Tues 9/4 - Bring a printed, revised copy of your Antigone paper to class for peer review #2. Also: Complete partner online research for TFA, one partner must bring in a PRINTED copy of your research. (Copy the document from here.)
Sun 9/9 - Antigone final essay due to TurnItIn.com by 11:59 p.m.; Also: Take the NoRedInk Embedded Quotations assessment* before midnight. *Students who were exempt from practice are also exempt from quiz.
Upcoming Due Dates:
Tues 9/11 - Present group projects on chapters 1-8 of TFA and lead discussion
Thurs 9/13 - Complete all Unit 3 practice activities on Sadlier Connect before midnight
Fri 9/14 - Independent reading one-pager assignment and presentation due (calendar here; assignment here; sample one-pagers here) - Continue to read your independent novel!
Fri 9/21 - Vocabulary Unit 3 assessment
Resources:
Antigone - Works Cited page (here; copy and paste into your essay, then customize)
Things Fall Apart - PDF (here).
Things Fall Apart - Audiobook (here; hint: view the pinned comment for chapter start times)
Monday, September 3 - Labor Day (no school)
Tuesday, September 4
Learning Goal(s): 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:
- Turn in your printed copy of Ibo “Researching Context.”
- With a partner, complete the “style” peer review activity for your Antigone essay (peer review here).
- Complete reading and activities for chapters 1-4 in Things Fall Apart:
- Continue reading chapters 1-4 of Things Fall Apart, tracking character traits between Okonkwo and his father to compare and contrast Achebe’s characterization.
- Consider cultural elements of the novel: are there any cultural aspects that strike your interest so far? Remember that you will be creating a research presentation on one element of tribal culture before and after British colonization.
- Complete active and passive voice activity in SpringBoard, page 229. Write your own sentences in both active and passive voice.
- Create a double-entry journal to analyze the first four chapters of Things Fall Apart - consider Achebe’s use of motif and foil.
- Analyze the character faults of Okonkwo - discuss the first four chapters and consider how Achebe presents Okonkwo’s character. Complete the graphic organizer on page 231, then answer the ponder and respond.
- Ponder and Respond (SB pg. 232): Take a position on the question: Is it common for powerful leaders to have flawed characters? Why? How might this affect the community? Write an argumentative paragraph, using at least two pieces of text evidence, to support your position and explain how it relates to Okonkwo’s character.
- If time, continue reading your IR book and working on your one-pager.
- Complete Embedded Quotation QUIZ* on NoRedInk by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. *Students who showed mastery on this skill are exempt from NoRedInk this week.
- Revise your Antigone essay based on peer feedback; final draft is due to TurnItIn.com Sunday, 9/9 before midnight
- Continue Unit 3 practice activities on Sadlier Connect - due Thurs, 9/13 before midnight
- Continue reading your independent novel; Independent reading one-pager assignment and presentation (calendar here; assignment here) due Fri, 9/14
- Study your Unit 3 vocabulary words for a quiz on Friday, 9/21
Wednesday, September 5
Learning Goal(s): Analyze how a complex character interacts with other characters. Write a short expository essay to compare and contrast.
Targeted Standards: 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. ELAGSE9-10W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. a. Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. ELAGSE9-10W9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens Notes - level 2
- Read chapters 5-6 of Things Fall Apart; track character relationships on a chart (use SB, page 233 to model the graphic organizer you create in your IAN).
- Create a written response to the “Writing to Sources: Explanatory Text” on SB page 234 in the Ponder and Respond section of your IAN. Based on your response, be prepared to have a mini-debate to explain your position.
- As a class, participate in a debate of the question: How do Okonkwo’s family relationships make him a sympathetic or an unsympathetic character?
- Complete Embedded Quotation QUIZ* on NoRedInk by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. *Students who showed mastery on this skill are exempt from NoRedInk this week.
- Revise your Antigone essay based on peer feedback; final draft is due to TurnItIn.com Sunday, 9/9 before midnight
- Continue Unit 3 practice activities on Sadlier Connect - due Thurs, 9/13 before midnight
- Continue reading your independent novel; Independent reading one-pager assignment and presentation (calendar here; assignment here) due Fri, 9/14
- Study your Unit 3 vocabulary words for a quiz on Friday, 9/21
Thursday, September 6
Learning Goal(s): Analyze how a complex character interacts with other characters. Write a short expository essay to compare and contrast.
Targeted Standards: 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. ELAGSE9-10W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. a. Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. ELAGSE9-10W9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Agenda:
- Label the practice sentence for both level 1 (parts of speech) and level 2 (parts of sentence)
- PSAT - Take notes on strategies for completing the writing section; practice by reading a passage and completing questions.
- As needed, complete yesterday’s mini-debate on the following question: How do Okonkwo’s family relationships make him a sympathetic or an unsympathetic character?
- On page 235 in SB, answer question 1 on foreshadowing.
- Read chapters 7-8 in Things Fall Apart - be ready to discuss each chapter in small groups.
- Complete Embedded Quotation QUIZ* on NoRedInk by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. *Students who showed mastery on this skill are exempt from NoRedInk this week.
- Revise your Antigone essay based on peer feedback; final draft is due to TurnItIn.com Sunday, 9/9 before midnight
- Continue Unit 3 practice activities on Sadlier Connect - due Thurs, 9/13 before midnight
- Continue reading your independent novel; Independent reading one-pager assignment and presentation (calendar here; assignment here) due Fri, 9/14
- Study your Unit 3 vocabulary words for a quiz on Friday, 9/21
Friday, September 7
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your knowledge of SAT vocabulary and language skills.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10L6: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. 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:
- Take the Unit 3 vocabulary assessment.
- Assign groups to analyze, present, and lead a discussion on an assigned chapter (1-8) from Things Fall Apart. Use the instructions listed here to produce an informative poster on butcher paper. Meet and make a game plan! We’ll complete posters on Monday and present on Tuesday.
- Independent reading time! Review requirements for one-pager, due next Friday.
- Complete Embedded Quotation QUIZ* on NoRedInk by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. *Students who showed mastery on this skill are exempt from NoRedInk this week.
- Revise your Antigone essay based on peer feedback; final draft is due to TurnItIn.com Sunday, 9/9 before midnight
- Continue Unit 3 practice activities on Sadlier Connect - due Thurs, 9/13 before midnight
- Continue reading your independent novel; Independent reading one-pager assignment and presentation (calendar here; assignment here) due Fri, 9/14
- Study your Unit 3 vocabulary words for a quiz on Friday, 9/21