Monday, December 2, 2019

American Literature Lesson

2 December 2019

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

Objective: (1) To be exposed to the characteristics of the Transcendentalism Literary Period. (2) To locate and analyze Transcendentalist characteristics within Emerson’s “Self-Reliance.” (STANDARD RL.9, RI.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by (1) selecting “bumper sticker” worthy lines from the text and (2) selecting their favorite Emerson aphorism.

Agenda:

1.      SSR – 20 min

2.      Intro to Transcendentalism – Prezi Notes – 15 min

3.      Read Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” p. 254with EXIT SLIP – 40 min

4.      Notebook: Intro to Argument #2

a.       Cursive Writing

b.      Cell Phones in school

Assessment: EXIT SLIP: Side #1 – Which line from “Self-Reliance” would make a good bumper sticker? Side #2 – Copy down your favorite aphorism from p. 257.

Homework: Choice Book #4

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AP English Literature Lesson

2 December 2019

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

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 Book the Second, Chapters 17-21
1. 17 – Heath
2. 18 – Indica
3. 19 – ?
4. 20 – Ashleigh
5. 21 - Derek
2. Introduce Book the Second, Chapters 22 – Book the Third, Chapter 1
1. 22 – Kaylee
2. 23 – Cayley
3. 24 - ?
4. BT3, 1 - Derek
3. Introduce “A Modest Proposal” – must be read and ready to be discussed on Wednesday

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); “A Modest Proposal” due Wed