sept 19, 2019
Opening: Go over theme. Notes HERE.
Work Session: Finish working on Socratic Seminar Preparation sheet. Lit Analysis Chart. Annotations.
Files for By Any Other Name HERE
Files for The Scholarship Jacket HERE
Work Session: Finish working on Socratic Seminar Preparation sheet. Lit Analysis Chart. Annotations.
Files for By Any Other Name HERE
Files for The Scholarship Jacket HERE
sept 18, 2019
Opening: Quick Write - 1. Have you ever observed or experienced injustice or discrimination in a school setting? What happened? Was the situation resolved?
2. Your dream may be to go to camp, to be a star on the basketball court, to be class president, or to go to college someday. Whatever it is, you CAN fulfill that dream. But, like the narrator of “The Scholarship Jacket,” you may encounter obstacles that block your progress.
---What obstacles might you encounter while working to make your dream come true? Then, in your journal, write one or two ways to overcome each obstacle.
Work Session: Read "The Scholarship Jacket". Work on Lit Analysis Chart and Socratic Seminar questions.
Files HERE
2. Your dream may be to go to camp, to be a star on the basketball court, to be class president, or to go to college someday. Whatever it is, you CAN fulfill that dream. But, like the narrator of “The Scholarship Jacket,” you may encounter obstacles that block your progress.
---What obstacles might you encounter while working to make your dream come true? Then, in your journal, write one or two ways to overcome each obstacle.
Work Session: Read "The Scholarship Jacket". Work on Lit Analysis Chart and Socratic Seminar questions.
Files HERE
sept 17, 2019
Opening: o How does your name reflect your identity and/or personality?
o If you could change your name to another name, what would it be and why?
Work Session: Continue reading "By Any Other Name" by Santha Rama Rau. Complete annotations and begin working on Literary Analysis Chart.
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o If you could change your name to another name, what would it be and why?
Work Session: Continue reading "By Any Other Name" by Santha Rama Rau. Complete annotations and begin working on Literary Analysis Chart.
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sept 12, 2019
Opening: Reminder of classroom rules.
Work Session: Dateline NBC: Life Inside episode with Lester Holt. Activity included.
Finish constructed response. Turn in assignments in order (listed from bottom to top).
Files here.
Work Session: Dateline NBC: Life Inside episode with Lester Holt. Activity included.
Finish constructed response. Turn in assignments in order (listed from bottom to top).
- Magnet Summary: Article on Anton Chekhov - Bottom Sheet
- “The Bet” Annotations
- Literary Analysis Chart
- Dateline NBC: Life Inside
- First Draft – Constructed Response
- Self-Assessment/Peer-Assessment
- Final Draft – Constructed Response
- Constructed Response Rubric - Top Sheet
Files here.
Sept 11, 2019
Opening: Journey to Sakhalin - In 1890, Chekhov traveled to the remote Sakhalin Island on the eastern edge of Russia to study a real prison colony. He detailed the geography and moral and social structure of the colony---including the often brutal living conditions of prisoners. He allegedly made 10,000 census cards, which he used to thoroughly survey the colony. In 1895, he published his findings as the Island of Sakhalin. In it, he added that the compulsion to escape incarceration is unavoidable: “Unless he is a philosopher who can live anywhere and under any conditions, he simply cannot prevent himself from desiring to escape...”
1. How does the lawyer defy Chekhov’s conclusion about the desire to escape?
2. How does this information about Chekhov’s journey help you understand “The Bet”?
Discuss!
Writing Prompt for Third: You wake up in an unknown area with not a person in sight. You have this one item in one hand, your phone in another hand, and on your phone, there is only one message: the very last text message you have received. Besides this, your phone is wiped of everything, and you have no memory of what happened. Also, your phone has no service so you cannot call or text anyone.
Create a page and a half narrative about what you will do with this information and the item you have in your hand.
Closing: Share stories
1. How does the lawyer defy Chekhov’s conclusion about the desire to escape?
2. How does this information about Chekhov’s journey help you understand “The Bet”?
Discuss!
Writing Prompt for Third: You wake up in an unknown area with not a person in sight. You have this one item in one hand, your phone in another hand, and on your phone, there is only one message: the very last text message you have received. Besides this, your phone is wiped of everything, and you have no memory of what happened. Also, your phone has no service so you cannot call or text anyone.
Create a page and a half narrative about what you will do with this information and the item you have in your hand.
Closing: Share stories
sept 10, 2019
Target: How have short stories changed?
Opening: Claims and Transitions handout. Transition Sheet. Discuss
Work Session: Self-assessment and peer assessment sheet. Read independent novel
For Files click here
Opening: Claims and Transitions handout. Transition Sheet. Discuss
Work Session: Self-assessment and peer assessment sheet. Read independent novel
For Files click here
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sept 9, 2019
Target: How have short stories changed?
Opening: Literacy Monday - Why is Anton Chekhov well-known for his characters?
Work Session: Lab to type constructed response.
Closing: What has changed about short stories since 1889?
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Opening: Literacy Monday - Why is Anton Chekhov well-known for his characters?
Work Session: Lab to type constructed response.
Closing: What has changed about short stories since 1889?
For Files click here
sept 6, 2019
Target: How have short stories changed?
Opening: Quick Write - Okay, you're the publishers, and the audience has spoken. They want "The Bet 2: Electric Boogaloo (rematch of rivals)," and you've got to give it to them. Whose story do you commission Chekhov to keep writing about—the banker or the lawyer? Why? Whose life will be more interesting after the story ends? Why?
Work Session: Explain the 25/75 - Commentary sentences must CLARIFY, EXPAND, CONNECT.
Lab to type constructed response.
Closing: What has changed about short stories since 1889?
For Files click here
Opening: Quick Write - Okay, you're the publishers, and the audience has spoken. They want "The Bet 2: Electric Boogaloo (rematch of rivals)," and you've got to give it to them. Whose story do you commission Chekhov to keep writing about—the banker or the lawyer? Why? Whose life will be more interesting after the story ends? Why?
Work Session: Explain the 25/75 - Commentary sentences must CLARIFY, EXPAND, CONNECT.
Lab to type constructed response.
Closing: What has changed about short stories since 1889?
For Files click here
sept 5, 2019
Target: How have short stories changed?
Opening: Word of the Day: What would you call a person making a joke out of a serious situation?
Part of speech: adjective
•Showing a lack of respect
•Describing a remark made without thought or careAbout Flippant
There's a time to make jokes and a time to be serious. Those who confuse the latter for the former are being flippant, often to the chagrin of everyone around them. If ever you find yourself on the witness stand, observing a moment of silence, or in a job interview, it's probably best to read the room and opt for restraint.
Did you Know?
Flippant began its life as a positive word describing someone who was nimble in speech. It now carries a much more negative connotation.
Write one sentence using the word "flippant".
Independent Reading – Read 15 minutes IRP (Lord of the Flies) or (In the Time of the Butterflies)
Work Session: Back in heterogeneous groups - students will finish reading “The Bet” by Anton Chekhov. Working on Literary Analysis Chart.
Closing: What has changed about short stories since 1889?
For Files click here
Opening: Word of the Day: What would you call a person making a joke out of a serious situation?
- []Patronizing
- []Flippant
- []Sardonic
- []Irascible
Part of speech: adjective
•Showing a lack of respect
•Describing a remark made without thought or careAbout Flippant
There's a time to make jokes and a time to be serious. Those who confuse the latter for the former are being flippant, often to the chagrin of everyone around them. If ever you find yourself on the witness stand, observing a moment of silence, or in a job interview, it's probably best to read the room and opt for restraint.
Did you Know?
Flippant began its life as a positive word describing someone who was nimble in speech. It now carries a much more negative connotation.
Write one sentence using the word "flippant".
Independent Reading – Read 15 minutes IRP (Lord of the Flies) or (In the Time of the Butterflies)
Work Session: Back in heterogeneous groups - students will finish reading “The Bet” by Anton Chekhov. Working on Literary Analysis Chart.
Closing: What has changed about short stories since 1889?
For Files click here
Sept 4, 2019
Target: How have short stories changed?
Opening: Quick Write - List two things that you would be willing to giving up and two things that you would not be willing to give up for two million dollars. Discuss.
Independent Reading – Read 15 minutes IRP (Lord of the Flies) or (In the Time of the Butterflies)
Work Session: Show conversion of two million rubles to American dollars. Placed students in heterogeneous Lexile groups to read “The Bet” by Anton Chekhov. Working on Literary Analysis Chart.
Closing: What has changed about short stories since 1889?
For Files click here
Opening: Quick Write - List two things that you would be willing to giving up and two things that you would not be willing to give up for two million dollars. Discuss.
Independent Reading – Read 15 minutes IRP (Lord of the Flies) or (In the Time of the Butterflies)
Work Session: Show conversion of two million rubles to American dollars. Placed students in heterogeneous Lexile groups to read “The Bet” by Anton Chekhov. Working on Literary Analysis Chart.
Closing: What has changed about short stories since 1889?
For Files click here
august 6, 2019
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV50AV7-Iwc
Cultural Identity – A person’s (your character’s) self-conception and self-perception related to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, gender, locality or any kind of social group that has its own distinct culture.
Examples: Southern Culture, American Culture, Christian Culture, Gang Culture, Foodie Culture, Star Wars Culture…
Cultural Identity – A person’s (your character’s) self-conception and self-perception related to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, gender, locality or any kind of social group that has its own distinct culture.
Examples: Southern Culture, American Culture, Christian Culture, Gang Culture, Foodie Culture, Star Wars Culture…