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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

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Wednesday, May 29, 2019


American Literature
29 May 2019

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 #4: Day Three Students, see list - 60 min
2.      Grammar Review, Notes #7-12 - 30 min
3.      Optional Notebook#11 Homework Assignment: What needs to change in the American Literature Curriculum? What should be cut?  What should be added? (This should be 10 minute’s worth of writing.)

Assessment: Interviews

Homework: Study for BIG GRAMMAR TEST/Portfolio due Friday at the end of the block

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Tuesday, May 28, 2019


American Literature
28 May 2019

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 #4: Day Two Students, see list - 60 min
2.      Grammar Review, Notes #1-6 - 30 min

Assessment: Interviews

Homework: