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* Project Work Day Tuesday * Test Review Wednesday * Final Project Work Day OR optional review game Thursday * Test * Projects due Friday * TedTalk
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Tuesday
* Lady or the Tiger * Paper due end of class tomorrow: Assignment: What do you think happened? Support your opinion with details from the story and be sure to also include a character analysis (particularly from the princess) 450 words. Wednesday * Work Day * Paper due end of period Thursday * Begin reading "The Interlopers" Friday * Complete Interlopers * Assignment: Interloper story questions. Wednesday
* Timed Writing: Should the other characters (i.e. her husband, possible family member, or her friend) have confronted Mdm Mathilde Louisel? How would you have handled that situation? Thursday * Secret Life of Walter Mitty Friday * Lady or the Tiger * Assignment: What do you think happened? Support your opinion with details from the story. 200 words. Monday
* Harrison Bergeron * Assignment: Guided Questions Tuesday * Write a 400 word paper on: Can a society truly ever be equal? Make sure to have in introduction and conclusion and pull examples from yesterday's story. Due Monday Wednesday * No class Monday
* Pronouns * ed.ted.com/best_of_web/kpxLn1Hp * Want more info? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m9p2Z5DqWY * Begin reading "A Cask of Amontillado * albalearning.com/audiolibros/poe/elbarril-sp-en.html Tuesday * A Cask of Amontillado Ending Quiz * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5QzPzE2Isw OR * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOtHygOuuXU * Write about what happened at each part of the plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) Wednesday * ReadTheory (x3) * A Monkey's Paw Thursday * Pronoun Quiz * Finish A Monkey's Paw Friday * Homecoming! Monday
* Timed Writing : Compare and contrast “Checkouts” and “The Girl Who Can” in at least 3 paragraph essay. Think about their actions, thoughts, feelings, development over the text, and cultural perspectives. In order for full points, you must have introduction and conclusion. * Nouns Tuesday * Silent Spring * Read Theory x3 Wednesday * Time * Contents of a Deadman's Pockets * Quills are due Thursday * Finish up Contents of a Deadman's Pockets * Noun Quiz Tuesday
* Rules of the Game * Assignment: Page 77 1, 3-5, 7-8 Wednesday * Checkouts * Point of Views * Assignment: pg 99 1-4 Thursday * The Girl Who Can * page 106 1-4 and 107 #1 (chart provided. Monday
* The Most Dangerous Game Review Tuesday * Timed Writing 1. Game Changer: After Zaroff’s death and the ensuing police investigation, an international committee is debating how the General’s island should be used now that it is not occupied. The two prevailing options are to convert the island into a resort hotel or to make it into an endangered animal sanctuary. In a letter addressed to the international community, convince the committee to choose one option over the other. Defend your answer with supporting evidence and include references to the text in your argument. 2. Ivan the Terrible: The reader knows very little about Ivan beyond his physical description. How did he come into the General’s service? Why is he so devoted to the general? Is he actually “deaf and dumb” as the General claims? What is his background? Write a piece that serves as a prequel to the short story and discusses Ivan’s background and how/when he met the General. Refer to descriptions of the two men from the text as you are writing Wednesday * Most Dangerous Game Quiz * Due Wednesday end of class: ReadTheory (3) Thursday * The Gift of the Magi * Class discussion: what makes a gift not a gift? Have you received a gift that you haven't liked or wanted? Monday
* The Old Man and the Sea * The Jade Peony * Describe and explain how the conflict was resolved in both short stories. 150 words. Tuesday * The Most Dangerous GAme * Assignment: Summarize what has happened in the story so far (150 words). Wednesday * The Most Dangerous Game * Read Theory (3) Thursday * The Most Dangerous Game * Assignment: Compare and contrast the different views of the relationship between people and nature (Whitney, Rainford, and Zaroff). Consider: How doe Whiteny's views about hunting and animals differs from everyone else's? How are Rainford's views of hunting both similar and different than Zaroff's? Do you think Rainsford has "become" Zaroff at the end? 200 words. Due Monday. Wednesday
*Syllabus Thursday *Diagnostics Friday *Old Man and the Sea * Jade Peony |
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