Wednesday, December 6, 2017

American Literature

6 December 2017

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Objective: To locate and analyze the Romantic characteristics within “The Tell Tale Heart.” (STANDARD RL.1, RL.2, RL.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by locating three Romantic characteristics within the short story and analyzing the significance of those three characteristics to the story.

Agenda:

1.      SSR – 20 min

2.    Review Characteristics of the Romantic Literary Period – 5 min

3.    Read from handout: “The Tell Tale Heart” with EXIT SLIP – 45 min

4.    Discuss Divergent Chapters 14-16 (Chapter Expert Presentations) – 15 min

Assessment: EXIT SLIP

Homework: Divergent Chapters 17-18 p. 209-241

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AP English Literature and Composition

6 December 2017

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WOD: the turnkey (noun): a person who has charge of the keys of a prison; jailer

EX: “…Defarge, the turnkey, and Jacques Three, linked hand and arm, went with all the speed they could make” (Dickens 220). 

Student Learning Objective: To discuss the three very different, seemingly unrelated subplots in Chapters 14-16.  (STANDARD RL.5)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by locating and analyzing the seemingly unrelated subplots in Chapters 14-16. 

  

Agenda:

1.             Chapter Expert Presentations

a.   Chapter 14 – Emma

b.   Chapter 15 – Kailey

c.    Chapter 16 - Natasha

2.      Introduce Book the Second, Chapters 17-21

Assessment: Class Discussion Questions BTS, Ch. 14-16

1.      II, 14: From what point of view is the narrative of Chapter 14 given?  Why does Dickens change it up?

2.      II, 14: What characteristics of Chapter 14 are bildungsroman-like?

3.      II, 14: Before we actually see Jerry in his true professional capacity, what clues does Dickens provide to add suspense?

4.      II, 14: Although we do not see the conclusion of the fishing expedition, how do we know something has gone wrong?

5.      II, 15: What does the road-mender reveal to the Jacques?

6.      II, 15: Explain the significance of Chapter 15’s title “Knitting”.

7.      II, 16: Why does Defarge not answer to the name “Jacques” when greeted by the stranger in the wineshop?  What clue does his wife give him that the stranger is a spy?

8.      II, 16: What information given by Barsad strongly affects the Defarges?

Homework: A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Second Chapters 17-21 p.188-223 (35 pages)