Tuesday, September 27, 2011

English 10 Honors--9/28/2011

Jump Off
--jot down notes in notebook ("novella" and "paradox")
*Note:  To help distinguish between "paradox" and "irony", read the following: http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Lite/LiteBred.htm
--pick up and set up BINGO board with 24 words--"helper" word in each box

S. the C. -- agenda/HW, BINGO directions, go over one vocab. exercise (draw type from mug)

Review -- Vocabulary Unit #1 BINGO
--play three games (+1 bonus point for a win)
--for HW, prepare for the quiz (next class)

Activity #1 -- Hemingway's Style
--pick up and read aloud three paragraphs from the front of the classroom
--Vote:  Which is Hemingway?
--discuss qualities that make Hemingway Hemingway
--copy Style/Hemingway's Style Notes in notebook
--search for "proof passages"

Brain Break/Teambuilder -- Unique Peer Essays
--read aloud--3-6 essays

Transition -- sheet up

Activity #2 -- Hemingway Code (Hero)/Author Background
--complete front of sheet
--complete back of sheet (listening)
--discuss

Transition -- form a circle

Discussion -- TOMatS up to the end
--review discussion protocol
--engage in discussion as per protocol:
*Quick-writes from two blocks ago
*The basics (characters, setting, conflict, etc.)
*Christological figure
*Hero as a literary term
*Hemingway's writing style
*Connections to The Contender
*Stoicism
*Hemingway Code (Hero)
*Hemingway's style

HW
--prepare for the Unit #1 vocabulary quiz (next class)--don't forget about the supplemental words!
--begin preparing for The Old Man and the Sea Novella Exam (next week)