Work options for today
HW: Continue to read A Tale of Two Cities. Complete a journal entry for chapters 1-8 of Book the Third (due 2/19). Obtain a book of poems by your selected poet and begin reading. Research your poet's life and times for your critical annotations (#1 due 2/16; #2 due 2/19; #3 due 2/26).
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
AGENDA 2/10
Introduce Poet Study Project and choose poets
Begin work on critical annotations: 2 should be biographical. Consider different genres, e.g. a video about your poet and an article about your poet. Look at the "References" section of a Wikipedia page about your poet to get ideas, or visit Poetry Foundation or Academy of American Poets (poets.org) for a good starting place! Search your poet's name and "biography" in Google under "Videos" to try to find video sources, or search biography.com.
A third critical annotation should examine the collection of poems (book) you chose. How is the book organized? What information do you glean from the preface/introduction/back cover?
See student sample annotated bibliography (all 5 critical annotations, alphabetized)
HW: Continue reading A Tale of Two Cities. Begin working on your first critical annotation.
Begin work on critical annotations: 2 should be biographical. Consider different genres, e.g. a video about your poet and an article about your poet. Look at the "References" section of a Wikipedia page about your poet to get ideas, or visit Poetry Foundation or Academy of American Poets (poets.org) for a good starting place! Search your poet's name and "biography" in Google under "Videos" to try to find video sources, or search biography.com.
A third critical annotation should examine the collection of poems (book) you chose. How is the book organized? What information do you glean from the preface/introduction/back cover?
See student sample annotated bibliography (all 5 critical annotations, alphabetized)
HW: Continue reading A Tale of Two Cities. Begin working on your first critical annotation.
Friday, January 29, 2016
AGENDA 1/29
Video: Watch A Tale of Two Cities, Masterpiece Theatre DVD
Complete Socrative assignment for last night's poetry homework: Log on to Socrative Student and join room 910209 to complete the quiz. You can do this during class on your own device, or any time this weekend from a computer. Due before 4pm on Sunday!
HW: Complete Socrative assignment for last night's poetry homework: Log on to Socrative Student and join room 910209 to complete the quiz. You can do this during class on your own device, or any time this weekend from a computer. Due before 4pm on Sunday!
Read and take notes for Book the Second, chapter 10 "Two Promises," chapter 11 "A Companion Picture," chapter 12 "The Fellow of Delicacy," and chapter 13 "The Fellow of No Delicacy" for Monday.
Complete Socrative assignment for last night's poetry homework: Log on to Socrative Student and join room 910209 to complete the quiz. You can do this during class on your own device, or any time this weekend from a computer. Due before 4pm on Sunday!
HW: Complete Socrative assignment for last night's poetry homework: Log on to Socrative Student and join room 910209 to complete the quiz. You can do this during class on your own device, or any time this weekend from a computer. Due before 4pm on Sunday!
Read and take notes for Book the Second, chapter 10 "Two Promises," chapter 11 "A Companion Picture," chapter 12 "The Fellow of Delicacy," and chapter 13 "The Fellow of No Delicacy" for Monday.
Thursday, January 28, 2016
AGENDA 1/28
Work Day and Progress Checks - collect completed circle/tree maps for The French Revolution and Dickens' Life and Works, check and give feedback on 10 vocabulary words, and check and give feedback on notes for Book the Second
HW: Review the list of Selected Poets given in class and choose three that you are unfamiliar with. Then find and read one poem by each poet (I recommend using Poetry Foundation) and be prepared to answer a quick Socrative Student Activity - question 1 will ask you to name the three poets whose poems you read, and question 2 will ask you to write about one of the three poems--the one that you found most intriguing or that most resonated with you. You will need to be specific in your discussion of question 2, referring to specific line(s) or details that demonstrate you read the poem carefully. If you wish to complete this early, the join code is 910209.
Read and take notes for Book the Second, chapter 10 "Two Promises," chapter 11 "A Companion Picture," chapter 12 "The Fellow of Delicacy," and chapter 13 "The Fellow of No Delicacy" for Monday.
HW: Review the list of Selected Poets given in class and choose three that you are unfamiliar with. Then find and read one poem by each poet (I recommend using Poetry Foundation) and be prepared to answer a quick Socrative Student Activity - question 1 will ask you to name the three poets whose poems you read, and question 2 will ask you to write about one of the three poems--the one that you found most intriguing or that most resonated with you. You will need to be specific in your discussion of question 2, referring to specific line(s) or details that demonstrate you read the poem carefully. If you wish to complete this early, the join code is 910209.
Read and take notes for Book the Second, chapter 10 "Two Promises," chapter 11 "A Companion Picture," chapter 12 "The Fellow of Delicacy," and chapter 13 "The Fellow of No Delicacy" for Monday.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
AGENDA 1/27
Work Day:
Complete your circle map, tree map, and reflection questions on "The Life and Works of Charles Dickens" using the piece I gave you in class, by editor Robert Sheperd.
Complete 10 vocabulary words for A Tale of Two Cities, Book 1 1-6 and Book 2, chapters 1-9, by writing the word, part of speech, page number, definition, and either an example sentence using the word or an illustration of the word's meaning
Read and annotate Book the Second of A Tale of Two Cities, chapter 7, "Monseigneur in Town"; Chapter 8, "Monseigneur in the Country"; and Chapter 9, "The Gorgon's Head." Notes due tomorrow in class for Book the Second, chapters 1-9.
HW: 10 vocabulary words, circle/tree maps for The French Revolution and Dickens' Life and Works, and notes for Book the Second due tomorrow in class!
Complete your circle map, tree map, and reflection questions on "The Life and Works of Charles Dickens" using the piece I gave you in class, by editor Robert Sheperd.
Complete 10 vocabulary words for A Tale of Two Cities, Book 1 1-6 and Book 2, chapters 1-9, by writing the word, part of speech, page number, definition, and either an example sentence using the word or an illustration of the word's meaning
Read and annotate Book the Second of A Tale of Two Cities, chapter 7, "Monseigneur in Town"; Chapter 8, "Monseigneur in the Country"; and Chapter 9, "The Gorgon's Head." Notes due tomorrow in class for Book the Second, chapters 1-9.
HW: 10 vocabulary words, circle/tree maps for The French Revolution and Dickens' Life and Works, and notes for Book the Second due tomorrow in class!
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
AGENDA 1/26
Share information from your critical annotations by completing a circle map and tree map for information on The French Revolution. First, collect facts from classmates and add to your circle map. Then, decide ways to group the information into categories, and use a tree map to re-classify the details from your circle map in a more organized way. Finally, write a reflection on "what these maps show" (a summary) and "why these maps matter or are helpful," and bound that in red pen/marker.
HW: Read and annotate Book the Second, chapter 4, "Congratulatory," Chapter 5, "The Jackal," and Chapter 6, "Hundreds of People," Be ready to show your notes from Book the Second and your first 10 vocabulary words on Thursday.
Supports for vocabulary words: .pdf of EMC Access Edition, with words defined at bottom of each page
List of vocabulary words from Virginia Department of Education
HW: Read and annotate Book the Second, chapter 4, "Congratulatory," Chapter 5, "The Jackal," and Chapter 6, "Hundreds of People," Be ready to show your notes from Book the Second and your first 10 vocabulary words on Thursday.
Supports for vocabulary words: .pdf of EMC Access Edition, with words defined at bottom of each page
List of vocabulary words from Virginia Department of Education
Monday, January 25, 2016
AGENDA 1/25
College Center - next steps for seniors, financial aid, transcripts, etc.
HW: Read chapters 4, 5, 6, of A Tale of Two Cities, "Congratulatory," "The Jackal," and "Hundreds of People" and take notes for Wednesday.
Supports for reading A Tale of Two Cities:
Continue to work on your vocabulary glossary for A Tale of Two Cities
HW: Read chapters 4, 5, 6, of A Tale of Two Cities, "Congratulatory," "The Jackal," and "Hundreds of People" and take notes for Wednesday.
Supports for reading A Tale of Two Cities:
- free audio book from Loud Lit
- the full text online (this is available in a lot of ways, and as a free Kindle download, too!
- for super-nerds or procrastinators only: an amazing one-hour introductory lecture on A Tale of Two Cities or this archived page from the New York Public Library on the author's life and times
Continue to work on your vocabulary glossary for A Tale of Two Cities
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