Dr Georges 9302019 1042019 th 9 Lit Agenda

Dr. George’s 9/30/2019 – 10/4/2019 th 9 Lit. Agenda

Essential Questions for the week… How can context contribute to the understanding of a novel? How does a key scene from a novel contribute to the work as a whole?

Monday 9/30/2019 Warm-up Answer the following questions about your independent reading book in one well-developed paragraph: 1. Which character in your book stands out the most? Learning Why/how? 2. Which character in your novel can you relate to the most? Target: SL 5 I can Why/how? 3. Which themes (central ideas) are most prominent in your understand novel? Explain. presentation 4. How does the setting of your novel enhance the plot? elements. 5. What did you like about your novel? What did you dislike? REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN

Monday 9/30/19 Agenda Learning Target: SL 5 I can understand presentation elements. IR Book Talk Project: Choose between the STORYBOARD and AUTOPSY (refer to your hot pink instructions sheet). Follow the instructions using any of the materials provided for you, or materials of your own. Louder Than a Bomb: In preparation for our novel reading, we will begin watching the Louder Than a Bomb documentary. Complete the viewing guide as we watch.

Tuesday 10/1/19 Agenda Touchstone Tuesday : Report to lab 2413 to take your Quarter 3 Touchstone. All phones must be turned off and placed in your back packs in the front of the room. IR Book Talk Project: Continue working on your STORYBOARD or AUTOPSY (refer to your pink instructions sheet). Follow the instructions using any of the materials provided for you, or materials of your own. Learning Target: SL 5 I can understand the difference between formal and informal presentations.

Wednesday 10/2/2019 Warm-up Consider the portion of Louder Than a Bomb that you have already watched when answering this question: Why might it be important to know biographical information about a write or speaker before reading their work or hearing them speak? Learning Target: SL 5 I can understand the difference between formal and informal presentations. REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN

Wednesday 10/2/19 Agenda Learning IR Book Talk Project: Continue working on your Target: STORYBOARD or AUTOPSY (refer to your pink SL 5 I can instructions sheet). Follow the instructions using understand any of the materials provided for you, or materials the difference of your own. between formal Louder Than a Bomb: In preparation for our and novel reading, we will continue watching the informal Louder Than a Bomb documentary. Complete the presentations. viewing guide as we watch.

Learning Thursday 10/3/2019 Warm-up Target: RI 7 I can compare and This is what Elizabeth Acevedo, a Poetry Slam contrast a champion, had to say about her spoken word subject performances: “I am always thinking of how hand (Harlem motions add meaning and punctuation to a word Renaissance) presented or phrase. ” through Based on the poetry performances you have watched this week, what do you think she means different mediums. by that? REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN

Thursday 10/3/19 Agenda Learning Target: RI 7 I can Harlem Renaissance Intro: We will explore the impact of the compare and Harlem Renaissance on art and literature. Read the article. contrast a Gallery Walk: There are several examples of art, literature, and subject music from the Harlem Renaissance posted around the room. (Harlem Choose 6 of your favorite pieces and complete the chart on the back of your questions handout. Note: You will need a cell phone Renaissance) presented for the music pieces. Please wear headphones or ear buds. IR Book Talk Project: Continue working on your STORYBOARD through different or AUTOPSY (refer to your pink instructions sheet). Follow the mediums. instructions using any of the materials provided for you, or materials of your own.

Learning Target: Friday 10/4/2019 Warm-up SL 1 I can include Many people believe that there are times in our everyone in the lives where we have wear a mask. Not a literal mask that everyone can see, but a figurative one. discussion and build on Meaning, as humans we may have to hide our their ideas true selves. Do you agree with this statement? as well as Why or why not? Can you think of a time in life challenging where you have had to wear a mask? Explain. them. REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN

Friday 10/4/19 Agenda Finish Gallery Walk: There are several examples of art, literature, and music from the Harlem Renaissance posted around the room. Choose 6 of your favorite pieces and complete the chart on the back of your questions handout. Note: You will need a cell phone for the music pieces. Please wear headphones or ear buds. Socratic Seminar: After listening to the poem “We Wear the Mask”, we will have a class discussion regarding the concept of the “mask” and how it impacts daily lives. This will be a Speaking and Listening Grade, so participation is required. IR Book Talk Project: Continue working on your STORYBOARD or AUTOPSY (refer to your pink instructions sheet). Follow the instructions using any of the materials provided for you, or materials of your own. Learning Target: SL 1 I can include everyone in the discussion and build on their ideas as well as challenging them.

This week’s standards… ELAGSE 9 -10 SL 4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically (using appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation) such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning. ELAGSE 9 -10 RL 3: Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop theme. ELAGSE 9 -10 RL 5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. ELAGSE 9 -10 W 3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. ELAGSE 9 -10 W 9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. CCRS L. 9 -10. 6: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words. CCRS L. 0 -10. 5 b: Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.

Unit Assessments… Formative TKAM Stations TKAM character chart Summative Independent Reading project presentations