Wednesday March 4 th 2020 Common Core Standards

Wednesday, March 4 th, 2020 Common Core Standards: RL. 11 -12. 2 and SL. 11 -12. 1 Aim: How can we analyze moral behaviors in the Victorian period in chapters 6 and 7 in The Picture of Dorian Gray? Objective: Students will be able to analyze moral behaviors in the Victorian period in chapte 6 and 7 in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Do Now: Answer one of the following questions. 1. ) Marriage is heavily emphasized in The Picture of Dorian Gray. What is today’s societal depiction of marriage and why? 2. ) Based on chapters 6 and 7, what do the characters believe are essential components of a marriage?

Wednesday, March 4 th, 2020 Common Core Standards: RL. 11 -12. 2 and SL. 11 -12. 1 Aim: How can we analyze moral behaviors in the Victorian period in chapters 6 and 7 in The Picture of Dorian Gray? • Objective: Students will be able to analyze moral behaviors in the Victorian period in chapters 6 and 7 in The Picture of Dorian Gray. • Agenda A. ) Do Now: Turn and talk with your neighbor. Designated captains will share answers with the class. B. ) Discussion on Chapters 6 and 7: What does Lord Henry say are the drawbacks of marriage? What does Dorian love about Sibyl and why? What does Lord Henry say are the differences between men and women’s perceptions and expectations of marriage? How does Dorian fall out of love with Sibyl? What does Sibyl explain as the reason she failed in her performance? How has the portrait of Dorian changed and why? At the end of chapter 7, how does Dorian commit to resist temptation? C. ) Work Period: Begin reading chapters 8 and 9 (pp. 97 -120). Focus on the influence of morality (the standards of right and wrong). Compose two post-its in which you take notes on the moral behaviors of the characters.

Comprehension Check: How well you understand the tasks today: q. Analysis of chapters 6 and 7 in the novel q. SELF-ASSESS: How easy/ difficult was that task?