Ashley D. Fluhme
Week of 11/4
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Allusion of the day: Students will
take notes on the allusion du jour.
Election Day
Mnemonic devices: Voc. proctors
provide mnemonic devices.
Outline the position of your
character on Wiki: Meet with
other students assigned the same
character and develop your outlines.
Complete character outline.
Photo Story due Monday, Nov. 11
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Allusion of the day: Students will
take notes on the allusion du jour.
Allusion of the day: Students will
take notes on the allusion du jour.
Groups will present their
positions: Groups will present
their wikispaces outlining the
assigned individual in Denby.
Groups will finish presenting
their positions: Groups will
present their wikispaces outlining
the assigned individual in Denby.
Debate Prompt: Students will
review the prompt for the debate.
Photo Story due Monday, Nov. 11
Class is Divided regardless of
personal view: Students must then
defend or condemn Conrad as a
racist.
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8
Voc. Quiz: Students will complete
the cumulative vocabulary quiz.
AP Advantage: Students will
popcorn read the passage from their
AP Advantage packets. Students
should then discuss their responses
to the AP Advantage questions in
class.
Debate must be completed by the
start of class on Thursday the 14th.
Photo Story due Monday, Nov. 11
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8
Marlow as racist Preparation:
Divide students into groups to find
passages supporting Marlow as a
racist and Marlow as an antiimperialist. In what ways is
Marlow condescending? In what
ways is he respectful? How can we
reconcile this polarization?
Each student must make one
comment stating the case for either
condemnation or defense. Students
must then reply to as many
comments as they can (with a
minimum of three responses).
Debate must be completed by the
start of class on Thursday the 14th.
Complete AP Advantage for Fri.
Study Vocabulary for Fri
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Photo Story due Monday, Nov. 11
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
Ashley D. Fluhme
Week of 11/4
Portable Phonograph Quiz:
Students will take the portable
phonograph quiz.
Portable Phonograph Quizzes
Returned: Students will receive
their quizzes back and check for
understanding
Theme Lesson: Example,
Instruction, Review and
Reinforcement: Example:
Students will be given the lyrics to
“The Best of Both Worlds” theme
song. The students will follow
along with their lyrics. Afterwards,
we will discuss the theme song as a
theme for the tv show through
discussion.
“The Scarlet Ibis”: Quiz Students will take a reading quiz
on the short story.
Discussion - “The Scarlet Ibis”:
Using the story guide, students will
discuss the conflict, characters,
complications, climax, and other
plot elements of the novel. The
symbol of the Scarlet Ibis to
Doodle will be discussed, showing
the comparison between the death
of the bird foreshadowing the
death of Doodle.
Notes from the overhead:
Students will then take notes from
the overhead about the definition of
theme and things to consider when
trying to unlock theme.
Wrap-up Example: Students will
use the lyrics of “Won’t You Be
My Neighbor?” to solidify the
concept of theme.
Election Day
Discuss theme of Portable
Phonograph: Students will share
their view of theme for the story.
The Scarlet Ibis” Prompt: In “The
Scarlet Ibis” the narrator makes this
statement: “Pride is a wonderful,
terrible thing . . . .” In the quotation
he means that pride can be a
positive force, but excessive pride
can result in terrible consequences.
Students will write to the prompt as
an introduction to the ideas
presented in the story. Complete the
syllabus requirements for “The
Scarlet Ibis” for tomorrow.
“The Scarlet Ibis”: If time
remains, students can use the rest of
the class to begin reading the story.
Read “The Scarlet Ibis” for
Thursday. Complete the story
guide.
“Scarlet Ibis” Quizzes Returned:
Students will receive the results of
their quiz on the Scarlet Ibis.
The Scarlet Ibis”: Instruction Figurative language: Similes and
Metaphors: Students will be
instructed on the format and
purpose of figurative language.
Then, working with a partner, they
will complete the Figurative
Language Worksheet which asks
theme to complete, identify, and
find other examples of similes and
metaphors.
Read the story, “The Balek Scales”
for class Monday and complete all
syllabus requirements. Look for the
following: s symbol, a simile, a
metaphor, an example of irony, and
the theme of the story.
1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
Handout: Identifying Theme:
Students will count off by 5. Each
group will take a different story
title. This will be due as we read
each story. Complete for the story
you have been assigned.
1-1
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1.1, 1.3, 1,6
1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6
Ashley D. Fluhme
Week of 11/4
Cancerland Popcorn Read/SSR
read: Students may read Cancerland
either in a popcorn fashion or silently,
depending on the prevailing attitude of
the class.
Written Expression
Finish Cancerland for Wed. & answer
questions
Election Day
Small Groups Discuss Cancerland:
Students will get together in groups to
discuss their response to the reading.
Large Group Analysis: In a larger
group, we will share our insights.
Begin Popcorn Reading of Chapter
Three: Students will read and
discuss.
Quickwrite: Explain Goethe’s
statement, “There is a great difference,
whether the poet seeks the particular
for the sake of the general, or sees the
general in the particular.”
On Seeing the General in the
Particular: Students will share their
insights into this concept
Thinking Small: Students will
discuss the value of thinking small.
On Crowding the Reader Out of His
Own Space: Discuss the concept of
crowding the reader out of her space.
Defining Image within a Literary
Context: Students will develop a
working definition of image.
Don’t Lose any of Your Senses:
Identify the ways to add all of your
senses to a piece of writing.
Imagery that Works on Two Levels:
Stuents will understand that imagery
operates on two levels.
Don’t Lose any of your senses:
Students will use the example on page
118 as a model. Students must write
five versions of a description, adding a
sense each time. Students should
highlight the enhanced imagery.
Finish Reading Chapter Three
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8
Turn in Descriptions: Students will
turn in their sensory passages.
Discuss Use and Abuse of
Metaphor: As a class we will
identify the various types of
metaphors identified in the packet.
Next Assignment: Students will read
the Harper’s index assignment.
Harper Personal Index is due on
Friday
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8