English 10 Honors--12/4/2013

Jump Off

--Turn in the FINAL version of your essay by placing it in the black basket on the front table.
--Pick up the "Vocabulary Units--Exercise Check" slip from the front table.  Write your name on the line and open your vocabulary book to page 67.

S. the C.
--quickly complete exercise check--when finished, pass up facedown
--For HW, finish preparing for the Unit #5 vocabulary quiz, which will take place at the beginning of next class. Make sure to familiarize yourself with the "Whimsical Words."
--agenda/HW

Transition
--pick up the "Short Story Writing Assignment" sheet from the front table

Unit Introduction/Discussion -- Short Story Unit
--oral reading of "Short Story Writing Assignment" sheet--any questions that Mr. Martin can answer?
--engage in discussion/notetaking about the reading titled "Reading the Story":

• distinguish between commercial and literary fiction
• begin to answer these questions: What is a short story? and How does purposefully reading a short story enhance our understanding of the human experience? 
• analyze our course works thus far--commercial or literary fiction?
• MR. MARTIN WILL ASSESS CONTRIBUTIONS VIA THE "DISCUSSION CONTRIBUTION RATING SCALE"

Mini-Lesson--Story #1 -- “The Masque of the Red Death”

--take a thoughtful look at pictures via slides (with Poe, expect symbolism--what might each "thing" pictured represent within the story?)

--Transition--“Short Story Analysis Sheet”, story map (if desired), and copy of "The Masque of the Red Death" up

--purposefully read “The Masque…” (use “Short Story Analysis Sheet”)--keep our ideas from earlier in the mini-lesson in mind--MR. MARTIN MODELS

--engage in discussion via notes written on “Short Story Analysis Sheet”

Closure

--note-taking (Short Story as a Literary Form, Allegory as a Literary Term, and Romanticism as a Literary Movement)--date the page in your notebook (12/4/2013)

--wrap-up discussion

HW

--Finish preparing for the Unit #5 vocabulary quiz, which will take place at the beginning of next class.  Make sure to familiarize yourself with the "Whimsical Words."

--Begin thinking about your short story.  The final draft of the assignment will be due before you know it!

--Finish purposefully reading “The Masque…” (if not finished in class).  Be prepared for an assessment and/or a discussion about the reading next class.