Blog Archives - Literature with Leonetti

March 28, 2019

3/29/2019

Objective: I can analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact (RL11-12.5).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your reading book and your Seven Basic Plots chart; if you have not been reading on your own time, review what you last read.
Review expectations for sustained silent reading
- Read for 25 min.
Work to complete what you can in the chart you selected at the beginning of class.
- Don’t forget: You can turn in completed plot charts for optional assignment points at anytime. You are not restricted to only reading one book! You only have to do one project, though.
Review your Work Plan and work on the ideas you have planned out for Work Day 2.

Exit Task: Reflect on your work plan while your teacher comes around and reviews your progress with you. Based on your reflection, you can edit your work plan in order to make sure you complete it fully.

March 28, 2019

3/28/2019

Objective: I can develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach (W11-12.5).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your Chromebook
Anthology Workshop Today:
- You need to turn in a final copy of a story or poem TODAY!
- Current Choices:
  - Poetry Poem
  - “A Rose for Emily” New Point of View
  - “Missed Chances” New Point of View
  - Freewrite
  - Travel Story
  - Tongue Twister
  - Twisted Fairy Tale
  - Nature Personification Poem
  - Mythology Story
  - Morning Poem
  - Tragedy Story
  - Imagery Poem
  - Magical Realism Story
  - “Alabanza” Poem
  - Allegory Story
Exit Task: “Turn In” a draft of either a story or poem by the end of the period and return your Chromebook to the cart

March 27, 2019

3/27/2019

Objective: I can develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing plot development (W11-12.5).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Grab your Chromebook and go to Google Classroom; sign in to EdPuzzle using your Google account
- Complete the Edpuzzle to review allegory
In Google Classroom, from Poetry Drafts or Story Drafts select either
- “Alabanza” Poem OR
- Allegory Draft
Exit Task: “Turn in” your draft for the day. You will be turning in a final poem or story draft tomorrow! Is the work you did today what you want to work on for tomorrow? Consider how much time you will need to develop the idea fully.

March 26, 2019

3/26/2019

Objective: I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne as an allegory and how the characterization and symbolism influences the impact of the story (RL11-12.1).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Quickwrite-Suppose you were given the chance to be very young again and to start your high school career over. Would you relive your life differently, or do you think you would make the same mistakes? What would you do if you were given a second chance? What lesson would you take away from the experience?
Review the definition of allegory, characterization, and symbolism through the description on the Allegory Handout.
Follow along to “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” (24:42 min.)
- Annotate on the reading to help complete the characterization chart after reading
Work together in small groups to complete the chart
- Include one quote per character; the rest can be description
Review ways to create a compound-complex sentence
- Write your moral of the story
Illustrate the symbol and explain its connection to the moral
Exit Task: Write your response to the story and turn in the handout. Remember to add the title to your reading bracket!

March 25, 2019

3/25/2019

Objective: I can review the definitions of repetition and diction (L11-12.4) in order to utilize them in creating my own poem (W11-12.4).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Cut and paste the poem “Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100” into your anthology on the next blank page on the left.
Follow the directions to Question the Poet from the slideshow
Follow along to the poem “Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100”
- Answer the questions about the poem on the same page you pasted it to
Choose three words from the basket then narrow it down to one
Follow the steps to write your own
Share with a partner
- Question each other
Exit Task: Revise your poem as necessary and highlight/label your repetition and diction

March 22, 2019

3/22/2019

Objective: I can analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact (RL11-12.5).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your reading book and your Seven Basic Plots chart; if you have not been reading on your own time, review what you last read.
Review expectations for sustained silent reading
- Read for 25 min.
Work to complete what you can in the chart you selected at the beginning of class.
- Don’t forget: You can turn in completed plot charts for optional assignment points at anytime. You are not restricted to only reading one book! You only have to do one project, though.
Review your Work Plan and work on the ideas you have planned out.

Exit Task: Reflect on your work plan while your teacher comes around and reviews your progress with you. Based on your reflection, you can edit your work plan in order to make sure you complete it fully.

March 21, 2019

3/21/2019

Objective: I can develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach (W11-12.5).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your Chromebook
Anthology Workshop Today:
- You need to turn in a final copy of a story or poem on our next Anthology Workshop day
- Current Choices:
  - Poetry Poem
  - “A Rose for Emily” New Point of View
  - “Missed Chances” New Point of View
  - Freewrite
  - Travel Story
  - Tongue Twister
  - Twisted Fairy Tale
  - Nature Personification Poem
  - Mythology Story
  - Morning Poem
  - Tragedy Story
  - Imagery Poem
  - Magical Realism Story
- Retakeable Grammar Test
  - Do your best; we will use this information to determine which grammar lessons we need to revisit!
Exit Task: Comment on your draft of either a story or poem about where you are headed, so you can come back to it. It is due next Thursday! Return your Chromebook to the cart in the correct slot, plugged in please.

March 20, 2019

3/20/2019

Objective: I can develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing plot development (W11-12.5).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Grab your Chromebook then share your imagery poem you wrote in your journal earlier this week with a neighbor. Is this something you are proud of, would you like to edit, could you add Magical Realism to it, or would you rather try something new?
Review the directions and options for your Magical Realism draft today in Google Classroom.
- Complete the Doc thoroughly and thoughtfully whether you are using your imagery poem or starting fresh in order to incorporate both Magical Realism and imagery.
Exit Task: “Turn in” your draft for the day. You will be turning in a final poem or story draft next Thursday, so consider whether or not this is one you would like to fully develop.

March 19, 2019

3/19/2019

Objective: I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez as Magical Realism and how allusions to diverse mythologies influence the impact of the story (RL11-12.1).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Label the next blank space in your anthology, “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Magical Realism. Then, review your literary terms definitions and the short stories we have read in preparation for a Quick Quiz.
9 min. Quick Quiz; you may use your anthology
Follow along to the prezi, taking notes in your anthology under your new heading from today.
- Watch the video on Magical Realism, taking your best notes
- Answer the questions as a class
- Review how Magical Realism and Mythology appear in the story
Follow along to The Handsomest Drowned Man (13:35 min.) on your copy
Exit Task: After reading, explain how Marquez utilized Magical Realism and allusion to mythology to influence the impact of the story
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez utilized Magical Realism by . . . ., and the allusion to the mythology of . . . influenced of the impact of the story by . . .

March 18, 2019

3/18/2019

Objective: I can review the definition of imagery (L11-12.4) in order to utilize it in creating my own descriptive poem (W11-12.4).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Take a walk around the room and look at all of the Landscape images and Portrait images. Sit next to one that is intriguing to you and get out your notebook. Review the definition of imagery.
- Be prepared to share out if called on
Review the directions in the slideshow
Example with "Migrant Mother"
Answer the questions
- Edit your ideas
- Share out
- Clarifications
Exit Task: Check the title on the painting. Is this a good title for your poem? If not, select a title before you put your anthology away.