American Literature Lesson
22 November 2019
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.
SSR – 20 min
2.
Read “The Black Cat”
with Notebook entry #21 – 50 min
3.
Draw names for Choice
Reading Interviews (Monday and Tuesday)
4.
Zeynab’s presentation –
10 min
Assessment: Notebook entry
Homework: Finish choice book
AP English Literature Lesson
22 November 2019
WOD: ostentatious (adjective): characterized by or given to
pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others; intended to
attract attention
EX: “‘Now,
don’t let my announcement of the name make you uncomfortable, Sydney,’ said Mr.
Stryver, preparing him with ostentatious friendliness for the disclosure he was
about to make…” (Dickens 141).
Student Learning Objective: To further
explore the social injustices in France between the rich and the poor and to
consider Dickens’ intentions for writing the novel in this way. (STANDARD
RL.5)
Success Criteria: Students will
show mastery by looking at Chapter 7 through a Marxists lens and having
relevant table partner discussions.
Agenda:
1.
Chapter Expert Presentations, Book the Second, Chapters 5-8
a.
Chapter 5 – Emily
b.
Chapter 6 – Cayley
c.
Chapter 7 – Gavin
d.
Chapter 8 - Emma
2.
Introduce Book the Second, Chapters 9-13
a.
Chapter 9 – Ellie
b.
Chapter 10 – ?
c.
Chapter 11 – Heath
d.
Chapter 12 – Gavin
e.
Chapter 13 - Aaliyah
Assessment: Class Discussion
Questions BTS, Ch. 5-8
1.
II, 5: What is the relationship between the so-called “Jackal” and
the “Lion”?
2.
II, 6: What do the “Hundreds of People” and the “echoing
footsteps” represent/foreshadow?
3.
II, 7: How does Dickens use sarcasm to introduce Monseigneur the
Marquis?
4.
II, 7: Why had Monseigneur taken his sister from a convent and
married her off (below her social status) to a very rich Farmer-General?
5.
II, 7: The accident? The coin? The knitting?
II, 7: In Chapter 7, the Marquis thought of the peasants as rats and dogs, and here he addresses the road-mender as “pig” (115). Why is his rudeness ironic here?
II, 7: In Chapter 7, the Marquis thought of the peasants as rats and dogs, and here he addresses the road-mender as “pig” (115). Why is his rudeness ironic here?
6.
II, 8: How does the road-mender respond when the Marquis asked,
“What did you look at, so fixedly?” (115)?
7.
II, 8: How does Chapter 8 confirm a connection between Charles
Darnay and the Marquis?
Homework: A
Tale of Two Cities, Book the Second Chapters 9-13 p. 119-155 (36
pages)
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