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December 17, 2016-January 2, 2017

12/17/2016

Enjoy your break!
Students should be reading their selection of Jane Eyre, Frankenstein, or Pride and Prejudice. The book should be finished by January 20th.

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December 16, 2016

12/16/2016

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Objective: I can discuss my reaction to my choice of Jane Eyre, Frankenstein, or Pride and Prejudice and consider its Coming-of-Age elements.
Agenda:

Meet with your Book Club group
Review and complete Coming-of-Age for your book
Discuss questions and answer on your own; approx. 1/2 page each with textual reference including page numbers.
Begin My Essential Literature
Exit Task: What chapters do you need to read over break to finish book by Jan. 20?

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Objective: I can describe the coming-of-age elements in my novel and pop culture with my mixed-book group to show how this type of literature helps youth find their place in the world.
Agenda:

Entry Task: Sit with your mixed-book group
Review 2013 Open Choice prompt and think of which book you would have used to write about
Consider characteristics of Coming-of-Age for your book as reviewed
Meet with your group and select 1 component
- Create a poster that includes an example from Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, or Pride and Prejudice and a pop culture example
- Hang your poster next to it's characteristic
Exit Task: Go around the room and complete as many of the rows as you can for each book--yours should be the most descriptive.
Today's Schedule:
Zero Hour              7:10 – 8:05
First Period         8:20 – 9:13
Second Period        9:18 – 10:13
Third Period           10:18 – 11:11
Fourth Period        11:16 – 12:09
Lunch                   12:09 – 12:54
Fifth Period           12:59 – 1:52
Sixth Period           1:57– 2:50

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December 14, 2016

12/14/2016

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Objective: I know who Jane Austen was and can see her impact in the novels we are studying.
Agenda:

Entry Task: Review notes on authors
Take notes on Jane Austen from prezi starting at slide 21
Answer: Are you a lover or hater of Austen?
- Create mixed-book groups
- Share expectations for groups and connection to magazines
Exit Task: complete mad-lib author "test" with mixed group

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December 13, 2016

12/13/2016

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Objective: I know who the Brontes were and can see their impact in the novels and poetry we are studying.
Agenda:

Entry Task: MC #46-turn in test
Take notes on Brontes from prezi starting at slide 16
Read from the Emilys
- "Autumn" and "Fall"
  - TP-CASTT as necessary
Exit Task: complete comparison template

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Dec. 12, 2016

12/12/2016

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Objective: I know who the Shelley's were and can see their impact in the novels and poetry we are studying.
Agenda:

Entry Task: MC #45
Take notes on Shelley's from prezi starting at slide 12
Read "Prometheus", "Ozymandias", and "Seven Ages of Man"
- TP-CASTT as necessary
Exit Task: complete triple venn diagram

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December 9, 2016

12/9/2016

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Objective: I can discuss my reaction to my choice of Jane Eyre, Frankenstein, or Pride and Prejudice and consider its Romantic elements.
Agenda:

Meet with your OLD Book Club group; review your essay scores and thank your group members for working with you
Look at the class list of readers for each book and create groups of 3-4 members with whom you feel comfortable and positive about discussing the book
As a group, with 4 weeks to finish, how many chapters will you read per week?
- Review expectations for Book Questions and My Essential Lit. in prezi slide 81
- Review "Is It Romantic" and discuss how many of these characteristics apply to what you have read thus far as explained in above prezi slide 87.
Exit Task: How did your last Book Club go? What will you continue to do or change about this Book Club experience to make it a valuable experience for all group members?

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December 8, 2016

12/8/2016

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Objective: I can select a poem prompt of interest and write an essay that explores the meaning of the poem in regards to the prompt.
Agenda:

Get out your note and writing folder
Review the three prompts completed during the last week; select 1
Use the class period to write an essay on the prompt you select
You may use any of your resources in your notebook or folder
Turn in your essay in your folder by the end of the period.
- If you have extra time, use it for reading--you need to have read 1/2 of Jane Eyre, Frankenstein, or Pride and Prejudice by tomorrow!

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December 7, 2016

12/7/2016

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Objective: I can review my writing progress based on my most recent essay score and consider how and where I can continue to grow as a writer.
Agenda:

Entry Task: MC #45
Sit with your writing group and review your group goals which ones are you doing well on? Which should still be a focus either as a group or individually?
See slide 83 of prezi and review overall comments on Hamlet essays
Look at your own score and chart your progress/answer questions through How can I help you? on growth goal in your folder
Review Growth Mindset and take quiz
Review poetry prompts from last week; select 1 and read an example essay for the prompt.
Exit Task: What do you notice about the example essay in comparison with your own writing?

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December 6, 2016

12/6/2016

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Objective: I can compare Romantic poets to Victorian poets and understand the distinction between the movement and the time period despite their existing within the time frame.
Agenda:

Entry Task: MC #44
Continue Romanticism Prezi to be introduced to Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Read and compare "How Do I Love Thee?", "Porphyria's Lover", and "My Last Duchess" touching on the the Romantic and Gothic elements present
- Utilze TP-CASTT as necessary to make meaning showing CAST in annotations
Exit Task: Review Is It Romantic? How does it apply to the poems from today? How do these poems represent the Victorian ideals? What do you think Gothic Literature entails?

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