Week of 11.10

Monday:

Essays due

No class

HW: Act 2, scene 2 and short stories due tomorrow

 

Tues.

Introduction to monologue project

Analyze hamlet's use of his antic disposition

Define and discuss metadrama....(introduction to "the players")

Did you notice the reference to the Trojan Horse?

Discuss similarities with The Odyssey

HW: Read Act 3 scene 1

 

Wed:

Analyze the "to be or not to be" monologue

Write your own monologue that begins with: To be or not to be, that is the question" (due next Tuesday)

Film excerpt

Analyze Mel Gibson's interpretation of Hamlet

HW: Read Act 3, scene 2

 

Thursday:

What is Hamlet's ploy?

What does this show about Hamlet?

Make a list of all the themes you can think of that appear in this drama

What is Hamlet's crisis?

 

Friday:

Film cont'd

HW: Monologue work time (30 minutes). Also: handwrite or type the lines that you plan to perform.

Finish ACT 3

 

 

Week of 11.2

Monday

Intro to Hamlet

Line Catch game

Read Act 3 scene 4 and uncover the climax

HW: Read Act 1, scenes 1 and 2 (20 minutes)

www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/hamlet/

 

Tuesday:

Short story work time (45 minutes)

Examine Claudius opening speech in Act 1, scene 2 (paraphrase and analyze)

Describe Hamlet's emotions in his two lengthy soliloquies.

HW:

For Wednesday: Continue work on HMOD essay. Finish your thesis paragraph and come prepared to work on your body paragraphs tomorrow

For Thursday: Finish Act One

Answer these questions in a journal reflection:

What is an antic disposition? and why does Hamlet assume this disposition? What is his purpose and how does he go about it? What does this show about Hamlet? (30 minutes)

 

Wednesday:

HMOD esssay work period. Due Friday.

 

Thursday:

Discuss Act 1 (20 minutes)

HMOD work time (30 minutes)

HW:

For Friday:

HMOD essay due (2 hours total out of class)

For Monday:

Read Act 2, scene 1 (10 minutes)

Work on Short Story (due next Tuesday)

 

 

Week of 10.27

Mon:

J: Discuss Ben Benally's opinions/feelings about Abel and his struggles

Discussion:

Analyze Abel's "sickness"

compare HMOD to CTBC

discuss the "House Made of Dawn" healing song

HW: finish HMOD (15-20 minutes)

 

Tues:

FInal HMOD discussion

How is Abel's quest for identity resolved?

Analysis of franciso's final memories.

Why are memoy flash-backs such an integral part of Momaday's narrative?

HMOD essay questions revealed

W: Short Story introduced (due in two weeks)

 

Wed.

Short story work period

HW: Begin to pre-write HMOD essay (10 min)

 

Th:

HMOD essay work day (due next Friday)

HW: Spend 20 minutes each on Short Story and HMOD essay.

 

 

IN ADDITION TO THE SHORT STORY UNIT, FINISH HOUSE MADE OF DAWN BOOK 3. Due next Monday, 10.27

Monday:

Read out loud Liam O’Flaherty’s “The Sniper “

Discussion Questions:

1. How do you think the sniper feels about what he is doing? What in the story makes you think this?

2.  Does the sniper have any choice in killing the gunman or the old woman?

3. How does O’Flaherty create suspense?

4. One critic has suggested that O’Flaherty’s characters are “marked by wild mood swings and often by bizarre, contradictory behavior.” Do you think the protagonist in “The Sniper” exhibits these qualities? Explain.

-Define situational irony

-Exercise: plotting the plot. On the board create a line graph to show the action of the story (introduction, specific moments of rising action, climax, resolution)

-Introduce on the board (for “class notes”) Poe’s definition of a short story:

1. Be complete by itself.

2. Be able to be read in one sitting.

3, Have every word used for an important effect.

4. Have a good opening sentence that remains important throughout the story.

5. End at its climax.

6. Have no more characters than is necessary for the action.

-Analyze “The Sniper” in terms of the above definition.

 

Journal/HW: Write a story in 100 words or less that follows Poe’s criteria (5-10 minutes)

 

Tues:

WRITING COURSE: ("Song of Myself" poem is due). Write one scene of dialogue between two characters using ONLY speech (i.e. as in the script of a play). Therefoe, any action, setting, character description that is necesasary to convey needs to be conveyed through speech. The dialogue can be about ANYTHING. Focus on giving each character a distinct voice. This is due in one week (1-2 pages double-spaced).

In small groups (3-4), read 100 word stories.

Read quietly Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Masque of The Red Death “ and complete a journal

Analyze the setting of the story?

What is the effect? Describe how there is unity between the mood and the setting? What specific language does he use to create the mood? How different would the story be different if the castle was well lit and had windows?

 

Journal/HW: In 100 words or less, develop a setting that is appropriate the following story prompt.

A suspicious looking man lurks down a sidewalk; passer-bys are noticeably uncomfortable and disturbed by his presence.

 

Additional HW: Character building worksheet  (10 minutes)

 

Wed:

Read aloud Eudora Welty’s “A Visit of Charity”

Group analysis of the protagonist

Make a list of all details or sentences that help us to understand the character. Review as a class.

How might Addie describe her?

Discuss the importance of good character development

You may want to read the notes on Character on page 23

What is the difference between a flat and a round character?

 

Journal: Using your character building worksheet, create a short (300 words or less) story involving your character. You must use a third person narrative voice. You may not use any of the specific information from the character building worksheet (except for the name). Focus on showing instead of telling. You should be able to develop your character through action.

 

HW: Finish the scene (10-30 minutes)

 

Thurs:

Sit a different table with different people. One person begins by reading the scene from last night’s homework. As he/she reads, the others in the group make notes and assumptions about the character. When the story is over, the group members should go over their notes and discuss differences. Is this a round character? Why/why not? What details and actions helped develop the characterization? What details are lacking? Then the next person reads….

Read the notes on “Point of View” on page 63

Read quietly Dorothy Parker’s “A Telephone Call” and complete a journal:

Analyze the point of view in this story? How would the story be different with a different point of view?

Discuss point of view and characterization in “A Telephone Call.”

 

In-class writing/HW: Write a scene (100 words) involving a 6-year old girl, her grandfather, a sandbox, a Labrador retriever, and a camera.

1st: from the perspective of the grandfather

2nd: from the perspective of the six-year old girl

They should focus on establish a “voice” that fits the point of view. (12 minutes)

 

Friday:

 

In small groups (of their own choosing), each person should choose one of the perspectives and read your scene aloud.

 

Discuss the importance of the opening sentence; remember Poe’s definition of a short story.

Each person should take 5 minutes to write a great opening sentence to a story.

Group stories:

Pass your story one person to the right. Each person will add one sentence to the story and then pass it again one to the right (they should have 1- 2 minutes max for each rotation, and they should be able to self-monitor this timeline).

HW: Finish the story (1-2 pages handwritten) (20 minutes)

 

WEEKS HOMEWORK TOTAL: 1 HOUR, 30 MINUTES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10th English

WEEK OF 10.14

Tues:

W: Write a poem "Song of Myself," inspired by Momaday's "Delight Song of Tsoaii Taliee"

 

Class:

Discuss the concept of "ethnogenesis" and "manifest destiny"

Examine The sermon of the preist of the sun

Why does Momaday use so many voices?

Relate Abel's journey to Absolom, Stephen, John, Amir, others....

Why is the journey of self and cultural discovery so important?

Do we need both?

What happens when you lack one of these things?

HW: Read House from the page break on 101 - 120.

 

Wed:

PSAT, no class

 

Th: Discuss characterization through memory for Abel

Read excerpt of Rainy Mtn.

Discuss notion of discovering heritage as a journey

Analyze Abel's Journey

HW: Read to 138

 

Fri:

In-class journal and reading (to 158)

Congratulations Darius, for guessing Zoë Helfrich's birthday!

 

 

Week of 10.6

Monday:

Discuss and in-class reading (to p.49)

HW: Essay

 

Tuesday:

W: ABCs of poetry

Essay due

watch: Roots of American Music (chapter on Native American song/ritual)

discuss film (making connections to Abel/Pueblo of Jemez)

HW: read to page 60

 

Wed:

Examine ritual and the significance of the kiva in Pueblo life

Read 60-76

 

Th:

Discuss page 50-51 VERY closely

relate it to themes in the text

HW: Read to page 91.

 

 

Week of 9.29:

Tuesday:

Introduction to House Made of Dawn

Read Momoday poems and discuss

Mr. H. slideshow

HW: Read House pages 1-14 Journal: Discuss the setting development in the opening pages.

 

Wednesday:

Discuss various narrative techniques used by Momoday.

Tracking changing points of view.

Characterization of Abel (through memory)

Journal:

HW: Read to page 27

 

Thursday;

Introduction to Angela

Why is she in Jemez?

How does she romanticize Abel and the culture?

HW: Read to page 41

 

Friday:

PSAT exercise

in-class reading

HW: essay work!!

 

 

Week of 9.22

Mon:

Chart examples of desolation and comfort throughout the novel

Discuss Kumalo's fragile state upon his return

What do we learn about the tribal culture?

Continue to discuss the role of land in the story (literally and symbolically)

HW: W pieces due; Read 272-280

 

Tues:

Cry essays introduced:

It is time for you to compose your first formal literary analysis of the 10th grade year. As you continue deeper into our high school careers, you need to strive for increased sophistication and depth of analysis. Additionally, you need to know that the tolerance for misspelled words, poor punctuation, run-on sentences and other “proofreading” mistakes will be considerably less than in years past. You will have two weeks to organize, outline, craft, and revise this essay. My expectation is that the finished product will be insightful, clearly-written, and well-edited.

 

Regardless of the essay topic you choose, I want you each to establish the historical and cultural context for the novel. You should relate the themes, symbols, and issues in the book to those facing the country during the time of its publishing (if only in your introduction and conclusion).

 

These essays should be 3-5 pages in length. As is standard in literary analysis papers, you should write in the 3rd person and in present tense (except when mentioning the history of South Africa). You should have a clear thesis statement, and each body paragraph should have a clear topic sentence. Each body paragraph should cite multiple examples form the text as supporting evidence. Your conclusion should add to the insight of the essay rather than restating the thesis and summarizing the body paragraphs.

 

Please feel free to turn in a draft of this essay. It should be turned in by Thursday, October, 2.

 

Topics:

 

1. Kumalo and Jarvis each complete a journey during the course of the journey. Choose one character and explore the stages/significance of his journey (establish a beginning, middle, and end) both physically and psychologically/emotionally. 

 

2. Examine the characters of Absolom, Gertrude, and Absolom’s wife. How do their life stories reflect the reality facing the younger generation of South Africa? What seems to be the commentary offered by Paton through these characters? Is their any hope for these characters?

 

3. Analyze the role of comfort versus desolation in the novel (focusing on one or a few characters).  What is the relationship between these emotional/physical states? What is the cultural significance of these ideas?

 

4. Explore the physical and symbolic significance of land throughout the novel. How does the reality of the land parallel the reality of the people? How does Paton use the land to establish a tone (or tones) in his novel?

Pick one and start to assemble quotes.

Work on an introductory paragraph (due next Tuesday)

Student-led discussion

In-class reading

HW: Finish Cry

 

Wednesday:

Essay work time (assmebling quotes in groups)

Student led round table....everyone participates.

 

Thursday:

Essay work, watch excerpts of film

NO HW...ESSAY!!

 

Week of 9.15

Monday:

Student led discussion

Excerpts of "Amandla" (film)

HW: read Cry 161-180

 

Tues:

read "Gettysburg Address" and analyze (look for parallels with Cry)

discuss the relationship between Arthur and James Jarvis

HW: 181-199

 

Wed:

Analyze the theme of judgement in last night's reading and in the novel as a whole

Cry essay topics introduced

Student led discussion

HW: 200-224

 

Thursday:

Fish Bowl exercise

HW:225-250

In-class essay topic introduced

 

Friday:

In-class essay

HW: 253-272

 

 

Week of 9.8:

Monday:

Introduction to Cry, The Beloved Country

1. Bio. of Alan Paton

2. History of South Africa

 

In-class reading of Chapter 1

HW: Read Cry pages 35-50.

 

Tuesday:

Read and analyze Gibran's "On Children"

Discuss the metaphor of the "house" in Cry

Discuss the theme of "fear"

HW: Read to page 72

 

Wednesday:

Read to page 101

 

Thursday;

Read to page 124

 

Friday:

Finish Book 1

 

Week of 9.1

Tues:

Review and Discuss Kite Runner

Timeline of 20th century Afghanistan History

Break into groups: (for oral presentation)

1. Character analysis: Amir and his relationships with others

2. Motifs: Guilt and Redemption

3. Themes: Loss of Innocence

4. Symbolism: Kite, pomagranite tree, the scar

HW: a. Assemble 3-6 quotes relevant to group project. b. Complete "Day One Survey"

 

Wed:

Discuss the concept of cultural identity (20 minutes)

Is Amir's identity different from Hassan's? Baba's? Rahim Khan?

Is Kite Runner a tragedy or a tale of heroism?

Group work: Prepare for group presentations (35 minutes)

HW: Choose any one quote from the text and write 1 page explaining its significance or relating it to important themes in the novel.

 

Th:

J: Do you identify with Amir? How? Why or Why not?

Group presentations

 

Friday:

Summer Reading Test

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