Wednesday, October 3, 2018

American Literature

3 October 2018

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/olivetstudent.org/odell/home

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/6ERFJ

Objective: To understand the desperation of the colonists fighting in the American Revolution and how T. Paine’s speech inspired deserting soldiers to keep fighting. (STANDARD RI.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by explaining their decision about joining Washington’s army in a letter that uses two examples from “The Crisis.”

Agenda:

1. Go over the answers to Grammar Quiz #4 – 5 min
2. Optional re-quiz (unless you got +10/10) – 5 min
3. SSR – 20 min and 5 min notebook entry = 25 min
4. Read “The Crisis” p. 161 – 15 min
5. EXIT SLIP p. 167 #1: Imagine that you are a teenager living in the colonies at the time of the Revolution.  Write a letter to Thomas Paine, explaining why you will not join Washington’s army – or why reading The Crisis has convinced you to join. – 10 min
6. Choice novel reading – 25 min

Assessment: EXIT SLIP p. 167 #1

Homework: Choice Novel reading; prepare for upcoming UNIT TEST (Friday)

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AP English Literature and Composition

3 October 2018

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/room321odell/

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/PCDJX

Student Learning Objective: To make contemporary connections to the themes of violence and bullying in Lord of the Flies.  (STANDARD RL.1-2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by discussing the relevance of the novel’s themes to 2018 issues in a class discussion. 

Materials: “The Hunger Games can’t match the cruelty in Lord of the Flies” and “Mobs are Born as Word Grows by Text Message.”

Agenda:

Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day: ensconce (verb): to cover or shelter; hide securely

“At first light he would creep into the thicket, squeeze between the twisted stems, ensconce himself so deep that only a crawler like himself could come through, and that crawler would be jabbed” (Golding 191). 

1. Go over the answers to the Frankenstein Final Test – 10 min
2. Read/Discuss/Analyze Chapters 9-10.  – 20 min
3. Discuss possible paper topics – 5 min
4. Read supporting literature: “The Hunger Games can’t match the cruelty in Lord of the Flies” and “Mobs are Born as Word Grows by Text Message.” – 15 min
5. Class discussion about the relevance of the novel in 2018 – 5 min
6. Finish the novel – 30 min

Assessment: Class discussion

Homework: Chapters 11 “Castle Rock” and Chapter 12 “Cry of the Hunters” p. 169-202