English 10 Honors--11/14/2012

Jump Off
--Please take out your notebook and date the page.  Today is 11/14/2012.

S. the C.
--agenda/HW

Transition

--Form a circle out of the desks for discussion.

Discussion -- "The Open Boat"

--Jot down Naturalism as a Literary Movement notes first.

--Discuss this work via the “Short Story Analysis Sheet”.

Transition

--Re-row the desks and pick up the "Controlling Idea (Theme Statement) Practice--'Nature'" sheet from the front table.

Mini-Lesson -- Controlling Idea Paragraphs

--Purposefully read “I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing”.

--Craft a controlling idea sentence as directed.

--Students share sample sentences.

--Check out the following link: http://www.nysedregents.org/comprehensiveenglish/812/engl82012-exam.pdf 

--Discuss approach for "attacking" this particular task.
--Students craft a controlling idea paragraph about either "The Necklace"/"Richard Cory" or "The Open Boat"/"I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing".
--Students share sample paragraphs.

HW
--Finish explicating poem and craft a controlling idea sentence.