Thursday, May 10, 2018

American Literature

10 May 2018

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

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/R8BKS

Objective: To prove your knowledge of the Romantic and Transcendentalism Literary Periods in a summative assessment. (STANDARD RL.1-2, RL.9, RI.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery of the Romantic and Transcendentalism Unit by earning an 80% on the Unit Test. 

Agenda:

UNIT TEST #2: ROMANTISIM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM – 90 min

Assessment: Unit Test #2

Homework: Divergent Ch. 22-24 p. 282-315 

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

American Literature

9 May 2018

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

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/R8BKS

Objective: To continue our study of Transcendentalism with poetry by Dickinson and Whitman, focusing on iambic tetrameter, personification, and style. (STANDARD RL.4, RL.5, RL.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by defining, locating, and analyzing the use of iambic tetrameter, personification, and style in Dickinson’s and Whitman’s poetry. 

Agenda:

Notebook: Slam Poem “Hand Me Downs” – 15 min

Read Walt Whitman Poetry – 15 min

Read Emily Dickinson Poetry – 15 min

Review for UNIT TEST #2: Romanticism and Transcendentalism (tomorrow) – 40 min

Review Prezi Notes, Clicker Quiz, Study Guide in Notes Packet, etc. 

Assessment: Oral Question and Answer: p. 276 #5: In what ways are Whitman’s poems similar in style and in theme? P. 284 Literary Concept: Personification & Concept Review: Speaker

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

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

American Literature

8 May 2018

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

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/R8BKS

Objective: To write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.  (STANDARD W.3)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by improving their Creative Piece score from CP #3 to CP #4. 

Agenda:

1.     Student Work Time for Creative #4 – 90 min

Assessment: Creative Piece #4, due at the end of the block

Homework: Divergent Chapters 17-18

Monday, May 7, 2018

American Literature

7 May 2018

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

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/R8BKS

Objective: To continue our study of Transcendentalism with excerpts from Walden, focusing on Thoreau’s uses of figurative language. (STANDARD RL.4, RI.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by locating and analyzing an example of figurative language in Thoreau’s Walden. 

Agenda:

1.  SSR – 20 min with 5 minute Notebook Entry #18 – 5 min

2.  Read Thoreau’s “from Walden” p. 261 – 30 min

3.  EXIT SLIP: p. 269 Literary Concept: Figurative Language – 10 min

4.  With a table partner, discuss Divergent Ch. 11-13 – 10 min

5.  Review for UNIT TEST #2: Individually or with a table partner, continue to fill out Unit Test Study Guide in the Notes Packet – 15 min

Assessment: EXIT SLIP p. 269 Literary Concept: Figurative Language

Homework: Divergent Chapters 14-16

Friday, May 4, 2018

American Literature

4 May 2018

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

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/R8BKS

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 – 10 min

3.    Read Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” with EXIT SLIP – 25 min

4.    With a table partner, discuss Divergent Ch. 1-10 – 30 min

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

Creative #4 due TUESDAY, May 8, at the end of the block