Sunday, Oct. 15 - Complete 45 minutes of vocabulary practice on Membean.com by 11:59 PM - due to Membean maintenance last week, if you completed LAST week's practice (Oct. 2 - Oct. 8), you are not required to complete this week's practice. If you only completed a partial practice session, you must complete those 45 minutes by Sunday of this coming weekend (10/15). In short, you must complete 45 minutes of practice total from Oct. 2 - Oct. 15.
Upcoming Due Dates:
Tuesday, Oct. 17 - Embedded Assessment 1 presentations due (research and present on one aspect of Ibo/Igbo culture pre- and post-colonialism; both presentation AND annotated bibliography are due to TurnItIn.com.)
Access a digital copy of Things Fall Apart here.
Monday, October 9
LG: Analyze cultural views of gender reflected in the novel; make connections among different cultures’ ideas about gender.
Standards:ELAGSE9-10RL6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature. 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:
- PSAT practice - Writing Section
- Things Fall Apart partner review: meet with your partner to find three pieces of text evidence to support your Ibo research project. (Review pages 241-242 in SpringBoard to make sure you are meeting the assignment’s criteria.)
- Read chapter 13 and complete the following Ponder and Respond prompt: write a well-developed paragraph to explain how Okonkwo’s acts of violence throughout the course of the novel advance the plot or develop the theme. Be sure to provide supporting details and textual evidence from different chapters.
- Homework: 45 minutes of Membean practice due before midnight, Sunday, October 15th. Continue working on EA1 presentations, due Tuesday, October 17th.
Tuesday, October 10
LG: Analyze how key plot events develop a theme related to cultural conflict.
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. ELAGSE9-10RL6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
Agenda:
- Introduce annotated bibliographies (see handout here); view and assess examples to prepare for Ibo research projects. Refer to page 240 in SpringBoard (question 5) to help you prepare for your own annotated bibliography assignment.
- Read chapters 14-19 and complete the “Key Events” graphic organizer on page 255.
- Homework: 45 minutes of Membean practice due before midnight, Sunday, October 15th. Continue working on EA1 presentations, due Tuesday, October 17th.
Wednesday, October 11
PSAT Day - alternate bell schedule (3rd and 4th periods only)
LG: Create an annotated bibliography to document research.
Standards: 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. ELAGSE9-10W7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. ELAGSE9-10W8: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation. ELAGSE9-10W9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Agenda:
- Half of class: meet in computer lab 9129 to assemble annotated bibliographies and to continue building Ibo research presentations.
- Half of class: Watch an interview with Achebe regarding the intended effect of Things Fall Apart. Compare Achebe’s intended purpose with your reactions of the novel so far.
- Homework: 45 minutes of Membean practice due before midnight, Sunday, October 15th. Continue working on EA1 presentations, due Tuesday, October 17th.
Thursday, October 12
Early Release Day - alternate bell schedule
LG: Analyze how different characters and conflicts advance the plot. Make connections to the cultural misunderstandings in the novel.
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. ELAGSE9-10RL3: 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. ELAGSE9-10RL6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
Agenda:
- Before reading, complete questions 1 and 2 in SpringBoard, page 257 (Activity 3.17).
- Read chapters 20 - 22, and complete question 3 as you read (compare and contrast the two missionaries, Mr. Brown and Mr. Smith). What determines what makes an outsider “good” or “bad”? How did the two missionaries respond differently to cultural misunderstandings?
- Ponder and Respond: Can one culture be “right” and another culture “wrong”? Explain.
- Discuss your P&R with a partner, then be ready to discuss as a class.
- Homework: 45 minutes of Membean practice due before midnight, Sunday, October 15th. Continue working on EA1 presentations, due Tuesday, October 17th.
Friday, October 13
LG: Conduct a comparative analysis between texts with similar themes. Present an oral interpretation of a poem.
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. ELAGSE9-10RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone.) ELAGSE9-10RL9: Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).
Agenda:
- Consider the use of diction to convey tone (answer question 1 on page 259, Activity 3.18 in SpringBoard).
- In small groups, on butcher paper, analyze your assigned poem. Annotate your poem, complete TPFASSTT, and answer all associated questions in SpringBoard.
- “Prayer to the Masks,” page 260 - questions 1-3
- “The Second Coming,” page 262 - questions 4-6
- Once you have analyzed your poem, you will prepare a dramatic reading of the poem. Consider who from your group will read which lines, and which lines or specific words you will read together. Plan your pacing, style, and use of physical presence.
- Homework: 45 minutes of Membean practice due before midnight, Sunday, October 15th. Continue working on EA1 presentations, due Tuesday, October 17th.