Thursday, December 5, 2019

American Literature Lesson

5 December 2019

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

Objective: (1) To evaluate quality and relevance of evidence to support a claim. (2) To study for UNIT TEST #2. (STANDARD RI.1, RI.2, RI.5)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by (1) annotating an article, focusing on its evidence and (2) completing the study guide in the notes packet.

  

Agenda:

1.      SSR - 20 min

2.      Argument Essay

a.       Article #3: Highlight claim and best evidence to support claim.  Record notes on Note-catcher - 20 min

b.      Review all articles and Note-Catchers.  Select 2-4 most logical, relevant pieces of evidence to support your working claim about the topic. - 10 min

c.       EXIT SLIP: Planning Sheet (Claim and Evidence) - 10 min

3.      Review for UNIT TEST #2: Romanticism and Transcendentalism (tomorrow) – 30 min

4.      Review Prezi Notes, Study Guide in Notes Packet, etc.

Assessment: EXIT SLIP: Planning Sheet

Homework: Study for Unit Test #2

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AP English Literature Lesson

5 December 2019

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

Student Learning Objective: To identify the many tools that Dickens uses to create suspense. (STANDARD RL.4)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by identifying the areas where and how Dickens creates suspense. 

  

Agenda:

1. Discuss Book the Third, Chapters 8-10
1. Chapter 8 – Kenyan
2. Chapter 9 – Zac
3. Chapter 10 - Abby
2. Introduce Book the Third, Chapters 11-15

Assessment: Class Discussion Questions, Book the Third, Chapters 8-10

1.      III, 8: What great coincidence is revealed to us, Miss Pross, and Jerry Cruncher in the wine-shop when they are out on their usual afternoon shopping expedition?

2.      III, 8: What damaging evidence does Carton hold against Barsad?

3.      III, 9: How does Jerry use his insights into society’s double standards to defend himself from Lorry’s anger?

4.      III, 9: What details concerning Sydney Carton’s thoughts and activities build suspense and/or foreshadow upcoming events?

5.      III, 9: How does Carton’s touching conversation with Lorry give us the impression that Carton has had a premonition of death?

6.      III, 10: Here Dickens employs a first person, major character, insert narrative flashback. What is the relevance of this flashback?

7.      III, 10: Since Charles Darnay had nothing to do with this double crime, why is Madame Defarge bent on his destruction?

8.      III, 10: Even though his letter ends with a repeat of the curse on the Evermonde family, how does it also explain Charles’ very different nature?

Homework: A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Third Chapters 11-15 p. 338-382 (44 pages)