Tuesday: Using photos to get started (These are the photos of Vivian Maier, a recently discovered photographer)
Wednesday: Time to begin writing chapter one (must be 5 pages)
Thursday: Writing chapter one
Friday: Chapter One is Due–Silver grade–Must be typed, double spaced, TNR 12
We will be writing this novel from Feb to March—8 chapters x 5 pages each minimum
=40 pages minimum
Monday:
1. I took roll and then your class went to the auditorium to get course selection for your senior year!
2. Homework: Act II questions on pages 1181 and 1182. “Critical Reading” and “After You Read”. On page 1182, please skip number 6. If you are writing question and then the answer, please highlight or underline your answer. Due Tuesday.
Tuesday:
1. ACT Practice: IRONY: Verbal Irony, Situational Irony. Dramatic Irony
2. Turn in and review questions from 1181 and 1182
3. Test tomorrow on Act I and Act II for first gold grade.
4. Page 1186: As class read about Characterization/direct and indirect, Reading Complex Texts and Evaluating Arguments
5. Write down vocab in blue and put it in your notebook.
6. Begin reading Act 3
Wednesday:
1. ACT Practice: What is Morality?
POST IT NOTE ACTIVITY—morals
2. Test on Act I and Act II
3. When all are done, read Act 3 together
Thursday:
1. ACT Practice: Author’s Bias PowerPoint What is Bias?
2. Keep reading Act 3 in class together (It’s a long act)
Friday:
1. ACT Practice:
2. Watch Act 3 scenes on screen
1. ACT Practice: Rhetorical Skills Video (put on sheet from last week—editing in context)
2. First period: Act I Quiz
3. All classes: Review Act I Critical Reading and Literary Analysis questions with emphasis on PLOT, RISING ACTION, DRAMATIC EXPOSITION, CLIMAX, and TEXT STRUCTURES
4. Act II: Page 1160 Literary Analysis: Conflict, External and Internal; Biblical Allusions
Vocabulary, page 1160 put in folder as #5. (Six vocab words)
5. Begin reading Act II, page 1161, The Crucible
1. ACT Practice
2. Review what we read yesterday/Discuss/Use Post Its for the questions or favorite lines so far
3. Continue reading Act II The Crucible
1. ACT Practice
2. Review yesterday’s reading/Discuss
3. Finish reading Act II
4. View summary video for Act II, listen to English/Spanish summaries as well in selected classes
4. Begin page 1181 and 1182 Critical Reading and Literary Analysis questions for Act II
1. ACT Practice
2. Quiz on Act II (silver grade)
3. Finish up questions for Act II
Updated on Friday, January 16! A few changes to note if you have been absent.
Lesson plans for Monday, January 12, 2015—Friday, January 16, 2015
Monday, January 12:
Tuesday, January 13:
1. ACT Prep: Pg. 1270 “Editing in Context” (moved from last Friday)
2. Review what we learned about the background of the play yesterday.
2. Continue reading Act I The Crucible and class discussion as we go.
Wednesday, January 14:
Thursday, January 15:
1. No ACT Prep today.
2. Finish Act I The Crucible
Friday, January 16:
1. Quiz on Act I (Silver Grade) for all but first period. Your quiz will be Tuesday.
2. After You Read Literary Analysis questions on page 1158 1-10, put in folder as #4
Continue to work on for homework
Enjoy your 3 day weekend!
