Jump Off
--Obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom and log in. Then, log in to Membean and complete one 15-minute training session.
--When you finish, return your Chromebook. Look over your materials for "The Masque..." so that you are ready for our final discussion of the story.
S. the C.
--Reminder: Wrapping up with the end in mind!--the ROUGH End-of-"Unit" Writing Assignment Prompt:
--Obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom and log in. Then, log in to Membean and complete one 15-minute training session.
--When you finish, return your Chromebook. Look over your materials for "The Masque..." so that you are ready for our final discussion of the story.
S. the C.
--Reminder: Wrapping up with the end in mind!--the ROUGH End-of-"Unit" Writing Assignment Prompt:
Write a text-based, grammatically sound, tightly-written response of two to three paragraphs. In your response, respond to the following question so as to reveal a theme statement (central idea) drawn from "The Masque of the Red Death": What seems to be Edgar Allan Poe's "thesis" about human nature/why people do what they do, say what they say, etc. as revealed in the story he tells? Then, analyze how Poe's use of characterization or symbolism (or...) helps develop his "thesis" about human nature. Use at least three pieces of strong textual evidence spanning the entire text to support your analysis, and be sure to tie back to your claim often.
--Reminder: Beginning with the end in mind!--the essential questions explored throughout the entirety of the course:
Why do people say what they say, do what they do, etc.? What are human beings really like? What is your "why?", and how is it related to your observations about/understanding of human nature?
--Reminder: Beginning with the end in mind!--the essential questions explored throughout the entirety of the course:
Why do people say what they say, do what they do, etc.? What are human beings really like? What is your "why?", and how is it related to your observations about/understanding of human nature?
--You should leave class today...
- with one 15-minute Membean training session completed (and, in theory, stronger in the vocabulary department! :) )
- knowing more about some of your classmates (and, hopefully, appreciating them as a result!)
- with a deeper understanding of Poe's short story
- having demonstrated your depth of understanding of Poe's story via a meaningful and complex theme statement (to be turned in at the end of the class block).
Transition
--form a circle via a drawing of cards
Discussion (cont.) -- Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"
--"break the ice" with three Artifact Bags
--Reminder: Next class, a multiple choice and short-ish answer assessment will take place. The assessment aims to measure the following:
- your ability to hit the targets inherent within the "Reading Literature Like a Champ!" Framework
- For example, the framework notes that "English 10 Honors students...study...diction [by] determining word meanings using context clues" in stories that they have analyzed. A "fair game" multiple choice question, then, might ask the following (providing four options from which to choose):
- At the beginning of the story when Prince Prospero is described as "happy and dauntless and sagacious" before noting that "he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and lighthearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys," what does sagacious most closely mean?
- how well you closely read and re-read the story
- how well you engaged in our discussions of the story
--today's discussion protocol reviewed
- "Ready to Answer/Still Thinking" signs handed out
- manipulation of text on the SMART Board described (scribe and/or contributor)
- I WILL ASSESS CONTRIBUTIONS VIA THE "DISCUSSION CONTRIBUTION RATING SCALE".
--Re-column the desks and pick up each of the following from the front table:
- an index card
- your the "Final Countdown" sheet
--On your index card, ...
- write your first and last name at the top of the lined side.
- craft a meaningful and complex theme statement for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" on the lines.
- What does Poe want readers to learn/understand about the "big ideas" that emerge in his story?
- What seems to be Poe's "thesis" about human nature/why people do what they do, say what they say, etc.?
- fill in some more areas of the triangle to the best of your ability so that I can get another snapshot of how we are progressing through our analysis of this story.
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 11/8 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).
HW (Class Preparation)
--Review your notes for "The Masque…". Be prepared for an assessment (SEE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN LAST BLOG POST AND EARLIER IN THIS BLOG POST) about the reading NEXT class (Thursday, 11/8).
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class. You have up until early December to finish your book. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
Writing
--Continue drafting your short story. The final draft of the assignment is due on Tuesday, 11/13, which is ONE WEEK from today! My classroom remains open after school for any individuals looking to "workshop" together.
On the backburner:
Writing
--Continue drafting your short story. The final draft of the assignment is due on Tuesday, 11/13, which is ONE WEEK from today! My classroom remains open after school for any individuals looking to "workshop" together.
On the backburner:
- Introducing "Take a Stand" Activity and ThinkCERCA/Article of the Week purpose, framework, etc.
- tablet
- first Grammar Hammer
