8/17 - Summer work review; General expectations overview; Character Biography assignment
character_biography.docx
HW: Highlight areas of improvement for summer work - hard copy or electronic
Character Biography due 8/21
8/18 - Class syllabus
HW: Make any additions to summer work journals by 8/21
Character Biography due 8/21
8/21 - Turn in character bio; quick overview of "your story" end product = movie trailer; Character Analysis - what, why, how; divide characters into groups; character AP vocabulary
HW: Group share on characters; vocabulary flashcards (will help define character types, etc.)
8/22 - Character reflection (specifically types and roles); Character template
HW: Complete character templates; additional characters for personal story with visuals
8/23 - Character share and reflection; plot discussion
HW: Group plot share on assigned chapters (bullet-points); Plot vocabulary
8/24 - 3x3 plot matrix; group work on characters - bullet-points and matrix
HW: combined bullet-points and 3x3 matrix for assigned chapters; additional characters for personal story with visuals
8/25 - writing plot summaries; Miss P's settings
HW: assigned chapters plot summaries (shared); sketch outline of personal story plot ideas; settings research
8/28 - read chapter summaries; discussed WWII setting details
HW: add to setting details and continue significance; write a 250 word response on why the text is set during WWII
8/29 - Setting discussion and group work; Theme introduction
HW: work with group chapter themes - identify and create thematic statements in two forms: 1)messages/morals and 2) Universal themes (statements)
8/30 - Themes discussion; quick intro to symbols
HW: Complete group work on themes
8/31 - Symbols discussion; group work on symbols
HW: Complete group work on symbols
Plan out Themes and Symbols for personal story
9/1 - Tales discussion
HW: Tales Lit Analysis Essay - pre-assessment
9/5 - Movie Trailer Assignment (due 9/11); Tales Assignment (due 9/15)
HW: Movie Trailer
9/6 - Independent work
HW: Movie Trailer
9/7 - MAP
HW: Movie Trailer
9/8 - MAP
HW: Movie Trailer
9/11 - Great Expectations Reading Assignment w/ Journal Expectations; Literary Criticisms - KNWL
HW: Reading; Tales due Friday
9/12 - Authorial Research
HW: Reading; Tales due Friday
9/13 - Research
HW: Reading; Tales due Friday
9/14 - Research
HW: Reading; Tales due Friday
9/15 - Research
HW: Great Expectations - read/annotate/journal Stage One
9/18 - Journalistic Questions Research Share
HW: Great Expectations - read/annotate/journal Stage One
Chapters 1-7 due tomorrow
9/19 - Discussion Great Expectations
HW: Great Expectations - read/annotate/journal Stage One
Chapters 8-13 due tomorrow