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Friday, November 2, 2018

Friday, November 2, 2018



American Literature
2 November 2018

Objective: To be exposed to the format of the SAT reading test and to learn some strategies for timed reading tests. (STANDARD RI/RL)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by practicing a different reading strategy independently and evaluating their success.

Agenda:
1.    Notebook - Slam poem: “Scratch and Dent Dreams” - 16 min
a.   Read the poem silently – 3 min
b.   Watch the performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obpowWS8Qz8 – 3 min
c.    Notebook entry #16: Either “lift a line” or write a reaction to “Scratch and Dent Dreams” – 10 min
2.      Go over the answers to yesterday’s practice reading test – 5 min
3.    Review Reading Strategies for Timed Reading – 5 min
4.    Another Practice SAT-like Reading Passage (timed reading/answer session) - 13 min
5.    Go over the answers
6.    Notebook entry #17

Assessment: Class discussions

Homework: Choice Novel Reading; Next Choice Reading Interview begins on Dec 5

AP English Literature and Composition
2 November 2018

Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day: gallantry (noun): courageous behavior, especially in battle

“COUNTY ATTORNEY (with the gallantry of a young politician).  And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies?” (Glaspell 1077).

Student Learning Objective: To be exposed to a drama. (STANDARD RL.7) To draw parallels between The Color Purple, “Everyday Use,” and “Trifles” (particularly regarding the characterization, themes, bildungsroman genre, and the literary devices used). (STANDARD RL.2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by identifying common character traits, text-to-text.
  
Agenda:
  1. Discuss novel - 10 min
  2. Assign parts and read “Trifles,” drawing comparisons between the play and the novel. – 45 min
  3. Exit Slip #1 – 15 min
  4. Exit Slip #2 – 2 min
  5. Google Classroom Questions due by 11:00 am

Exit Slip #1: How do Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale eventually become allies?  Why?  How does this partnership between women compare to the women in “Everyday Use” or The Color Purple?
  
Homework: The Color Purple p. 192-221; Optional: Read "An Abandoned Farmhouse"

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