SOPHOMORES Q2 WEEK 1-2 SURVIVOR TYPE

TO DO: Find new assigned seats Turn in reading log Get to know your group members Make sure you know everyone’s name in your group and one interesting thing they did over break (not slept or did nothing) Go to lab 501 to print “Story of an Hour” precis

Literary Devices: Tone: Theme: Foreshadowing: Flawed Hero attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience Theme: An insight or lesson about human life that’s revealed in a literary work. Foreshadowing: To hint at what is coming in a story Flawed Hero When the protagonist is actually a villain of the story, but we empathize anyway.

“Survivor Type” Read story Fill out Analysis WS Be ready for a quiz

Thursday

“Survivor Type” Read story Fill out Analysis WS Be ready for a quiz

Class Quiz Expectations: Take the quiz individually first Make sure EVERY person in the class knows the answer and why–- everyone shares the grade we get Only the person called on can talk– you can earn half credit for correcting wrong answers

Socratic Discussion: Remember, for now you are being graded on verbalizing your ideas Be respectful of each other Be ready to share your ideas with the class

Reading Texts: Read “Is There a Moral Obligation to Obey the Law?” Read “Free Speech in Public Schools” Write your “Benefit for All” proposal brainstorm Answer the 3 questions and make your outline

Friday

Socratic Seminar What is Socratic Seminar? • A teaching strategy to encourage students to engage in critical thinking, listening, communicating, and wonder  • A forum in which students determine the flow of classroom discussion and teachers serve as facilitators  • An atmosphere of intellectual engagement, cooperation, and conversation where students learn the difference between DIALOGUE and DEBATE  • The goal is not to answer questions, but to generate more questions  Socratic Seminar: The teacher’s role Facilitator, not director  Teacher’s sole responsibility is to pose well thought out, open-ended questions  The teacher gives no response, negative or positive, to the students’ discussion or positive, to the students’ discussion The teacher can pose more questions to “move” discussion from stalemate positions

Socratic Seminar Suggested Rules Do not raise your hand during discussion.  Do not interrupt another person. Begin speaking when he or she has finished.  Be respectful of all participants’ opinions.  Disagreement is fine. Do so in a respectful manner.  Don’t direct your comments to the teacher– direct them to everyone.  Support your opinions with evidence from the text.  Don’t be afraid to ask questions!  Remember... there’s no one “RIGHT ANSWER.”

Expectations: Be sure to fill out discussion tracker First, small group discussions and then whole class discussions Be sure to participate– talk and listen Be respectful of all participants’ opinions

Monday

King Analysis Essay Introduction Prompt: Analyze how King creates one theme found in “Survivor Type.” Expectations: Hook Author and title of story Theme Literary devices used to show that theme (future body paragraphs)

Model: Hook Looking over a history book, it is easy to see why the phrase “ego is the downfall of men” was created. Too often men let their own ambition cloud their judgment, which often leads to disastrous moments. This is no better explained than by King in his short story, “Survivor Type.” Using foreshadowing and an unreliable narrator, King argues that arrogance can corrupt a man and bring his downfall. Author & Title Literary Devices Theme

Tuesday

Body Paragraph Expectations: Topic Sentences with literary device (Précis Sentence 2) Embedded Evidence 2-4 sentences explaining your evidence and linking it back to the theme

Model: Embedded Evidence Topic Sentence with Literary Device Model: Embedded Evidence One of the first ways King reveals this theme about arrogance is by foreshadowing the protagonist’s gruesome death in the opening lines of the story. King uses the somber opening question: “How badly does the patient want to survive?” (407) to orient the reader that the story will revolve around survival. In addition to the focus on survival, King also uses diction like “shock-trauma” which elevates the story to a grisly level when he has the protagonist complete surgery on his own foot and eat it. King foreshadows how the arrogance of the surgeon lead him down a dark path of thinking he was above the law. As the character’s ego grows, he begins to sell prescriptions which first cost him his medical license and eventually his life. Explanation

Thursday

Conclusion: Play the So What? Game Remember to: Return to your claim– but don’t just say it in the EXACT same way Synthesize don’t summarize Propose a course of action Point to broader implications

Model Conclusion: Restate Claim Whenever men let ego get in the way of their judgment, mistakes are made. King has his character make the fatal mistake of selling drugs on the side to make money and then relying on his own surgery skills to survive on the island. Hopefully, we will never find ourselves forced to eat our own legs to survive, but we all should take this story to heart and not let our own arrogance cost us. Confidence is a good thing, but don’t let your ego overtake good judgment. So What?