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.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Day 45 (1.20.11) B Day

Objective: Students will be able to: practice close-reading and explicating a text. 
  

Class Activities
  • Homework Log:
    • Log onto Blackboard
    • Go to the Agenda Blog
    • Click on "Daily Homework Log"
  • Literature Book:
    • Please read “The Evaluation of Fiction,” “A and P” by John Updike, and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin (pages 31-42) and complete all “Questions for Critical Thinking and Writing” after the stories on a separate sheet of paper to turn in before you leave.
      (Students you should be able to complete this work with the black Literature Books located at the back of the room on the table.)

      Homework:
        1. DUE on Monday (1.24.11) B Day: Allusions
        2. DUE on Monday (1.24.11)  B Day: SUMMATIVE Literature Circles Round 2
      Work collected in class:
        • Homework Log
        • Questions from Critical Thinking and Writing



      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.
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      Tuesday, January 18, 2011

      Day 45 (1.19.11) A Day

      Objective: Students will be able to: present research
      findings on allusions; demonstrate knowledge of
      Wuthering Heights; finish reading Hamlet. 
      Class Activities
      • Allusions
      • SUMMATIVE: Reading Check on Wuthering Heights Chapters 1 – 15
      • Read: Hamlet
      Homework:
        1. DUE on Friday (1.21.11) A Day: Daily Drill 14
        2. DUE on Friday (01.21.11) A Day: Allusions
        3. DUE on Tuesday (1.25.11)  A Day: SUMMATIVE Literature Circles Round 2
      Work collected in class:
        • Homework Log
        • Allusions
        • Ticket to Leave # 2


      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.
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