WARNING: This is a tentative calendar for the week. I post this to provide my students with an opportunity to preview the week and to help them plan accordingly. Sometimes things go exactly as planned and it is amazing. Sometimes they don’t because we might finish an objective faster than anticipated. Sometimes, what I believed would take ten minutes at the beginning of class ends up taking an entire class. Sometimes there are some mornings when I get ideas and decide to change EVERYTHING because something else seems better. Anyways, you get the picture: TENTATIVE means maybe, if time allows, perhaps. As my grandmother used to say, “we make plans and the universe laughs”.
Monday 10.27 “The Autobiography of The Declaration of Independence”
Unit Goal: In a TIMED WRITE ESSAY, SWBAT describe how Early American texts and genres explored and communicated views of human nature through the use of the rhetorical triangle, imagery, and figurative language.
Objective: After CLOSE READING, SWBAT compare how Thomas Jefferson, Dekanawida, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton used rhetorical triangle, loaded words, and parallelism to achieve purpose, communicate tone, and reveal his ideas about HUMAN NATURE in The Declaration of Independence” by ASSESSING a PROGRESS CHECK.
Handouts: Notes, “The Autobiography of The Declaration of Independence,” Dialectical Journal
Homework: Notebooks due 10.31, The Crucible Act 4, Unit Final on Friday 10.31!
Tuesday 10.28 Quarter Benchmark
Unit Goal: In a TIMED WRITE ESSAY, SWBAT COMPARE how Early American texts and genres explored and communicated views of human nature through the use of the rhetorical triangle, imagery, and figurative language.
Objective: By completing QUARTER BENCHMARK, students will be able to mastery level for QUARTER 1.
Handouts: N/A
Homework: Notebooks due 10.31, The Crucible Act 4, Unit Final on Friday 10.31
Wednesday 10.29 Socratic Seminar Preparation
Unit Goal: In a TIMED WRITE ESSAY, SWBAT COMPARE how Early American texts and genres explored and communicated views of human nature through the use of the rhetorical triangle, imagery, and figurative language.
Objective: By preparing for a Socratic Seminar, students will be able to compare how ideas about human nature explored by Early American writers influenced the theme(s) depicted in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible.
Handouts: The Crucible Socratic Seminar, Cornell_Notes
Homework: Notebooks due 10.31, The Crucible Act 4, Unit Final on Friday 10.31
Thursday 10.30 Socratic Seminar
Unit Goal: In a TIMED WRITE ESSAY, SWBAT COMPARE how Early American texts and genres explored and communicated views of human nature through the use of the rhetorical triangle, imagery, and figurative language.
Objective: By participating in a Socratic Seminar, students will be able to compare how ideas about human nature explored by Early American writers influenced the theme(s) of Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible.
Handouts: The Crucible Socratic Seminar, Socratic Seminar Evaluation Guide
Homework: Notebooks due 10.31, The Crucible Act 4, Unit Final on Friday 10.31
Friday 10.31 Unit Final
Unit Goal: In a TIMED WRITE ESSAY, SWBAT describe how Early American texts and genres explored and communicated views of human nature through the use of the rhetorical triangle, imagery, and figurative language.
Objective: In a TIMED WRITE ESSAY, SWBAT compare how ideas about human nature explored by Early American writers influenced the theme(s) depicted in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible.
Handouts: Learning Scale & Rubric
Homework: Notebooks due 10.31, The Crucible Act 4, Unit Final on Friday 10.31