1. Dr. George’s 9th Lit. Agenda
1/22/2019 – 1/25/2019

2. Essential Questions for the week…
What makes a good story?
How does an author define his/her style?

3. Tuesday 1/22/2019 Warm-up
Draw a picture of fire & a picture of ice. Under your picture of fire write any words you connect with fire. Do the same for ice. Now categorize these words (love, hate, destruction, passion, romance, revenge, despair, anger) into FIRE or ICE or BOTH.
REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

4. USA TEST PREP IS DUE FRIDAY AT 8:00 am. No exceptions!
Tuesday 1/22/2019
Categorize love, hate, destruction, passion, romance, revenge, despair, and anger into one of the following categories. Volunteers will come write their ideas on the board.
Fire
Ice
USA TEST PREP IS DUE FRIDAY AT 8:00 am. No exceptions!

5. Tuesday 1/22/2019 Fire and Ice BY ROBERT FROST
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

6. Unit 2A Vocab Words

7. perish (v.)
Definition: to suffer death, typically in a violent, sudden, or untimely way
Synonyms: to die, to lose one’s life

8. suffice (v.) Definition: to be enough or to be adequate
Synonyms: to meet requirements; to satisfy demands

9. imputation (n.) Definition: an accusation as of fault or crime
Synonyms: insinuation, attribution

10. vestibule (n.)
Definition: hall or lobby next to the outer door of a building
Synonyms: entrance; lobby

11. depreciate (v.) Definition: to lessen the value of
Synonyms: to decrease, to diminish

12. chaste (adj.) Definition: pure, modest, simple
Synonyms: non-sexual, plain

13. laboriously (adv.)
Definition: in a way that takes considerable time and effort
Synonyms: strained

14. patent (adj.)
Definition: obvious
Synonyms: evident

15. enfolded (v.) Definition: to wrap arms around
Synonyms: to hold; to surround

16. assertion (n.)
Definition: a declaration or statement, often without proof
Synonyms: opinion; claim

17. Tuesday 1/22/2019 cont’d
Independent reading - Today is an independent reading day. Take this time to continue reading your independent reading book.

18. Wednesday 1/23/2019 Warm-up
What makes a good story? What literary elements should a good story include? Explain.
REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

19. Wednesday 1/23/2019
Literary Terms Part 2: Fill in the missing literary terms on the Unit 2A chart. You can get the definitions from the textbook, the computers, dictionaries, or your phone.
Gift of the Magi: We will read the story on page 107 as a class. As you read, complete a chart like this one.
Gift of the Magi Analysis: With a partner, answer questions 2-6 on page 111.
Independent Reading: Work on your purple Independent Reading handout as you read your IR book silently.
Words that create tone
Unknown words

20. Thursday 1/24/2019 Warm-up
What is irony? What are the different types of irony? How do each of the types of irony differ from the other?
REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

21. Thursday 1/24/2019
TED TALK THURSDAY: Complete the TED Talks graphic organizer as you watch the fiction writing episode (fast forward to 17:49)
Vocabulary Review: We will play a quick game of Bingo to see who knows the vocab 2A list.
Theme Statements: After watching this short video about how to write a theme statement, use the theme statement handout to write a theme statement about The Gift of the Magi.
Short Story Brainstorm:

22. Friday 1/25/2019 (No warm-up)
Vocab Quiz 2A: Place all phones in the collector. Clear your desk of everything except a writing utensil. Write all of your quiz answers on the actual quiz. DO NOT DRAW LINES FOR THE MATCHING! Write the appropriate letters for each definition.
The Stolen Party: Turn to page 118 to read the next short story as a class. Here is the link for the audio version:
Once we have finished reading, answer questions 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8, which start on page 122.
Independent Reading: Work on your Independent Reading Log handout as you read your IR book silently.

23. This week’s standards…
ELAGSE9-10RL1 (CCRS RI ): Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text
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 : Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words.
CCRS L b: Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.

24. Unit Assessments…
Formative Vocab. bingo TED Talks Summative Vocab. 2A Quiz