Open House for parents is Thursday from 5:30-8:00.
Early Release is Friday
Period 5
Mon
-Finish “Harrison Bergeron” assignment
-Share
Hw: character biopoem (typed) due Wednesday
Tuesday
-Pre-reading anticipatory questions:
-What is intelligence? Is it important?
-Would you choose to be more intelligent if you have that choice? How much more intelligent? Why?
-What can people find out about us based on our writing? Based on writing abilities, what can we learn about people?
-What are some advantages/disadvantages of high intelligence?
-History of IQ testing
-POV (point of view)
-POV (point of view)
Hw:biopoem; study literary elements in packet for quiz on Thursday
Wednesday
-collect biopoem
-Rorschach inkblots test
-Begin reading “Flowers for Algernon”
Hw: Rewrite one of Charlie's early progress reports using correct spelling and grammar.
Thursday
-analyze the inkblots; turn it in 3 different directions. (What do you see in the inkblot? Write a response in the form of a creative writing piece like a poem, song, newspaper article, top ten list, etc.)
-quiz on Literary elements in packet
-quiz on Literary elements in packet
-Read “Flowers for Algernon”
-look at loaded words in the text
Hw: Finish inkblot assignment
Friday
-Early Release
-BD assessment
-BD assessment
-movie
Hw:
Periods 2, 4, 6, and 7
Get F451
Monday
-25 minute satire skit groups
-tone/mood PDF file
-tone/mood exercise in groups
-How are little old ladies stereotyped?
Hw: satire skit tomorrow; grammar sentence; read “The Possibility of evil” by Shirley Jackson
here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-kyHVq95m0fvEnT16SIKkL8pGJ0teuzXJnHBPffauZE/edit?hl=en_US
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-kyHVq95m0fvEnT16SIKkL8pGJ0teuzXJnHBPffauZE/edit?hl=en_US
Tuesday
-present skits (ad-libbing is okay)
-mood in beginning contrasted with the mood at the end of the story
-symbols in the story?
-What is Mrs. Strangeworth's objective? What's her reason behind her behavior? Is she doing good or doing evil? How does she think she's trying to "save" her town?
-What is Mrs. Strangeworth's objective? What's her reason behind her behavior? Is she doing good or doing evil? How does she think she's trying to "save" her town?
-find mood, tone, and irony in past stories
-theme
Hw: grammar; dear John/Susan letter (1 page) using your assigned tone.
Wednesday
-thesis writing intro
-reading quiz
-indirect characterization/Jackson’s significance of character names?
Hw: thesis writing handout
Thursday
-POV (point of view) PPT (2 slides)
-What is the most dangerous game?
-Survival kit: what items would be essential to surviving if you were in the middle of nowhere? There isn't any cell phone capabilities in the wilderness where you are located. Work in pairs to come up with top 3 items to have with you in this situation.
-What is the most dangerous game?
-Survival kit: what items would be essential to surviving if you were in the middle of nowhere? There isn't any cell phone capabilities in the wilderness where you are located. Work in pairs to come up with top 3 items to have with you in this situation.
-Begin reading “The Most Dangerous Game”
Hw: Finish reading the short story online by Richard Connell; find examples of foreshadowing in the text. Print a copy of the story. You can listen to it online at finalrune.com
Friday-Early Release
-BD assessment
-theme
-theme
-Select a story discussed: What does the story reveal about human nature?
-character analysis
Hw: Finish your writing/character analysis due Monday
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