Friday, Nov. 11 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Partner discussion and questions

*“…Soft Rains” Large Group discussion (Monday when all are here)

*“Harrison Bergeron” Posts

*Quick reminder of Civil Rights era

*Bio of MLK 1202, Bio of X 1218

*MLK and Malcolm X

*“Stride Toward Freedom” pg 1220/packet

*“Necessary to Protect Ourselves” pg 1224/packet

*Annotate to help you answer these questions:

*How do these men differ on their beliefs about society (and the country) and the individual, or about equality, or anything else?  Do they share any beliefs, if so, what?

*What was the author’s purpose of each text?

*For each man, how does their background shape their purpose and beliefs? (think about the bios you read)

*Answers to questions above due Monday

Thursday, Nov. 10 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: In Reader’s Notebook/Class Notes, other than the fact that “Harrison Bergeron” fits in the dystopian definition, how can we see Post-Modern characteristics?  Give specific pieces of textual evidence to support your answer.

*Small Group: make sure you each post at least one point on Schoology (all four should have a post on it)

*Large group discussion (posts on Schoology) on “Harrison Bergeron”

*“There Will Come Soft Rains” –go to Drive, open as Google Doc, comment (and/or highlight) on it for annotations

*Annotations: Dystopia?, Personification, Repetition (specifically of the idea of rain), Create some discussion questions/prompts while reading

*Partner and Large group discussion of “There Will Come Soft Rains” tomorrow 

Wednesday, Nov. 9 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: “The Lottery”: Respond to this quote in your writer’s notebook, after discussing it with your group: “Explaining just what I had hoped the story to say is very difficult. I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the story's readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives.” –Shirley Jackson

*Discuss Schoology posts

*Post-Modern Review (look at your notes, add if necessary)

*Literary Concept: Dystopia

*Somewhere in Notes: paraphrase the definition on the previous slide

*Writer’s Notebook: Why would dystopias be a literary concept often used in the Post-Modern era?

*Was “The Lottery” a dystopia? What examples of dystopia can you think of?

*“Harrison Bergeron”

*Annotations/Close read: dystopian characteristics, Post-Modern characteristics, society and individual

Questions: due tomorrow

Tuesday, Nov. 8 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: WN: Pick one of the words on the board that you believe fits with “The Lottery” and explain how you believe this story shows society’s impact on the individual being the word you chose (again, textual evidence is always a plus). Bring up to me and take out “Biography of the Story” from yesterday and answer the questions below.

*Questions on the “Biography of the Story”

*Would you have imagined that much of an emotional response from people based on the story? Why yes or no?

*Three specific sections:

*pg 2, para 3, start at “Even my mother…” to end of para: How is this belief an echo of the time her parents and others lived through or their generation?

*Pg 2, last para, start at “…most vehement” to bottom of pg: Why does she think/write this?

*Pg 3, para 1, start at “The New Yorker never…” to “…ever published”: Why do you think this received more than others?

*What is your reaction to the end of her ‘biography’ (start at “The general tone…”)?

*Small Group Discussion of “The Lottery”

*“The Lottery” continued: discuss with your group: “Explaining just what I had hoped the story to say is very difficult. I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the story's readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives.” –Shirley Jackson

*Post information on Schoology based on what group thinks

*Read book for BwF while waiting for all to be done (at any point)

Monday, Nov. 7 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: WN: Do you believe that Perkins-Gillman achieved her purpose through this story? (What do you believe her purpose was, why yes or no?) –discuss the words on board with partner

*Large Group on Patrick Henry

*Literary Concepts: foreshadowing, satire

*Satire: a technique where foolish customs/traditions/ideas are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society, it is often accomplished through humor or wit, but isn’t always (it can be abrasive or bitterly critical)

*“The Lottery”

*Read through, annotating ideas of society and individual, satire, as well as other basic annotations (highlight/underline AND write what you are thinking with it)

*3. Looking back into the story, how do you feel that Tessie Hutchinson was singled out by the author?

*When done, grab the questions and when someone else is also done, work with them as your partner (if you want).

*Discuss with partner, answer questions together, turn in when done (to me)

*Shirley Jackson’s “biography of the story”

*Read through by tomorrow

Friday, Nov. 4 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Cassidy, Blake? presentation

*BwF Reading/Check

*Discuss “The Yellow Wallpaper”

*Small group, discuss comments, discussion questions and then summaries** –what is the story about, how does it show social issues (the role of women) and additional questions

***summary of your interpretation of the story, especially the ending of the story- share with your group after you’ve discussed annotations and questions

*Large group on the story

*In WN, finish this statement and then support yourself in a paragraph: Perkins-Gillman proves that society’s impact on the individual is    because   . Be as thorough as you can be, textual evidence is always a plus. (**put your words on the board…)

Thursday, Nov. 3 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Collect paper and Crucible book

*Post Patrick Henry Discussion point in Schoology

*One Pager Presentations

*Spencer, Brittanie, Blake, Belle, Jami, Kalvin, Brandon, Jase, Danielle, Tyler

*Reminder of Realism Era: what was life at the time, social issues, etc.

*“The Yellow Wallpaper” 799/packet

*While reading: minimum of five close read notes/annotations (comment/connection/question/etc) plus create two discussion questions about the story and a summary of your interpretation of the story, especially the ending of the story

Wednesday, Nov. 2 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Books with Friends Intro Continued

*Schedule creation, book requesting if needed

*One Pager Presentations

*Trevor, Ella, Cole, Alaina, Teddy, Sven, Joseph, Thorne, Emily, Tyler, Chris, Katelyn, Rachel, Spencer, Brittanie, Blake, Belle, Jami, Kalvin, Brandon, Cassidy, Jase, Danielle

*“Speech in the Virginia Convention” Discussion: see blog for directions on posting

Patrick Henry Speech Discussion

Discuss all of your annotations on this reading.  This is what you were told to read for:

1)      Three rhetorical questions and the assumed answers from the speech.  Why include these questions?  Example: “Is this the part of wise men…? ” -- he wants listeners to think that, no, wise men search for freedom with open eyes, seeing truth.

·         Look at these specific places and discuss: What is the implied answer and why does he ask it?

·         *Line 17-20, 24-27, 30-32, 41-45, 63-68, 83-84

2)      Allusion: find another mention of a literary/historical/biblical event.  Any thoughts as to why it would be included? Take a guess…

3)      How does this fit in the topic (the individual and society)?

4)      How do you see themes of independence or freedom in this speech? (Themes of the era)

Once you have talked through all of these, post as a comment in Schoology your groups answers to each of these (there are separate discussion threads for each):

1)      Pick an allusion your group understands and explain why you feel Patrick Henry included it

2)      Post your best pieces of Textual Evidence on:

·         Freedom/Independence

·         Individual and Society

3)      What is the implied answer and why does he ask it?

·         Line 17-20 (1s group)

·         Line 24-27 (2s group)

·         Line 30-32 (3s group)

·         Line 41-45 (4s group) 

·         Line 63-68 (5s group) 

·         Line 83-84 (6s group)

Tuesday, Nov. 1 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Reminder: Patrick Henry Speech close read and questions due tomorrow

*Writer’s Workshop

*Turning a second draft into a final reminders

*Pink: punctuation, capitalization, academic voice, format, other grammar or conventions

*Yellow: fluency, sentence structure (fragment, run-on, comma splice)

*Meet with me to confer on comments

*Examples of topic sentences, analysis, intros (from google drive)

*Paper due Thursday!!

*One Pager Presentations start Wednesday

*Books with Friends intro