Sunday, Jan. 28 - Complete 45 minutes of Membean practice by 11:59 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 30 - Antigone guided reading questions due when you walk in (if not yet submitted). Have all three Antigone articles read and annotated by today in preparation for inclusion in literary analysis essay, EA2 (article 1 here, article 2 here, article 3 here)
Friday, Feb. 2 - Bring a typed, printed draft of EA2 for peer review in class today. NO PRINTING IN CLASS. Have your Antigone paper packet completed for a progress check today (packet here).
Sunday, Feb. 4 - Complete 45 minutes of Membean practice by 11:59 p.m.; Complete Embedded Quotation Activity #1* on NoRedInk by 11:59 p.m. *Students who showed mastery on this skill are exempt from NoRedInk practice this week.
Upcoming Due Dates:
Sunday, Feb. 11 - Final draft of Antigone paper due to TurnItIn.com by 11:59 p.m.
Click HERE for a Works Cited page for your Antigone paper!
Monday, January 29
Learning Goal: Practice close reading for information, gathering evidence, and making inferences. Consider thematic concepts from The Oedipus Trilogy. Review parts of speech.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters(e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme ELAGSE9-10SL1: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions(one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Agenda:
- Annotate the Magic Lens practice sentence.
- Meet in your Greek families to read Antigone. As you read, answer the guided reading questions. Your group is responsible for answering all guided reading questions - SHARE THE WORK - this is not an individual effort. (question packet here; rubric here)
- Submit your Antigone group work to the inbox when your group is finished - staple all members’ contributions into one packet. These are due when you walk into class tomorrow if not already submitted.
- Complete the group member assessment and reflection sheet (on the rubric) and submit your rubric to your teacher.
- When your group is finished, participate in an article analysis activity to prepare for EA2 (Antigone literary analysis paper).
- Homework: Antigone questions due when you walk in tomorrow. Complete reading of all three Antigone articles by tomorrow. Complete 45 minutes of Membean practice and Embedded Quotation Activity #1* on NoRedInk by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. *Students who showed mastery on this skill are exempt from NoRedInk practice this week.
Tuesday, January 30
Learning Goal: Practice revisiting a writing prompt to plan and outline an essay; use primary and secondary evidence to support your analysis of a text.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. b. Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly, supplying evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both in a manner that anticipates the audience’s knowledge level and concerns. c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships between claim(s) and reasons, between reasons and evidence, and between claim(s) and counterclaims. d. Establish and maintain an appropriate style and objective tone. e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented. ELAGSE9-10W9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Agenda:
- If not yet submitted, your group’s Antigone guided reading questions are due when you walk in today. (question packet here; rubric here) Complete the group member assessment and reflection sheet (on the rubric) before submitting your rubric to your teacher.
- Annotate the Magic Lens practice sentence.
- Begin planning/outlining/drafting your Embedded Assessment for Antigone. Use your textbook, three articles, and the Antigone: Embedded Assessment 2 packet (packet here).
- Homework: Prepare a typed, complete first draft of your Antigone paper for peer review on Friday - no printing in class. Complete 45 minutes of Membean practice and Embedded Quotation Activity #1* on NoRedInk by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. *Students who showed mastery on this skill are exempt from NoRedInk practice this week.
Wednesday, January 31
Learning Goal: Conduct critical discussions with peers on informational texts; practice analyzing various forms of art through the Feldman Model; Practice description in narrative writing.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL7: Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums (e.g., Auden’s poem “Musée de Beaux Arts” and Breughel’s painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus), including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment; ELAGSE9-10W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. ELAGSE9-10SL1: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions(one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. a. Come to discussions prepared having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas.
Agenda:
- Annotate the Magic Lens practice sentence.
- Analyze paintings for their portrayal of characters/scenes from Oedipus/Antigone - Employ the Feldman method of art analysis and add notes to IAN (handout here; presentation here). After we have examined and analyzed several paintings as a class, analyze a piece independently in your IAN.
- Take notes in IAN on thesis statements as you prepare for your Antigone paper (presentation here).
- Continue working through your Antigone: Embedded Assessment 2 packet (packet here) - as of today you should be working on your outline (step 5).
- Homework: Prepare a typed, complete first draft of your Antigone paper for peer review on Friday - no printing in class. Complete 45 minutes of Membean practice and Embedded Quotation Activity #1* on NoRedInk by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. *Students who showed mastery on this skill are exempt from NoRedInk practice this week.
- Homework: Prepare a typed, complete first draft of your Antigone paper for peer review on Friday - no printing in class. Complete 45 minutes of Membean practice and Embedded Quotation Activity #1* on NoRedInk by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. *Students who showed mastery on this skill are exempt from NoRedInk practice this week.
Thursday, February 1
Learning Goal: Apply skills for close reading, gathering evidence, and making inferences to poems.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. ELACC9-10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Agenda:
- Annotate the Magic Lens practice sentence.
- View ancient Greek urns and define "Ode"
- Read/analyze “Ode on a Grecian Urn” (poem here); draw scenes from the poem on your urn (handout here) as you listen to the poem.
- Use the TP-FASSTT model (IAN) and compose a theme statement.
- Homework: Prepare a copy of your typed, complete first draft of your Antigone paper for peer review TOMORROW - no printing in class. Complete 45 minutes of Membean practice and Embedded Quotation Activity #1* on NoRedInk by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. *Students who showed mastery on this skill are exempt from NoRedInk practice this week.
Friday, February 2
Learning Goal: Practice role as a “peer editor” to improve revision skills and help create polished pieces.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grades 9–10.) ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters(e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
Agenda:
- Bring a copy of your typed, complete first draft to class today - no printing in class.
- Annotate the Magic Lens practice sentence.
- Meet in Greek families to conduct peer review of Antigone (peer review here): Embedded Assessment 2 literary analysis essays (packet here).
- In SpringBoard, complete the activity on relative pronouns that/which on page 348.
- Ponder and Respond: In your IAN, please answer the reflection questions on page 383 of your SpringBoard book.
- Homework: Complete 45 minutes of Membean practice and Embedded Quotation Activity #1* on NoRedInk by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. *Students who showed mastery on this skill are exempt from NoRedInk practice this week.