What is a parent’s role?
What is important in the role of a father?
What do parents want for their children?
Today I will be able to:
 Define and discuss the concept of “individual vs. society”.
 Discuss the role of slavery and how it contributes to Huck’s perspective of
Jim.
 Read Chapt 14
 I know I have reached my goal when:
 Brainstormed examples of “individual vs. society”.
 I have discussed with my shoulder partner about Huck’s perception of Jim.
 I have read Chapt 14
 Homework: Please bring Research Book tomorrow!
Journal Entry
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Think about a time in your life when you have been exposed to something
or someone new. This could be a new classmate, teacher, parental figure,
class, activity, experience etc. Consider….
 What were your preconceived ideas or thoughts about this
person/experience?
 What were these pre conceived ideas based on?
 As you go to know this person, or experienced this new event did your
perspective change?
 What helped you to change your mind?
Example
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 Experience:
Last year my aunt invited me to join her yoga class as part of her
gym’s “Free Week of Classes” promotion. I really didn’t want to go
because I had seen people do yoga before and I thought it looked
like a weak exercise, just stretching and lying around. But my aunt
can be very convincing, so before you know it I am at my first yoga
class. Let me just say how incredibly wrong I was to think that
yoga is a “weak” form of exercise! I could barely keep up and by
the end of class I felt exhausted. After practicing on and off for a
year I feel that I have really added a new challenge to my work out
routine!
My first year teaching I had a student, Ashley, in my class whom I was told by many other
teachers was a “terrible student”, exhibited “terrible behavior” was “rude to her teachers”
etc. Needless to say I was terrified to teach my 8th hour class. At first, the other teachers
who had warned me about Ashley seemed to be right. She would never participate in class,
put her head down on her desk, challenge me in front of the class and refuse to complete
her work. I thought I was a terrible teacher for not knowing what to do or how to help.
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It all came to a boiling point one afternoon when Ashley yelled at me in front of the class,
telling me I was a “terrible teacher “and stormed out of class. I met her in the hall and she
continued to yell at me. I suggested she go to the deans and to meet me afterschool.
Doubting that she would show up, I was packing up my materials in my classroom after 9 th
hour and was prepared to leave when I saw Ashley standing in my door way. She had
come to apologize for her actions and offered to stay after school to finish the assignment.
As she sat completing her assignment, I was in shock. I couldn’t believe that this was the
same person.
When she finished her assignment and turned it in I said, “Ashley, I really appreciate you
coming in afterschool to make this up, can I ask is there anything else going on in your life
that is frustrating you?” Ashley stared at me for a moment, took a deep breath and said,
“My family is so messed up. I feel like they just don’t care about me any more. My sister is
the one who gets the good grades, is smart and pretty and I am just a screw up. I don’t get
school, I am behind in all my classes. They just give me whatever I want to keep me happy,
but besides that they just don’t care anymore”.
It was at this point I realized that Ashley wasn’t just trying to be a “bad kid”, she just felt
like no one cared about her.
Today I will be able to:
 Introduce elements of the research paper
 Begin reading research book
I will know I have reached my goal when
 I have read through the research packet and understand the
expectations.
 Begin reading your research book
Homework: Bring book for Jan. 16th
reading day!
Today I will be able to:
 Read Chapter 17 &18
 Identify moments of satire
I will know I have reached my goal when
 I have read Chapter 17 &18
 I have identified moments of satire
Homework: Purchase/Check out book by
January 14th .
Today I will be able to:
 Read Chapters 8 and 17
 Summarize chapters 9-16
 Answer: Why do Huck and Jim run away?
What do they hope to gain by running away?
I will know I have reached my goal when
 I have read Chapters 8 and 17.
 I have read through the summary of 9-16
 Answer the two big questions.
Homework: Purchase/Check out book by
January 14th .
Today I will be able to:
 Answer, “Why do children run away from home?”
 Read two articles about runaways
 Read chapters 7&8 and determine …
 Why do Huck and Jim run away?
 What do they hope to gain by running away?
I will know I have reached my goal when
 I have brainstormed with my shoulder partner about why children
might run away from home.
 Read my article and discussed in class.
 Read Chapts. 7&8 and answered the two questions.
 Homework: Purchase/Check out book by
January 14th .
How would you define a home?
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Why do you like going home?
 Why would someone runaway from home?
Today I will be able to:
 Break Wrap Around
 Discuss research project
 Review the “role of a parent”
I will know I have reached my goal when
 I have discussed what I did over break with my peers.
 I have reviewed the “role of a parent”
 I have decided which type of parent Pap would be.
Homework: Purchase/Check out book by
January 14th .
Today I will be able to:
 Review Romanticism test results
 Introduce book choices
 Research book choices
I will know I have reached my goal when
 I have reviewed my Romanticism test and have decided
whether to make corrections.
 I have reviewed my book choices and have done some
research .
Homework: Email Miss Eichwald your
research book!
Today I will be able to:
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Identify the important roles of a parent
Determine whether parents make the right decision
Make inferences about Pap’s character
Est. and overall statement for Pap.
I will know I have reached my goal when
 I have brainstormed with my shoulder partner about the qualities of
a good parent and reviewed the scenarios.
 I have worked with my group to read the selected passages and
created inferences about his character.
 I have created an “Overall Statement” about Pap’s character
 Homework: None
Is reading
Meeting Today to
discuss Prt 1!
Parents
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 What are the qualities of a good parent?
 Should a parent teach their child to be independent?
Scenario 1
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 Melissa, the mother of 5 year old Jennie, needs to stop at the
grocery store, on the way home from picking up Jennie from her
ballet class. Melissa just needs to run in for a few things and she
knows that if she brings Jennie it will take much longer to get the
things she needs. Melissa decides that if she just leaves Jennie in the
car for 15 min she would be able to run into the store and Jennie will
be safe from harm. Melissa turns the car off, leaves the window
cracked, secures Jennie in her seat belt and locks the car door.
Melissa runs off to the grocery store.
 Would you describe Melissa to be a good parent? Why/why not?
Scenario 2
 John and Beth are the parents of
14 year old Matthew. Matthew has
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been struggling to maintain passing grades in school during his
freshmen year. When his parents discuss this issue with Matthew,
he says that school is not really teaching him anything useful and he
doesn’t see the point in studying ridiculous things like Biology ,
Algebra or Literature. His parents can see his point and don’t insist
that Matthew goes to school anymore. They allow him to stay home
to go out and experience the “real world”. Also, Matthew has said
he would like to continue his education by searching Google for
interesting topics and watching the Discovery channel. After a few
weeks Matthew’s parents report that Matthew seems happier and
appreciates his educational freedom. They are happy with their
decision to keep him home and to self-educate.
 Based on the choices that Matthew’s parents made, would you
consider them good parents? Why/why not?
Scenario 3
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 Samantha is the mother of 17 year old Jared. To teach Jared
independence, she has completely cut him off from any financial
assistance. Jared must now pay for all of his meals, clothes, school
supplies, rent, etc. Jared has just gotten a job at the local Dairy
Queen, but is uncertain if his minimum wage job will be able to
cover all of his expenses. He expresses this concern to his mother,
but she simply states that she is teaching him to be independent and
refuses to budge an inch.
 Would you consider Samantha a good mother? Why/ Why not?
Team Huck
Team Tom
Team Widow
Team Pap
Anthony
Jack
Brittney
Chad
Jessica
Ranya
Dan D.
Declan
Katya
Kelly
Tommy
Dan F
Team Jim
Team Miss
Watson
Team Judge
Thatcher
Team Mark
Twain
Arie
Kristinna
Maxx
Claire
Brandon
Marjorie
Hannah
Holly
Sarah
Alex
Erin
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Team Huck
Team Tom
Team Widow
Tori
Kulia
Baley
Nick
Julia
Mackenzie
Maria
Adam
Owen
(Pap’s Appearance)
(Pap as a Support
System)
(Pap as a citizen )
Team Jim
Team Miss Watson
Team Pap
Drew
Steve E.
Casey
Alex
Steve U.
Cody
Jonah
Josh
Lizzie
(Pap as a Homemaker)
(Pap’s Appearance)
(Pap as a Support
System)
Today I will be able to:
 Interpret Huck’s commentary
 Begin reading Chapt. 2
 Focus on Twain’s depiction of the treatment of slaves
I will know I have reached my goal when
 I have analyzed Huck’s commentary
 I have begun to read Chapt. 2
 I have identified how Twain depicts the treatment of slaves.
 Homework: None
Today I will be able to:
 Continue to read “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”
 I will discuss the use of language in “Huck Finn”
 I will begin reading Chapter One
I will know I have reached my goal when
 I have continued to read “The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer”.
 I have discussed the use of language in Huck Finn and
understand why Mark Twain used specific diction
 I have begun to read Chapt one.
 Homework: None

Who is
Huck
Finn????
Today I will be able to:
 Take notes on the life of Mark Twain
 Read “The adventures of Tom Sawyer”
 Make predictions about the story of “Huckleberry Finn”
I will know I have reached my goal when
 I have taken notes on Mark Twain using magnet
summaries
 I have listened to the tale of Tom Sawyer and made
predictions about “Huckleberry Fin”
 Homework: None
Today I will be able to:
 Read “The adventures of Tom Sawyer”
 Make predictions about the story of “Huckleberry Finn”
I will know I have reached my goal when
 I have listened to the tale of Tom Sawyer and made
predictions about “Huckleberry Fin”
 Homework: None
Three literary movements
Regionalism
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The attempt to describe life through the
lens of local or regional customs,
dialects, geography, history, and values
Elements of Regionalism

 Setting
 Most important element of story
 Often isolated or remote
 Can even act as a character
 Plot
 Secondary to the setting
 Often focused on the customs or values of a particular community
 Narration
 Often an involved third person
 Bridges audience and story
 Highlights morals and values
 Characters
 Broadly written,
 Used to identify local characteristics rather than realistic individuals
Elements of Regionalism
 Dialect and Vernacular
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 Dialect: a variant of a language used by a specific community
 Regional patterns and social class
 Vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
 Vernacular: non-standard or informal speech
 Slang
 Idiom
 Local Color
 Term used to describe regional distinctiveness
 Themes
 Nostalgia for the past
 Celebration of local customs and values
 Conflict between rural and urban life
Regional Writers
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 Brett Harte
 Mark Twain
 Charles W. Chesnutt
 Kate Chopin
 William Faulkner
 Robert Frost
Realism

The attempt to describe life as
realistically and descriptively as
possible, focusing on often gritty details
Elements of Realism
 Characters
 Primary focus
 Often identified by social class
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 Plots
 Involve ethical dilemmas
 Settings
 Urban
 Dialect
 Present but un-sensationalized
 Precise
 Themes
 Conflict between human and mechanization
 Objectivity
 Redemption or destruction is through society
Naturalism

An off-shoot of Realism that focuses on
a philosophical belief that human
nature is animalistic and can best be
understood by studying its heredity
and environment
Elements of Naturalism
 Deterministic
 Heredity
 Environment
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 Objective
 Study and understand the human condition
 No moral judgments
 Characters
 Archetypal
 Lower or working class
 Themes
 Lack of self-determination
 Social Darwinism
 Violence and passion in the commonplace
 Man as beast
Naturalist Writers

 Mark Twain
 The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn
 Jack London
 The Call of the Wild
 White Fang
 Stephen Crane
 Maggie, A Girl of the Streets
 The Red Badge of Courage
 John Steinbeck
 Of Mice and Men
 The Pearl
 Upton Sinclair
 The Jungle
 Ernest Hemingway
 For Whom the Bell Tolls
 The Sun Also Rises
 The Old Man and the Sea