Two Week Agenda 4.20-5.1

April 20–May 1, 2015 Block Schedule Mondays & Thursdays - ODD Tuesday & Friday - EVEN		April 20–May 1, 2015 Block Schedule Wednesdays - LATE START
Period A Period 1/2 Break Period 3/4 7:12-8:08 AM 8:15-10:15 AM 10:15-10:24 AM 10:34 AM-12:34 PM LUNCH Period 5/6 12:34-1:09 PM 1:16-3:16 PM		Period A Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 8:45-9:30 AM 9:36-10:21 AM 10:28-11:13 AM 11:20 AM-12:05 PM LUNCH Period 4 Period 5 Period 6 12:05-12:40 PM 12:47-1:32 PM 1:39-2:24 PM 2:31-3:16 PM

The Metamorphosis

WEEK 4.20-4.24

MONDAY/TUESDAY

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Descartes and "Thumbprint

-individuality, identity

Existentialism

-short, long definition (see reciprocal reading)

-define allegory

-Jean Paul Sartre

--how do analogies work?

Kafka Bio

HW  read Chapter 1 for Thursday/Friday.

AND,complete Chapter Picture 1 for MONDAY/TUESDAY.

WEDNESDAY

Watch short film Balance

-connect back to individuality and identity

THURSDAY/FRIDAY

Review Chapter Pictures

-3-Q Class Discussion

--character and symbol

Read through beginning of Chapter 2

-paired T.A.C, integrate quotations

HW  read Chapter 2 for MONDAY/TUESDAY.

AND, complete Chapter Picture 2 for THURSDAY/FRIDAY (of next week).

WEEK 4.27-5.1

MONDAY/TUESDAY

Review Chapter Pictures

--character and symbol

Brainstorm 3-D Project:

-due MONDAY, MAY 8th

HW Read Chapter 3 and complete Chapter Picture 3, due Tuesday.

WEDNESDAY

SSR
#11: See required format for completing Journal Entry for Chapter 2, or Chapter 3.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY

Review Chapter Picture 2

-3-Q Class Discussion

--character and symbol

HW Chapter Picture 3, due Tuesday, along with other 2, a total of 3.

NEXT

Discuss Ending

"Letter to his Father" excerpt and analysis

Doodle Analysis

-JOURNAL ENTRY #11: respond to prompt with 4 paragraph essay.

Independent Reading 

House on Mango Street

Essay Writing Handouts

Thesis Types

MLA In-Text Citations

Random Reflection on 1984

Weekly Agenda

1984 Essay

MONDAY and TUESDAY

Considering the prompts

-find evidence to support your favorite contender

-review evidence from T-Graph

-Pair Share Quote Analysis

-In-text citations for secondary sources

HW Draft due WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY

The Style Checklist

-parallel, balanced sentences; varied punctuation; transitional expressions; no float quotation

6pt Rubric

-Ideas and Explanations

-Organization

-Style

-Grammar and Mechanics

Students Model Essay(s)

THURSDAY and FRIDAY  

In anticipation of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

-reciprocal reading: extended definition of existentialism

--complete responses to worksheet in Journal, as #_____

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Please have your essay available on a cloud doc (ie. google doc)

-revision, adding style elements

-swap and peer feedback edit

-teacher feedback and clarification

Next Week Block Schedule

Weeks 1 and 2: 

• Odd periods meet Monday and Thursday,  
• Even periods meet Tuesday and Friday; 
• Wednesday is late start

HW Upload your essay to turnitin.com.  Your window for full-credit is Monday, April 20th-Friday, April 24th.