Tuesday, Sept. 20 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Writer’s Workshop time

*Print off your story/share it with me

*Highlight each example of a characteristic that you are using and annotate in the margin/as a comment what specific characteristic that is an example of

*Assess your use of characteristics and narrative (story characteristics): have you done as well as you believe you can? If not: revise what you have, add more details, make sure your characteristics flow within the story, use precise language for your readers to ‘see’ what you want them to, etc.

*Modernism Presentation

*Discussion on nonfiction readings with partner to check answers to first three questions

*Sherman Alexie- “The Trial of Thomas-Builds-the-Fire”

*While reading, notes on blank sheet or mark up the text:

*How does this share myth characteristics?

*What is the metaphor of the ponies?

*What are you confused about?

*Answer the question about why he told the story of Qualchan

*General understandings about the story

*Read your book (at any point when you are done and we haven’t moved on): remember, you will be doing a one pager, so if you want to mark interesting ideas, quotes, themes, etc, that would be a good idea.

Friday, Sept. 20 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: 10 min for “Rabbit Boy” Questions –bring to me when done

*Writer’s Workshop Time

*Complete story, typed, with MANY different MYTH CHARACTERISTICS worked in

*Due Tuesday

*If you feel you have a solid story, with MANY characteristics, read your book

*Hero Myth Characteristics:

*Heroes can be divine or just an ordinary human

*Heroic acts will benefit the tribe-sometimes obtaining an important ritual for the tribe

*Hero sometimes goes on a quest

*Trickster Myth Characteristics:

*Characters such as coyote, iktome (spider like creature), rabbit and other animals

*Are troublemakers, but present challenges and learning experiences

*Trickster is often self-centered and mischievous, with much energy

*Use of Figurative Language:

*Metaphors

*Similes

*Personification

*Hyperbole

*Repetition

*Symbolism

*Realism Presentation

*Native American Cultural Representations today (packet, questions on slide –questions due Tuesday)

*Non-fiction on reservation life

          AIAN stands for American Indian and Alaskan Native

Answer these questions on a sheet in your reader’s notebook/class notes section.  They will be checked Tuesday.

1. What do you believe is the importance of the “educational attainment” data from the first two graphs (Educational Attainment of overall population and AIAN) when interpreting the information and graphs that follow?

2. Write a summary of the data/findings given.  Should be 3-5 sentences.

3. Based on the graphs and information you read, write a detailed explanation of life on the reservation. (1-2 paragraphs)

Thursday, Sept. 15 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Romanticism Notes

*“The Voice, Flood, and the Turtle” 

*1.  To what Biblical story does this story relate?  Explain at least two ways the stories are similar.

*2. What is the ending prophecy?  How could it be applied and interpreted today?  Please make your explanation of the prophecy and today’s world clear. 

*Continue origin/creation myth, and add in some hero/trickster myth characteristics as well: model it after one of the stories we’ve read, or go your own way.  It needs to have many of the literary characteristics/qualities of myths from our notes

*By Tuesday you need a complete story (typed up) with many different myth characteristics worked in to it.  You will also want to add some hero/trickster characteristics after we talk about those.  You need to be able to identify which characteristics you used and where.

*“Rabbit Boy”: questions (next screen) in your reader’s notebook/class notes section: due after 10/15 minutes tomorrow

1.What trickster, hero and/or general myth characteristics were shown and how (list at least five with examples) –can highlight in the packet and label what characteristic seen

2.What is Rabbit Boy’s reoccurring vision and what might it represent?

3.Why does Rabbit Boy allow Iktome to capture him?  Why did Iktome fail at the same task? 

Wednesday, Sept. 14 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Native American myths (15 min to finish, add to sheet)

*Discussion of “Iroquois Creation” and “World on the Turtle’s Back”

*Age of Reason Era notes

*Myth prompt

*Try your hand at an origin/creation myth: model it after one of the stories we’ve read, or go your own way.  It needs to have some/many of the literary characteristics/qualities of myths from our notes

Tuesday, Sept. 13 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Puritan Notes

*ACT Essay practice evaluation (take out the packet from yesterday)

*Continue going through and discussing packet –done with essay 2 by Wednesday

*Native American myths

*Creation Myths- Iroquois in packet and “The World on the Turtle’s Back” page 38 Orange (or handout) *Take notes on chart while reading or at end of reading. This is what definitely should be noted: what origins are explained, what characteristics shown, similarities and glaring differences (for this you want main plot and character points)

We will have about 15 minutes on Wednesday to make sure your chart is filled out and the stories are both read before we start our discussion.

Monday, Sept. 12 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Sit with your expert group members, but don’t move the desks into a group In writer’s notebook section: What is a frontier? Give as many different types of frontiers and examples as you can.  Why is it important to explore frontiers through literature/writing?

*First Topic: Cultural Encounters and Frontiers

*Brainstorm what groups and/or individuals we could read in this section

*Native American/Colonial Group: While the group presents, make sure to take notes, ask questions and fully understand the era

*ACT Writing Evaluation: Example Essays

*Use the rubric to give each essay a score in each of the four areas as well as an overall score.  Make sure you have marked up the essay with supporting details as to why you gave the number

If you didn't finish Essay 1, make sure it is done by tomorrow

Friday, Sept. 9 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Writer’s Workshop Time:

*Write this in ACT Prep section

*ACT writing practice– Information Accessibility (explanation on next slide)

*Overall Prompt:  At this moment in time, there is more information more readily available to more people than ever before. Smartphones can instantly provide directions to your destination, when even 10 years ago you had to look up directions before you left and/or bring along a map. Researchers from all over the world are able to pool their knowledge to advance their fields more quickly. Many libraries have broadened their collections to include subscriptions to online/electronic databases as well as printed works. Greater access to information is generally seen as a positive advance, but what are the consequences of making so much knowledge available to so many people? Based upon the ever-increasing amount of information in the world and the ever-broader access to it, it is worth examining the implications and meaning of easy access to information in our lives.

Perspective One: With increased ease of access to information, we lose the incentive to gain knowledge ourselves. By outsourcing our memories of facts and other information, we are becoming less intelligent.

Perspective Two: Greater access to information allows us to avoid memorizing facts and, instead, use our brains for higher-level thinking. This efficiency leads to a more prosperous and progressive world for everyone.

Perspective Three: The more people who have access to more information, the greater the chances of collaboration and thus further advances in human knowledge. This is good because it pushes us toward new, unimagined possibilities.

Write a unified, coherent essay in which you evaluate multiple perspectives on the increasing accessibility of information.

*Collect ACT essay

*Things I’m looking for with this first essay: Intro –thesis (position on paper); Body Paragraphs –topic sentences, supporting details, logical flow of ideas (w/in and between paragraphs); Conclusion –restate thesis

*Expert group work time –presentations start Monday!!

*Make sure you have a note sheet for your classmates for the presentation

*Note Sheet should highlight the most important portions of your presentation: What will people need throughout the semester about your era (literary techniques, literary terms, characteristics of the era, characteristics and beliefs of movements and eras, etc)

*Give me one copy and I will make a class set

Thursday, Sept. 8 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Examples and Note Sheets ‘how-to’

*Expert Groups:

*Rubric

*Continue planning presentation (use power point shared with you to help create)

*Presentations begin Monday

*Chronological Order: The Native American and Colonial Period; The Puritan Era; The Revolutionary Period and Age of Reason; Romanticism and Transcendentalism; Realism, Regionalism and Naturalism; Modernism and Harlem Renaissance; and the Post Modern and Contemporary Era.

*We will have about 45 minutes tomorrow (which is the last chunk of work time), so make sure you figure out what needs to be done and who will be doing it (if things need to be done over the weekend)!!

*Make sure you have a note sheet for your classmates for the presentation

*Note Sheet should highlight the most important portions of your presentation: What will people need throughout the semester about your era (literary techniques, literary terms, characteristics of the era, characteristics and beliefs of movements and eras, etc)

Wednesday, Sept. 7 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Choice Book: any questions?

*Reminder: First Quarter: Any book from the list, needs to challenge you though (if one you want to read is not on the list, talk to me and you’ll submit a ‘proposal’ to me).

*End result: Creative One Pager: assignment handout and examples

*Expert Groups: Continue Researching –share your notes with me now, let me know when you think you have compiled enough for me to check

*You need to have all of your information on your Google Doc by the end of work time today!

*Cross Check notes

*Presentation ideas

Friday, Sept. 2 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: find your seat (pick a seat…for now…)

*Expectations

*https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/58/1f/36/581f36edf2353818db4c9196a22f20ae.jpg

*Blackout “poetry” explanation of yourself, an important idea to you, or just a creative thought

*http://newspaperblackout.com/about (video intro)

*http://www.bitrebels.com/design/newspaper-blackout-poems-a-creative-way-to-write-poetry/ (basic examples)

*http://www.creativity2point0.org/2012/10/tone-and-mood-in-literature-moving.html (example to incorporate tone)

*http://www.logolalia.com/alteredbooks/ (colorful examples)

*Writer’s Notebook/Binder- need one ASAP (some of you have one from last year?)

*What is English 11/American Lit?

*“Survey” course, Eras

*Common Themes (the BIG focus)

*Expert Groups explanation

*ranking for Expert Group preferences by end of block (on a sheet of paper where you list top five)