Thursday, June 6 2019

76                        minutes

     1.   Finish drafting your response to the Final Essay prompts

     2.   Revise, edit, and neatly write your final draft on the special paper  J

Tuesday, June 4 2019

92 minutes

      1.   Begin drafting your response to the Final Essay prompts

On Thursday, we will finish the essay in class

Friday, May 31 2019

92 minutes

     1.   SSR 

     2.   Finish PowerPoint on Tragic Hero –take notes 

     3.   The story of Oedipus

     4.   Table groups: Discuss whether or not Okonkwo is a “Tragic Hero.”  Share out to whole class. 

     5.   Final Essay prompts and grading rubric handed out. In table groups, discuss the prompts and then choose one that you would like to write about.

     6.   Group up with others who are interested in writing about the same prompt and brainstorm about evidence.

     7.   Handouts: Thesis Statements and Outlining.  Practice thesis statements and share in groups. Begin creating outline

HOMEWORK: prepare for the in-class essay by finishing your outline. This will be the only thing besides your book that you can bring in to class to help you write your handwritten essay.

Wednesday, May 29 2019

92 minutes

     1.   SSR 

     2.   Video: Annenberg Literature Course: Things Fall Apart

Take notes on the handout  

     3.   Discuss video 

     4.   PowerPoint on Tragic Hero –take notes 

    

Friday, May 24 2019

92 minutes

1.   SSR 

  Read up to the end of the book!

       2.   Groups/pairs: Complete Chapters 23-25 Questions and all sets of questions so far

I will collect the following sets of questions today:

* Things Fall Apart: Examining Gender

* Chapters 10 and 11 Questions

* Chapters 12-14 Questions

* Chapters 15-17 Questions

* End of chapter 17-20 Questions

* Chapters 21-22 Questions

* Chapters 23-25 Questions

Wednesday, May 22 2019

76 minutes

1.   SSR   

Read up to the end of chapter 22 (page 191)

Watch Crash Course on Things Fall Apart: “If One Finger Brought Oil”

     2.   Groups/pairs: Complete all sets of questions so far AND chapters 21-22 questions

I will collect the following sets of questions next time:

* Things Fall Apart: Examining Gender

* Chapters 10 and 11 Questions

* Chapters 12-14 Questions

* Chapters 15-17 Questions

* End of chapter 17-20 Questions

* Chapters 22-23 Questions

DUE FRIDAY: Read chapters 23-25

Monday, May 20 2019

92 minutes

1.   SSR 

2.   Read up to the end of chapter 20 (page 177)

         3.   Review the poem “The Second Coming” by W. B. Yeats / review epigraph in TFA

     Falconry videos:

     How Falconry Shaped the English Language

     Hunting with Falcons: How One Man Found His Calling in the      Wild

    Urban Falconry in Portland

     4.   Discuss imagery in poem and connect to the novel’s epigraph and title.

     5.   Small Group discussion: Triads with a recorder--What is “the center” of this novel? Why can it not hold? What forces are working in the book that prevent the “falcon” from hearing the “falconer”? What do these symbols translate to in the novel?

     --All Class Discussion
 

     6.   Groups: Complete chapter questions for end of 17-20

 DUE WEDNESDAY: Read chapters 21 and 22