Tuesday, Sept. 8th, 2015
There will be a senior class meeting. I will pass out the story “Hop Frog” to be read for HW.
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015
Standard:
• Reading complex imaginative literature (fiction, drama, and poetry) appropriate for college-level study1
Essential Question:
Learning Goal:
What are the Romantic traits found in short stories?
Students will be able to identify literary elements as well as Romantic elements in “Hop Frog”
Activating Strategy:
Lesson Opener:
1. Class kickoff
2. TPS- What is the greatest revenge you’ve ever seen or practiced?
3.
Teaching Strategies:
Procedures/Technology/
Performance Tasks:
1. Whole group- read and discuss “Hop Frog”
Summarizing Strategy:
Closing Activity:
Have students write short story questions for exam; this is practice for them to evaluate materials and use
literary elements to analyze a text.
Assessment/Evaluation:
Students will turn in test questions
Materials Needed:
OLC, iPad, test questions, “Hop Frog”
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015
Standard:
• Reading complex imaginative literature (fiction, drama, and poetry) appropriate for college-level
study1
Essential Question:
Learning Goal:
What Romantic traits are found in poetry?
Students will be able to identify literary elements as well as Romantic elements in “The Raven”
Activating Strategy:
Lesson Opener:
4. Class kickoff.
5. Direct instruction- brief notes over Edgar Allan Poe
Teaching Strategies:
Procedures/Technology/
Performance Tasks:
2. Whole group- explication of “The Raven”
Summarizing Strategy:
Closing Activity:
Explication questions over “The Raven”
“The Simpsons” video of “The Raven” to clarify explication
Assessment/Evaluation:
Questions over “The Raven”
Materials Needed:
OLC, iPad, “The Raven” questions, TPCASTT model for explication; “The Simpsons: The Raven”
Friday, Sept. 11, 2015
Standard:
Essential Question:
Learning Goal:
• Reading complex imaginative literature (fiction, drama, and poetry) appropriate for college-level study1
How can I analyze complex literature like Huckleberry Finn?
Students will read and analyze Huckleberry Finn.
Activating Strategy:
Lesson Opener:
6. Class kickoff
7. Reminder that Huck Finn does NOT have Romantic Traits
Teaching Strategies:
Procedures/Technology/
Performance Tasks:
3. Individually- students will work on assigned Huck Finn project
Summarizing Strategy:
Closing Activity:
Whole group discussion- questions, concerns, etc.
Assessment/Evaluation:
Students will be graded on Huck Finn project with a rubric.
Materials Needed:
OLC, iPad, copies of Huck Finn