Language Arts 10 Honors
Lesson Plans: Week of 10.1.2012
Miss Christen Marcu
Learning Targets:
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Make connections between today’s society and the setting of Fahrenheit 451
Analyze significance of symbols and allusions in Fahrenheit 451
Analyze Dover Beach poem and apply to context
Monday
Tuesday:
Sub today
Journalism
field trip
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday:
Activities
 Collect Vocab 2 sentences
 Watch Did you know 2012 version- discuss
 Continue group work on tracing themes/symbols/motifs
Homework
 Read Fahrenheit 451 - Section 2 complete by Wednesday
 Vocab 3 on Friday
 Read Dover Beach poem online and complete discussion questions by 3:00 pm on
Tuesday
Activities
 Mirror Imagery literary analysis (read silently)
 Exit ticket based on it
 Students may work on reading or discussion posts
Homework
 Dover Beach musical performance and discussion questions by 3:00 pm on
Wednesday
 Section 2 completed by tomorrow
Activities
 Distribute Socratic Seminar discussion questions
 Listen to War of the Worlds radio broadcast
 Discussion of Hunger Games Essays
Homework
 Dover Beach literary criticism article and discussion questions by 3:00 pm Thursday
 Vocab 3 on Friday
 Socratic Seminar FRIDAY –come prepared
 Read Section 3 to be completed by Monday
Activities
 Importance of allusion in F451
 Each group assigned one and must analyze the significance of its allusion
Homework
 2 comments on any discussion posts from this week – must be insightful and offer
new perspective on the thought path.
 Read Fahrenheit 451 - Section 3 completed by Monday
Activities
 Vocab 3 Quiz
 Distribute Why we should read writing assignment
 Socratic Seminar over sections 1 and 2
 Will be checking for annotations in text
Homework
 Read Fahrenheit 451 - Section 3 completed by Monday
 Why we read essay due Tuesday3:00 PM