March 7-March 11

Hi there,

The following items are on this week’s schedule.  It is very likely that things will move around from time to time to accommodate you all.  The best way to stay up-to-date is by recording nightly homework in your agenda.  INTERIMS go home tomorrow!!  They need to be returned by Thursday for a homework grade.  If you need to see me about your interim, see me during activity time.

Monday (periods 3, 4, and 7)

1.        Letter #1 due

2.       Biographical sketch due

3.       Discuss “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”

4.       Sticky note activity (when did you realize what was happening?)

5.       Look at lit elements (flashback, foreshadowing, and conflict)

6.       Capital Punishment (What are your feelings?  Did the punishment fit the crime?)

7.       Points of Discussion:  Summarize what you think this story reveals about the psychology of a person in a life or death situation.  How does the author prepare the reader for the final outcome of the story?  Provide textual support.

Hw:  Letter #2 due Thursday; diagram the plot of the short story due Wednesday;

Select one of the following writing prompts:  Write an analysis that describes what you think Ambrose Bierce might have been trying to communicate to the reader about his views on the military.  Use textual evidence to support your analysis.  At least 3 direct quotes from the text are required.

Select at least 3 literary devices used by the author to create and maintain suspense in the story from the beginning to the end.  Use textual evidence to support your selection.

(Periods 2 and 5)

1.       Finish reading in The Glory Field

2.       Jeopardy review game

3.       Illustrate a scene from the text

4.       Make connections to the text in the form of a one pager (Make real connections to the following events:  Muhammad captured from Africa and brought to S.C.; the slaves being made to work on their only day off, the Sabbath; the way Miss Julia talks to Lizzy about how horrible Joshua and Lem are for running away;

Hw:  character mandala “textual evidence” due Thursday; finish your illustration/one pager - -due Thursday  (Ex:  The way Muhammad is captured from is homeland and taken to a foreign land is similar to… Then, illustrate using clipart, hand drawings, magazine cutouts, )

Tuesday (periods 3, 4, and 7)

1.  I.R. signature due Monday (historical fiction- -Civil War genre)    

     Watch the short film “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” 28 minutes long

2.       8 steps of characterization

3.       The “unreliable narrator”

4.       Character Frame for “An Occurrence at owl Creek Bridge”

Trait                       Actions                 Evidence

 The author wrote with an intention of creating an intense effect in you.  I know he accomplished his job because at the very end, some of you made comments or your facial expressions spoke volumes to me about what you were thinking. 

1.      

       Characterize the effect you believe the author intended for the short story.

2.       What evidence supports your idea?

3.       Describe two ways in which the author blurs the lines between normal and fantasy.

4.       Ambrose Bierce plays with the reader through the text by slowly changing the narrative stance from one type to another, setting up for the twist in the end. 

Periods (2 and 5)

1.  Slave Auction Venn Diagram (real auctions and livestock auctions)      
     Nonfiction News and Observer article “How 3 American families blurred the lines of race”

2.  SOAPSTONE and livestock auctions compared with slave auctions



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3.    Work on outline for children’s slave narrative book due Friday (Final product due Friday!)
       Hw:  soapstone review sheet due tomorrow; slave narrative outline

Wednesday (periods 3, 4, and 7)

1.        Diagram of plot due

2.       1 page analysis due

3.       Continue characterization frame and share

Hw:  Letter #2 due Thursday

(periods 2 and 5)

1.       Slave narrative children’s book

 Discuss article

3.       Focus question:  Why would anyone want to hide their race to pass as another race? Brainstorm situations where this could be essential in survival.

4.       Poetry (civil war)

Thursday (periods 3, 4, and 7)

1.      

Letter #2 due

2.       Get rubric for letter 3, due Monday

3.       “A Horseman in the Sky” by Ambrose Bierce

(Finish reading at home, online)

Hw:  letter #3 due Monday; I.R. signature due Monday (civil war novel- -historical fiction genre!  If you need some recommendations, please ask!)

(periods 2 and 5)
1. Check out I.R. novel, Forged by Fire
2.  Read in the text.
3.  Reading quiz on text in The Glory Field
4.  Share mandalas and one pagers (outside connections)

Friday (Periods 3, 4, and 7)

1.       EARLY RELEASE

(PERIODS 2 AND 5)

1.       EARLY RELEASE