Friday, Dec. 20 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Conflict, Personification, Foreshadowing, Symbols (literary craft ideas)- mark (annotate) where you see them and then discuss during small group discussions -15 minutes reading
• TQE Discussion pg 1-37 (sections 1 and 2)
• Things to discuss: big idea examples (esp Am Dream and the plans of the pair), literary devices (esp symbols), character details (who is everyone? How are the characters used/going to be used), conflict types, plot points, Modern Era characteristics
• Plan your points for posting
• Post on the whiteboard your ideas AFTER you’ve discussed for 15-20 (NOT before)
• Read through other group’s posts, add more ideas/questions/etc. to their ideas
• Prepare for large group by reading through all boards
• Section 3: 38-top of 53: Things to pay attention to when reading: Big idea examples, any examples of symbols, personification, foreshadowing, and conflicts 
• Homework: read Section 3 OMM, read for and write Post 8 (final post) due on Friday 1/3

Thursday, Dec. 19 Agenda

• Bell Ringer:American Dream Discussion 
• Definition of American Dream 
• Discuss the fourth question, focusing on your prior knowledge of the Great Depression era (as that is when the book is set)
• Begin Of Mice and Men: Basic Intro then Topic/Big idea sheet
• Of Mice and Men Section 1 I’ll read for about 20 min, then you all read independently
• HOMEWORK: Read the rest of section 1 and section 2, annotate for discussion 
• Post 7: Post 7 due before the day turns to Friday,
• Working on your final product –remember, you want to meet all standards, so you might have multiple pieces that you combine together into a presentation
• This is a presentation where I will be assessing your “presenting” skills (eye contact, voice, etc.)

Tuesday, Dec. 17 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Poem Collection –make sure you also have your explanations to each poem for me (What did you mean/say? How did you say it? (devices, structure, etc))
• Emulation poem: on rubric, make sure you wrote down what 3-4 devices are you emulating that should be evaluated 
• Am Voice Poem: on rubric, make sure you wrote what devices you used that I am looking for to evaluate 
• (this helps me see what you were aiming to accomplish, thus being able to grade them better) 
• Discuss TTH with group (post on Classroom)
• Southern Gothic: Combo of Gothic (details from TTH) and Regionalism
• “A Rose for Emily” pg 1064/packet
• Annotate for: Order in which events revealed (order of things happening IN THE STORY, NOT CHRONOLOGICAL) –plot details; details to create mood and Southern Gothic characteristics (southern, gothic, era not now) 

Monday, Dec. 16 Agenda

• Bell Ringer:  “Law of Life” closure: TIQA para on an E or Q your group DIDN’T write
• American Gothic- Refresher on Gothic Literature: Looks at humanity’s attempt to supersede nature, spiritual and emotional disconnect from nature: “men have become the tools of their tools”; “things are in the saddle and ride mankind” 
• Poe
• Background Info in classroom
• “Tell Tale Heart” 
• Read it. While reading, annotate for gothic characteristics, identify 6 most important scenes (or combine main ideas into 6 scenes), and annotate textual evidence of sensory images 
• * Sensory images: sight and sound (3 of each) that contribute to Gothic feel of story 
• “Tell Tale Heart” Comic: six cells (illustrated or explained in EXTREME detail), cover whole story (especially what the narrator did, how he reacted after, etc.), -the sensory images you identified should tie in to what you illustrate 
• Discuss “Tell Tale Heart” in small group tomorrow
• Gothic Characteristics (on Google Classroom) tomorrow
• Collect comic tomorrow

• comments on post 6 due by 9PM

Friday, Dec. 13 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Finish Presentations
• “Law of Life” 
• Discuss with your small group –add any additional notes from the small group in a different color:
• Conflict: Man Vs. Nature 
• Conflict: Man Vs. Self 
• Personification in general and specifically personification of Death: how?  Symbolism in general, and what does the old moose symbolize? Specific connections 
• Characteristics of Era (Realism and Naturalism) –you need one specific piece of evidence for Realism and one for Naturalism
• TQE on the board in 15
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• Finish Conferring with Peer, then revise poems
• If gone Monday: Grab “Tell-Tale Heart” -assignment will be on Google Classroom

Thursday, Dec. 12 Agenda

• Bell Ringer:Peer Review of poems: If typed, print out two copies of each poem (if handwritten, give it to me and I’ll make copies)
• Part 1: four times (even for your own poems)
• Part 2: Conference, if you want to have someone else look at your poem, so do before going into part 3, or do some revising, then have someone else read
• Part 3: Begin to revise, look at the back of the sheet for polishing info
• Final, polished pieces due Monday
• If you need a break from poetry, read your independent book/work on post 6 (remember the things needed…)
• At least one LINK (like we’ve worked on) as well as the images (MORE IMAGES!! Really use the online format to accentuate your writing)
• Discussion of at least one theme (hopefully more) you see emerging in your book
• Discussion of some craft idea of the writing (look at the link on my edublogs for guiding questions to help with this)
• Finish Presentations

Tuesday, Dec. 10 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: MAKE SURE YOU HAVE HEADPHONES!
• Look at hyperlinked poems of first 4 presenters (we will do this each 4)
• Comments on post 5 need to be up tonight by nine (and responses)
• Week 6 blog post needs to have:
• At least one LINK (like we’ve worked on) as well as the images (MORE IMAGES!! Really use the online format to accentuate your writing)
• Discussion of at least one theme (hopefully more) you see emerging in your book
• Discussion of some craft idea of the writing (look at the link on my edublogs for guiding questions to help with this)
• Poetry work time
• Who is your poet? –write it on the note on the whiteboard 
• What are some of the structural choices, ideological choices, stylistic choices, theme choices, etc. that you are thinking of emulating
• By end of today you need to know what potential devices, structural ideas, ideological choices, and theme choices you are going to be emulating. 
• Use the rubrics as you work on your draft to know what needs to be in each poem

Friday, Dec. 6 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Rubric Discussion for Poems YOU are writing
• Emulation Poem:
• Who is your poet? –write it on the note on front whiteboard
• Work Time on presentation, blog posts, comments, reading your book, etc. as well
• Poetry work time
• Who is your poet? –write it on the note on the whiteboard (if you want to wait until learning about all of the poets researched, you can start with the American Voice poem and choose your emulated poet by MONDAY AT LATEST)
• What are some of the structural choices, ideological choices, stylistic choices, theme choices, etc. that you are thinking of emulating
• By end of Monday you need to know what potential devices, structural ideas, ideological choices, and theme choices you are going to be emulating. 
• Use the rubrics as you work on your draft to know what needs to be in each poem

Thursday, Dec. 5 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Work time on Presentation and links
• Large group on American Voice and Authors so far
• Work Time on presentation, blog posts, comments, reading your book, etc. as well
• Introduce American Poetic Voice assessment
• Definition of American Voice: on Google Classroom 
• Poetry work time
• Who is your poet? –write it on the note on the whiteboard (You can wait until learning about all of the poets researched to choose. So, you can start with the American Voice poem and choose your emulated poet tomorrow)
• What are some of the structural choices, ideological choices, stylistic choices, theme choices, etc. that you are thinking of emulating
• By end of tomorrow you need to know what potential devices, structural ideas, ideological choices, and theme choices you are going to be emulating. 
• Use the rubrics as you work on your draft to know what needs to be in each poem
• First draft of both poems due Tuesday

Wednesday, Dec. 4 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Explication Presentation Explanation 
• Multimodal links (more than just the words), digital presentation (images, sounds, videos, etc)
• Tie to images (visual, auditory, tactile, etc.), cultural connections and allusions, meanings, connected biographical points, unfamiliar words
• You are helping your audience fully understand all of the aspects of the poem by linking to images, sounds, video clips, articles, etc that give a better understanding 
• American Voice and authors we’ve read (my blog)
• Dickinson, Bradstreet, Thoreau/Emerson, Whitman, William Carlos Williams, and other modern poets
• Overall Question: How does their writing exemplify the (or an) American voice?
• How does their writing show America at their point in time?
• What does their writing say about people and society?
• Thinking of all, what aspect(s) of America are not reflected with the voices so far? 
• American Voice Definition: on Google Classroom
• Explication check and Presentation work time
• Make sure you have consulted the rubric and have labeled everything for me to understand
• All three poems (explicated and organized in a way to assist my assessment of them) should be done by Monday, as well as the presentation
• BAL Post 4 and comments should be done by now and post 5 is due before it turns to Friday

Tuesday, Dec. 3 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Teaching Modern Poems
• Work Time for Explication of Poems -first draft explications due tomorrow

Monday, December 2 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Time for Modern Poems
• Devices, Structure, Meanings (literal and metaphoric if applicable), Details demonstrating Modern Era
• Current Poets Research Work Time: 
• Current Poetry Example (on my edublogs blog)
• Need poet and 3 poems (at the minimum) by Tuesday
• Explications (on paper) due Wednesday/Thursday
• Rubric 
• Discussion of Rubric
• Reminder of what is needed for each poem,