Final edits to EA 2: Senior Paper due Wednesday, December 21 by midnight!
Monday, December 19
or
Tuesday, December 20
Due Today: None
Learning Target: SL.11-12.1.C Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that probe reasoning and evidence; promote divergent and creative perspectives. SL.11-12.1.D Respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives; synthesize comments, claims, and evidence made on all sides of an issue.
Classwork
- Do Now: Read and annotate Quarter 2, Week 10 of 10. Attach to the next page of your INB.
- After: Score INB Check #6
- Then: Socratic Seminar reflection
- Round 1- Reflecting on the Positives
- Round 2- Reflecting on the Negatives
- Round 3- Open
- Next: Evolving Perspectives: respond to the visual prompt on WB p. 167.
Homework
- Continue revising EA 2: Senior Research Paper using a new tool from the Senior Project Page for English. Final edits MUST BE DONE BY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21 @ MIDNIGHT.
- Complete the Othello activity in your Gmail to be prepared for Socratic Seminar upon your return in Quarter 3.
- Independent Reading for Quarter 3: Choose from the following list of authors. A creative activity will follow for you to do during/after reading: William Shakespeare, Sophocles, George Bernard Shaw, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, Jane Austen, Helen Fielding, Kazuo Ishiguro, Mary Shelley, H.G. Wells, J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Graves, George Orwell, Bram Stoker, W. Somerset Maugham, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Agatha Christie, C.S. Forester, Ian McEwan, Anthony Burgess, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Ian Fleming.
Tuesday, December 20
or
Wednesday, December 21
Due Today: EA 2- Research Paper final (Wednesday)
Learning Target: L.11-12.4.C Consult general and specialized reference materials to determine or clarify precise meaning, part of speech, etymology, or standard usage of a word or phrase. L.11-12.6 Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases.
Classwork
- Do Now: Setup Quarter 3 section of INB: Evolving Perspectives with Shakespeare's Othello
- After: Understanding Critical Perspectives in Literature with Thug Notes (explicit)
- Then: Skip the FIRST TWO PAGES of Section 3. Title the NEXT PAGE Critical Perspectives. Write today's date at the top-left. Divide the page into five sections (each five lines should be enough). Label each section with the following perspectives: Reader Response Criticism, Feminist Criticism, Marxist Criticism, Cultural Criticism, Archetypal Criticism.
- Next: Use the classroom activity to complete each section. You will need to evaluate Shakespeare's Othello from each perspective next quarter. You will also need to show how your EA 1: Scene Interpretation expresses one of them over the rest.
Homework
- Continue revising EA 2: Senior Research Paper using a new tool from the Senior Project Page for English. Final edits MUST BE DONE BY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21 @ MIDNIGHT.
- Complete the Othello activity in your Gmail to be prepared for Socratic Seminar upon your return in Quarter 3.
- Independent Reading for Quarter 3: Choose from the following list of authors. A creative activity will follow for you to do during/after reading: William Shakespeare, Sophocles, George Bernard Shaw, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, Jane Austen, Helen Fielding, Kazuo Ishiguro, Mary Shelley, H.G. Wells, J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Graves, George Orwell, Bram Stoker, W. Somerset Maugham, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Agatha Christie, C.S. Forester, Ian McEwan, Anthony Burgess, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Ian Fleming.
Looking Ahead...Happy Holidays! Make sure to complete the Othello activity in your E-mail before returning in Quarter 3!
