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Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Tuesday, September 4, 2018


American Literature
4 September 2018

OBJECTIVE: (1) To be introduced to the characteristics of the Puritan Literary Period, and (2) To enhance the literary period notes with music and visuals of the same time period. (STANDARD RL.1, RI.9, RL.9)
                 
SUCCESS CRITERIA: Students will show mastery by taking notes from a prezi presentation and summarizing the main points to a table partner. 
  
AGENDA:
1.    Notebook: Current Event - 20 minutes
2.    Review Prezi: Puritan Literary Period Notes - 5 minutes
3.    Movie with Study Guide, Part I - 17 min
4.     Introduction to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – 5 min
5.     Read aloud chapter 1 – 15 min
6.    Continue reading (Huck or Choice Reading) – rest of class

ASSESSMENT: Movie Study Guide Part I

HOMEWORK: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn p. 1-22

AP English Literature and Composition
4 September 2018

Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day: supplant (verb): given to or involved in conspiring to do something immoral, illegal, or harmful

“I did not even know that the British Empire is dying, still less did I know that it is a great deal better than the younger empires that are going to supplant it” (Orwell 1).

Student Learning Objective: To identify and be prepared to discuss the political contexts of “Shooting an Elephant.” (STANDARDS RL.1, SL.1)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by using textual evidence to support a claim.

Agenda:
1.              Word of the day – 5 min
2.              Introduce Marxist Literary Theory – 5 min
3.              In small groups, read “Shooting an Elephant” – 30 min
4.              Discussion of evidence of the Marxist Literary Theory in “Shooting and Elephant” – 30 min

Assessment: EXIT SLIP via Google Classroom: Why does the narrator make the decision he made at the end of the short story?  Did he make the right choice?

Homework: NONE

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