Miss Miranda Johnson
Week 3
Essential Questions:
How does literature shape or reflect society?
What is the relationship between place and literature?
How do changes in language shape and reflect society?
What is the relationship of the writer and the reader to tradition?
Monday
Tuesday
2/7 Day 1
2/8 Day 2
Lesson
I can identify and define I can define and identify
Objective
elements of humorous
examples of verbal,
writing; I identify
situational, and dramatic
examples of verbal,
irony; I can discuss and
situational, and dramatic analyze how irony is used
irony; I can discuss and to create humor create an
analyze how irony is
element of surprise, or
used to create humor
develop a story's theme.
create an element of
surprise, or develop a
story's theme.
Independent Daily Edit Bell Ringers
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Practice
Direct
Instruction
Guided
Practice
Review examples of
humor in Twain’s “Life
on the Mississippi” pg.
569; Review and discuss
irony: verbal,
situational, and dramatic
irony. What is irony?
(Introduction
transparency)
Introduction to Kate
Chopin's pg. 628; “The
Story of an Hour”;
Handout: Irony in
Chopin's “The Story of an
Hour”
Reading Kit Handout:
Students will practice
identifying examples of
irony on the practice
sheet.
Students will read and
identify examples of irony
in the short story.
Academic English 11
Period 1
Wednesday
2/9 Day 3
I can analyze and
discuss how Twain’s
and Chopin’s literature
reflects the society of
that time; I can identify
and discuss the
characteristics of
Imagist poetry.
Thursday
2/10 Day 4
I can identify examples
of imagery in poetry; I
can analyze and discuss
how the poet uses
imagery to create the
mood of a poem.
Friday
2/11 Day 5
I can identify examples
of imagery in poetry; I
can analyze and discuss
how the poet uses
imagery to create the
mood of a poem.
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Cont…Review irony
chart for “A Story of an
Hour.” Essential
Question Writing
Assignment;
Introduction to historical
background: Disillusion,
Defiance, and
Discontent
(transparency)
Discuss essential
question writing
assignment; take notes;
identify examples of
ambiguity in “A Story of
an Hour.”
“A Story of an Hour”
Quiz; Reading Kit
Handout: Imagist Poetry
pg.138; Ezra Pound’s
“In a Station of the
Metro” pg. 722;
Cont… Pound’s “In a
Station of the Metro;”
William Carlos William
“The Red Wheelbarrow”
pg. 726
Complete reading kit
handout “Imagist
Poetry” to practice
indetifying concrete
images.
Discuss the concrete
images created in each
poem and analyze how
the images contribute to
a set mood.
Assess/Close
Homework
Students will discuss
and share out responses.
Students will identify and
discuss examples of irony
in the text.
Students will review and
discuss examples of
irony from the irony
chart; students will also
identify and discuss
examples of ambiguity.
Complete the assess side Finish reading the short story Quiz over “A Story of
and complete the irony chart. an Hour” will be on
of the irony handout.
Thursday, Feb 10;
Essential Question
writing assignment is
due Friday, Feb 11.
Students will share and
discuss examples of
concrete images.
Complete the Reading
Strategy: Imagery Chart
as we read and discuss
Imagist poetry. Students
will share and discuss
examples.
Quiz over “A Story of
an Hour” will be on
Thursday, Feb 10;
Essential Question
writing assignment is
due Friday, Feb 11.
Read H.D. “The Pear Tree”
pg. 724; Complete
questions #1, #2, #3, #4,
#5, and #11.