Monday - Students will be in the midst of chapters 6-10, so we will give the students ten minutes to read to begin class. There will be a quiz, with vocab, tomorrow. Please read and prepare! Character chart work. Share out and write down descriptions on the board. Movie, if time.
Tuesday - Reading and vocabulary quiz on chapters 5-10. Review 6-10 homework questions and have a group discussion on the major events that happen during these chapters. Small group analysis questions. Share out. Pass out chapters 11-15 questions, which will be due on Monday. Wednesday - Read for first 15 minutes of class. DO NOW on Atticus telling the children about the Tom Robinson case and Atticus' humble shooting skills. Discussion. Setting the Setting video. After-viewing questions with a partner. Go over questions and share out. Friday - Begin class by analyzing symbols that have come up in the story thus far, specifically the mockingbird and the mad dog. Based on what we have read so far, what or who in this story might the mockingbird symbolize? What or who might the mad dog symbolize? Partner work. Chapter 11 analysis questions in groups. Review as a whole class. Movie. HW - Chapters 11-15 due on Monday.
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Monday - Group work: What is the most important part of the first few chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird? Write up on the board and review. Chapter 1-3 reading check. Student-led discussion on chapter questions. Pass out movie questions and begin movie.
Tuesday - DO NOW on Atticus' advice to Scout. Boo Radley work and sketch. Chapters 2-3 close reading questions. Pass out chapters 4-5 questions, these questions will be due on Friday. Continue with movie. HW - Chapters 4-5, with questions, due on Friday. Wednesday - Journal/discussion on "the spirit of the law." Analysis of Harper Lee's use of terror and suspense when Jem sneaks on to the Radley property. Reading an excerpt from Roosevelt's inaugural speech and previewing tomorrow's look at the Great Depression. Pass out vocabulary words. Read and watch movie. Friday - Today we will look at the time period within the book. Close look at photographs from the Great Depression and connections to the Ewells and Cunninghams. Analyzing each photograph. Firsthand accounts from the time. Chapters 6-10 due on Tuesday. HW - Chapters 6-10, with questions, due on Tuesday. Thursday - Begin our To Kill a Mockingbird unit. Pre-reading questions individually. Face-to-face activity. Response questions. Receive chapters 1-3 reading questions.
Friday - Pass out books. Read aloud chapter 1. While reading, the students will write down anything that comes up about Boo Radley. Quotation/statement activity. Share out. Chapters 1-3, with the questions, are due on Monday. Monday - Hand out the vocabulary words that will be on the midterm. Go over layout of midterm and answer any questions in regards to what will be on the midterm. Give students time to work on vocabulary words.
Tuesday - Pass out the short story that will be on the midterm. Students will be given time to start reading and annotating the short story. They can use this annotated copy of the story on the actual midterm. Wednesday - Entire class will be devoted to answering questions and preparing for the midterm. GOOD LUCK ON MIDTERMS! Monday - We will continue with our short story unit from the beginning of the year. This mini-unit will allow us to synthesize all of the works we have done this year into the literary elements that will be on the midterm. Today we will focus on symbolism through "Abalone, Abalone, Abalone." Post-reading questions in small groups. Share out as a class.
Tuesday - Focus: tone & irony. We will read "The Open Window" and go through close reading questions after reading. As a reading strategy, we will use the "Most Important Word" to summarize the work and pull everything together. This will lead into small group discussions. Come back together and discuss what each group shared out. Wednesday - Focus: setting. "There Will Come Soft Rains" will be our text of the day. After reading, the students will utilize the "Save the Last Word for Me" strategy. On top of that, the students will answer questions in the textbook and then connect it all to the focus of the day: setting. Friday: Focus: point of view. We will read "Mushroom in the City" and connect it to the other short stories and books from this year. We will then go through the close reading questions and go through the answers in small groups. |
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