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Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Wednesday, December 5, 2018



American Literature
5 December 2018

Objective: To continue the study of Poe, again comparing and contrasting the murderers’ regrets in all Poe short stories. (STANDARD RL.1-2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by satisfying the criteria on the EXIT SLIP.

Agenda:
1.      Read “The Black Cat” with exit slip – 50 min
2.      Discuss Divergent Chapters 14-16 – 10 min
3.      Day One Choice Reading Interviews (begin by 2:00) – 30 min

Assessment: EXIT SLIP – “Murderers’ regrets”

Homework: Divergent Chapters 17-18 p. 209-241

AP English Literature and Composition
5 December 2018

WOD: sumptuous (adjective): entailing great expense; costly; luxuriously fine or large; splendid

EX: “A sumptuous man was the Farmer-General.  Thirty horses stood in his stables, twenty-four male domestics sat in his hall, six body-women waited on his wife…” (Dickens 106).

Student Learning Objective: To discuss the introduction of one of the most important conflicts in the novel: the alleged crime of Treason against Charles Darnay.  (STANDARD RL.1, RL.2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by summarizing the trial of Charles Darnay to a table partner. 
  
Agenda:
1.      Chapter Expert Presentations Book the Second, Chapters 1-4 – 20 min
2.      Introduce Book the Second, Chapters 5-8 – 10 min

Assessment: Class Discussion Questions BTS, Ch. 1-4
1.      II, 1: How do Jerry’s hands and boots suggest a mystery about his character?
2.      II, 2: Why are the Manettes in court?
3.      II, 2: What punishment is meant by “quartering”?
4.      II, 4: What negative impressions do we get of Sydney Carton?

Homework: A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Second Chapters 5-8 p. 86-119 (33 pages)

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