Tuesday, December 11, 2018

American Literature

11 December 2018

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

Objective: To continue the study of Poe, this time analyzing the meaning as well as author’s craft in “The Raven.” (STANDARD RL.1-2, RL.3-4)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by summarizing the plot, identifying the rhyme scheme (internal and external rhyme), alliteration, and consonance.

Agenda:

1.      SSR – 20 min

2.      Read “The Raven” – 30 min

3.      Watch The Simpson’s version of “The Raven” – 10 min

4.      Continue reading Divergent Chapters 29-31 – 30 min

Assessment: Oral discussion 

Homework: Divergent Chapters 29-31 p. 378-407, Chapter Expert Presentations for Chapters 1-10 need to be ready to present on Thursday, 12/13; Chapter Expert Presentations for Chapters 11-25 need to be ready to present on Friday, 12/14

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AP English Literature and Composition

11 December 2018

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

WOD: beseeching (verb): to implore urgently; to beg eagerly for; solicit

EX: “…torn, bruised, panting, bleeding, yet always entreating and beseeching for mercy” (Dickens 227). 

Student Learning Objective: To discuss the numerous uses of foreshadowing in this section of the novel. (STANDARD RL.4)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by making a list of things foreshadowed in Chapters 17-21 and discuss those with a table partner. 

  

Agenda:

1. Chapter Expert Presentations:
2. Book the Second, Chapters 17 – Chloe
3. Book the Second, Chapters 18 – Nate
4. Book the Second, Chapters 19 – Shelbi
5. Book the Second, Chapters 20 – Arlena
6. Book the Second, Chapters 21 - Kasey
7. Introduce Book the Second, Chapters 22 – Book the Third, Chapter 1
8. Individually, read “A Modest Proposal” – must be read and ready to be discussed tomorrow

Assessment: Class Discussion Questions, BTS, Ch. 17-21

1. II, 17: Chapter 17 takes place the evening before Lucie and Charles’ wedding.  What is the mood/tone of this chapter?  Why?
2. II, 17: What was the new living arrangement to be, so as to not separate Lucie from her fragile, loving father?
3. II, 18: Why does the Doctor emerge from his conference with the bridegroom deathly pale?
4. II, 18: What happens to Dr. Manette after the couple leaves for their honeymoon, and how do Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross handle it?
5. II, 19: Why do Mr. Lorry and Dr. Manette speak of Mr. Lorry’s friend in the third person?  What is resolved with this conversation?
6. II, 20: What was Lucie’s plea to Charles in this chapter?
7. II, 21: It is now July, 1789.  How has life changed for Lucie, Charles, and their household? 
8. II, 21: What is Carton’s relationship with the Darnay family?
9. II, 21: How does Mr. Lorry’s news indicate the revolution is beginning?
10. II, 21: For the first time in the novel, Dickens puts both settings (England and France) in one chapter.  Why does Dickens decide to do that here?
11. II, 21: How does Dickens intensify our repulsion for Madame Defarge?
12. II, 21: What is foreshadowed in the last paragraph of this chapter?

Homework: A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Second Chapters 22 – Book the Third, Chapter 1 p. 223-262 (39 pages)