BLOCK 7: I NEED YOUR CHARACTER PERFORMANCE VIDEOS! PLEASE COORDINATE AND GET THOSE EMAILED TO ME BY MONDAY AT THE LATEST!!!! HW Reminders and Agenda: HW reminders: •Print off or create a digital space for your Catch essay with my detailed essay outline on my website. •For Friday, start to think about the order in which you would like to present your evidence, and the points you would like to make in each body paragraph. Essentially, you should have a thesis, points, and the evidence you plan to use to prove those points by next class. Agenda: Discuss thesis statements for Q3 essays--look at example thesis and body paragraph Close reading practice of Catch passage--class annotation Student writing example from class (7th block--this is the doc that wouldn't open):
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HW reminders: •Catch-22 essay will be due October 6 for orange day sections, and October 7 for black day sections. •The next phase is to gather evidence in support of your thesis. Be sure to use the hand out I give you. Evidence hand out it due next class. Agenda: Workshop thesis statements Finish character presentations Notes--female characters in the novel Agenda and HW Reminders:
HW reminders: Craft a working thesis statement in response to the Catch prompt you've chosen. We will workshop these next class. Agenda: Discuss Signature article (blocks 6 and 7 we may put this off until next week because we have a short schedule). Continue with character presentations Hw Reminder and Agenda:
Hw reminders:•Food for thought: Read “This is How Literary Fiction Teaches Us to be Human”—article title is hyperlinked. Be ready to discuss and write next class. We will also pick right back up with character performances! Agenda: We are hitting pause on Catch today for some college stuff!! HW Reminders and Agenda:
HW Reminders: •Start thinking about which essay topic you want to write about for your catch essay. •Keep working on your independent work! Agenda: Discuss Catch essay assignment Practice thesis statements Finish character gallery walk Group work time to prepare for performances and start performances! HW Reminders and Agenda:
HW reminders: your group should have their character passage chosen for next class--passage should be between one-two pages and exemplify the claims made about your character. Agenda: Close reading practice with excerpt from chapter two "Clevinger" Character gallery walk and small group discussion/notes session Prepare for character "performances" Agenda and hw reminders:
Hw reminders: Keep moving in your independent reading! Come see me if you want help designing a reading calendar. Agenda: 1) Discuss portfolio project 2) Mini-research jigsaw activity--discuss and add to notes 3) Continue writing conversation--trends I'm seeing in thesis statements HW Reminders and Agenda:
HW reminders: •Informal research assignment: for next class, do some online research around the following topics: characteristics of existentialist philosophy, characteristics of post-modernist literature, and the definition of satire. Have at least three significant things to contribute about each of these topics. Jot down the sources you use for all of these. Does not need to be word processed. Agenda: Small group discussion of video and chapter one of Catch-22 HW Reminders and Agenda:
HW reminders: Work on your independent read! Agenda: Continue to discuss the exam and look through prompt examples Introduce our essential questions Introduce the major works review guide View Joseph Heller/Catch-22 video and take notes Agenda and homework reminders:
HW reminders: •Just focus on starting your independent work! •Bring Catch-22 next class! •A bit of confusion surrounding letters. If you emailed me on the due date and turned in paper copy, double check grade in gradebook. Agenda: Discuss literary merit and the definition of motif--notes Watch Ted Talk--"The Danger of a Single Story"--discuss Start to introduce exam--what is all of this for? |
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