September 6-9 Have a blessed week! Check back here regularly for updates!

Tuesday

Periods 2, 4, 6, and 7

1.        Reading quiz on “The Lottery”

2.       Collect handicaps assignment

3.       Finish “The Lottery” PPThttps://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AZoLV5ql7YSqZGNuczczMmNfMTZkajhrc3BjaA&hl=en_US

4.       Symbols:  “the Lottery”  (do authors intentionally include concrete objects that have abstract meanings into their narratives, or are they inventions of teachers?)

Jackson gives interesting names to a number of her characters. Can you explain the possible allusions or symbolism of some of these?
Delacroix
Graves
Summers
Bentham
Hutchinson
Warner
Martin

5.      Transitive and intransitive verbs

6.       Go over Grammar sentences (Monday and Tuesday)

Hw:  grammar sentence; grammar practice; Shirley Jackson short response (due tomorrow- -Wednesday) Friday’s notebook check

 Period 5

1.        Finish “Charles” plot line

2.       Introduce tone and mood with definitions and PPT

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B5oLV5ql7YSqMTU3NDMwZGUtZTk5Ny00YjY4LWEzNDMtYjhmYjJkMmE4MmVk&hl=en_US

3.       Each student will be assigned a tone to present:  “These pretzels are making me thirsty”  List of literary tones: 

hurt
romantic
angry
sardonic
despondent
appreciative
paranoid
aloof
plaintive
joyful
playful
pleading
languid
condescending
cynical
sincere
disgusted
facetious
haughty
soothing
melancholy
depressed
nervous
patronizing
affectionate
scornful
ecstatic
distant
enthusiastic
sympathetic
emphatic
ironic
whimsical
lackadaisical
light-hearted
vibrant
intense
sad
passive
didactic
disinterested
earnest

4.      

Introduce “tone” in the short story “Charles”

5.       Assign each student a tone.  Tone posters due Thursday (picture and quote)

Hw:  Tone posters due Thursday; grammar handout (prepositions); Friday’s notebook check

Periods 2, 4, 6, and 7

Wednesday

1.        Go over grammar homework

2.       Vocabulary quiz (bene/mal words)

3.       Introduce Irony, foreshadowing, symbol, tone, mood and theme

4.       Apply vocabulary to short stories studied

5.       Satire readings think-pair-share  

https://docs.google.com/document/d/199iiWXo_REgPYNVgupySOzrSzb7u_rYA36npr6WjztI/edit?hl=en_US

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      Diagram the plots of “The Lottery” and “Harrison Bergeron”

7.       Satire skit:  to be presented on Friday

Extra credit alert:  Write a satirical essay, similar to the one discussed in class.  It should be two pages.  Then, write a 1-page explanation for the essay.  What is being satirized?  Why is it important to be brought to the forefront of public attention?  What is the target?

Remember:  Extra credit is only for those who completed all regular class assignments;  No dessert if you haven't finished your entre!

Hw:  grammar; diagram the plots of “The Lottery and “Harrison Bergeron”(identify the following in the plot lines:  irony; mood; tone; foreshadowing; symbols; tone, theme; characterization; exposition, rising action, climax (turning point); falling action, and resolution); develop material for your skit;

Period 5

1.       Vocabulary quiz (Mort)

2.       Review tone, and mood

3.       “Harrison Bergeron” 

4.       Introduce the themes and students will trace them by highlighting throughout the text  (themes are below)

5.       Review historical fiction and science fiction (show a quick movie trailer)  (match game of characteristics)

6.       “Harrison Bergeron” reading guide

7.       Introduce theme:  topic + what the author is trying to say about the topic

Hw:  grammar practice; respond to the following:  Make a prediction about our world.  What do you think it will be like living in the USA in just twenty years?  You’ll be 34 years old.  Explain why you have come to these conclusions about our world.  In other words, how or why did you come to these conclusions about our world? 

Thursday

Periods 2, 4, 6, and 7

1.        Go over plot diagrams/ think-pair-share first comparing yours to another’s

2.       Tone/mood PPT

3.       Work in groups 25 minutes

4.       Tone handout in pairs (to be performed in front of the class)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tSbFnQX9aFDNgJFxzf3gHIdScg7US3VUYYw5SiERLuI/edit?hl=en_USh

.       Diagram sentences with prep. Phrases

Hw:  grammar handout; grammar sentence for the week; satire skit due MOnday

Period 5

1.        Finish reading “Harrison Bergeron”

2.       Tone posters are due TODAY!

3.       Discuss the text/finish discussion questions

4.       Diagram the plot

Hw:  diagram the plot of “Harrison Bergeron.”  Identify the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution; foreshadowing, tone, mood, conflict; irony; characterization; setting; point of view;

Friday

Periods 2, 4, 6, and 7

1.        Notebook check

2.       Finish tone handout

3.       Go over grammar sentence

4.       Present satire skits on Monday (25 minutes to work together)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TQk3qkVywE5n8vwiEDaKw6M_lyHBFANXuZLQiFgZZl4/edit?hl=en_US

Hw:  grammar sentence; Read “the Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson

Period 5

1.        Notebook check

2.       Go over plot lines; comparing in think-pair-share first

3.       Watch 2081

4.       How effective is the science fiction genre for “Harrison Bergeron?”

5.       Topic+ what the author is trying to say about the topic (THEME!)

6.       Themes (Equality; Sameness;  Power; freedom; individuality; social equality; )  take the topics and turn them into themes using the formula.

7.       Handicap rubric; due Monday

Hw:  Handicap assignment (Handicap yourself; illustrate it and color it; then, explain WHY);  Write a paragraph on irony as it applies to "Harrison Bergeron."