--Please take out the following:
- your copy of "'The Cask of Amontillado'--Application/Discussion Questions" document
- your copy of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado"
- your notebook--date the page (2/13/2018 [ACE] or 2/14/2018 [BDF]) and label this section of your notes "Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado' (cont.)"
S. the C.
--agenda/HW
Literature Analysis Activity/Writing Practice -- Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado"
--Today's focus with "The Cask of Amontillado":
- working toward mastery of the Reading Literature standards (e.g., RL.4 [purposeful diction])
- reviewing and applying irony
- reviewing and applying theme
- beginning to "nail down" how authors deliberately use literary techniques (such as irony) to develop literary elements (such as theme)
- discussing the revenge-related Essential Questions
- writing in a manner that aligns with our Writing standards, bearing in mind "The Four Cs of Quality Academic Writing"
- Content and Analysis
- Command of Evidence
- Coherence, Organization, and Style
- Control of Conventions
--finish initial closure discussion (via a drawing of cards)
- Picking back up where we left off last time, share answers/responses in order to...
- work toward mastery of the Reading Literature standards
- review and apply irony
- review and apply theme
- begin to "nail down" how authors deliberately use literary techniques (such as irony) to develop literary elements (such as theme)
- discuss the revenge-related Essential Questions.
--directions given/exemplars shared for the forthcoming "Closure"
- Groups of three formed via a drawing of cards
- "Anchor in" to the "Compact for Group Work"
- Pick one of the following with which to work:
- Verbal irony (definition, example, and explanation)
- Dramatic irony (definition, example, and explanation)
- Partially completed theme paragraph on the righthand whiteboard
- In your notebooks, work together to...
- craft a purpose-driven, tightly-written paragraph response for the type of irony that you selected OR
- finish the purpose-driven, tightly-written theme paragraph by adding a second strong direction quotation, quality explanation/tieback, and all-encompassing concluding sentence.
--Q & A
--group work time- AS YOU WORK, I WILL BE AROUND TO DETERMINE WHO IS WORKING ON WHAT.
--Closure
- A whole-class share-out of your writing pieces will occur after February Break serving as review prior to your assessment that mirrors your work with Poe's short story.
Transition
--Pick up a copy of the "Purposeful Viewing of Gnomeo & Juliet" document from the front table. After reading and discussing both the "Rationale" section and the "Directions" section together, we will view Gnomeo & Juliet until a few minutes remain in class. (FYI: We will continue our work with this film next class block!)
Pre-reading/Film Analysis Activity -- Purposeful Viewing of Gnomeo & Juliet
--In the last few minutes of class, we will briefly discuss what we have seen thus far in the film via a "Ball Toss".
HW (Class Preparation)
--Pick up a copy of the "Purposeful Viewing of Gnomeo & Juliet" document from the front table. After reading and discussing both the "Rationale" section and the "Directions" section together, we will view Gnomeo & Juliet until a few minutes remain in class. (FYI: We will continue our work with this film next class block!)
Pre-reading/Film Analysis Activity -- Purposeful Viewing of Gnomeo & Juliet
--In the last few minutes of class, we will briefly discuss what we have seen thus far in the film via a "Ball Toss".
--You are strongly advised to review your work with "The Cask of Amontillado" over the course of the next 1.5 weeks as preparation for an assessment that mirrors your work with this short story. This assessment will occur upon our return from February Break.
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class. Your book must be finished by mid-March. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
- "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them" (Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451).
Miscellaneous
--Consider working toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal. Your deadline is likely approaching!
NEXT FEW WEEKS:
- Writing returned/revised in waves
- Wave 2--organization as per sample paragraphs for "The Cask of Amontillado"
- Wave 3--grammar hammer as per common errors
- Continuing to master Reading Literature standards, irony, and theme
- Gnomeo & Juliet
- continuing to master Reading Literature standards, irony, and theme
- opening a window into The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
- Short works--The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Unit
- Saki's "The Interlopers"
