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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Tuesday, October 9, 2018



American Literature
9 October 2018

Objective: To be introduced to the four main characters and their relationships in The Great Gatsby. (STANDARD RL.1)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by making a character web that includes Nick, Daisy, Tom, and Jordan, and a “map” of where these characters live.

Agenda:
1.      Notebook  – 15 min
2.      Grammar Quiz #5 (5th Block: Finish Notes #5 first)
3.      Mrs. O’Dell’s Top Ten Writing Annoyances – 10 min
4.      Intro to The Great Gatsby (Google Images) – 10 min
5.      Read Chapter 1 aloud – 45 min
  1. Begin reading the first half of Chapter 2 silently

Assessment: Character web and map of East and West Egg

Homework: The Great Gatsby half of Chapter 2

AP English Literature and Composition
9 October 2018

Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day: sodden (adj): soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated; bloated

“She had come back from the sodden and the bloated; the sudden dead, their eyes flung wide open in judgement” (Hurston 1). 

Student Learning Objective: To note the bildungsroman characteristics of the main character in the first two chapters. (STANDARD RL.1, RL.2, RL.5)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by listing three bildungsroman traits noticeable in Janie Crawford in the first three chapters.
  
Agenda:
  1. Go over answers to LF Test – 10 min
  2. Complete  Frankenstein and LF Data Sheet – 10 min
  3. Bildungsroman Notes/Frame Story review – 10 min
  4. Read poem “Janie Crawford” by Alice Walker – 10 min
  5. Listen to audio of chapter 1 – 10 min
  6. Continue reading novel Chapters 1-3 – 30 min

Assessment: Discussion of Janie as a bildungsroman character.

Homework: Chapters 1-3, p. 1-25

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