Dr. George’s 9th Lit. Agenda 9/30/2019 – 10/4/2019

Essential Questions for the week… How can context contribute to the understanding of a novel? How does a key scene from a novel contribute to the work as a whole?

Monday 9/30/2019 Warm-up Learning Target: SL5 I can Answer the following questions about your independent reading book in one well-developed paragraph: Which character in your book stands out the most? Why/how? Which character in your novel can you relate to the most? Why/how? Which themes (central ideas) are most prominent in your novel? Explain. How does the setting of your novel enhance the plot? What did you like about your novel? What did you dislike? Learning Target: SL5 I can understand presentation elements. REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

Monday 9/30/19 Agenda IR Book Talk Project: Choose between the STORYBOARD and AUTOPSY (refer to your hot pink instructions sheet). Follow the instructions using any of the materials provided for you, or materials of your own. Louder Than a Bomb: In preparation for our novel reading, we will begin watching the Louder Than a Bomb documentary. Complete the viewing guide as we watch.

Tuesday 10/1/19 Agenda Touchstone Tuesday: Report to lab 2413 to take your Quarter 3 Touchstone. All phones must be turned off and placed in your back packs in the front of the room. IR Book Talk Project: Continue working on your STORYBOARD or AUTOPSY (refer to your pink instructions sheet). Follow the instructions using any of the materials provided for you, or materials of your own.

Wednesday 10/2/2019 Warm-up Consider the portion of Louder Than a Bomb that you have already watched when answering this question: Why might it be important to know biographical information about a write or speaker before reading their work or hearing them speak? Learning Target: SL5 I can understand the difference between formal and informal presentations. REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

Wednesday 10/2/19 Agenda IR Book Talk Project: Continue working on your STORYBOARD or AUTOPSY (refer to your pink instructions sheet). Follow the instructions using any of the materials provided for you, or materials of your own. Louder Than a Bomb: In preparation for our novel reading, we will continue watching the Louder Than a Bomb documentary. Complete the viewing guide as we watch.

This week’s standards… ELAGSE9-10SL4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically (using appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation) such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning. ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. ELAGSE9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. ELAGSE9-10W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. ELAGSE9-10W9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. CCRS L.9-10.6: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words. CCRS L.0-10.5b: Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.

Unit Assessments… Formative TKAM Stations TKAM character chart Summative Independent Reading project presentations