Tuesday, November 19, 2019

American Literature Lesson

19 November 2019

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

Objective: To prove your knowledge of the novel in a 50 question reading passage and objective test.  (STANDARD RL.1-2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by earning a 40/50 on the test.

Agenda:

1.      Divergent Final Test – 50 min

2.      Student work time

a.       Prepare for tomorrow's socratic seminar and/or continue choice book

b.      Begin drafting Literary Analysis #4

Assessment: Divergent Test

Homework: Prepare for socratic seminar tomorrow; Literary Analysis #4, due Thursday at the end of the block

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AP English Literature Lesson

19 November 2019

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

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.      Discuss chapters 1-4: Setting, characters, plot, etc.

2.      Introduce Chapters 5-6

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)