WELCOME
I trust you to know where you
need to sit, so choose wisely and
have a seat.
When the bell rings you should
be seated and ready to begin.
AGENDA
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Warm-up
Housekeeping
Learner Poll and Reflection
Who Are We?
Goals
AUGUST 26
Warm-up: Looking Back
Where were you at this time last
year? Describe yourself and
how you have changed since
last year. (Think deeper
than…well, I used to have long
hair, but now it’s short.)
Make sure to write a full paragraph.
Warm-up continued:
Looking Forward
Where will you be at this time
next year? Describe how you
think your life will be different.
If you don’t think it will be
different, explain why.
Make sure to write a full paragraph.
WHAT TYPE OF LEARNER
ARE YOU?
Visual
Auditory
Read-Write
Kinesthetic
ARE YOU A VISUAL LEARNER?
They tend to be fast talkers.
 They exhibit impatience and have a tendency to
interrupt.
 They use words and phrases that evoke visual
images.
 They learn by seeing and visualizing.
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ARE YOU AN AUDITORY LEARNER?
They speak slowly and tend to be natural
listeners.
 They think in a linear manner.
 They prefer to have things explained to them
verbally rather than to read written information.
 They learn by listening and verbalizing.
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ARE YOU A READ-WRITE LEARNER?
They prefer for information to be displayed in
writing, such as lists of ideas.
 They emphasize text-based input and output.
 They enjoy reading and writing in all forms.
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ARE YOU A KINESTHETIC LEARNER?
They tend to be the slowest talkers of all.
 They tend to be slow to make decisions.
 They use all their senses to engage in learning.
 They learn by doing and solving real-life
problems.
 They like hands-on approaches to things and
learn through trial and error.
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REFLECT
How do you know what type of learner you are?
What is your evidence? What does this mean for
you in the classroom? What does this mean for
your teacher? Knowing this information about
yourself, what do you need to do to be successful
in this class?
BODY BIO
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Heart: Who or what do you hold near and
dear to your heart?
Spine: What is your goal? What drives
you…your thoughts…your actions?
Feet: Where are you going? What journey
are you on?
Mirror: How do people see you? Is this
how you see yourself?
Color: What color is a symbol of you and
why?
REFLECTION
 Write
at least 3 goals for this class and a
to do list of how to accomplish them.
AUGUST 27
Warm-up: Freedom
What is freedom? What does it
mean to be free? What can be some
obstacles to freedom?
AGENDA
Academic Vocabulary
 Poe’s background
 Fall of the House of Usher
 Finding Unity of Effect
 Theme Analysis
 Reflection
 HW
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Quiz Friday
 Info sheet due Friday
 AA form due Aug 30
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ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
Unity of effect – When all the elements of a story
– plot, character, setting, imagery, and other
literary devices – work together to create a single
effect
 Mood – the feeling or atmosphere that a writer
creates for the reader. The writer’s use of
connotation, imagery, figurative language, sound
and rhythm, and descriptive details all contribute
to the mood.
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POE – PG 410
Read assigned section.
 Write down interesting facts.
 Share one with class.
 Responsible to keep info shared in day book.
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REFLECTION
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Explain the obstacles to freedom found in The
Fall of the House of Usher.
AUGUST 28
Warm-up: How do people handle loss?
At some point in our lives, we all face
loss—of someone we love, our
favorite pet, or even a cherished
dream. But even though the
experience of loss is universal, people
can choose many different ways to
cope with the sadness and grief they
feel. What do people need to do to
face their grief and move on?
AGENDA
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Unity of Effect Analysis of House of Usher
Academic Vocab
Read The Raven – pg 436
Finding sound devices in The Raven
Theme Reflection
HW: Modern Day Raven
UNITY OF EFFECT
Setting
 Character Traits
 Plot Development
 Imagery
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ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
Rhyme
 Repetition
 Alliteration
 Onomatopoeia
 Stanza
 Rhyme scheme
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HW: MODERN DAY
 On
a dark, foggy, creepy night around
midnight, I laid in depression thinking
about curious books about legends that
have been long forgotten. While I was
almost asleep, I started to doze,
suddenly I heard a knock, a very light
knocking at my bedroom door. This was
strange but I thought to myself, “Must
be some visitor knocking so late at my
bedroom door. Yes, this is what it is
and nothing else.
AUGUST 29
Warm-up: Describe the
obstacles to freedom in The
Raven.
AGENDA
Sound Devices in The Raven
 Think, Pair, Share – Price of Freedom – pg 573
 Hyeonseo Lee’s Obstacle to Freedom
 Academic Vocabulary
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ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
Internal conflict
 External conflict
 Suspense
 Characterization
 Tone
 Figurative language
 Dialogue
 Author’s purpose
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AUGUST 30
-Take out a sheet of paper (can
be a half sheet).
-Name and Date.
-Clear your desk.
AGENDA
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl – pg 572
 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass – pg
558
 Text Analysis
 Venn Diagram
 Reflection
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TEXT ANALYSIS HARRIET JACOBS
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T-Chart Conflicts
Conflict Description
and pg #
Conflict Type and
Explanation
Mrs. Flint won’t let Linda
bring in her bed.
External
TEXT ANALYSIS FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Find at least two examples of: tone, figurative
language, and dialogue.
 Be sure to find specific quotes and give page
numbers.
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REFLECTION
Can you set yourself free?
SEPTEMBER 3
Warm-up:
What does friendship mean to
you?
AGENDA
Visitor from King’s College
 Vocab words – HW due Wednesday; Quiz Friday
 Preposition Quiz Friday September 6
 Day Books due Friday September 6
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VOCAB WORDS
Sub – below, under
 Trans – across, over
 Subconscious
 Subdue
 Subjugate
 Subsidize
 Subterranean
 Transcribe
 Transfer
 Transform
 Translucent
 transplant
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SEPTEMBER 4
Warm-up: What dreams do you
have? How can they fail? How
can they succeed?
AGENDA
Vocab words – HW due Thursday; Quiz Friday
 Prepositions
 Of Mice and Men vocab
 Read Section One Of Mice and Men
 Complete Reading Questions
 Preposition Quiz Friday September 6
 Day Books due Friday September 6
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PREPOSITIONS
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Position in time and place
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The book is on the table.
Describe a relationship between other words in a
sentence
 Links nouns, pronouns, and phrases to other
words in a sentence
 Object of the preposition is the word of phrase
the preposition introduces.
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The book is on the table.
Prepositional phrase is made up of the
preposition, its object and any associated
adjectives or adverbs.
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The book is on the table.
ACAD VOCAB
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Antagonist – main character in opposition with
protagonist
Protagonist – hero or one the audience identifies with
Modernism – modernists saw mass society as threat
to individual. Features: nontraditional subject matter
and themes; focus on alienated individuals rather
than heroes; use of understatement and irony to
reveal emotions and ideas; use of symbols and images
to suggest meaning; experimentation with style and
language
Personification – object, animal, or idea is given
human characteristics
Simile – compares two things that have something in
common with like or as
READING QUESTIONS
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Identify two passages that are particularly descriptive.
Find an example of personification and simile. For
example, “Evening of a hot day started the little wind to
moving [personification] among the leaves. The shade
climbed up the hills [personification] toward the top. On
the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray,
sculptured statues [simile]”
Describe (citing specific examples) what type of
relationship George and Lennie have (parent/child,
brothers, best friends, and so on). What is the source of
George’s frustration with Lennie?
Identify (citing specific examples) how Steinbeck describes
the characters of George and Lennie. For example animal
imagery is used to describe Lennie). “Lennie dabbled his
big paw in the water and wiggled his fingers so the water
arose in little splashes…”
Identify the “dream” and why it is so important to Lennie
and George.
SEPTEMBER 5
Warm-up: Write a paragraph
about a memory of your own
that you can still recall in crisp
detail. What images, feelings,
sounds, or smells come to
mind? Why do you think this
moment lingers in your
memory?