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Syllabus
Class Expectations
Start-of-Class Routine
“Miriam”, Truman Capote
Summary of “Miriam”
Do Now: How does Capote create tension in “Miriam”?
Brainstorm themes- “Miriam”
2-3 quotations and commentary for one theme- “Miriam”
Do Now: More questions and thoughts about “Miriam”
Theme (Hand-out)
“Miriam”- Identity (Hand-out)
Written response to “Miriam” Identity questions
Do Now: Analyze Mrs. Miller’s dream-connect to a theme
Trace evidence in “Miriam” that shows pacing and effects of mystery,
tension or surprise.
Explain how one piece of evidence shows the effects of mystery, tension or
surprise
Do Now: IR-list characters, setting, basic plot, conflict and opinion
Do Now: IR-1 significant quote and commentary
Biography- Kate Chopin- evidence of annotations
Do Now: Why do we read about an author’s life?
Class Notes- Chopin’s Bio.- 4 questions
Final Written Response to 4 questions connected to Chopin’s biography
Prediction- “The Story of An Hour” (first line)
“The Story of an Hour”- evidence of annotations
SOAH- Lesson 1 (Hand-out)
Literary Analysis- Asking Questions and Drawing Inferences (Hand-out)
SOAH- Lesson 1- Hand-out WRITTEN RESPONSES
SOAH- Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 questions- 3 of each (total 9)
Do Now: SOAH- evidence of imagery and tone
Socratic Seminar- Hand-out
Irony- Hand-out
Notes for Socratic Seminar- SOAH
Do Now: Difference btw level 2 and level 3 questions?
SOAH- written response- IRONY/Theme
STAR ASSESSMENT- room 404
Do Now: SOAH- Line Analysis- Irony and its effect
Class Notes- diction and tone (2nd paragraph SOAH)
Diction/Tone analysis- first page of SOAH
Do Now: Difference btw dramatic and situational irony- example of each
type in SOAH
“A Brief Biography of Kate Chopin”- short-constructed response
Classwork: Excerpt of “The Awakening”- written task
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Honors English 9- section 3
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Brainstorming- prep work for written response for excerpt of “The
Awakening”- written task
Classwork: “The Awakening” excerpt- written response
Emma Jones- “The Awakening” literary criticism- annotations and notes
Classwork: written response to Emma Jones’ criticism
Review all hand-outs/notes/written evidence to date
Final summative- Wednesday, October 15th
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Class notes on Ishmael Beah videos
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“A Treasure Found Among Blood Diamonds”- annotations
BBC News “Sierra Leone profile”-annotations
IR-2 quotations that support emerging theme and ANALYSIS
HW due: Independent Research on Sierra Leone Civil War
Do Now: List important ideas/quotations in 2 articles:
“A Treasure Found Among Blood Diamonds” and BBC News “Sierra
Leone profile”
Read and take notes (plot development, characters, setting,
emerging themes and significant quotes) on first 4 chapters of A
Long Way Gone
Dialectical Journal- significant passages from every chapter (1-4)
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Due on
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FINAL SUMMATIVE- Short Story unit
Dialectical Journal entries (key events/plot development,
characterization, setting and significant passage) for chapters 5 and 6
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