DAY 70-78

AGENDA

1. Preparing your seminars: meet with your group members to ensure that your questions are on track and your synopsis is well developed.
2. Make sure you know who is going when and what they will be saying.
3. Order your presentation so that it is in the most logical sense: starting with simpler questions and working your way to more complex ideas.

REMEMBER: check your thesis with Ms. McMillan - you must show her your thesis before the break!!

DAY 69

AGENDA

1. What does a good facilitator look like?
2. Before you meet with your groups, let's talk about what good facilitating in a group can look like.
3. Role play.

DAY 64-68

AGENDA

1. In your book club groups, continue to read your novels, gather questions and support each other through group discussions in order to develop a focus and your major ideas for your upcoming seminar.

Remember: this project is due by DECEMBER 19TH!

DAY 63

AGENDA

RAFT DUE TODAY!

1. Getting into our seminar groups and working out a schedule so we can complete our novels before the holiday break!

2. What are the goals of reading this book with your group?

DAY 62

AGENDA

1. BOOK TALK: Ms. McMillan will share your book choices for your next literature circles and seminars.

2. Put the finishing touches on your RAFT assignment.

REMEMBER: your RAFT is due TOMORROW!

DAY 61

AGENDA

1. Continue using your class time to work on your RAFT.  If you need any supplies or a different space to work, please let me know and I will provide what I can.

DAY 60

AGENDA

1. Continue using your class time to work on your RAFT.  If you need any supplies or a different space to work, please let me know and I will provide what I can.

DAY 59

AGENDA

1. Today you are working on your RAFT project independently.

I'm here to help you work through your ideas, so feel free to access me as a resource.

DAY 57 - PD day!

AGENDA

Work on your final project this weekend!

DAY 56 - Opportunities Workshot

AGENDA

1. Ms. Botelho will be joining our class today to talk about opportunities for our future.

DAY 55

AGENDA

1. Today we will look at the final assignment for the drama unit.
2. Use today to brainstorm the messages that you wish to give your audience and which form of media you would like to use to get those messages across.
3. Check out the exemplars to see what other students have done in the past!

DAY 54

AGENDA

1. Finish watching the Matrix and filling in the sheets.

DAY 53

AGENDA

1. Watching the Matrix
2. While watching the movie, what are some comparisons and contrasts you can make between the main character's thoughts and feelings and those of the main character, Neo, in the movie?
3. Use the organizer to record your ideas while we watch the film.

Check out your project options for the final task : RAFT ASSIGNMENT

DAY 52

AGENDA

1. What is the common contemplation Hamlet has when you compare your soliloquies?
2. Is Hamlet a tragic hero?  Using a copy of the play and your sheet, find events within the play that demonstrate that Hamlet is/is not a tragic hero.

DAY 51

AGENDA

1. Complete our speeches today..
2. Work on Hamlet groups to share our ideas about the soliloquies.

DAY 50

AGENDA

SPEECHES!!

Today we are presenting our speeches - volunteers first, then we will draw names if necessary!

DAY 49

AGENDA

1. Analyzing Hamlet's soliloquies - what is he contemplating?
a) get into groups to help each other analyze the text.

DAY 48

AGENDA

1. Finish watching Hamlet

DAY 47

AGENDA

1. Watching the film Hamlet

a) What is your interpretation of Hamlet's relationship with Gertrude?

b) Is Hamlet truly insane?

DAY 46

AGENDA

1. Is Oedipus a tragic hero?  Fill in the graphic organizer as thoroughly as you can based on proof from the play.

DAY 45

AGENDA

1. Getting to know Hamlet - figuring out Hamlet's family tree and friend connections.

2. Talking about the plots: love, war, revenge.

DAY 44

AGENDA

1. Returning to our reflection: let's discuss our ideas.  How do the ideas of your classmates re-frame your thinking? Add your new ideas to your reflection and explain how/why your thinking has changed.

2. Oedipus as a tragic hero: complete the hand out using examples directly from the play.  This will act as some of your rough work for your final RAFT assignment.

DAY 43

AGENDA

1. Reflection: What is the significance of eyes in the play Oedipus? What is significant about eyes to you? Do you always see clearly?
2. Going to the library to work on your speeches.  Do some research, write your rough copy, conference about your ideas with a peer or the teacher.

DAY 42

AGENDA

1. Reading Oedipus: Iocaste's punishment - The Exodus
2. Co-creating criteria: what needs to be on our rubric for our speeches?

Check out the rubric and let me know if you think we should change, add or delete elements that are included on the rubric.

Check out these speeches to see if you can determine climactic order:

MLK "I have a Dream"
Obama: "Don't tell me Words Don't Matter"

DAY 41

AGENDA

1. Book clubs: this is your final club, so make sure you really discuss and develop some ideas with your group members.
2. Talking about rhetorical devices and climactic order

Check out this website for more rhetorical devices

DAY 40

AGENDA

1. Finishing Ode II of Oedipus: is Oedipus in over his head? What is Jocaste's role in all of this?
2. Speeches:  watch the following speeches and determine what makes it great, or what could use improvement.

"You are not Special" Commencement speech

Harvard Commencement - Oprah Winfrey

Terrorism in Canada - Prime Minister Harper

DAY 39

AGENDA

1. Talking about Oedipus: filling in the answers to the questions as we read through.
2. Speeches:  what are some main ideas that are required to make a good speech?

DAY 38

AGENDA

1. RIDDLES!

Question: What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?

Question: What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

Question: Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?

Question: A thief enters a shop and threatens the clerk, forcing him to open the safe. The clerk says, "The code for the safe is different every day, and if you hurt me you'll never get the code". But the thief manages to guess the code on his own.

How did he do it?

Question: Imagine you are swimming in the ocean and a bunch of hungry sharks surround you. How do you get out alive?

Question: A poor man is sitting in a pub. He sees that the man next to him is extremely rich.

Poor man: I have an amazing talent; I know almost every song that has ever existed.

The rich man laughs.

Poor man: I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a popular song that includes a lady's name of your choosing.

The rich man laughs again.

Rich man: OK, how about my daughter's name, Joanna Armstrong-Miller?

The poor man goes home rich.

What song did he sing?

2.  Complete questions for Scene 1 of Oedipus

DAY 37: WHO AM I?

AGENDA

1. Today Ms. Bothelo is coming in to work with us!

Some of the ideas we plan to discuss:

Who am I?
Why is it important to think about who you are?
How does your identity affect your future?
What's in a name?

DAY 36

AGENDA

1. Book clubs!
2. What does a good speech need to be "good"? Working together to co-construct some criteria.

DAY 35

AGENDA

1. Humility Test: how humble are you?
2. Continue reading Ode 1: what do you think of Oedipus?

DAY 34

AGENDA

1. Read Ode 1 and answer the questions.

DAY 33

AGENDA

1. Continue reading Oedipus - what is the chorus cautioning Oedipus of?

DAY 32

AGENDA

1. complete the Greek Theatre presentation
2. Research: what are the elements of Aristotlian Tragedy?

Go to the following website: http://cuip.uchicago.edu/~ldernbach/msw/xhgkaristrag.pdf

Fill in the work sheet with your answers, so that you have a better understanding of tragedy as we read the play.

DAY 31

AGENDA

1. Book club meetings
2. Greek theatre presentations

DAY 30

AGENDA

1. Greek Culture Presentations!

PD DAY!

REMEMBER: keep reading your novels for your book clubs next week!

DAY 28

AGENDA

1. Completing our presentations for Tuesdays class.

** Make sure you have your hand out finished so you can send a copy to Miss McMillan so she can make copies for the whole class**

DAY 27

AGENDA

1.  Book club meetings!!
2. Working on peer editing and final touches/questions about our essays before they are due tomorrow!

DAY 26

AGENDA

1. working on a mini presentation about Greek theatre in the library.

Remember you need to include a hand out for your audience members during your presentation.

Also: don't forget to make it interesting with visuals to engage your audience!

DAY 25

AGENDA

1. Today we are choosing partners and working on a mini presentation about Greek theatre in the library.

REMEMBER: your book clubs meet this WEDNESDAY and your essays are due on THURSDAY.

Also: feel free to stop by and chat with me about your essays or your books if you have any questions or concerns before they are due!

DAY 24

AGENDA

1. Today is your LAST day to work on your essays in class.  If you have any questions be sure to come and meet with me today so you can continue to work on your essay over the weekend.

After today, you will not have time in class to work on your essay, but you can meet with me in periods 3 or 5 to discuss any issues next week!

DON'T FORGET: your essay is due October 9th!!

DAY 23

AGENDA

1. Today is your final day in class to work on your essay.

Take advantage of the time to: ask questions, write down your PPEs, work on structure and formatting.

DAY 22

AGENDA

1. Work period: developing proof to support your thesis.
2. Mini lesson: developing points
3. Mini lesson: developing structure

DAY 21

AGENDA

1. Work period - developing arguments for our essays.
2. Mini Lesson about thesis: Meghan and Matt
3. Mini Lesson about MLA: Zoe and Aaron

DAY 20

AGENDA

1. Thesis day!!  At this point, you  need to have a thesis developed so you can work on your essay this week.

DAY 19

AGENDA

1. Working on our research -> read -> research -> read approach to essay writing!
2. Do you have a thesis statement?  DON'T FORGET: you need to come to class with a thesis statement on MONDAY!

Happy weekend :)

DAY 18

AGENDA

1.  Developing arguments for a full length essay.  What does that look like? (paragraph structures)
2. Digging in to our found secondary criticisms that we found.
3. Review: the funnel introduction!
4. Working on our arguments/intro

DAY 17: library resources

AGENDA

1. We will head to the library for an intro to using internet resources from Mrs. Hall
2. Finding sources for ourselves: using this time to find articles that help us to form a thesis for our essay.

DAY 16

AGENDA

1.Understanding Feminism: check out Emma Watson's speech to the UN 
Youtube video of UN speech
2. Close reading of passages: pass them around!
3. Read: "The Chrysanthemums" AS HOMEWORK!!!!

DAY 15

AGENDA:

1. Looking at the literary paragraph rubric
2. Proofreading our literary paragraphs
3. A close reading using a feminist lens - we will continue this tomorrow

REMEMBER: your literary paragraphs are due tomorrow!

DAY 14

AGENDA

Most students are out at the University/College Fair today!

1. Take this opportunity to work on your literary paragraph and finish it before the weekend!

REMEMBER: your literary paragraph is due: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014!!

DAY 13

AGENDA

1. How do I integrate a secondary criticism into my paragraph?
2. Work on literary paragraphs independently.

DAY 12

AGENDA

1. quiz: match the theories to the statements!
2. developing your argument: creating a model paragraph.
3. working on our paragraphs independently

DAY 11

AGENDA

1. Get together with two or three people who read the same article and determine what the thesis is and what the main arguments are in the article.  Write them on the chart paper.
2. Step back: now that you have read the story and some literary criticisms about the story, what would you argue? (Create your own thesis)
3. Working on a paragraph: write a paragraph that develops your argument based on the story itself and the secondary criticism!

PARAGRAPH OUTLINE

Homework: develop your own argument for your paragraph about "The Lottery"

DAY 10

AGENDA

1. Reading secondary criticism for meaning.
2.Read:  Peter Kosenko: A reading of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"
3. Answer the questions to guide you in your understanding of secondary criticism.

OUR ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS

1. thesis: “idealogical mechanism” = the lottery is used to reinforce the social order of the town and keep the power in the hands of those who control the lottery.

Question 2

1. reinforces the social order of rich and poor
2. the tradition reinforces the illusion of democracy because everyone participates
3. the townsfolk believe that the harder you work the less likely you are to be chosen in the lottery.
4. the lottery reinforces the fact that you need to work hard, which means that the “poor” people must work harder while those with money look like they work hard because they have money. the class system is reinforced.
5. The necessity of a scapegoat in order to reinforce the social structure.

Peter Kosenko’s article pros and cons:

1. good ideas - his points are well thought out and he backs up his points.
2. well researched, he uses excellent proof to back up his arguments (when he finally gets around to them)
3. sentence structure is difficult to follow and understand
4. disorganized logic - he has a good argument but the order it is presented makes it hard to follow
5. structure of the article is difficult to follow
6. introduction was too lengthy and didn’t connect to the argument he eventually made
7. so not all information he offered had to do with his thesis.

 HOMEWORK: Choose ONE of the two secondary criticisms (Symbolism OR Feminism) that discusses the lens you see through most predominantly when reading this story.  Read through this article using the same strategies used to read through the Kosenko article.
5. What can you conclude about the story "The Lottery"?

DAY 9

AGENDA

We have read a story using strictly the story itself to analyze the text.  We are now going to analyze a story using a DUAL APPROACH, which means using our analysis skills, but also using secondary sources called LITERARY CRITICISM.

1. Read "The Lottery": what theories do you see most predominantly in this story from your perspective?
2. Learning more: read "Historical Context in 'The Lottery'" and determine which theme you think is most relevant to read this story.

DAY 8

AGENDA

1. Optical Illusions: understanding perspective
2. After reading  "The Possibility of Evil": we will be taking a formalist approach: at character, symbols and imagery
3. conclusions about this approach - what can we learn about a story?

DAY 7

AGENDA

1. Group work: dividing into the different lenses, we will create arguments and then prove them using examples from the text.
2. Share ideas with the class

HOMEWORK: read "The Possibility of Evil" and analyze: character, imagery and symbols

DAY 6

AGENDA

1. Applying theory: what theories are applicable to the movie "Brave"?
2. What is a "close reading"?
3. Applying close reading strategies to "Cinderella"

DAY 5

AGENDA

1. Continuing literary theory lecture (Gender and Queer Theory, Post-Modernism)
2. How can we apply these theories? Watch parts of Disney's Lion King and see what theories can apply.
3. Reading "Cinderella" from a theoretical perspective.

DAY 4

AGENDA

1. Literary Theory power point
2. Notes on lit theory and criticism: what's the difference?

DAY 3

AGENDA

1. Learning from the Barefoot Movement
2. "The Kids in the Hallowed Halls": It says... I say.. and so.. activity
3. Discussion

CLASS GUIDELINES

1.       BE ON TIME, and come prepared.

2.       BE RESPECTFUL: listen to others when they share their ideas, and not put down their ideas.

3.       PARTICIPATE: work together and work independently in a positive environment 

DAY 2

AGENDA

1. Class Guidelines
2. Five Minute University
3.  "Why Go To University?" - discussion questions
4. Discussion: partner, larger group

WELCOME BACK!

AGENDA:

Course Outline Overview

Establishing classroom guidelines: "The Code"

Choices game:  Would you rather...?