Monday, September 30, 2019

American Literature Lesson

30 September 2019

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/8LFXR

Objective: To recognize the foreshadowed climax in Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby. (STANDARD RL.5)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by drawing a character web, noting the man versus man conflicts between the numerous characters.

  

Agenda:

1.      5^th BLOCK ONLY: 5 interviews = 25 min

2.      Discuss The Great Gatsby Chapter 6 – 10 min

3.      Read  Chapter 7 aloud – 55 min

Assessment: NONE

Homework: Finish GG Chapter 7 

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AP English Literature Lesson

30 September 2019

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/IVKY2

Student Learning Objective: To prove your knowledge of the novel in a two page literary analysis. (STANDARD W.2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by earning at least a 4/5 on lines #1 and #7 of the rubric.

Agenda:

1.      Student work time. Paper due at the end of class. – 90 min

Assessment: Literary Analysis

Homework: NONE!

Friday, September 27, 2019

American Literature Lesson

27 September 2019

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/8LFXR

Objective: To prove your knowledge of your choice reading novel in a live interview. (STANDARD SL.1)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by earning at least a 40/50 on the choice reading interview rubric.

  

Agenda:

1.      Choice Reading Interviews - 30 min

2.      Discuss GG Ch. 5 - 10 min

3.      Reading time until last 5 min of class

4.      EXIT SLIP: Reading Passage 1 with questions

Assessment: Choice Reading Interviews, Reading passage questions

Homework: GG Ch. 6

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AP English Literature Lesson

27 September 2019

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/IVKY2

Student Learning Objective: To prove your knowledge of the novel in a one hour graded class discussion. (STANDARD RL.1, SL.1)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by contributing relevant comments and reading relevant passages to earn a minimum of 12 points.

  

Agenda:

1.      One hour graded class discussion – 60 min

2.      Complete PBIS Student Survey (email from Mr. Waffle last Friday?) – 5 min

3.      Student work time – 25 min

a.       Two Google Classroom Questions

b.      Paper due at the end of class on Monday

Assessment: Socratic Seminar

Homework: Literary Analysis over Lord of the Flies due Monday at the end of the block.

Thursday, September 26, 2019

American Literature Lesson

26 September 2019

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/8LFXR

1^st BLOCK ONLY!

Objective: To prove your knowledge of your choice reading novel in a live interview. (STANDARD SL.1)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by earning at least a 40/50 on the choice reading interview rubric.

  

Agenda:

1.      Notebook: ITN - 15 min

2.      Choice Reading Interviews - 35 min

3.      Discuss GG Ch. 3-4 - 15 min

4.      Reading time until last 5 min of class – 20 min

5.      EXIT SLIP: Reading Passage 1 with questions – 5 min

Assessment: Choice Reading Interviews, Reading passage questions

Homework: GG Ch. 5

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5^th BLOCK ONLY!

Objective: To be introduced to and practice some SAT reading strategies. (STANDARD RI.1, RI.2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by attempting a timed test reading strategy.

  

Agenda:

1.      Notebook: Invitation to Imitate – 15 min

2.      Choose students to be interviewed - 5 min

3.      Discuss SAT Reading Test Strategies - 20 min

4.      Practice Passage 1 with two questions - 10 min

5.      Discuss GG Ch. 3-4 – 20 min

6.      Continue reading GG Ch. 5 – 20 min

Assessment: NONE

Homework: GG Ch. 5

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AP English Literature Lesson

26 September 2019

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/IVKY2

Student Learning Objective: To prove your knowledge of the novel in a 50 question reading passage and objective test. (STANDARD RL.1-5)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by answering 40/50 questions correctly.

  

Agenda: TEST!

Assessment: TEST!

Homework: Prepare for tomorrow’s Socratic Seminar

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

American Literature Lesson

25 September 2019

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/8LFXR

Objective: To be introduced to and practice some SAT reading strategies. (STANDARD RI.1, RI.2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by attempting a timed test reading strategy.

  

Agenda:

1.      SSR - 20 min

2.      Choose students to be interviewed - 10 min

3.      Discuss SAT Reading Test Strategies - 20 min

4.      Practice Passage 1 (no questions) - 10 min

5.      Continue reading GG or prepare for choice reading interview

Assessment: NONE

Homework: GG Ch. 4

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5th BLOCK ONLY!

Objective: To prove your knowledge of the Puritan and Revolutionary Literary Unit in a summative assessment. (STANDARD RL.1, RI.1, RL.9, RI.9, W.2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by earning at least a 75% on the Unit Test.

  

Agenda:

1.      UNIT TEST - 70 min

a.       Scantron portion

b.      Short answer portion

c.       Extra Credit portion

2.      Discuss GG Ch. 3 - 20 min

Assessment: Unit Test

Homework: GG Ch. 4

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AP English Literature Lesson

25 September 2019

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/IVKY2

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 2016 issues in a class discussion.

  

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.      Read/Discuss/Analyze Chapters 9-10. – 15 min

2.      Discuss possible paper topics – 10 min

3.      Read supporting literature – 10 min

a.       “The Hunger Games can’t match the cruelty in Lord of the Flies”

b.      “Mobs are Born as Word Grows by Text Message” (OPTIONAL)

4.      Finish the novel – 20 min

Assessment: Class discussion

Homework: Chapters 11 “Castle Rock” and Chapter 12 “Cry of the Hunters” p. 169-202; TEST TOMORROW; Socratic Seminar Friday; 2 Google Classroom Questions due Friday (midnight); LF Essay due Monday, end of the block

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

American Literature Lesson

24 September 2019

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/8LFXR

1^st BLOCK ONLY!

Objective: To prove your knowledge of the Puritan and Revolutionary Literary Unit in a summative assessment. (STANDARD RL.1, RI.1, RL.9, RI.9, W.2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by earning at least a 75% on the Unit Test.

  

Agenda:

1.      UNIT TEST - 70 min

a.       Scantron portion

b.      Short answer portion

c.       Extra Credit portion

2.      Discuss GG Ch. 2 - 20 min

Assessment: Unit Test

Homework: GG Ch. 3

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AP English Literature Lesson

24 September 2019

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/IVKY2

Student Learning Objective: (1) To draw parallels between the novel and the poem. (2) To practice writing frames around quotations. (STANDARD RL.2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by analyzing a similar theme between the novel and the poem.

  

Agenda:

Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day: corpulent (adj): large or bulky of body; stout; fat

“Then as the blue material of the parachute collapsed the corpulent figure would bow forward, sighing, and the flies settle once more” (Golding 146).

1.      Read/Discuss/Analyze Chapters 7-8. – 10 min

2.      Quotations sandwich activity – 25 min

3.      Read supporting literature “I Stood Upon a High Place.” – 5 min

4.      EXIT SLIP – 15 min

5.      Continue reading Chapters 9-10 – 30 min

Assessment: Exit Slip - Analyze the theme of “high places” in the poem and the novel.

Homework: Chapters 9-10 “A View to a Death” and “The Shell and the Glasses” p. 145-168

Monday, September 23, 2019

American Literature Lesson

23 September 2019

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/8LFXR

Objective: To examine voices other than the men’s during the Revolutionary Literary Period. (STANDARD RL.9, RI.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by earning at least an 80% on the review.

  

Agenda:

1.      SSR with exit slip - 25 min

2.      Read Women in the Revolution – 30 min

a.       Study Guide

b.      Abigail Adams “Letters from the Home Front”

c.       Sally Wister “An Adolescent’s Wartime Diary”

3.      Review for UNIT TEST – 20 min

4.      Begin GG Ch. 2 aloud - 20 min

Assessment:

Homework: Finish GG Ch. 2; prepare for upcoming UNIT TEST (tomorrow)

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AP English Literature Lesson

23 September 2019

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/IVKY2

Student Learning Objective: To draw parallels between Lord of the Flies and “The Lottery.” (STANDARD RL.2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by analyzing the governing systems in both the short story and the novel, and explaining at least three pros and three cons to each.

  

Agenda:

Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day: serenading (verb): a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady

“As though he were serenading the rising sun, Jack went on blowing till the shelters were astir and the hunters crept to the platform and the littluns whimpered as now they so frequently did” (Golding 125).

1.      Read/Discuss/Analyze Chapter 6. – 15 min

2.      Read supporting literature “The Lottery.” – 45 min

3.      Continue reading Chapters 7-8 – 30 min

Assessment: Analyze the logic of the government systems in the short story and the novel. Discuss at least three pros and cons of both established societies.

Homework: Chapters 7-8 “Shadows and Tall Tress” and “Gift for the Darkness” p. 109-144

Friday, September 20, 2019

American Literature Lesson

20 September 2019

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/8LFXR

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.      Discuss next week's schedule (UNIT TEST TUESDAY!) – 5 min

2.      SSR – 20 min 

3.      Notebook: Writing into the day - 20 min

a.       Read informational text and underline or note the main claim of the article.

b.      Highlight/underline the writer's strongest evidence

c.       Write in notebook informally for 5 min.

d.      Write about what you want to know more about on this topic. 2 min

e.       Write about where you stand on the issue today. 3 min

4.      Go over answers to Grammar Quiz #5 – 5 min

5.      Read “The Crisis” p. 161 – 10 min

6.      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

7.      Begin reading The Great Gatsby Chapter 1 aloud - 20 min

Assessment: EXIT SLIP p. 167 #1

Homework: Finish The Great Gatsby Chapter 1

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AP English Literature Lesson

20 September 2019

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/IVKY2

Student Learning Objective: To develop a topic thoroughly by selecting the most significant relevant facts, extended definition, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic. (STANDARD W.2.b)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by using a quotation OR two examples to answer the Google Classroom Questions.    

Agenda:

Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day: interminable (adj): incapable of being terminated; unending

“An interminable dawn faded the stars out, and at last light, sad and grey, filtered into the shelter” (Golding 99). 

1.      Read/Discuss/Analyze Chapters 4-5  – 30 min

2.      Introduce Extra Credit Assignment (on Google Classroom) – 5 min

3.      Google Classroom Discussion Questions class time – 55 min

Assessment: Answer 2 Google Classroom Questions

Homework: Chapter 6 “Beast from Air” p. 95-108