1. This Week 1.Lesson 1.Lesson: Comparative Analysis (Goal = to learn more about ourselves, our values, and our culture through comparison to others) 2.Activity 2.Activity: Read two stories from two different cultures (“Gilgamesh” and “Genesis: The Flood”) and look for universal lessons using comparative analysis. 3.Final Assessment 3.Final Assessment: Write a personal narrative essay in which you explain a universal lesson that can be learned from your personal experience with a current / historical event. (Model Text: Night by Eli Wiesel)

2. Pre-Advanced Placement English 10: World Literature Instructor: Dr. Van Slooten

3. Today 1.Welcome 1.Welcome: Code of Behavior a.Introduction b.Video c.Discussion 2.Student Introductions / Discussion 2.Student Introductions / Discussion: Should Ideas be Censored? a.“Read” the image for meaning. b.Write about what it means to you. c.Discuss your response as you introduce yourself. 1)State your name. 2)State the meaning of the image for you. 3)State your position regarding if it should be censored (give reasons to support – convince us your position is reasonable) 3.Application 3.Application: Reading and Writing to Confirm, Challenge, or Qualify Ideas

4. Warm Up Warm Up: Comparative Analysis 1.Read “Killer Flood” (pg. 117) 2.Discuss with partner(s) a.Summarize b.Generalize: Answer survival question c.Analyze: What might be the connections to “Genesis: The Flood”? 3.Share key insights with class

5. Code of Behavior 1.Prohibited Substances 2.Video 3.Discussion

6. Student Introductions Student Introductions: Should Ideas be Censored? 1.“Read” the image for meaning. 2.Write about what it means to you. 3.Discuss your response as you introduce yourself. a.State your name. b.State the meaning of the image for you. c.State your position regarding if it should be censored (give reasons to support – convince us your position is reasonable)

7. Name___________ Period__________ Date___________ Writing / Discussion Activity: Should Ideas be Censored? (Confederate Flag Images) ___________________________________________________________________ Directions: Write your responses in complete sentences. Write your responses to numbers 2 & 3 as a complete paragraph (topic sentence, 2-3 supporting examples from the text, closing thoughts / commentary, use transitions to connect sentences and ideas). 1.State your name. 2.State the meaning of the image for you. 3.State your position regarding if it should be censored (give reasons to support – convince us your position is reasonable) 4.BONUS (Comparative Analysis): Compare the meaning of the Confederate flag for Americans to the meaning of the Nazi flag for Germans. Discuss insights.

8. Name___________ Period__________ Date___________ Comparative Analysis Notes: Finding Generalizations Between “Gilgamesh: The Flood”, “Genesis: The Flood”, and “Killer Flood” ___________________________________________________________________ Directions: Read the stories, write your observations onto the chart below, then circle similarities and generalizations that can be made across the stories. Use this data to organize and write your essay. “Gilgamesh” “Genesis” “Killer Flood” ___________________________________________________________________

10. The slaying of nine people at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, by a white gunman has reignited one of the state's most racially charged debates: taking down the Confederate flag for good. Calls for the rebel banner's removal at the statehouse have grown on social media after it was left to fly at full staff this week — even after two flags atop the capitol were lowered in honor of the victims. Charleston Church Shooting Renews Confederate Flag Debate

11. Name___________ Period__________ Date___________ Writing / Discussion Activity: Should Ideas be Censored? (Confederate Flag Images) ___________________________________________________________________ Directions: Write your responses in complete sentences. Write your responses to numbers 2 & 3 as a complete paragraph (topic sentence, 2-3 supporting examples from the text, closing thoughts / commentary, use transitions to connect sentences and ideas). 1.State your name. 2.State the meaning of the image for you. 3.State your position regarding if it should be censored (give reasons to support – convince us your position is reasonable) 4.BONUS (Comparative Analysis): Compare the meaning of the Confederate flag for Americans to the meaning of the Nazi flag for Germans. Discuss insights.

12. LESSON LESSON: Comparative Analysis 1.DEFINITION / PURPOSE: Throughout your academic career, you'll be asked to write papers in which you compare and contrast two things: two texts, two theories, two historical figures, two scientific processes, and so on. The purpose of this type of analysis is to share universal insights that can be gained by comparing two things that seem dissimilar. 2.EXAMPLE: What universal / general claims can we make about human nature by specifically comparing the American views about the Confederate flag to German views about the Nazi flag? 3.ASSESSMENT: Timed Essay 1 a.Read “Gilgamesh: The Flood”, “Genesis: The Flood”, and “Killer Flood” ; b.Discuss / take notes on the similarities and differences (Vocab: Archetypes); c.Write a timed essay proposing why these similarities exist between these different cultural works.

13. Name___________ Period__________ Date___________ Comparative Analysis Notes: Finding Generalizations Between “Gilgamesh: The Flood”, “Genesis: The Flood”, and “The Johnstown Flood” ___________________________________________________________________ Directions: Read the stories, write your observations onto the chart below, then circle similarities and generalizations that can be made across the stories. Use this data to organize and write your essay. “Gilgamesh” “Genesis” “Johnstown” ___________________________________________________________________

14. Application Application: Reading and Writing to Confirm, Challenge, or Qualify Ideas 1.“Read” and annotate a text (purchase a copy of novels read). 2.Write about what it means to you and to society (give text support). 3.Discuss your responses in an oral presentation with relevant media. a.State the original argument. b.State if you confirm, challenge, or want to qualify it. c.State a universal lesson that everyone should learn from this issue.

15. Quarter 1 1.Code of Behavior video & quiz (Tues / Wed) 2.Comparative analysis lesson 3.PSAT/SAT prep (vocabulary and grammar) 4.Text annotation lesson 5.Deep text analysis: engaging ideas 6.Writing to follow your ideas not to fill a structure 7.Books to purchase: Night and Fahrenheit 451 8.Brush up on your MLA format before October (Personal Narrative Essay must be typed and in MLA format). 9.Bring a book to read independently from the AP reading list.

16. Pre-Advanced Placement English 10: World Literature Instructor: Dr. Van Slooten