. 338-382 (44 pages); Rough Draft of Personal Narrative pages 5-7

Monday, December 11, 2017

American Literature

11 December 2017

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Objective: To write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. (STANDARD W.3)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by improving their Creative Piece score from CP #3 to CP #4. 

Agenda:

1.    Chapter Expert Presentations (Chapters 22-24) - 15 min

2.    Student Work Time for Creative #4 – 75 min

Assessment: Creative Piece #4, due at the end of the block

Homework: Divergent Chapters 25-26 p. 316-338

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AP English Literature and Composition

11 December 2017

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Student Learning Objective: (1) To identify the many tools that Dickens uses to create suspense. (2) To discuss the M.V.P.s (Most Valuable Passages) from Chapters 2-7.  (3) To draw parallels between the novel and “A Modest Proposal.” (STANDARD RL.4)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by making a list with a table partner of Dickens’ numerous uses of author’s craft in this section of the novel.

  

Agenda:

1. Literary Device Definitions (Satire and Omniscient Narrator) – 10 min      
2. Chapter Presentations of Book the Third, Chapters 2-7 – 30 min
1. Chapters 2-3 – Kylie
2. Chapters 4-5 – Caitlyn
3. Chapters 6-7 - Adianna
3. Discuss “A Modest Proposal” – 10 min
4. Introduce Book the Third, Chapters 8-10 – 5 min

Assessment: Class Discussion Questions, BTT, Chapters 2-7

1.      III, 2: How is Lorry’s exclamation, “Thank God that no one near and dear to me is in this dreadful town tonight” (264) ironic?

2.      III, 2: How does the scene with the grindstone considerably heighten the suspense?

3.      III, 3: Mr. Lorry explains Madame Defarge to Lucie: “There are frequent risings in the streets; and although it is not likely they will ever trouble you, Madame Defarge wishes to see those whom she has the power to protect at such times, to the end that she may know them – that she may identify them” (272).  Do you think Madame Defarge will be protecting Lucie and her family?  Why or why not?

4.      III, 4: In the past, stressful events would have put Dr. Manette into a relapse.  Why doesn’t he relapse in this very stressful situation/environment?

5.      III, 4: Dickens repeatedly uses personification and imagery to show how violent the revolution has become: “Above all, one hideous figure grew as familiar as if it had been before the general gaze from the foundations of the world—the figure of the sharp female called La Guillotine. . . . it was the best cure for headache, it infallibly prevented the hair from turning grey… and it was bowed down to and believed in…. It sheared off heads so many, that it, and the ground it most polluted, were a rotten red” (Dickens 278).  Why does Dickens interrupt his narration about Charles Darnay with this paragraph (paragraphs)?  What is the effect on the reader when La Guillotine surrounds Charles Darnay?

6.      III, 5: What is coincidental about the wood-sawyer who lives in the vicinity of La Force?

7.      III, 5: Dickens includes the Carmagnole into this chapter of his historical fiction novel.  Why did this dance scare Lucie?

8.      III, 5: The suspense increases at the end of this chapter: “Who could that be with Mr. Lorry—the owner of the riding-coat upon the chair—who must not be seen?  From whom newly arrived, did he come out, agitated and surprised, to take his favourite in his arms?” (Dickens 285).  With so much foreshadowing surrounding La Guillotine, how does Dickens introduce this new mysterious character at the end of the chapter in a way that makes the reader even more concerned for Charles Darnay’s safety? 

9.      III, 6: Why does Dickens summarize the questions asked of Darnay and his responses rather than write the dialogue?  What is the effect on the reader?

10.  III, 6: As a discerning reader, do you find Charles’ exoneration unsatisfying?

11.  III, 7: What is foreshadowed in the first two paragraphs of Chapter 7?

12.  III, 7: Predictions?

Homework: A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Third Chapters 8-10p. 298-338 (40 pages); Rough Draft of Personal Narrative pages 5-7 due on Wednesday