Dates
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e
10/6
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesda
y
Thursday
Friday
Standard
RL3:
analyze
how
complex
characters
develop
over the
course of a
text,
interact
with other
characters,
and
advance
the plot or
develop
the theme.
RL3:
analyze
how
complex
characters
develop
over the
course of a
text,
interact
with other
characters,
and
advance
the plot or
develop
the theme.
RI2:
Determine a
central idea of
a text and
analyze its
development
over the
course of the
text, including
how it
emerges and is
shaped and
refined by
specific details.
Essential Question/
Key Question
How does
Chopin
capture the
emotional
complexity
and
conflict of
the
protagonis
t, Edna?
Turn in
The
Awakening
homework.
How does
Chopin
capture the
emotional
complexity
and
conflict of
the
protagonis
t, Edna?
Quick
Write:
What can
we learn
from Edna
in The
Awakening
?
How do the
themes of
Nature apply
to The
Awakening?
SL1: Initiate
and
participate
effectively
in a range of
collaborativ
e
discussions
with diverse
partner on
grade level
topics and
issues
building on
others’
ideas and
expressing
their own
clearly and
persuasivel
y.
What was
Chopin’s
purpose in
writing the
novel and
how did she
achieve that
purpose?
SL1: Initiate
and
participate
effectively
in a range of
collaborativ
e
discussions
with diverse
partner on
grade level
topics and
issues
building on
others’
ideas and
expressing
their own
clearly and
persuasivel
y.
What was
Chopin’s
purpose in
writing the
novel and
how did she
achieve that
purpose?
Set up for
Seminar
Set up for
Seminar
Lesson Opener
Download
Chapter 1 of
Nature from
the online
classroom.
Procedures/Strategi
es
The
Awakening
critical
thinking
activity:
Completely
and
thoroughly
answer
each
question.
Your
answers
must be
your own
answers
and not
that of a
classmate
or answers
you found
on the
Internet.
The
Awakening
critical
thinking
activity:
Completely
and
thoroughly
answer
each
question.
Your
answers
must be
your own
answers
and not
that of a
classmate
or answers
you found
on the
Internet.
Read and
annotate
Chapter 1 from
Ralph Waldo
Emerson's
Nature. Then,
in a welldeveloped
paragraph,
discuss how
the themes in
the chapter
reinforce or
contradict
your
interpretations
of The
Awakening.
Lesson Summary
Sentence
summary
Socrative
Exit Ticket:
Teacher
Question-answer the
EQ.
Come up
with three
original,
openended
questions
about The
Awakenin
g.
Assessment/
Evaluation
Questions
and
responses
Questions
and
responses
Tim
e
Tim
e
Tim
e
Differentiation
Group A
Socratic
Seminar:
Each
student is
required to
ask one
question in
the seminar.
Each
student is
required to
respond to
both
questions
and
comments
by other
students in
the group.
Responses
must be
thoughtful
and backed
up with
evidence
from the
novel.
Complete
Socratic
Seminar
form
Group B
Socratic
Seminar:
Each
student is
required to
ask one
question in
the seminar.
Each
student is
required to
respond to
both
questions
and
comments
by other
students in
the group.
Responses
must be
thoughtful
and backed
up with
evidence
from the
novel.
Complete
Socratic
Seminar
form