Friday, December 7, 2018

American Literature

7 December 2018

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/olivetstudent.org/odell/home

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/6ERFJ

Objective: To prove your knowledge of your chosen choice reading book in a live interview. (STANDARD RL.1-3, SL.1)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by orally answering questions on their choice reading book. 

  

Agenda:

1.      Choice Reading Interview #3: Day Three Students, see list - 45 min

2.      Independent work time – 45 min

a.       Continue Divergent Chapters 19-21 p. 242-281

b.      Begin drafting Creative Piece #4, due Monday at the end of the block

Assessment: Choice Reading Interviews

Homework: Divergent Chapters 22-25 p. 282-332

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AP English Literature and Composition

7 December 2018

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/room321odell/

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/PCDJX

WOD: laudable (adjective): deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable

EX: “Impelled by a laudable ambition to study the art and mystery of his father’s hones calling, Young Jerry…held his honoured parent in view” (Dickens 161). 

Student Learning Objective: To explore the imminent man versus man conflicts suggested in this section and make predictions on how they will play out. (STANDARD RL.2, RL.3)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by making a list of the numerous man versus man conflicts and ranking them in order of importance (with a table partner). 

  

Agenda:

1. Chapter Expert Presentations for Book the Second, Chapters 9-13
1. Chapter 9 - ?
2. Chapter 10 – Lisa
3. Chapter 11 – Ryan
4. Chapter 12 – Nate
5. Chapter 13 - Penelope
2. Introduce Book the Second, Chapters 14-16

Assessment: Class Discussion Questions BTS, Ch. 9-13

1. II, 9: What is implied when Dickens writes, “Monseigneur received him [Charles Darnay, his nephew] in a courtly manner, but they did not shake hands” (121)? 
2. II, 9: Though closely related, how do the Marquis and his nephew from England radically differ?
3. II, 9: How does the note around the murder weapon explain why the Marquis was killed?
4. II, 10: What is discussed in a conversation between Charles Darnay and Dr. Manette?
5. II, 10: Why does the Doctor suffer a relapse and return to his cobbler’s bench?
6. II, 10: What are the “Two Promises”?
7. II, 11: Why does Stryver continually criticize and belittle Sydney Carton for his social lapses?  Why does Carton endure such abuse?
8. II, 12: Why does Dickens have Mr. Lorry rather than Lucie herself reject Stryver’s repulsive, egotistical absurd proposal?
9. II, 12: Why did Stryver go to Lorry before actually proposing? 
10. II, 13: Why does Dickens call Carton ironically “the fellow of no delicacy”?
11. II, 13: How does Carton (and Lucie) compare to Hamlet (and Ophelia)?

Homework: A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Second Chapters 14-16p. 155-188 (33 pages)

Thursday, December 6, 2018

American Literature

6 December 2018

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/olivetstudent.org/odell/home

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/6ERFJ

Objective: To prove your knowledge of your chosen choice reading book in a live interview. (STANDARD RL.1-3, SL.1)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by orally answering questions on their choice reading book. 

  

Agenda:

1.      Choice Reading Interview #3: Day Two Students, see list - 90 min

Assessment: Choice Reading Interviews

Homework: Divergent Chapters 19-21 p. 242-281

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AP English Literature and Composition

6 December 2018

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/room321odell/

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/PCDJX

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
2. Introduce Book the Second, Chapters 9-13
3. Letters from Santa

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?
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 9-13p. 119-155 (36 pages)

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

American Literature

5 December 2018

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/olivetstudent.org/odell/home

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/6ERFJ

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.      Read “The Black Cat” with exit slip – 50 min

2.      Discuss Divergent Chapters 14-16 – 10 min

3.      Day One Choice Reading Interviews (begin by 2:00) – 30 min

Assessment: EXIT SLIP – “Murderers’ regrets”

Homework: Divergent Chapters 17-18 p. 209-241

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AP English Literature and Composition

5 December 2018

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/room321odell/

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/PCDJX

WOD: sumptuous (adjective): entailing great expense; costly; luxuriously fine or large; splendid

EX: “A sumptuous man was the Farmer-General.  Thirty horses stood in his stables, twenty-four male domestics sat in his hall, six body-women waited on his wife…” (Dickens 106).

Student Learning Objective: To discuss the introduction of one of the most important conflicts in the novel: the alleged crime of Treason against Charles Darnay.  (STANDARD RL.1, RL.2)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by summarizing the trial of Charles Darnay to a table partner. 

  

Agenda:

1.      Chapter Expert Presentations Book the Second, Chapters 1-4 – 20 min

2.      Introduce Book the Second, Chapters 5-8 – 10 min

Assessment: Class Discussion Questions BTS, Ch. 1-4

1.      II, 1: How do Jerry’s hands and boots suggest a mystery about his character?

2.      II, 2: Why are the Manettes in court?

3.      II, 2: What punishment is meant by “quartering”?

4.      II, 4: What negative impressions do we get of Sydney Carton?

Homework: A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Second Chapters 5-8 p. 86-119 (33 pages)

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

American Literature

4 December 2018

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/olivetstudent.org/odell/home

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/6ERFJ

Objective: To locate and analyze the Romantic characteristics within “The Tell Tale Heart.” (STANDARD RL.1, RL.2, RL.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by locating three Romantic characteristics within the short story and analyzing the significance of those three characteristics to the story.

Agenda:

1.    SSR – 20 min

2.    Read from handout: “The Tell Tale Heart” – 25 min

3.      Discuss Divergent Chapters 8-13 – 15 min

4.    Continue reading either Choice Reading or Divergent – 30 min

Assessment: Continue to fill in Poe spreadsheet

Homework: Divergent Chapters 14-16 p. 167-208

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AP English Literature and Composition

4 December 2018

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/room321odell/

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/PCDJX

WOD: Quartering (verb): divide into four equal parts; cut the body of an executed person into four parts

EX: “‘That’s quartering,’ said Jerry.  ‘Barbarous!’” (Dickens 60). 

Student Learning Objective: To continue to become familiar with the setting, characters, and plot in Book the First and the beginning of Book the Second. (STANDARD RL.1)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by placing characters in the correct setting in table partner and whole class discussions. 

  

Agenda:

1.            Discuss Book the First, Chapters 5-6 – 20 min

2.            “Chapter Expert” Presentation, modeled by Mrs. O’Dell – 10 min

3.            Introduce Book the Second, Chapters 1-4 – 10 min

4.            Continue reading AT2C, Book the Second, Chapters 1-4 p. 53-86

Assessment: Class Discussion Questions, BTF Ch. 5-6

1. I, 5: Why do Defarge and his friends call each other “Jacques” when his Christian name is “Ernest”?
2. I, 6: What connection between Lucy and his own past does Dr. Manette make?

Homework: A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Second Chapters 1-4 p. 53-86 (33 pages); WHO ARE THE “CHAPTER EXPERTS” TO PRESENT TOMORROW?

Monday, December 3, 2018

American Literature

3 December 2018

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/olivetstudent.org/odell/home

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/6ERFJ

Objective: To locate and analyze the Romantic characteristics within “Cask of Amontillado.”(STANDARD RL.1, RL.2, RL.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by locating three Romantic characteristics within the short story and analyzing the significance of those three characteristics to the story.

Agenda:

1.      SSR – 20 min

2.      Go over answers to Grammar Quiz #9 – 5 min

3.      Read from textbook: “Cask of Amontillado” and fill in spreadsheet – 30 min

4.      Draw sticks for order of Choice Reading Interviews – 5 min

5.      Reading time for Divergent Chapters 11-13 – 25 min

Assessment: Notes on spreadsheet

Homework: Divergent Chapters 11-13 p. 118-166

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AP English Literature and Composition

3 December 2018

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/room321odell/

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/PCDJX

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. Data Sheets (that we didn’t get to on Friday) – 20 min
2. Discuss chapters 1-4: Setting, characters, plot, etc. – 20 min
3. Introduce Chapters 5-6 – 10 min
4. Continue Reading AT2C – Book the First, Chapters 5-6 p. 28-50

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)