Thursday, April 19, 2012

English 10 Honors--4/24/2012

Jump Off -- Please pick up the Unit #7 vocabulary quiz from the front table and complete it--good luck!
*When you finish, take out “Death, Resurrection, and Fall in Dumas’ Comte de Monte Cristo”.  Closely re-read the paragraph(s) that correspond(s) with the number(s) written on the Post-It stuck to your desk.  (For example, if your Post-It says “2 &3”, mindfully re-read the second and third paragraphs of the piece of literary criticism, underlining/annotating/etc.)

S. the C. -- agenda/rationale/HW, trade and grade


Transition -- quizzes in/form a circle

Discussion -- “Death, Resurrection, and Fall in Dumas’ Comte de Monte-Cristo”/End of Novel
--finish closely re-reading as per divvied up paragraphs
--go through article paragraph-by-paragraph--discuss
--re-visit English 10 literature goals--post novel themes up on the board

--continue discussing--wrap up the novel (Mr. Martin will be using the "Discussion Contribution Rating Scale"--an overall discussion score will be given for all students at the end of Qtr. 4)
--if time still remains, we will consider the intertextuality that exists between the novel and Stephen King's Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (enrichment)

HW
--the assessment for The Count of Monte Cristo is on the horizon--continue preparing--how?!