Monday, December 3, 2018

American Literature

3 December 2018

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

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

Objective: To locate and analyze the Romantic characteristics within “Cask of Amontillado.”(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.      Go over answers to Grammar Quiz #9 – 5 min

3.      Read from textbook: “Cask of Amontillado” and fill in spreadsheet – 30 min

4.      Draw sticks for order of Choice Reading Interviews – 5 min

5.      Reading time for Divergent Chapters 11-13 – 25 min

Assessment: Notes on spreadsheet

Homework: Divergent Chapters 11-13 p. 118-166

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AP English Literature and Composition

3 December 2018

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

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

WOD: Jacques (proper noun): French men who are involved in the rebellion; numerous men identify each other as Jacque, creating unity and also making them anonymous

Student Learning Objective: To become familiar with the setting, characters, and plot in Book the First. (STANDARD RL.1)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by placing characters in the correct settings in table partner and whole class discussions. 

Agenda:

1. Data Sheets (that we didn’t get to on Friday) – 20 min
2. Discuss chapters 1-4: Setting, characters, plot, etc. – 20 min
3. Introduce Chapters 5-6 – 10 min
4. Continue Reading AT2C – Book the First, Chapters 5-6 p. 28-50

Assessment: Class Discussion Questions, BTF Ch. 1-4

1. I, 1: How does Dickens indicate the severity of social conditions in both France and England?
2. I, 2: Note that the mud, the darkness, and the mist associated with Jerry prepare us for his line-of-work.  Come back to this question later and explain Jerry’s soliloquized remark “you’d be in a Blazing bad way, if recalling to life was come into fashion, Jerry.”
3. I, 3: What particulars are given about Jerry’s appearance?
4. I, 4: How does this chapter explain Lorry’s enigmatic message to Jerry?

Homework: A Tale of Two Cities, Book the First Chapters 5-6, p. 28-50 (32 pages)