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Thursday, August 22, 2019

Thursday, August 22, 2019


American Literature Lesson
22 August 2019

Objective: (1) To become familiar with course expectations and procedures. (2) To use the mentor text as a model for your own writing.  (STANDARD RI.1, W.3)

Success Criteria: (1) Students will show mastery by using the course syllabus as a resource. (2) Students will show mastery by changing the content of the passage but keeping the structure.
  
Agenda:
1.      Welcome and Syllabus – 50 min
2.      1st BLOCK ONLY: (Optional 10 points extra credit, due Friday at midnight) Google Classroom "assignment" - 20 min
3.      Notebook: Icy describing a fever – 20 min
4.      5th BLOCK ONLY: Time to shop my classroom library for Choice Book - 10 min 

Assessment: NONE

Homework: Decorated notebook by Monday; Select a Choice Novel by Wednesday

AP English Literature Lesson
22 August 2019

OBJECTIVE: To become familiar with course expectations and procedures.

SUCCESS CRITERIA: Students will show mastery by earning 9/10 on a "Syllabus Quiz."

AGENDA:
1.      Welcome and Syllabus - 45 min
2.      Syllabus “Quiz" - 10 min
3.      Discussion of the AP Exam - 15 min
4.      Video (What Students Really Need to Hear)

ASSESSMENT: Syllabus “Quiz”

HOMEWORK: A close reading of "Thank You, Ma'am"

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Wednesday, August 21, 2019


American Literature Lesson
21 August 2019

5th BLOCK ONLY!
Objective: To become familiar with your teacher and your classmates. (STANDARD)

Success Criteria: The student will show mastery by thoughtfully answering the 14 questions on the Google Classroom assignment and engaging in the class discussion.
  
Agenda: 
1.      Welcome, intro to teacher, and classroom tour - 10 min
2.      Login to chromebooks/Google Classroom code - 5 min
3.      Complete Google Classroom Questions (What your teacher needs to know...) - 30 min
4.      Group activity: "6 Messages Every Student Needs to Hear on the First Day of School" - 5 min individually, 5 min with group of same colored paper, whole group share 10 min = 20 min
5.      Grammar Income Quiz - 10 min
6.      Book talk Mrs. O'Dell's summer reading - 10 min

Assessment: Google Classroom Questions (What your teacher needs to know…)

Homework: Select a choice novel by next Wed; Decorated Notebook by Monday

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Wednesday, June 5, 2019


American Literature
5 June 2019

Objective: To review for the final exam. (STANDARD RL.9, RI.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by answering accurately on partner quizzes.

Agenda:
1.      Review Course Novels - Fill out spreadsheet and revisit old tests
a.       The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
b.      The Great Gatsby
c.       Death of a Salesman
d.      Divergent
2.      Review Author’s Craft (personification, parallelism, appositive, simile, metaphor, imagery, participle)

Assessment: Quiz your table partner

Homework: Study for the final exam 

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Tuesday, June 4, 2019


American Literature
4 June 2019

Objective: To review for the final exam. (STANDARD RL.9, RI.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by answering clicker quiz questions with 80% accuracy.

Agenda:
Review Textbook Units
1.               Puritan Period/Revolutionary Period – 30 min
a.       Prezi/Notes
b.      Clicker Quiz
c.       Old Unit Tests
2.               Romanticism/Transcendentalism Periods – 30 min
a.       Prezi/Notes
b.      Clicker Quiz
c.       Old Unit Tests

Assessment: Self-Assessment on Clicker Quizzes

Homework: Study for the final exam 

Monday, June 3, 2019

Monday, June 3, 2019


American Literature
3 June 2019

Objective: To read and understand the urgency of a primary Realism Literary Period text. (STANDARD RI.9, RL.1)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by using the text to answer the discussion questions in the EXIT SLIP.

Agenda:
  1. Read page 314 – all
  2. Read “The Gettysburg Address” p. 315
  3. Read Douglass biography p. 326
  4. Read page 317 –all
  5. Read “Untie His Hands” p. 318-321
  6. Answer Discussion Questions on p. 321 #2-5 (8 points)
  7. Read Truth biography p. 326
  8. Read “Ain’t I a Woman?” p. 322-323
  9. Answer Discussion Questions p. 324 #2, 4, 5, 6, 8 (10 points)
  10. Read p. 327 all
  11. Read “I Will Fight No More Forever” p. 328

Assessment: Discussion Questions p. 321 #2-5, p. 324 #2, 4-6, 8,

Homework: Begin studying for final exam