Day 1
Mon. 08/17/15 - D (thu)
Tue. 08/18/15 - E (fri)
Tue. 08/18/15 - E (fri)
Do Now: In your INB, write 1-3 sentences describing what you think "Self-Reliance" means (your connotation) - (2 min.)
Agenda:
> While 1st Draft Conferences happen:
> Organize your INB & glue your SB cover - (10 min.)
> 4.2 on p. 258 - "Self-Reliance"
> Read and Annotate paragraphs 1-3 (10 SILENT min.)
> Discuss Transcendentalist ideas in those paragraphs with neighbor - (5 min.)
> ITW - read SILENTLY - no headphones - (remaining time)
> While 1st Draft Conferences happen:
> Organize your INB & glue your SB cover - (10 min.)
> 4.2 on p. 258 - "Self-Reliance"
> Read and Annotate paragraphs 1-3 (10 SILENT min.)
> Discuss Transcendentalist ideas in those paragraphs with neighbor - (5 min.)
> ITW - read SILENTLY - no headphones - (remaining time)
Target Practice: In your INB, using 5 words from SB paragraphs 1-3, summarize the Transcendentalist idea of "Self-Reliance"
Hw:
> Revise EA2 - 2nd Draft Due at the end of Day 2
> Independent Reading Sections 1 & 2 DUE 8/22 (remember that the sections are not the chapter numbers - chapters 1-5 due this week)
Optional: Try to use the ideas associated with "Self-Reliance" in your EA2
Day 2 - E
Hw:
> Revise EA2 - 2nd Draft Due at the end of Day 2
> Independent Reading Sections 1 & 2 DUE 8/22 (remember that the sections are not the chapter numbers - chapters 1-5 due this week)
Optional: Try to use the ideas associated with "Self-Reliance" in your EA2
Do Now: In your INB, draw a Venn Diagram in preparation for a compare/contrast exercise (2 min.)
Agenda:
> 4.4 on p. 266 - Read "In the Depths of Solitude"(3 min.)
> Compare/Contrast in your Venn Diagram (3 min.)
> Words and ideas from "Self-Reliance" paragraphs 1-3 and this poem go into the Venn D
> NEXT LEVEL - Add a 3rd circle and com/con Alexander Supertramp's ideas (p.257)
> Literature Circles
> Group groundrules - 5 in a group - chairs face
> Warm up by discussing your Venn Diagrams (8 min.)
> Roles = Discussion Director, Literary Luminary, Connector, Vocabulary Enricher, Illustrator
> Assign roles for next week's discussion of ITW (5 min.)
> SILENTLY prepare for ITW Chapters 1-5
> Finishing touches on EA2 - DUE TODAY!
> Last name, First, period #, EA1 Personal Essay
> 4.4 on p. 266 - Read "In the Depths of Solitude"(3 min.)
> Compare/Contrast in your Venn Diagram (3 min.)
> Words and ideas from "Self-Reliance" paragraphs 1-3 and this poem go into the Venn D
> NEXT LEVEL - Add a 3rd circle and com/con Alexander Supertramp's ideas (p.257)
> Literature Circles
> Group groundrules - 5 in a group - chairs face
> Warm up by discussing your Venn Diagrams (8 min.)
> Roles = Discussion Director, Literary Luminary, Connector, Vocabulary Enricher, Illustrator
> Assign roles for next week's discussion of ITW (5 min.)
> SILENTLY prepare for ITW Chapters 1-5
> Finishing touches on EA2 - DUE TODAY!
> Last name, First, period #, EA1 Personal Essay
Target Practice: In your INB, write 1 sentence explaining how Tupac's poem represents Transcendentalist ideas
Hw:
> Independent Reading Sections 1 & 2 DUE 8/22
> Review ITW chapters 1-5 for Socratic Seminar next week
> Complete your Literature Circle section to help prepare for the Socratic Seminar
> Independent Reading Sections 1 & 2 DUE 8/22
> Review ITW chapters 1-5 for Socratic Seminar next week
> Complete your Literature Circle section to help prepare for the Socratic Seminar
