Monday, September 29:
- Fiction Reading and Log #9
- Read "A Haunted House" (p. 41) and complete the pronoun study (in your comp book)
Tuesday, September 30:
- Turn in Point of View Assignment
- Discuss "A Haunted House" (p. 41)
- Turn in comp book
- Begin reading "The Yellow Wallpaper" (p. 436) aloud in class
Wednesday, October 1:
- Fiction Reading and Log #10
- Finish "The Yellow Wallpaper" (p. 436) as a whole class
Thursday, October 2:
- Explain the rules/expectations for Socratic Seminar
- Work on Socratic Seminar questions for the "The Yellow Wallpaper," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "Strawberry Spring." Due tomorrow.
Friday, October 3:
- "The Yellow Wallpaper" (and other stories) Socratic Seminar
- Get questions stamped for completion
- Sit in either the inner or outer circle. Inner circle holds discussion for 20 minutes while the outer circle listens. Both circles will switch places during the 2nd half of the hour; all students will have participated in discussion by the end of the hour.
- Write a reflection of your participation on the rubric. Turn in your rubric and questions by the end of the hour.
Monday, September 22:
- Fiction Reading and Log #6
- Begin reading "Strawberry Spring" in groups. Use the symbols described in the "Thinking Notes" to respond to text by writing in the margins. Finish reading the story for homework.
Tuesday, September 23:
- Complete the "Strawberry Spring" questions (write the answers in your comp book)
- Discuss "Strawberry Spring" by sharing your thinking notes and discussion questions
- Point of View Writing Assignment instructions
- Write a page-long story using 1st person point of view. Then re-write the same story using 3rd person objective point of view. Finally, write a reflection explaining the benefits and limitations of both points of view, with a final explanation of which point of view is more effective in telling your story and why. Due next week Tuesday.
Wednesday, September 24:
- Fiction Reading and Log #7
- Notes: Showing Devices
Thursday, September 25:
- Watch "The Tell-Tale Heart"
- In groups, look for reasons why the story's point of view is effective and details that identify the speaker as an unreliable narrator.
- Discuss the point of view and the narrator's unreliability. Share quotes from the story that identify the speaker as an unreliable narrator. Finally, choose two quotes that act as the best pieces of evidence. Why are these quotes better to use than the others?
Friday, September 26:
- Fiction Reading and Log #8
- Notes: Analytic Writing
- In your groups, use the two unreliable narrator quotes chosen yesterday to write an analytic body paragraph explaining why the narrator is unreliable. These belong in your comp books.
- Turn in comp books for the weekend
Monday, September 15:
- Fiction Reading and Log #3 (write this in your composition book)
- Plot Writing Assignment for "A&P"
- Using your notes and a book, write about the elements of plot as they appear in the story, "A&P" (p. 16). Define the terms: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Then describe (using complete sentences) the contents of the various elements of the story and support your thinking.
Tuesday, September 16:
- Finish and turn in "A&P" Plot Writing Assignment
- Notes: Point of View
- Activity: Identifying Point of View/Narrative Perspective
- Identify the point of view of 15 short passages. Determine if the point of view is 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person omniscient, 3rd person limited, or 3rd person objective. Explain how you arrived at your answer.
Wednesday, September 17:
- Fiction Reading and Log #4 (write this in your composition book)
- Go over the Identifying Point of View Activity
- Begin reading "A Rose for Emily" (p. 29) in groups, using the "Say Something" reading strategy
Thursday, September 18:
- Finish reading "A Rose for Emily" (p. 29) in groups and work on the questions. Staple the handout with the questions into your composition book (this should be your 7th entry). In addition, in your groups, write one open-ended discussion question for each section (5 questions total) - we will use them tomorrow to discuss the reading.
Friday, September 19:
- Fiction Reading and Log #5 (write this in your composition book)
- Discuss "A Rose for Emily"
- Notes: Unreliable Narrator
Monday, September 8:
- Finish Introduction/Elements of Plot notes
- Class website information: access the website through ePark2 by Friday
- Read "Cinderella" in groups. Write an analysis for each of the following terms: plot, point of view, character, setting, tone/style, mood/voice, theme, symbolism. We will finish and discuss these tomorrow.
- HW: Bring a fiction book by Wednesday
Tuesday, September 9:
- Discuss the literary elements for "Cinderella"
- Read "The Appointment in Sammara" (p. 6) and "Godfather Death" (p. 11) in the fiction book. Take turns reading aloud in your small groups using the "Say Something" reading strategy described in class. As you read, determine how both stories do not fit the modern short story genre. Be prepared to use the text for support as you explain your answers tomorrow.
- Getting-to-know-you questionnaire
Wednesday, September 10:
- Fiction Reading and Log #1 (write this in your composition book)
- Finish discussing "The Appointment in Sammara" and "Godfather Death"
Thursday, September 11:
- Thinking notes to encourage close reading
- Read "A & P" together in groups (p. 16). Use the techniques from both the thinking notes and "Say Something" strategy as you read. I will stop the groups every few minutes to discuss what we know from the reading.
- Begin completing questions #2, 4, 6, and 8
- HW: ePark login due tomorrow!
Friday, September 12:
- Fiction Reading and Log #2 (write this in your composition book)
- Finish completing "A & P" questions - due at the end of the hour
