Thursday, January 20, 2011

Day 46 (1.21.11) A Day

Objective: Students will be able to: present research
findings on allusions; learn to write thesis statements;
practice reading Elizabethan drama. 
Class Activities
  • Homework Log:
    • Log onto Blackboard
    • Go to the Agenda Blog
    • Click on "Daily Homework Log"
  • Allusions
  • Essay 1 Rollout -
    • Read DiYanni page 1265
    • Handout on Assignment from T. Holmes
  • Writing Strategy 1 (Students will take notes.)
  • Read: Hamlet
Homework:
    1. DUE on Tuesday (1.25.11)  A Day: SUMMATIVE Literature Circles Round 2
    2. DUE on Tuesday (1.27.11) A Day: Daily Drill 15
    3. DUE on Thursday (1.27.11) A Day: Sentence Model Notes on 9 and 10.
    4. DUE on Thursday (1.27.11) A Day: Vocabulary Lesson 7 Words 1 - 5 (Submit to Blackboard)
Work collected in class:
    • Homework Log
    • Ticket to Leave # 2
    • Allusions

TEKS: 5(B) analyze the moral dilemmas and quandaries in works of fiction as revealed by the underlying motivations and behaviors of the characters; 7(A) analyze how the author's patterns of imagery, literary allusions, and conceits reveal theme, set tone, and create meaning in metaphors, passages, and literary works.