Creative Writing Weekly Updates: 10.12-10.16

Monday: Writer’s Workshop

Objective: Students will use Google Classroom and Canva to draft first story based on class exercises and cover of Creative Nonfiction Collection.

Handouts: Google Classroom, Canva

Announcements/Upcoming: Creative Writing Field Trip to see Vietgone by Qui Nguyen at South Coast Repertory on October 17 @ 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday: Writer’s Workshop

Objective: Students will use Google Classroom and Canva to draft first story based on class exercises and cover of Creative Nonfiction Collection.

Handouts: Google Classroom, Canva

Announcements/Upcoming: Creative Writing Field Trip to see Vietgone by Qui Nguyen at South Coast Repertory on October 17 @ 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday: Writer’s Workshop

Objective: Students will use Google Classroom and Canva to draft first story based on class exercises and cover of Creative Nonfiction Collection.

Handouts: Google Classroom, Canva

Announcements/Upcoming: Creative Writing Field Trip to see Vietgone by Qui Nguyen at South Coast Repertory on October 17 @ 7:00 p.m.

Thursday: Critical Feedback Practice Day 1

Objective:  Students will use Lerman Method for Critical Feedback to evaluate autobiographical story and poem from Always Running by Luis Rodriguez.

Handouts: from Always Running by Luis Rodriguez, Lerman Method for Critical Feedback

Announcements/Upcoming: Creative Writing Field Trip to see Vietgone by Qui Nguyen at South Coast Repertory on October 17 @ 7:00 p.m.

Friday: Critical Feedback Day 2

Objective:  Students will use Lerman Method for Critical Feedback to revise creative nonfiction collection in peer groups.

HandoutsCisneros on Search for Place and FictionMentor text, Student Samples

Announcements/Upcoming:  Creative Writing Field Trip to see Vietgone by Qui Nguyen at South Coast Repertory on October 17 @ 7:00 p.m.

English 3P Honors Weekly Updates: 10.12-10.16

MONDAY:  Introduction to Slave Narratives

OBJECTIVEBy building background on the author of “The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano”, students will be able to: 1.) identify authors’ purpose , claim and use of imagery 2.) explain how these early writers’ views of human nature  influenced American identity and political thought.

Essential Question:  How did author’s of slave narratives such as Olaudah Equiano and Phyllis Wheatly view HUMAN NATURE? How did slave narratives such as “The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano” and Phyllis Wheatly’s poetry, use IMAGERY and the Aristotelian Triangle to clearly communicate their message about human nature? How did his views influence the United States of America as a political and cultural entity?

HANDOUTS:   Olaudah Equiano Notes, The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano

Homework: Summary Template

TUESDAY:   Persuasive Imagery in “The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano”

OBJECTIVEBy reading and annotating Olaudah Equiano’s “The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano”, students will be able to: 1.) identify authors’ purpose , claim and use of imagery 2.) explain how these early writers’ views of human nature  influenced American identity and political thought.

Essential Question:  How did author’s of slave narratives such as Olaudah Equiano view HUMAN NATURE? How did slave narratives such as “The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano”, use IMAGERY and the ARISTOTELIAN TRIANGLE to clearly communicate their message about human nature? How did his views influence the United States of America as a political and cultural entity?

HANDOUTS:   Olaudah Equiano NOTES, The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano,

Homework: Summary Template

WEDNESDAY:  Introduction to the Aristotelian Triangle & Rhetorical Analysis of “The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano”

OBJECTIVE: After reading and annotating Olaudah Equiano’s “The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano”, students will be able to provide evidence of their ability to : 1.) identify authors’ purpose , claim and use of imagery 2.) explain how these early writers’ views of human nature  influenced American identity and political thought.

Essential Question:  How did author’s of slave narratives such as Olaudah Equiano view HUMAN NATURE? How did slave narratives such as “The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano”, use IMAGERY and the ARISTOTELIAN TRIANGLE to clearly communicate their message about human nature? How did his views influence the United States of America as a political and cultural entity?

HANDOUTS:   Olaudah Equiano NOTES, Rhetorical Triangle, Dialectical Journal

Homework: Annotate & Summarize Phyllis Wheatly’s poem, ““To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth”

THURSDAY:  The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano SOAPS

OBJECTIVE: After reading and annotating Olaudah Equiano’s “The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano”, students will be able to complete SOAPS to to : 1.) identify authors’ purpose , claim and use of imagery 2.) explain how these early writers’ views of human nature  influenced American identity and political thought.

Essential Question:  How did author’s of slave narratives such as Olaudah Equiano view HUMAN NATURE? How did slave narratives such as “The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano”, use IMAGERY and the ARISTOTELIAN TRIANGLE to clearly communicate their message about human nature? How did his views influence the United States of America as a political and cultural entity?

HANDOUTS:   SOAPS

Homework: Annotate & Summarize Phyllis Wheatly’s poem, ““To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth”

FRIDAY:  The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano PROGRESS CHECK

OBJECTIVE: After reading and annotating Olaudah Equiano’s “The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano”, students will be able to write formal analytical paragraphs that provide evidence of their ability to : 1.) identify authors’ purpose , claim and use of imagery 2.) explain how these early writers’ views of human nature  influenced American identity and political thought.

Essential Question:  How did author’s of slave narratives such as Olaudah Equiano view HUMAN NATURE? How did slave narratives such as “The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano”, use IMAGERY and the ARISTOTELIAN TRIANGLE to clearly communicate their message about human nature? How did his views influence the United States of America as a political and cultural entity?

HANDOUTS:   Learning ScalesProgress Check Revision Guide

English 3P Weekly Updates: 10.12-10.16

MONDAY:  Introduction to Patrick Henry

OBJECTIVEBy reading and annotating Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention”, students will be able to: 1.) identify authors’ purpose , claim and use of parallel structure, loaded words, and the rhetorical triangle 2.) explain how these early writers’ views of human nature  influenced American identity and political thought.

Essential Question:  How did authors of Early American speeches such as Patrick Henry view HUMAN NATURE? How did these thinkers use the  Aristotelian Triangle to clearly communicate their message about human nature? How did his views influence the United States of America as a political and cultural entity?

HANDOUTS:   Patrick Henry Notes, Patrick Henry Biography

Homework: Summary Template

TUESDAY:   Speech to the Virginia Convention

OBJECTIVEBy reading and annotating Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention”, students will be able to: 1.) identify authors’ purpose , claim and use of parallel structure, loaded words, and the rhetorical triangle 2.) explain how these early writers’ views of human nature  influenced American identity and political thought.

Essential Question:  How did authors of Early American speeches such as Patrick Henry view HUMAN NATURE? How did these thinkers use the  Aristotelian Triangle to clearly communicate their message about human nature? How did his views influence the United States of America as a political and cultural entity?

HANDOUTS:   “Speech to the Virginia Convention”

Homework: Summary Template

 

WEDNESDAY:  PSAT for all Juniors

 

THURSDAY:  Rhetorical Triangle in “Speech to the Virginia Convention”

OBJECTIVEBy reading and annotating Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention”, students will be able to: 1.) identify authors’ purpose , claim and use of parallel structure, loaded words, and the rhetorical triangle 2.) explain how these early writers’ views of human nature  influenced American identity and political thought.

Essential Question:  How did authors of Early American speeches such as Patrick Henry view HUMAN NATURE? How did these thinkers use the  Aristotelian Triangle to clearly communicate their message about human nature? How did his views influence the United States of America as a political and cultural entity?

HANDOUTS:   Says-Means-Matters —

FRIDAY:  “Speech to the Virginia Convention” Progress Check

OBJECTIVE: After reading, annotating, and discussing Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention”, students will be able to complete a SOAPS hat reveals evidence of their ability to : 1.) identify authors’ purpose , claim and use of parallel structure, loaded words, and the rhetorical triangle 2.) explain how these early writers’ views of human nature  influenced American identity and political thought.

Essential Question:  How did authors of Early American speeches such as Patrick Henry view HUMAN NATURE? How did these thinkers use the  Aristotelian Triangle to clearly communicate their message about human nature? How did his views influence the United States of America as a political and cultural entity?

HANDOUTS:   SOAPS, Learning Scales

HOMEWORK:  Expository Summary