Sunday, 5/14 - 45 minutes of Membean practice due by midnight
Monday, May 8 - Julius Caesar choice board assessment due in class (hard copy) AND to TurnItIn.com
Monday, May 8
LG: Read and analyze seminal documents pertaining to human rights. ELAGSE9-10RI9: Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (e.g., Washington’s Farewell Address, the Gettysburg Address, Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech, King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, Nelson Mandela’s Nobel Peace Prize Speech, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights), including how they address related themes and concepts.
Agenda:
- Turn in Julius Caesar Choice Board projects
- Magic Lens Level 4 practice sentence
- Translate the Preamble of the “United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights” into modern language as a class
- In groups, split up all articles and translate to modern language, pick one article the United States upholds well and one they could improve on, share findings with class
- Determine which articles are in need of enforcing in the United States and provide solutions as to how to improve the implementation
*Homework: Complete 45 minutes of Membean practice by Sunday, 5/14.
Tuesday, May 9
LG: Consider writing strengths and weaknesses in synthesis writing. ELAGSE9-10RI5: Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).
Agenda:
- Magic Lens Level 4 practice sentence
- Read sample AP lang synthesis prompt, papers, papers; look back over first two synthesis essays and evaluate own work. Pick an essay to rewrite, due Friday, May 12
- http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/apcentral/ap13_frq_english_language.pdf
- http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/2001.html#2013
*Homework: Complete 45 minutes of Membean practice by Sunday, 5/14.
Wednesday, May 10
LG: Begin reading Night, considering Wiesel’s choice in tone and diction and their effects on the audience. ELAGSE9-10RI3: Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens Level 4 practice sentence
- Begin Night (all individual)
Thursday, May 11
LG: Begin reading Night, considering Wiesel’s choice in tone and diction and their effects on the audience. ELAGSE9-10RI3: Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens Level 4 practice sentence
- Continue reading Night (all individual)
Friday, May 12
LG: Begin reading Night, considering Wiesel’s choice in tone and diction and their effects on the audience. ELAGSE9-10RI3: Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens Level 4 practice sentence
- Watch Schindler’s List